Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1921-11-04
MUST RETURN
STOLEN MONEY
Judge Rice Paroles Payroll
Padder After Lecturing
Him
TWO INNOCENT
OF THEFT CHARGE

Pleading guilty to a charge OF
embezzlement, James Norman Lewis.
who was a clerk in charge Of the
payroll OF the New Castle Leather
Company. was paroled for two years
to Parole officer j. Albert oliver,
by Judge Rice. at the plead
Guilty Day" session OF Court Of Cen
eral Sessions. this morning. The
application OF William f. Smalley,
attorney for the youth. for a parole,
was not opposed by the State.
Mr. oliver told the court that his
Investigation of the case showed that
Lewis trouble was his desire for
good time" He found, he said,
that he had been in trouble over a
letter in Philadelphia several years
ago and was fined. Mr.. oliver found
many points in his favor, however,
and recommended a parole.
In paroling Lewis. Judge Rice i'm
pressed on him the disgrace he had
brought on himself and the notoriety
he had brought TO his parents by his
desire for a good time" his living
beyond his means. "The only thing
you have brought your parents is
trouble" the court declared. You
must make a complete change in
your methods Of living" He de-
cried his breach OF the trust i'm
posed upon him by his employers.
1.-THE court can't make you good, "
Judge Rice told the youth, but it
can give you an opportunity. l am
going to parole you for two years on
strict terms, the strictest / can i'm
pose"
Commencing the first Monday Of
next month, Lewis must pay SIS a
week toward restitution for his pecu-
lations, which aggregated 1861.
Lewis padded" the payroll OF the
New Castle Leather Company by re-
tanning on 1t the names of discharg-
ed employees. He was arrested Octo-
Der /. He has returned $3.50.
George Gilbert Butler, Negro,
pleaded guilty to a charge OF forg-
cry and as he had been before the
court previously for the same offense
he was fined $500 and costs and SEN
fenced to three years Imprisonment
He gave a check for SIS on the VIII
mington Trust Company, drawn &c
the order of Harry Brown" to
James w. Norton in payment for g
quart of oysters. receiving the
change. The check was on the ac
count Of J. o. Bosley. druggist, -Four
teenth and King streets.
Pleas of guilty entered by vii
liam Davis and John williams
Negroes. to a charge of stealing fou
pairs Of boots from Irving j. Hol
iingsworth. Of near Marshallton
were withdrawn Davis said h
found the boots on a dump"
Earl Roberts, Negro, pleade
! guilty to a charge of larceny of 2
y pairs Of shoes from a car Of IN
= Pennsylvania Railroad Company an
a was sentenced so IS months impris
/. onment A charge OF attempting
e break and enter car of the raj
road company was dropped.
a II wouldn't have done it only Il
= the other boys" pleaded Roberts.
= Pleading guilty TO a charge Of trei
passing on the property of Harry v
!, b. Seiman, St Georges hundred
! and taking a carriage from the stab
: and, with no apparent motive, teal
u ing the lining from 1t, Albert Rot
erts was held for an examination q
Q to his mentality. He was a patier
at the Delaware State Hospital Il
3 the Insane several years ago. II VIZ
a brought out that he had previousl
! taken an automobile and with n
{ motive, tore out its lining.
/ Roberts said that he did It "b'
I cause he was drunk"
r Promising to stay away from II
= home of his mother and brother
70 Odessa, Malcolm Croft was dismi
II sed on a charge OF threatening
n do bodily harm TO George Croft, h
l. brother. II was said that he maxi
N a habit OF getting drunk and threa
n ening persons with a gun, which
carried.
IT shot in self-defense," was n
answer Of Charles NJ owens. Negr
when arraigned on a charge Of a
sault and battery on Charles
1 Pritchett IN Christiana hundred. n
plea was then withdrawn under d
structions of the court.