Milford chronicle., 1923-10-19
KENT COUNTY COURT
In SESSION this WEEK
The Grand Jury Indicted Twelve
On Monday And Two Charges
Were Ignored.
DIVORCE CASES TAKEN UP
Five Mismated Couples Granted Nisi
By The COurt--Judges PennewiII,
Rodney, Richards, Sitting.

The October term of the Kent Coun-
ty Courts opened at Dover on Monday
with Chief Justice PenneWill and As
sociate Judges Rodney and Richards,
sitting. The Grand Jury considered IA
cases and twelve were indicted on
charges as follows: Mack Sullivan,
larceny; William Brown, carrying
concealed a deadly weapon; Irving
Green, desertion and non-suppOrt; FL
mer Dickerson, two indictments, as
sault and battery and carrying con-
cealed deadly weapon; Jacob Cohen,
unlawfully selling intoxicating liqu-
Ors; Blanche Hardcastle, two indict-
ments, assault and battery; Willard
Dicus, alias Willard Santmire, alias
Willard Sayers, desertion and non
support; George Conklin, desertion
and non-support; Samuel Schwatka,
improper conduct; Walter T. War
rington, improper conduct.
The ignored bills included those
gainst Preston Brown, assault and
battery and William Brown, pointing
pistol at another person.
Much of Mondays session was TAX
en- up in the hearing of divorce cases,
DEGREES nisi being granted in the fol-
lowing: Catherine S. Shakespeare
from Franklin H, Shakespeare, deser-
ton and extreme cruelty; John R.
Hartnett from Elizabeth Hartnett, de-
sertion; Florence X. Robinson from
Thomas Lemuel Robinson, desertion;
Florence Ethel Quintin from Lewis
Quintin, desertiOn and Robinson B.
Bullock from Martha S. Bullock. The
case of Dorothy Frances Austin from
Albert Austin, on grounds of desertiOn |
was heard and decision reserved.
The grand jury on Tuesday returned !
fourteen true bills making a total of |
twenty-six for the term. The grand !
jurors visited the county Jail and
almshouse on Tuesday. The true bills
returned included the following:
Blanche Hardcastle, Rolsal, two in
dictments, assault and battery; Harry
Brickley, illegal possession of spirit
GUS liquors; Alexander Harris, unlaW-
full transporting of spirituous liquors;
Benjamin F. Burton, assault and bat
terry; Steven Monarch, George Twad-
dell, Robert J. Rogers, Howard K.
Major, Wesley Clark, Jr., larceny;
Walter Jackson, three indictments, as
sault, assault and battery, carrying
concealed a deadly weapon; Harvey
Williams, carrying concealed a deadly
weapon; William Williams, carrying
concealed a deadly weapon; Lemuel
Barratt, three indictments, highway
robbery, assault and carrying con-
cealed deadly weapon. ,
In all the above cases, with the ex-
ception of Alexander Harris, pleas of
not guilty were entered either in per-
son or by counsel. Harris pleaded
guilty.
Elmer Dickson, colored, who plead
guilty to two indictments, one for as
sault and battery and the other car
rying concealed a deadly weapon was
sentenced in the one case of assault '
and battery, to one year imprison- !
ment in the New Castle county work. |
house.
A petit jury returned verdict of
not guilty in the case of julius Coop n
er, employed at the P. R. R. station c
at Houston, on charge Of assault I
and battery.
A jury also returned a verdict of p
not guilty in the case of Casmer
zych, charged with desertion and nom n
support.