The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-12-18

and costs.
Roy A. Fisher, proprietor of a road
house located a few miles north Of
Oakland, also entered a plea of guilty
on the Indictment charging him with
selling liquor and was fined $500 anC
costs.
John Wilburn, sale of liquor, pleC
guilty before the Court and was fneC
5000 and costs.
Joseph Burdock, of near Finzel, was
fined 500 and costs when he pleC
guilty to the indictment charging hin
with having sold liquor.
Asa Kitzmiller, on the indictment
charging him with having sold pint
of liquor, entered a ple,. O. guilty anC
was fined 5000 and costs.
A second case against Kitzmillei
and George Erwin, charging then
jointly with having liquor in THEN
possession, entered pleas of guilty
and were fined 5000 and costs.
William Hartzell, of Oakland, in.
dicted on the charge of selling liquor
had his case heard by jury and was
found guilty. He was fined $500 and
costs and committed to jail until fine
is paid
Sylvester Sluss, sale of liquor
elected to be tried before the Court
Verdict guilty and fined 500 and the
costs of prosecution.
Ernest Resi-, of Bittinger, indicted
for stealing automobile accessories
the property Of Martin Stanton, of
near Bittinger, was found guilty and
sentenced to serve one year in the
Maryland House of Correction.
Resuming the criminal docket yes
terday morning, the case of Charles
Wilson, who was arrested along with
John Menhorn, Jr., during the fall on
warrant charging him with selling
liquor, was brought into court from
the jail where he has been contend
since his arrest. Young Wilson had
been parolled at the June Term of
court on similar charge. When ar
raigned yesterday he entered a plea
OF guilty and was sentenced to pay a
fine Of 500 or be confined in the
Maryland House of Correction for 3
months.
Tony Miller, indicted by the late
grand jury on the charge of selling
liquor, was then placed on trial be-
fore a jury. After the testimony had
been presented and arguments made
the jury retired and did not reach a
verdict for two hours. When the body
returned they rendered a verdict of
guilty.
The third and final case of the
day was that of Calvin Menhorn and
Charles Britt, indicted jointly for
bootlegging, was taken up before a
jury with W. M. Lowdermilk, of Sell
bysport, as the foreman. On the wit
ness stand both Menhorn and Britt
maintained their innocence of the
charges made and in this they were
supported by the evidence of several
witnesses. The State, however, pro-
duced sufficient evidence to the minds
Of the jury to work a conviction and
their verdict after short delibera-
ton was guilty"
Deputy Sheriff Frank w. Blake, on
Saturday night, took Walter A. Lew
is to the penitentiary to serve his
sentence of three years for burglar
izing the Shepherd restaurant at
Kitzmiller. Before leaving, however.
Lewis gave the officers at the jail a
tip that a delivery of the prisoners
had been planned and would be car
ried through within a few hours. In
vestigation on the part of Sheriff
4utzy revealed the fact that one bar
of window facing on the alley in
the rear of the Jail had already been
sawed through and when the oppor-
tunity presented itself the matter of
making the opening large enough to
permit the passage of the men inside
was matter of only a few minutes
work. The prisoners were lined up
by the Sheriff and sent to their cells.
Inquiry on the part of the officers
at the Jail soon brought to light who
the parties were that passed the
saws to the prisoners, they being
Nay Shockey and Gilbert Kitzmiller,
convicted of larceny at the present
term of court, who HAD an opportun-
ity of securing the saws during the
progress of their trials and passing
them into the prisoners. Both are
now in Jail.
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