The Republican., 1924-06-12
, CRIMINAL COURT DOCKET
WAS TAKEN UP MONDAY
Associate Judge Frank G.. Wag-
aman, of HagerstOwn. Is
Presiding This Week

The grand jury, as noted in The
Republican last Thurday, adjourned
Wednesday afternoon after complet-
ing the work the members of the BODY
were called upon to do.
Following the dismissal of the
grand jury the Court recessed until
Monday morning at which time the
petit jury reported and Judge Frank
q. Wagaman appeared on the bench
in place of Judge Doub, who presided
last week.
Upon Court reconvening Monday,
the criminal docket was taken up the
first cases called being those appear
ing upon the appeal docket.
Charles Day and Annie Day, his
daughter, of near Deer Park. who
were each fined $50 by Justice West
when they were tried in his court on
the charge of diorderly conduct and
disturbing the peace, were tried be-
fore jury. From the testimony An
ME Day, who was student in the
public school near Deer Park. became
involved in a fight with another stu
dent and at about the same time her
father. Charles Day appeared. Fol
lowing the disturbance both were ar
rested and tried before the Justice.
and both were declared guilty. The
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dict of not guilty as to Charles Day
and guilty as to Annie Day.
A second case growing out of the
above matter was that of an assault
upon the student at the Day school
IN which both Day and his daughter
were charged before the Justice with
being parties to. The case was sub
mitted to the Court upon the testi-
mony produced before the jury in the
first case heard. The Courts verdict
was not guilty as to Charles Day but
guilty as to Annie Day. Sentence was
suspended.
The case OF Louis Waingold, who
was fined $50 BY Justice West for
assaulting Robert Sines, appealed by
Waingold to Court, was dismissed by
Waingold's attorneys.
Criminal Trials
Upon completing the criminal ap-
peals cases the criminal trials docket
was called and the parties who had
been indicted and apprehended were
arraigned.
Luther Selders, John Menhorn. Jr..
and Charles Wilson, three young boys
Of Oakland, indicted for bootlegging
by the recent grand jury and whose ar
rest and incarceration in the county
Jail followed the day after, were tried
before the Court after they had enter
ed plea Of not guilty. The verdict
of the Court was guilty and the three
boys were sent back to jail to await
sentence. W. +. Anvil and Warden
Roy were the prosecuting witnesses
who testified that they had purchased
liquor from the boys upon numerous
occasions. The source Of supply was
not made evident at the trial, although
the State attempted to do so.
Willard Garfield, indicted for the
larceny Of automobile accessories from
Henry Lauer, entered a plea of guilty
and upon his promise of good be-
havior sentence was suspended for
the period of three years and Garfield
paroled in the custody Of his parents
William Soblasky, whose arrest for
burning the barn Of w. D. Althouse,
located at German, on the night of
May 10th, was tried before a jury.
Soblasky has been in jail since the oc-
currence. Thirteen witnesses were
heard after the jury had been impan-
elled. The testimony Of the witnesses
bore out the story published in The
Republican following Soblasky's ar
rest on the charge. He testified that
he had been living in America for 27
years; that he was a miner and had
been in the employ Of Mr. Althouse
about two months. After hearing the
testimony the jury rendered its YER
dict, finding him guilty on the third,
fourth, fifth and sixth counts in the
indictment.
Charles Spring, who stated ycster-
day morning when he was brought in
to the court room for trial, that his