The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1921-12-22
COURT PROCEEDINGS
December Term Closed Last Friday
Night When Sentences Were Passed

Night When Sentences Were Passed
The December Term of the Circuit
Court for Garrett County ended last
Friday evening when at $50 o'clock
Judge Doub passed sentence upon
those who had been found guilty of
crime and declared the court adjourn
ed for the term.
On Thursday night session of the
Court was held at which time the
cases of John NJ. Grayson and Russell
Coran, employees of the Oakland Music
Company, who had been indicted for
larceny and embezzlement of the
funds of the music company, was in
course of trial. The court room was
packed with men and women whose
interest in the proceedings was ap-
parent from the manner in which they
listened to the testimony OF the wit
nesses and the arguments of the at
torneys upon points in dispute on legal
procedure and questions raised, and
there brought to the surface.
The two men were tried separately,
Coran being found guilty of having
embezzled the sum of $500 received
for the sale of a piano to Mrs. Louis
Walters and sentenced to one year in
the House of Correction.
Grayson, who was indicted with Co.
ran, was declared not guilty by the
Court and he was discharged from the
custody of the States officers.
The men were arrested on December
7th upon information and oath of
Parlinton & Popp, of Cumberland, pro-
prietors of the Oakland Music Com
pany, which is a branch of the Cum
berland Music Company, also owned
by the firm of Parlinton & Pope, who
declared that $500 belonging to the
music company had been misappro-
priated by he two men. Grayson's
home is in Keyser, West Va, where
he is well known, he having come to
Oakland during the past summer
where he was employed as a barber
until he went with the music COM
pany as its manager. Coran is said
to have no permanent residence. He
first appeared in Oakland during the
fair last fall when he was connected
with one of the concessions attached
to the carnival company at the time.
Coran is said to be wanted at Clarks-
burg, West Va, for alleged violtion
of the "blue sky" laws of the State.
He is known at Clarksburg as H. L.
Tracey land it is said that the West
Virginia authorities will seek his ar
rest when he is discharged from the
Maryland House of Correction at the
end of his term of one year.
Other cases disposed and sentences
imposed by the Court since the publ
cation of the court proceedings in The
Republican last Thursday were as
follows:
State VS.. Harry Mosser, on trial for
the theft of coil box and coils from
the automobile of Andrew Rawlings.
which was being heard when this
paper went to press last week, was
found guilty by the court. who sus-
pended sentence and paroled Mosser
Tor three years upon condition thathe
pay the costs of prosecution and re-
fund to Rawlings the value of the
coil and coil box, be of good beha-
Vlor and report to the Court at each
grand jury term for three years.
l.. H. Rhodes, of near Swanton. in
dicted for having stolen furniture
from a car standing on a siding of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad near
Altamont, was declared not guilty by
the Court.
In the case of Wilmer Runyan. of
the Park, found guilty early in the
week of having stolen a watch from
the residence of a Mt. Lake Park
cottager, was paroled for four wears
upon condition that he attend school
Sunday school and church and report
at each grand jury term of the court
for four years.
Liquor" Lee, found guilty of CIV
ing intoxicants to minors. and SEN
fenced to pay fine of 500 or spend
six months in the Maryland House of
Correction, chose the former and I'D
on paying the fine Monday morning
ne was discharged from Jail where he
has been confined since sentence was
passed upon him.
Tony Friend, of Deer Park. was
sentenced to two years in the Mary
land Penitentiary for stealing horse
belonging to George P. Marley. of
Deer Park.
Levitt Coddington, one of two
brothers residing in Friendsville. was
given eight months in the Maryland
House of Correction for burglariz-
ing a building at Friendsville, while
his brother, Herbert Coddington was
parold in the custody of Sheriff Win
tiers.
Russell Williams, colored man
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