Evening journal., 1921-10-19

NLIQUOR CASE
Kent County Richer by
Failure of Indicted Man
to Answer
HOME-BREw MAKER
GOES TO WORKHOUSE
Special to The Evening Journal.

Special to The Evening Journal.
DOVER. Del. Oct. is.-Possibly
the largest forfeited bail bond ever
turned into the treasury OF Kent
county from the Court OF General
Sessions. was that Of $500 cash turn
ed over here yesterday in the case
OF Raffele Tavaglione. indicted by
the Grand Jury on October Is.
1920 for Illegal possession Of liquors.
The defendant was taken into Gus
tody by the town officers and six
teen quarts OF liquor was found In
his possession. He was held in $500
bail for court. Cash bail was fur
nished.
AZ the October term Of court last
year Tavaglione. was present and at
first entered a plea Of not guilty. At
the same court a continuance 10 the
February term. was made on appli-
cation OF his counsel John ID. Haw-
kins. on the ground Of absence Of a
material witness. The next day after
this request was made an applica-
tion was made TO the court by Mr..
Hawkins that the continuance be
taken of and a plea Of guilty enter
ed. However. the plea Of guilty was
Withdrawn and the case continued
"a. the February term.
At the February term the case was
called and Tavaglione not answer
! ing. the bond was ordered forfeited
and the case continued with a capia
TO the April term. At thefApril term
the case was again continued 10 the
July term, and at the July term the
case was further continued TO the
present October term. With no as
surance that the defendant would
appear the bond was ordered paid
into court which was done by At
torney A. b. Magee, counsel for J.
A. Downes, who held the cash bail
that had been turned over to him
for that purpose.
The grand jury yesterday return
ed II true bills as follows: walter
Pettyjohn. two indictments charg-
ing larceny and one for escape from
Kent county Jail; Harvey johnson
colored. escape from Kent county
Jail: Robinson h. Bullock, non-sup'
lport; Emmit Richards. unlawfulls
selling intoxicating liquors; Robert
n. Taylor. Owe indictments. utter
ing worthless checks; Lewis Quin'
ton. non-support William Pleasan'
ton. embezzlement as bailee; Thomas
L. Wingate. embezzlement as bailee
Alonzo Newman. attempted larceny
Neal Y. Oeschler. one charge Of
larceny and another Of embezzle
ment as bailee.
The Grand Jury will likely con
clude its work for the term toda,
with a visit 70 the jail and the Ken
county almshouse, after which th'
jurors will make their report Of thu
years work.
The number OF indictments at th'
present term is the largest number
known At one term in recent years
At yestefday's session Of court
Charles W. Pettyiohn, pleaded
guilty to the indictment OF carryinl
concealed a deadly weapon. In view
Of mitigating circumstances a min
imum sentence OF S25 and costs wa
imposed.
John Edward Loatman, cQlored
indicted for illegal possession OF In
toxicating liquor, having been caugh
with two bottles Of corn whisky an
keg Of mash with several quart
Of corn whisky in course Of fermen
tation. pleaded guilty. Although HI
= attorney, John ID. Hawkins, pleade
for leniency the attorney-genera
: called the courts attention to
previous offense by the defendant ]