Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-09-02
COURT NOTES

Harry C. Phillippi, former agent for
the Wildwood and Delaware Bay Short
Line Railroad Co. here, was sentenced
to thirty days in the county Jail on
session of court by Judge E~ldredge.
Phillippi plead guilty to issuing three
checks for $50, $40 and $40, respec-
lively, to local merchants when he had
no funds in the Wildwood Title and
Trust Co. to meet them. When asked
by Judge Eldredge his reason for
doing so he said he had been out of
work and needed money for his wife
and five children. Judge Eldredge
gave him a good lecture and told him
that the penalty possible vas a fine of
SO, 1000 and nine years in the state
prison, but as his family would prob
ably suffer more than Phillippi him
self under such a sentence, he was
going the limit in leniency and SEN
fenced him to thirty days in Jail from
the time of his commitment, which
left him about thirteen days more to
serve. On the charge of forgery of the
Adams Express Co. check Phillippi
claims that it was a custom for him
to advance money to the various driv-
ers when these orders were presented
to them and he then endorsed them
and cashed them to get his money
back. He said he did so in this case,
supposing the signature on the money
order was genuine and accepted if
he had advanced the money. This
money order was for $50 and was en-
dorsed under the name of w. Wirth,
to whom the order was issued, by Phil
lippi. Wirth claimed he never re-
ceived the money and never signed
the order. Payment was stopped on
the order by the express company and
it was returned to the Union Bank.
1t was stated in court on Wednesday
that Phillippi had reimbursed the bank
for their loss. Judge Eldredge did
not care to release Phillippi entirely
on this charge, so ordered that when
his thirty days were up he be released
under $500 bail on his own recogniz-
ance, pending developments. Lawyers
Palmer NJ. Way and Charles Bonnell
represented Phillippi.
Another cast heard was one of inter
ference with an officer on the part of
Lonney Glenn, colored. This hap
pened at the Royal Garden on Arctic
avenue, Wildwood, in the section
known as the "Styks." 1t seems that
one fellow by the name of Vivian Hen
derson was charged with being under
the influence of liquor and pulled his
bottle out and was drinking in the
cabaret which was distasteful to the
proprietor and manager. He was re-
quested to leave, but refused and is
said to have used some very strong
language. Mrs. Maize Charles, the
proprietor, then requested officer Rob-
ert Poindexter to come in and remove
the offender. Upon attempting to do
Glenn, who claimed he was a friend of
Henderson and wanted to take him
home instead. Officer Poindexter re-
ported the matter to Mayor w. Court
right Smith who had Glenn brought
before him and held for court. Lawyer
Charles Bonnell represented Glenn
and wanted the matter dropped, as
there seemed to be nothing serious to
the affair, but Prosecutor Cole OBJ
jected and Judge Eldredge took a sem
sible view of the seriousness of drop
ping such a case when it might open
the way for more serious interference
with police officers in this questionable
neighborhood if let on so easily. Glenn
was given thirty days in the county
Jail from the time of his commitment