Smyrna times., 1924-02-27
FEBRUARY TERM KENT COUNTY
COURT HOLDS MUCH INTEREST
CASE MANSLAUGHTER AGAINST
DIR. J. c. COOPER, CONTINUED
Divorce and Liquor Cases Numerous,
Much Time Being Consumed in
Hearing-TwO Lawyers Admitted


The February term of the Superior
Court and the Court of General Ses-
sions in and for Kent County, opened |
on Monday morning of last week with |
Chief Justice Pennewill and Associate
Judge Rodney on the bench. Asso- |
ciate Judge Rice was prevented from |
attending this session of Court be-
cause of the death of his mother.
J. Leonard SOper, of the Eighth
Representative District was chosen
foreman of the Grand Jury and How
ard G. Ross, Secretary. No special
charge was given by the Court to the
Grand Jury other than that they make
sufficient investigation to warrant true
bills being returned by them.
In the Superior Court Monday the
greater part of the day was taken up
in the hearing of divorces. the follow
ing being granted:
Leon Kelly from Belle L. Kelly, de-
sertion; Erwin A. Pearson from
Blanche Parks Pearson, desertion;
Mary E. Thompson from Raymond
Thompson, adultery; Emma F. Car
row from Arthur CarrOw, adultery;
Millie E. Reed from Edward H. Reed,
habitual drunkenness; Susie Irene
Lofand, alias Susie Irene Holiday,
from John Quincy Lofland, alias Gill
bert Joseph Holiday; Sophia c. POr-
ter from Willard J. Porter, desertiOn;
Lillias E. Thompson from Oliver j..
Thompson, desertion; William Lewis
Jacobs from Anna Corby Jacobs, adul-
terry.
The Grand Jury after two full days
work, concluded their work late Tues
day afternoon for the term and were
discharged from any further attend
ance at the present term unless re-
called. With a volume of work be-
fore them, the Grand jury returned
over 20 true bills and ignored three,
two of those ignored being against a
defendant against whom two true bills
had been returned.
The Indictments returned by the
Grand Jury included the following
State VS.. Lee Harris, colOred, two in
dictments for larceny. State VS.. JOhr
Cardeen Cooper, two indictments, one
for manslaughter and the other VIC
lation of the State motor vehicle laws
, relative to refusal to stop cSr in cas'
of accident or collision and give nam'
and address. The first indictment o
manslaughter against DIR. Cooper is il
connection with the death of Benja
min T. Kelley, the white man VIII
was killed by the collision of Dl
Cooper's car with the Kelley cal
sometime last December on the Stat
: road South of Dover toward Camden
State VS.. Charles Polk, larceny; Stat
VS.. Reuben Cain secretion or destruC
tion of property after execution; Stat
VS.. Harry Brinckley, transporting in
toxicating liquor. ((Brinckley enter
ed a plea of guilty and was sentence
to pay fine of $4,000 and costs Q
:, prosecution and in default of bail t
serve six months Imprisonment j
Kent County Jail.) State VS.. Hiral
J. Emerson, desertion and non-suppor
State VS.. Edward Anderson three il
dictments, false pretences (Anderso
is the Dover negro who obtaine
goods at several Dover stores and hs
them charged or pretended they We
for Dover citizens with whom he h;
worked at different times.) State v
George Lester Layer, violation
motor vehicle laws, refusing to st,
during a collision and give name al
address.
Alvin c. Mariner, nOn-suppOrt
minor child; Jeffrey H. Beckett t1
indictments, one for illegal pOssessi
and one for Illegal manufacture of
toxicating liquors; Zebulon Goodbye
illegal possession Of spirituOus liqut
.,sV az Emil Hengst, two indictments, q
ice. for illegal possession and one for
ooa legal manufacture of Intoxicating
quors; John T. Mitchell, illegal p
'oVe session of spirituous liquor; Alex
der George, illegal possession of ST
pod ituous liquor; James M. Dawson,
See sault and battery; Harry w. Bier
support of minor child; John G.
lain ferris, non-support of minor childT
1000 Cardo Harris, alias Carly Harris,
nyr- indictments, assault and battery
Pos rape; Willard WilkersOn, assault
'"sH' battery.
In several of the liquor cases p
of mot guilty" were entered by &C
p sci of accused.
Three informations were filed
Attorney General Townsend who
ABE been in attendance at this we
session Of the Court, against How
Minner, John H. Townsend, Cha
. H. Boone, all three being apr
from the Justice Of Peace for op'
II ing car while under influence of Ii
and where a prison sentence was
posed in addition to the fine
costs.
Two cases against Jimmie Ge
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