Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-25
MANY PLEAD GUILTY
AND ARE SENTENCED
IN CRIMINAL COURT
Leniency Shown, But in One Ag-
gravated Case Three Years
Was the Penalty.
some WE'RE pAROLED

Fourteen prisoners were sentenced on
pleading guilty to various offences IN the
Court Of General Sessions this morning.
The sentences ranged from three years
imposed upon man who committed
theft after being let Ouf of the workbogse
on a pardon. TO paroles, gwen 10 three
first offenders whose crimes the court re-
garded as mistakes which probably Will
not be repeated
Paul Vanderbraak w8s sentenced 70
three years in prison and Mitchell Dale
to two years for stealing three trombones
and three melophones from the Pusey
II Jones Company, august ID. 1919 Dsie
was Ptsey IL Jones employe and mem
ber Of the bend. He claims that he WIS
not Of age when the crime was committed
V8nderbraak was on pardon, having
been convicted Of breaking and enter
ing. Both were returned from Virginia,
where they had served sentence IN con-
nection with the theft Of an automobile.
Harry Newson was sentenced To Is
months in the workhouse for attempting
20 pick pockets at the circus. His record
seemed 10 show that he made his living
as piek-pocket and habItually followed
circuses for that purpose. He he'd been
arrested in Philadelphia aud Richmond.
In Wilmington he was caught by the
circus giant
William Clark. charged with stealing
a suit Of clothes from George Howard,
said that he was accused OF committing
the crime on q Ciav when he was actually
still in the workhouse for another larreny
/ His case was continued for a month TO per-
NIT Investigation OF his story.
Pauline Spunion. charged with solicit
ing. changed her pie9 70 not guilty and
was held for trial.
On pleading guilty to a charge Of steal
ing watch and cham. Thomas Sable was
/ sentenced 10 Is months imprisonment and
/ Julius Poret was paroled for two years.
| Sable had been out Of the workhouse for 5
| short time when the CRIME was committed
| He had been gwen nine months sen
tence for highway robbery. Poret's pre-
/ vious record was good.
| PAROLE FOR THIS YOUTH.
+ Thomas Murphy, Il, admitted that nc
I had stolen a quantity of hats and caps
/ from the United Hat Store while working
+ az the cafeteria next door. de had access
/ 10 the hats through a partition IN tho
t cellar where they were stored, formerly
/ the wine cellar Of Ainscows restaurant
/ He will be paroled # his father. IN Brooklyn
viii take care OF him.
!
/ a watch from Elisha Johnson. He SAID hG
/ intended TO redeem il and return 1t or
/ payday. He was committed for one year
George Z. Peterson pleaded guilty to {
charge OF adultery and. after questioning
| admitted he had reason 70 know that the
woman with whom he was living on hini
street was married. He was sentenced K
five months in the workho,Ise.
Stewart Scott was paroled for twC
years after pleading guilty to psssinl
worthless checks on the Equitable Trus
Co. of New York. Scott had recentl,
been married and until be was paid hac
no money, he said, to buy household
necessities. Senator Thomas F. Gormlel
testified that he came Of a good family
and had good reputation.
RAYMOND y. Rush was paroled for tw'
wears after pleading guilty 70 a charge o
forgery. He said he signed fictitious
names to two checks when he was 'harC
up" He admitted that his difficulty wa
habit of drifting from Job TO Job. Hi
uncle came from Virginia and offered Z,
pav has debts. give him steady employ
ment and help him to keep straight
Levi Briggs, colored, charged with as
sault with intent 70 commit murder
pleaded guilty to simple assault. claiming
that the man at whom he shot haC
threatened him with an ak. The Stat
declared that Briggs had shot at hi
neighbors through the window of tn
latter's home He was sentenced TO min
months in the workhouse.
The next plead guilty day viii b
July %.