The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-12-11
FORGED CHECK TO SECURE
MONEY FOR HONEYMOON
James A. Mckenzie Draws Six
Months "Cut" Sentence In
The Criminal Court


cessing from Thursday at which time
all civil trials ready for a hearing
except those carried yer by agree
ment of counsel to be determined la
ter, court re-convened Monday morn
ing with Judges Doub and Walsh pre-
siding at which time members of the
petit Jury reported for service and
the criminal dockets were taken up
for disposition. In nearly every in
stance cases on the criminal docket
thus far disposed were tried before
the court, only two or three trials by
jury being heard.
The case of William Shaffer, an
appeal from Justice West, charged
with assault upon his mother-in-law
Mrs. Fike, of Terra Alta, which oc-
CURED early in the summer in a ply
sician's Office in Oakland, was heard
by the Court and a verdict of guilty
rendered. Sentenced to pay the costs
and serve for a period of thirty days
in the County Jail.
The criminal trials docket contains
fifty-five entries and thus far cases
have been disposed of as follows:
Tulla Muratti, indicted forhaving in
his possession liquor, was found gull
ty. Sentence has not been passed.
Walter Lewis, indicted for burg
larizing the Shepherd restaurant at
Kitzmiller, was found guilty by the
Court. In the indictment Lewis was
charged with having stolen money
and other valuables. Sentence has
not been passed.
David Dewitt entered plea of
guilty to the indictment charging him
with theft Of various articles and was
sentenced to the Maryland Training
School for Boys until he arrives at
the age of twenty-one.
George Fazenbaker, of near Acct
dent, plead guilty to the charge of
larceny and was sentenced to serve
six months in the House of Correc-
ton.
Forging check for S63 for honey
moon expenses last June finds James
A. Mckenzie, residing six miles west
of Frostburg on the National Road,
sentenced to six months in the House
of Correction, sentence on Mckenzie
having been passed on Tuesday by
Judges Doub and Walsh after he had
entered plea of guilty to the charge.
Mckenzie forged the name of James
Carey, a Garrett county farmer, in
favor of the First State Bank of
Grantsville on June 7. He acknowl-
edged forging the check, making an
earnest plea in his own behalf that
he was married on that day and need
ed the money for the honeymoon ex-
penses. Shortly after forging the
check Mckenzie passed a worthless
check on the firm of Otto Hohing &
Sons at Frostburg. He was appre-
hended shortly afterward. Both the
checks were later made good.
John Clark, with Mary Tasker, of
Swanton as the prosecuting witness,
entered plea of guilty to the charge
of bastardy and was ordered to pay
SO per month for the period of IA
years to the mother, and in default
OF bond to serve one year in the Cut.
Russell Harvey, George Davis and
Wesley Davis, of Kitzmiller, entered
pleas of guilty to indictments charg-
ing them with having stolen goods
from the store of Frank Votopivick.
Sentence was suspended upon condi-
ton that the traversers pay the costs
and make restitution for the goods
unlawfully taken.
Lewis Fazenbaker, charged with
having forged a check bearing the
name of George Steele, State roads
contractor at Friendsville, was tried
before the Court, found guilty and
sent to the House of Correction for
one year.
Robert Ball, workman engaged
at the General Construction Corpora
TONS dam north of Oakland, who was
arrested early in the fall on a war;
rant charging himw with stealing goods
from a store at the construction camp,
entered a plea of guilty and was pa
rolled for three years.
Orion M. Feaster, charged in an in
dictment with having abducted Mary
Wright of Oakland and taking her to
Uniontown, Pa, was tried before the
Court, found guilty and sentenced to
one year in the House of Correction.
At the time of the disappearance of
the Wright girl last summer consid-
cradle excitement was occasioned as
it was several days before the couple
was located. Feaster was arrested,