The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-12-16
CRIMINAL COURT IN SESSION
Judge Frank G. Wagaman Is Conduct
ing This Weeks Session.

man, of HagerstOwn, came to Oak
land Sunday and on Monday presided
in the Circuit Court for this county,
upon which day the criminal docket
was taken up and the following cases
disposed of up to the hour this paper
goes to press:
The appeal case of Earl Gank, who
was charged with carrying concealed
weapons, was the first case called, it
being an appeal from Justice Vests
court. Gank was tried before the
Court and verdict of guilty was rem
dered. Sentence has not been pro-
nounced
Another criminal appeal case was
that of Myrtle Strawser and Nelson
Custer VS.. the State. The parties stood
charged with separating child I'M
der six months of age from its mother
and placing it in foster home. This
matter was heard by the Court and
verdict of not guilty rendered.
The State VS.. Emory Devers, who
was charged with the larceny of lot
of ginseng root from Messrs. Shaffer
e. Ridder, producers of the root, who
reside in District No. 8, was tried be-
fore jury and verdict of guilty was
rendered. The Court paroled the trav-
erser upon payment of the costs of
prosecution and reimbursement of the
owners of the stolen goods.
Criminal Trials.
State vs.. Bruce Browning, unlaw-
full sale of liquor; continued.
State VS.. Earl Gank; larceny; stet.
The case of Philip Noece, of Kitz-
miller, who was indicted for having
committed rape upon an Italian girl
of that town, occupied the attention
of the Court all day on Tuesday and
well up to the hour of Adjournment
yesterday afternoon. There were II
witnesses examined for the prosecu-
ton and defense combined. The trial
was conducted before the Court as a
jury who rendered a verdict of not
guilty. Noece was ably defended by
Messrs. Thayer, Renninger and Pearre
while the prosecution was conducted
by States Attorney Offutt.
The only convicted criminal thus far
during the present term of court to
draw a penitentiary sentence, was j.
S. Thirsting, who saw and coveted a
horse belonging to Donald Simpson in
the latter's stable at Loeb Lynn
Heights one moonlight night last sum-
mer. Not having the necessary where
withal to purchase the animal and
fearing that the rightful owner would
not part with it, Thursting went into
the barn, saddled the animal and rode
it off. Mr.. Simpson was not long in
discovering his loss and gave chase,
overtaking his property when not a
great ways off and with the assistance
of deputy sheriff brought Thirsting
to town where he has been in Jail
since the commission of the crime.
His case was called on Tuesday and
tried before jury; verdict guilty. The
Court sentenced him to serve four
years in the Maryland Penitentiary.
Dewey Harvey entered a plea of
guilty when he was arraigned upon
an indictment charging him with the
sale of liquor and was sentenced by
the Court to pay fine of 500 and
costs of prosecution.
Harry Hauser also pied guilty to
an indictment charging him with hav-
ing entered and robbed a dwelling of
jewelry, the property of Miss Shat
fer. The Court suspended sentence
and paroled the prisoner for the term
of three years.
Henry H. Bolden, Carlton Lipscomb
and George Jones, three colored men
who were employed in construction
work on the road leading from Oak
land to Crellin, charged with having
broken into and stolen from shacks
occupied by other workmen on the
road, entered plea of guilty and were
sent back to Jail.
Tony Friend, charged with larceny,
entered a plea of guilty and was also
paroled for term of three years.
William Recknor, indicted for as
sault with intent to murder Ray John
son, was tried before the Court and a
verdict of guilty rendered. His sem
tence was likewise suspended for a
term of years.
Yesterday afternoon the case of the
State VS.. Fazenbaker, indicted for hav-
ing sold nostrum at his place of bus
mess at Kitzmiller containing from
18 to 20 per cent. alcohol and which. it
was alleged, produced drunkenness,
was tried before the Court and found
guilty. He was sentenced this morn
ing to pay fine of 500 and costs of
prosecution, being warned by the
Court to conduct himself properly in
the future.
Luther Fry, who participated in the