The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-08
CRIMINAL END
Of THE DOCKET
BEING HEARD
JUDGE DAYTON OF FEDERAL
COURT ALLOWS FARMER A RE-
SPITE TO TILL HIS GROUND.
Civil Cases Will Be Heard at Latter
End Of tho Present Season.

It was stated at the session Of the
United States district court on Friday
that the present term in this city VIII
close on May ~. The final day will be
the term. Owing to the fact that there
are q number of civil cases TO be
heard this term. the court will assign
either eight or nine days after the
hearing of the criminal cases To nave
the civil cases brought up.
! The usual routine was followed on
= Friday. Liquor cases. SandwiChCd with
: interstate and narcotic and white slave
violations. were on the program. and a
! little relief was afforded by the taking
, of the oath Of allegiance 10 the United
| States by several aliens.
! Judge Aston G.. Dayton also inter-
| jeCtcd n little homily on the high cost
/ Of living when he decided upon the
! time q farmer who had been convicted
should he allowed to serve his sentence
| The man was allowed to go on hnnd
and raise a. crop IL being agreed NAV
he has Garncrcd his quota or beans
| and potatoes and servo out his sentence
| for making Illicit whiSkcy.
Interstate Violation.
| The first case called was that or
! Roy Lee. Charles Lee. Clarence Lee and
| Charles McGinEis for stealing from an
| Interstate shipment Clarence and Roy
! Lee each received six months. charles
! lie three months and Clarence McGih-
! Frank RuuklcE. who recently broke
! iaiI at MartinSburg and who was later
! IN captured. appeared before court ana
! was sentenced To six months in the
! Berkeley county Jail. charged win
stealing railroad property.
= James Henry Garrrll. who opened
, special delivery letter sent To MIS-
! Joseph clarified of Chaplin" street. inns
: rItv and stole Il zen dollar bill. pleaded
! guilty and will serve six months in the
: Ohio county Jail.
: WiIIiam 0'MnIIcy. charged with hay,
! ing registered at II Bcliairr. ONO. hotcI
! man and wife. was fined 500 and
costs. Attorney George Bcnckc APP
prarcd for n'Mallcy.
EInckry Brennan drew three months
! in IN" Marion county jail when no
pleaded guilty to violation or the
! narcotic act. 81
larry Myers pleaded guilty to visit,
! ing Akron, Ohin. with Daisy Myers OF
Martinsburg. and was given one year
and day for violation of the Mann
! act.
Mamie Washington and Emma l'nr-
kcr, two CulOrcd women OF !larKSpqrs'
were both given thirty days in the Har-
riscu county jail fer selling dope. II
is said they disposed Of great guam
litv of the drugs. The Washington wT"-
, man wanted 10 plead guilty IL her SIS
ter. Mrs. Parker. was allowed 10 go
tha' way, and both entered pleas OIL
guilty.
Ira Cartnell and Jrmcs Trih"tt were
tried hrfor" a jury on . rhnLEc OF
, charles Mckay testified that the two
men had stood in the door az III" car
! and banded him the packages contain
! ing tho stoGics.
, Scores Of witnesses. among infil
! rrnninrnt railrnad men and Mckay"
. nciGhbOrS. appeared and stated lh"y
would not believe him under oath. l,iS-
rrict Attorney Byrer asked that the
Jury bring in n verdict Of not guilty
which was done.
Mckay was then tried. and the fact
brought out that he had been seven
wears in the employ Of tho company
and there had been Sn. n" vt GSm nnS lwo
children. The fact that millions OF
dollars worth Of goods are lost annu-
ally by theft from the railroads was
also dwclt on by district Attorney
Judge Dayton CAV" Mckay !hrcH
months in IN" ohio county Jail. with a
warning 10 cschrw dishonesty and get
II better reputation for the trutA'
Boil Hops Tined.
The four colorcd hcllb0yS of local
hotel who were caught selling whiSkGy
lr the guests were then brought before
the court. District Attorney stuart
walker, presented the case: ,i SnylnS n ~
rrmrtmtiun lie asked that Zinc of -
h.. assessed against each and that they
hr given thirty days time in Whlch -
Fay the fines. Judge DAYTON hSSen'eu'
dI,, whskcv. and told them that the
next time they were found guilty JUS
,irr might not he tempered with mercy,
Their names were Butler Smlth. Ma;,h
Evans, Wade Doak and Louis N'uu'c-
ton. rod
: Vint Iittlcton. n youth. then faced
Tho court. He is from Elizabeth. Nlrt
county. and it is claimed he sent posi- pos,
in an envelope. through the mails TO
,hcrr with rclrtivcS tn prosecute.
Attorney Brown asked that nc case
he set for the next term ht IarN M,
civ and has not funds I" summon VII
urSe"s. All the witnesses nr.Scnt were
released in rcCoCniHanc"e oi STU" 'o az
pear at rarkcrShnrE: ana "ar"ru II, rsnoI
there on time or inc l. = MAJ ''
would come after lhcrl. What,
Tho case If Mary Jacobs nt W h""l-
Ing charged with manufacturing liquor
was continued until rcNt court tcrn:
ns the womnu has sick hnsphnn lirI
hHrJ nC $500 was signed by Ambrose
I.rH pcitz. drug hahtuc was released
ON his own rnroEniZanrr ai'rr pI'aulnE
ruilty. Ito is from (larkSburg' ana
:,.n, ,;d Of The curse"
. EW-iihnr Rcimcr, another young man,
n,rnJ"d guilty 10 the dope" charge
nmL was Given thirty days in the llarrI-
~" yI,,neraonated Officer.
Mania Tammon. n"c Mamie Richard;
! o,,J Eoro Pulse of Hardy county had
,hnir rnscs Transferred Ia MartinShurg.
.rT,'. orr charged with sending obscene
ior thrnurh The mails.
'"N NV! Ey,ns who cut y swath in thus
ci,, d,,rinr tho war. had some trouble
; ,bGut checks and WAS finally arrested