The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-12-20
7WAINCOLD FINED $4,000
FOR RUNNING POKER JOINT
Ira CUP and Payne Culp Each
Get 6 Months in the House
of Correction for Assault

That the way of the transgressor is
hard had its exemplifcation in the
Circuit Court of this county during
the closing days of last week and yes
terday when Associate Judge Albert
A. Doub pronounced sentence upon
several who had been found guilty of
violations of the law at the present
term Of the court.
Perhaps the most surprised indi-
vidual of the lot was Solomon Vain
gold. Solly was pinched one night
last summer while a poker game was
on in his residence, at that time To-
Gated in a building on Railroad street,
and which was raided by Sheriff Ash
by and Constable Fank Browning. The
participants in the game as we'll as
the occupant Of the house were hailed
before Justice West. Waingold enter
ed plea before the Justice praying a
trial before jury. Of course the Jus
tice accommodated him and when the
case was trid yesterday Judge Doub
sat as the jury. A verdict of guilty
was rendered and the traverser SEN
fenced to pay fine of $3.50 and costs.
Waingold came to Oakland from
Cumberland about year ago and
has been variously employed since,
portion Of the time in local garage
as salesman and repairman.
Ira Culp and his son Payne Culp,
the particulars of whose troubles and
their hearing appeared in The Repub-
lican last Thursday, both having been
indicted for assault upon Sheriff Ash
by and Constable Browning when they
appeared at the Culp home on Laurel
Run with a warrant for the arrest of
the elder Culp, were each sentenced
to serve six months in the Maryland
House OF Correction. Ira Culp's term
in the State institution will begin at
the time his sentence of nine months
in the county jail for a Federal of
Tense expires, while that of Payne,
hi son, viii begin a. roon as he is
turned over to the authorities in
charge by the Garrett county sheriff.
Benz. Parendo, of Kitzmiller, tried be-
fore the Court upon an indictment
for carrying concealed weapons, was
found guilty and fined S100 and costs.
J. ]. funny, who was the superin-
tendent of construction of the Oak
land-Gortner improved State road,
for which F. A. Denison & Co. had
the contract, was indicted upon two
charges of forgery. One case was
stetted by order of the States At
torney and in the other he was pro-
nounced guilty on the fourth count of
the indictment, that Of embeZzlement.
He was sentenced to serve 8 months
in the Maryland House of Correction.
Daniel Wilt was declared not guilty
on an indictment charging him with
statutory offense against the person
of BERTHE Wilt.
Lynn Morgan, of near Mountain
Lake Park, was pronounced guilty by
the Court following his trial upon a
charge of burglarizing the book store
at Mountain Lake Park and sentence
suspended for period of five years.
David J. Robinson will pay 5000 and
costs for having received and accepted
orders for the sale of whiskey or re-
main in jail for an indefinite period.
The court recessed from Saturday
until yesterday morning when it con-
vened again for the purpose Of COM
pleting the docket, the final adjourn
ment coming yesterday afternoon.