Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-04

Judge who Is failing to give the In
dianapolls police the proper coope-a-
ton
The docket OF the Criminal Court for
the year 1920 discloses that in $50 ap-
peals out of 387 taken from convictions
by the police court Judge the Criminal
Court interfered with the judgment OF
the city court to the favor OF the con
victed person and In only eight cases did
the Criminal Court see ht to impose 4
more severe penalty than was assessed
in the city court.
The twenty suspended sentences OBJ
tanned from the Criminal Court in cases
appealed in 1920 from convictions in city
! court cover a multitude of offenses. IN
the list herewith the records show TIE
suspensions were granted by Judge Col
Inns unless otherwise noted.
COLLINS sUsPENDs
MANY SENTENCES.
The original sentence in police court,
together with the bond furnished for the
appeal, follow the name Of the defendant
in each case:
HENRY JOHNSON, assault and Bat
terry, 81 and costs and five days, Sept IS
Cash bond. Criminal Court-Docketed
oct II. No 51341. Pleaded guilty. Judg-
lnent withheld.
ALBERT CLARK, interfering with en-
officer, 81 and costs, Sept. %. Rufus l.
Clark, bondsman. Criminal Court
Docketed Oct H. No 1888. On Dec. 16
found guilty by court. Judgment with
held during good behavior.
WILLIE LONG, keeping gaming house,
$40 and costs and ten days. sept Il Cash
/ bond. Criminal Court-Docketed Sept.
y. No. 51238. Finding OF guilty on Oct
y. Judgment withheld.
! JOE DAWSON. operating blind tiger,
500 and sixty days, Sept IS. George
Hayes. bondsman Criminal Court
/ Docketed Sept. 90 No 51249 Tried by
/ Special Judge James VI. feathers on Nov.
/ u.s. $500 and costs and thirty days. Judg-
ment suspended during good behavior.
A. NJ. LARoSA, profanity, 50 and costs.
! sept. . Mike Bora, bondsman. Criminal
| Court -Docketed Sept. 3. No. 51139. On
/ Oct - pleads guilty. Judgment with
| held
ELIZABETH ZEVELLIA, operating
/ blind tiger. 500 and thirty days, Sept.
/ 5. Ne. 51156. Found guilty by court
oct. "A 500 and costs and thirty days in
jail. bays suspended on payment Of fine
and costs
MARY MCCOY. prostitution, IS and ten
days. June g. Clyde Karrer. bondsman
Criminal Court-DoCketed June IL No
| 50952. On July % sentenced TO ten days
in Jail by court and suspended on pay
ment Of fine
HELEN ADAMS. prostitution. s. and
ten days. Clyde Karrer boudsman
Criminal Court-Docketed June II. No.
50933. ON July % found guilty by court.
Ten days I'm jail suspended.
THEODORE BARNABY. public indie
I cency, 81 and thirty days, June .. Frank
Glen. boadsman. Criminal Court-Dock-
eted June II. No. 5O935. Found guilty
on July so by court Ninety days on
farm, suspended
HERMAN HESS, passing street car,
$50 and costs, April 6. John W. Beck.
bondsman. Suspended sentence.
JAMES SCOLOF. passing street car,
$50 and costs, March 10. Randell Spaneff.
bondsman. Criminal Court-Docketed
March 16. No 5u756 Found guilty by
court on June I6. Fined $50 and costs
and judgment suspended on payment Of
costs
/ GUSTAVE A. LIESKA. passing street
car, so and costs, Feb. -. b. Lancaster.
bondsman. Criminal Court-Docketcd
Feb. 81 No. 5OG9S. Found guilty by
court on May 25; so and costs, all sus-
pended.
/ HUGO BARNES, passing street car, $50
and costs, Feb. 20. Ernest LANCER. bonds
man. Criminal Court Docketed Feb. y.
No. 5O690. Found guilty Sept. Is; $50
and costs by court suspended.
HENRY KLEIN. visiting gaming
house. Jan. 49, $40 and ten days Cash
bond. Criminal Docbeted Jan.
20. 1920. No. $685. Special judge Harry
Chamberlain tried case on May 26; SO
and costs and ten days suspended
PAUL SIEGEL, visiting gaming house,
Jan. 10; $40 and ten days, Lawrence
Leppert, bondsman Criminal Court
Docketed Jan. %, 1920. No. 5OG21. Spe-
cial Judge Harry Chamberlain appointed
on May 20; SO aud costs and ten days
suspended
MIKE CARNEY Cor Ganey). visiting
gaming house, Jan. 20 $40 and ten days
Henry Stegmeier, bondsmJn. Criminal
Court-Docketed Jan. 20, 1920. No.
50619. Tried by Special Judge Harry
Chamberlin on May 20; SO and costs
and ten days. suspended.
HARRY SMITH, visiting gaming house,
Jan. Is, SO and ten days. \. W. Schaaf,
bondsman Criminal Court-Docketed
Jan. &c, 1920. No. 5OG17. Tried by Spe-
cial Judge Harry Chamberlain on May
26 So and costs and ten days. Sus-
pended. Paid fine.
HARRY STONE, visiting gaming house.
$40 and ten days. Jan. 16. A. w Schaaf
bondsman Criminal Court-Docketed
Jan. %, 1920. No. 5O61G. Tried by Spe-
cial Judge Harry Chamberlain on May
%. Fined $50 and costs and ten days.
Days suspended during good behavior.
Fine paid.
WILLIAM DUNLAP, throwing stones
at cars. $40 and thirty days. Ed Lewis,
bondsman. Criminal Court-Docketed
June %. No. 50036 On Sept "a judg-
ment and sentence withheld by court
pending good behavior.
AVORM LARCA, failure to display
lights on motor vehicle: 81 and costs,
Sept. .. Cash bond Criminal Court
Docketed Sept. 3. No. 5113S. Judgment
withheld on plea of guilty oct. %.
Editors EOte-In subsequent articles,
based on its survey of the 1920 dockets
of the Criminal and the City Courts,
The Times viii disclose more startling
Illustrations Of how the Criminal Court
works to the benefit of convicted persons
and to the detriment of the effort prop
erly to police indianapolis. These artic-
les will show who beats the game" in
the courts and give some of the reasons
why.)