Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-04-26
FEDERAL COURT

court.
The grand jury has been
working with real snap at this
term of court. Over so indict
ments had been returned up to
late Tuesday and most of those
indicted had plead. Several more
were returned Wednesday morn
ing and the grand jury discharg
ed.
Arch Spicer, of Irvine, was
found guilty of having a half
gallon jar of white whisky in his
room over a pool room. He was
defended by Attorney H. E. Hay
of Irvine, who did everything lie
could for his client and gave him
real service, but Chief of Police
Russ Sizemore, and Officers
Brinegar and Baker told of find
ing the liquor in the room when
they searched it. They ADMITTED
that Splcer wasn't there. Clav
Pickett said he roomed with
Spicer and that t1le-door is often
left open and a window is our.
The defense sought to create the
impression that boys playing il
the pool room below might have
left the whisk there. Spicer said
he hadn't been in the room for
two days when the booze was
found, but the jury thought it
looked differently.
Attorney Il. c. Oldham told
the court that he believes Owen
Walker, we'll known local negro,
has quit bootlegging, ''if they
ever do quit as Oldham eN-
pressed it, He entered plea ID
guilty for Walker to possessing
and selling He said that Walls
er had spent nearly a year III
the jail and asked mercy for
him. Judge Cochran said h
would consider it when he came
to sentence the prisoners.
Attorney Oldham made hard
and lengthy fight to clear Mrs.
Spicie Gentry of a charge OF
selling, transporting and posses
sing whisky. No evidence sus-
tanned the transporting charge
but she was convicted on the
other two counts. Mrs. Gentry
lives in the east end of this city
Frank Barger and Grover Cleve-
land Marcum, both of Clay coun,
ty, told how they had been taken
to Mrs. Gentry's home by some
Laurel county boys court day
and had bought some liquor
They said the drank some from
some dram glasses and after
ward bought pint for SIS
They carried this off in two pc
bottles, they said, and were 500 !
arrested by police and lodged
Jail. Compelled to tell Whei'
they got it next day they sal,
they didn't know the name
the woman but went back ar,
bought some more, learned hel
name and gave it to officers
Both declared they had not ha,
drop until they went to th'
Gentry woman's home.
Mrs. Gentry denied emphati
cally that she has sold them an,
liquor. She said she was away
from her house at the time and
returned to find the two men
drinking with her brother, Tom
Coyle. She said they asked her
to have a drink of good old Clay
county whisky, the same kind a
state official used on his fishing
trips up there. Mrs. Gentry said
she told them to get out; that
she couldn't have them drinking
III her house and getting her
! brother drunk. She SAID sshe
finally forced them to leave and
they did SO saying she'd BE sor-
| ry, cor something like that" She
said the police came the next
day, searched the house. : but
, found no liquor. Mrs, Gentry
declared that she wouldn't have
let them had any whisky if she'd
had any 1T doesn't look reas-
enable to let strange men have
whisky, if you are putting it out,
these kind of times" she said.
Tom Coyle, brother of Mrs.
Gentry, gave practically the
same testimony as she. He said
the men were passing by the
house; one asked for a drink of
water and when they went in to
get it, the other pulled out some
whisky and asked him to take a
drink, which he did. He sale
this happened 80 minutes before
his sister returned to the house
He denied that his sister ha(
sold or given the men any Il
quor. Frank Gordon, youth,
said he was there to help Cor