Evening journal., 1920-06-25
LIKES WARDEN
HE GOES BACK
Jail Breaker Returns to
Workhouse and Draws
Five More Months
BROOKLYN BOY
MAY WIN PAROLE

Fifteen defendants appeared before
Judge Rice at the "plead Guilty Day"
session OF Court OF General Sessions
this morning, and pleaded guilty to
/ charges against them.
After the cases had been disposed
OF, court adjourned until July %, the
next plead Guilty Day"
The nrst man arraigned was Harry
NeWson, Negro, charged with at
tempted larceny. He pleaded guilty
and was sentenced TO IS months i'm
prlsonment.
Newson was arrested when he was
putting his hand in the pocket OF a
spectator in a side show at circus
He has been arrested in Philadelphia
and Richmond, and believed 10 be
a follower OF clrcuses. making his liV-
ing by picking pockets.
William Clark, Negro, pleaded
guilty to a charge OF larceny OF a suit
OF clothes from Goorec Howard,
Negro but afterward stated that he
was not guilty OF The offense, but
pleaded guilty in order not DO have
so long TO wait for trial and because
he had no witnesses He said he had
soften out OF the workhouse on the
day The prosecuting witness at first
said the clothes were stolen. After,
Clark said, Howard changed the date
Of the alleged stealing OF the clothes
to several days later.
Judge lioe postponed decision
until the July "plead Guilty Day.
ghat an Investigation OF the case may
be made Clark has served time for
larceny and has been lashed.
Pauline Shunion, Negress, charged
whit soliciting did not plead guilty,
as she had expressed her intention OF
doing, and so the case was held over
until the September term OF court.
Pleading guilty 30 a charge OF adul-
terry, George Il. Peterson, a former
soldier in lhe Pioneer Regiment, was
sentenced 10 nv emonths' imprison-
ment
Mitchell Dale and Paul Vandebrack
pleaded guilty TO charges Of larceny
OF six musical instruments from the
Pusey and Jones Company Band about
two years ago
Dale was sentenced to two years
: Imprisonment and Nandebrack, who
was granted a pardon while serving q
i've years sentence for larceny only q
short time before he stole the musical
/ instruments, was sentenced TO three
years imprisonment.
A plea OF guilty was entered b,
Stewart Scott, charged with utterinl
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Trust Company. He was paroled fol
two years.
Pleading guilty TO a charge Of escap.
ing from the WOrkhouse, Alexander
Horba was sentenced TO flve months
Imprisonment, TO commence Angus
26. when his sentence for non-suppor
viii expire.
u heard that there was a new war
den and a good warden at the work
house. That's the reason cam
back" said Horba.
William b. Purdy pleaded guilty {,
escaping fro mthe workhouse and wa
sentenced 10 one years Imprisonment
20 start at the expiration OF his sen.
tence. He was charged with uttering
worthless check.
Henry Newsome, Negro. pleaded
guilty TO a charge OF carrying con
| cealed a deadly weapon In White Cla,
, Greek. He was sentenced 10 tel
months Imprisonment.
Thomas Sable and julius pora
, pleaded guilty 10 a charge OF larcen,
Of a watch and chain from the room
OF Sable's emplOye in West From
street. Because OF his previous baC
reputation, Sable was sentenced q
is months Imprisonment, and Porat
whose reputation was found to b,
good, was paroled.
Pleading guilty 10 a charge OF forg
ing two checks, one on the name OF
c. r. Russell on the Security Trusf
and safe Deposit Company, and The
other in the name OF :. A. Steel OF
the Equitable Trust Company. Ray
mond o. Rush was paroled for two
years with the understanding that
he 60 with his uncle TO Virginia and
work.
John Murphy aged a. years. pleaded
guilty 70 a charge OF larceny OF a