Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-09
WADE FRAZIER,
GUS SHEALEY,
Sent TO GANG
Two Old Liquor Offenders Given
First Taste OF Service
Here

Two leading local liquor offenders
Of the pasta white man and a ne
pro-ran afoul of Judge Littlejohn in
SUPERIOR court yesterday and emerg-
ed each with chain gang sentence.
The two We're Wade Frazier, who
heretofore has served time under fed
eral sentence and paid fines in state
courts, and Gus Shealey, negro
LIQUOR seller who has paid two stiff
fines in the City court in the last year
hut who has never drawn straight
time sentence.
Frazier entered pleas of guilty Of
making and having liquqor, and re-
ceived IL months or months and
$500 on one charge and months or
Sl00 on the other. Shealey was con-
yicted by a jury of having liquor and
vas given IL months or parole after
4 months and 500. In his case no.
tice of a motion for a new trial was
filed by his attorney Hollis Fort, and
&c was released on bond.
In the case Of Joe Love, colored
who was convicted of making liquor,
an offense occurring three years ago,
a sentence of IL months or 4 nonrns
and 500, the minimum necessary to
cover the costs, was assessed.
Frazier, whose still was found by
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his place near the city limits on the
Ellayille road few months ago, was
represented by Attorney Hack Chill
ders, who asked for lenlency for his
client, suggesting that it would be dis
astrous to the defendant, and par
ticularly to his dependent family, to
fix a sentence that would not per-
NIT him to make crop next year.
Solicitor Adds Plea.
Solicitor FELTON, said Frazier had
oppressed to him desire to turn over
new leaf and tread the straight and
narrow path hereafter, and that his
troubles really impressed him. He ex-
pressed the hope that this would prove
lesson to the defendant and that
the court would show hind mera-
Judge Littlejohn then passed SEN
tence, making it necessary for Frazier
to serve at least three months before
having the privilege of paying out.
He expressed the hope to Frazier that
he would put aside wrong doing in
the future and join the ranks of good
citizenship.
Shealey made a plea for leniency
on the ground that he was i'll and
that he had wife and six children
to support, Judge Littlejohn asked
him if he had not been in court be-
fore On similar charges and he replied
that he had been accused of offenses
: in the past Of which he was not guilty
that liquor had been actually found
IN his possession only once before.
Judge Littlejohn in passing sentence
told Shealey that he might pay fine
and be paroled after four months,
but that this parole would require
him to report regularly to the sheriff
and prohibit his absolutely from deah
ing in or drinking liquor, eor associat-
ing with drinking people.
Penalty If He Breaks 1t.
Il am going to try to put a stop
to that liquor traffic you have been
carrying on down there" said the
Judge. you have been running a
place where people have been com
ing to buy whisky. If, | forbid you
tn oven ascnoio+a ,,,;+L +Lo.n. ,soox,Io
may be able to stop it. If you break
the terms of this parole youswill have
to serve the balance of eight months
of the sentence
In sentencing Joe Love, Judge
Littlejohn told him that these lard
can stillshad to be wiped out. "The
people have enacted laws against max
ing and selling or having liquor, .
ne said, "and, whether | approve of
the laws or not, they must be en-
forced. It is a bad thing for people
TO deliberately disregard the law, and
that is what they are doing when they
set up these lard can outfits
Other cases disposed of in Superior
court We're:
Noah Edwards, pleas of guilty of
making and having liquor, IL months
or months and 500 ON The first
count, and 6 months or $75 on the
second.
George Watts, making liquor, plea
OF guiltB IL months, or. 5 months and
$10O.
John Dodson, making. and having
hquor, pleas of guilty, II months OF
4 q months and $10o on first count
= = months or $50 on second.
Troy Guerry, misdemeanor ver-
dlct of guilty, months of $50.
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