Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-07
DOPE" CASES
BEFORE THE COURT
Several Defendants Convicted
After Trial and Heavy Pen
alties Were Imposed.

The trial list WAS gone over IN superior
co,,rt Yesterday afternoon.
Warren Sheppard, agcd II years.
charged with the larceny Of o suH 81
clothes, entered q plea of guilty through
his counsel. ] Frank Pail who asked Tor
thc vn,ths parole. N Court OF General
y, ssiors Yesterday att II oon. be state
lid not object and ], dgc ii, isCl placed tho
south under parole for ono year 10 Plofa-
non Officer Frank Stort Judge Helso9
severely sdmonishod the youth. telling
him to lead better ilie III the future.
ANTHONY Capro and John Jrs5o, charg-
rd with exhibiting a gaming table, chang
ed thcIr plea ~ not flLity 10 guilty,
through thor counsel, Philip J.. Garrett
.Iezzo was the proprietor of a pool room
and Coma vas .mplus, q by him. Poker
and fan tan wcr, bCing played. with
IeEgv et ono saIuc and Copra sc the
other .Irdgr Conrad imposed fine ot
s3nO ard costs on ,lczzO. and a hne OF S2UU
md costs on Copra.
William Walters, colorCd charged with
violating the State drug act. was placed on
ira, before Judge Conrad ard Jury.
Chtf Deputy Attorney General T. Warren
,;r,cn conducted the prosecution III
'iccrs Rodenhelser and Deylnney testliled
~ finding thc dope III Walters home
Dr II J. Watson. State bactcrioloGlst,
..sfitird 10 the contents of the packages.
Walters offered no defense Tho jury
.ftor hcirG ont tor minutes, returned =
-cr,iIct of guilty Judge Conrad sentenced
nm 10 one yrars imp IsonmCnt and Sl00
inc
George Nclson. colorcd. charged with
s,milar CRIME, was fc nd guilty by Jury
,nd sentenced 10 Is months lmprlson-
ncnt and to pay 500 tne
Frank Btsre. charC1 4 with violating tho
l-ur act waa tried BEFORE Judge HCIsci IN
'o,lra Room No. .. Officer RodeuhClser
stifird that he arrested Blue on suspicion.
y no was leaving the house at III Wash
,ngton street. and t.pon searching hin
.a.tnd l3 packages concealed N the right
,t,srking. and SIX packages m To- ket q
lis Jumper. The officer testified that nc
aad turned the packages Of powder over
. State Chemist Watson Tor anaiyes. His
..stlrnonv was CorrohOratFd hv Police
nan pevinncv. nr Watson testified that
the packages contained cocaine ana
heToin.
asked !. man named harley >tnth Tor
cigarette on the street, who had handed
hun the cigarette box, saying here Is a
,sox full" He testified that hc did not dis
cover the box did not contain cigarettes
until later in the night. ChIet Deputy
Attorncv-C General T. Warren Green. who
conducted the prosecution explained
that the defendant had recently hoCn re-
leased from the workhoyse after serving a
.srm as $ drug addict The jury returned
a verdict Of guilty Blue WAS sentenced Ia
oay fine of $500 and costs and serve one
wear IN the work house.
INDICTMENTS BY GRAND ICRT.
The grand jury returned tine bills as
follows yesterday afternoon:
.arcenv-CIaudis Hemingway, Joseph
Mace. Fred HyDes. James Iapenta.
J alse pretence- Herbert Truman ?.
Torgery-Hertert Truman.
Pointing Anderson Ford
Highway robbery Margaret King and
Waiter F. Grey.
Fmbeszlenent by hailee-Sanuel Mas
Ecy
Violation pawnbrokers act Henry Har
rs
PreakIng and entering with intent TO
commit larceny Samuel Berry.
Violation drug act Harry Brown,
Walter Carney James smith. Lester
Andrews, .; Mildred Pryor
Joseph L Lamico-Bigamy.