Smyrna times., 1924-11-26
THREE CASES CONTINUED BY
PLEAD GUILTY COURT At DOVER
LACK OF INFORMATION CAUSES
JUDGE HARRINGTON TO ACT
LarrimOre, Hudson and Pitt Cases
Though Pleas of Guilty Were En-
tered Were Continued for a Time


There was three cases before. resi-
dent Judge w. w. Harrington at
session of plead guilty court Satur-
day morning, Nov. Is, and all of them
were ordered continued by the Judge
after he heard the testimony and
found that in every case all the facts
were not presentable to the Court.
Judge Harrington decided that there
would be nothing taken for granted
and likewise that there would be no
differences accepted as direct testi-
mOny. The first case heard was that |
of George LarrimOre, of Harrington, |
who entered a plea of guilty to a |
charge of driving off with a motor |
vehicle without the owners consent. |
LarrimOre had been driving truck |
for Abe MOrtze, also of Harrington,
for about seven months and on the
night of November first he took the
truck without the permission of the
owner and went to see a girl. Upon
his return he placed the truck in the
garage where it was when he took it
| away. George NJ. Jones appeared as
counsel for Larrimore and asked that
he be paroled and cited his good rep
utation in the community. Deputy
Attorney-General Earle d. Wiley
who represented the State said that
he had been informed that Larri-
more's character around Harrington
was not so good and that for this rea-
son he would oppose any application
for parole. After some discussion re
garding the attitude of other persons
in the case who were not present IN
the court room, Judge Harrington or
dered the case postponed until Decem-
ber 9Th at which time both sides will
have more witnesses to testify.
Harry Hudson, colOred, of Harring-
ton entered a plea of guilty to
charge of assault and battery. On
Sunday, October 26th, during an ar
gument on the streets in Harrington,
Hudson used a knife in an attack up
on Eli Townsend, cOlored, also of Har-
rington and cut him about the arm
and hand. Mr.. Wiley informed the
Court that from what he could learn
about the case there was a girl IN
volved in the dispute and that Town
send was unable to use his injured
arm at the present time. In his OWL
behalf Hudson stated that he commit
ted the deed after Townsend threaten
ed to shoot him and was reaching II
his hip pocket as though for a gun
He also stated that Townsend ha'
cursed him. The Court inquired o
Mr.. Wiley regarding this statemen
= and Mr. Wiley replied that it wa
new to him. He pointed out to tn
Court that the officers of Harringto
did not speak very highly of Hudson
reputation. Hudson told the Cour
that there was a witness present whe
the affair took place and Judge Han
rington ordered the case continue
until December 9th in order to Civ
both sides an opportunity to hav
their witnesses present in Court.
Kenneth Pitt entered plea
guilty to a charge of larcency of
revolver from John NJ. L. William
who resides on a farm along the Iii
tie Creek road, on November Sth. Pl'
had been in Delaware about one weel
He was employed by Mr.. Williams
work on his farm. On November st
Pitt left the Williams home and can
to Dover In looking around tf
house after the man had left, NJ
Williams missed his revolver and i
Immediately notified the authorize
They arrested Pitt and he admitte
taking the revolver and stated that
had pawned it for a dollar with
man at the station. He described tt
man and the officers found the ma
at the station as described by Pitt bl
he denied any knowledge of the gu
When questioned closely by the CouI
Pitt stated that all his folks we
dead and that he was twenty-tN
years of age, his occupation that
plumber and that he came to DE
aware from Syracuse, n. Y. +
stated that Mr.. Williams was willir
to take him back on the farm but tn
could not be confirmed by the Cou
through Mr. Wiley. Judge Harrin
ton ordered the case postponed +,
one week during which time Mr.. w
ley will communicate with the Ne
York authorities and have a furth
conference with Mr. Williams.