The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1921-06-23
THE CRIMINAL COURT CLOSED
EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON
When Those Who Had Been Convicted
We're Sentenced by the Court.

| Boyd, after having heard the evidence
and determined the guilt or innocence
of those who had been arraigned and
tried upon various crimes charged by
the State against them, adjournment
taking place Immediately after the
Court had passed sentence upon those
who had been convicted.
In reviewing the testimony in one or
two bootlegging cases the Court ex-
pressed in no uncertain Ian
guage his surprise at the conditions
existing with respect to the ques-
tionable testimony heard in some of
the cases, which has given rise in the
minds of some attorneys and many
residents of the county that the grand
jury may be reconvened at the
| non-Jury term to investigate several
plainly evident cases of perjury both
| IN open court and in the grand Jury
| room. The Court was severe in his
arrangement of any one who tries by
perjured testimony to shield those
who are guilty of crime in any de-
gree.
The criminal docket was as follows:
Criminal Appeals.
Myrtle Strawser VS.. State: appeal
from Justice Vests court. The woman
had been arrested upon a warrant
IN which she was charged with having
placed her child, who was under the
age of six months, in a foster home
Upon the warrant she had a hearing
before Justice West who found a YER
dict of guilty, and from the decision
an appeal was taken. The Court sus-
tanned the Justices verdict and pro
nounced her guilty and placed her I'M
der parole.
Oliver Lewis VS.. the STATE was the
second and last appeal case. He had
been tried and found guilty by Justice
West upon a warrant charging him
with having driven an automobile
while under the influence of intoxi-
cants, and fined 500 and costs. From
the decision of the Justice he appealed.
The case upon being called was nolle
pressed by order of the States At
torney.
Criminal Docket.
State VS.. Bruce Browning, indicted
at previous term of court in two
cases for having sold intoxicants. Both
cases nolle pressed by order of the
states Attorney.
State VS.. Daniel McRobie. carving
concealed weapons; stet.
Another case of the State VS.. Daniel
McRobie was that of desertion and
non-support of his family. The mat
ter was submitted to the Court on the
plea of guilty. The sentence was sus-
pended and McRobie paroled for the
term of three years upon condition
that he be of good behavior and sup
port his children.
Elmer Hauser, youth of about
sixteen years Of age, who had been
arrested some time and confined in the
Garrett County Jail on tie charge of
burglary, upon being arraigned he
entered plea of guilty. whereupon
the Court suspended sentence for four
years upon condition that he be of
good behavior an dreport to the Court
at stated intervals. Hausers crime was
that OF having entered home near
Silver Knob, in District No. 8 and car
rying therefrom various articles of
Je"eiry, all Of which was restored to
the rightful owners some months ago
and Immediately alter he had com
mitted the theft.
Ellis Snyder who was one of three
young men of the Bittinger section of
the county implicated in the theft of a
quantity of wool from a resident of the
community. when arra;gned before the
Court, entered . plea of quiItv and
was paroled by the Court for the term
of three years. Snyder, prior to his
arrest upon the charge, had paid for
the goods taken and this ACT unon his
part, which was voluntary. was taken
into consideration nv the Court whan
clemencv was exercised
Perry Teats. of near Oakland yos
one of the several bootjeUoars trieI
for the ILLEGAL sale of liouor Tho casa
was submitted TO the Court who ren-
dered verdict of puiltv and asSaesed
a fine of 500 and costs against Teats
Nelson Custer, charged with a like
crime, was also fined 500 and costs.
The bootegging case OF the State
VS.. Howard King and Molie Hooton,
of near Bayard, was probably the most
interesting one on the docket. 1t will
be remembered that early in the fall of
last year an old woodsman procured
some liquor, which is alleged to have
been furnished by these two parties.
and after having partaken of some of
1t he died as he was standing in the
woods with q fp1lnur- n boro,. tbo Jo,{L