Milford chronicle., 1925-02-06
SUSSEX COUNTY COURT
OPENS WITH MANY
CASES TO Be HEARD
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she said, in an effort to obtain EN-
ployment for her husband. She sue
ceeded in getting him position will
the Greenwood Lumber Company
but he never came to Delaware tC
accept it.
The divorce case of Mrs. Sarah R
Truitt, of Lewes, against her hus-
band, George Handy Truitt, was
heard. The cause for the action was
desertion and non-support. Mrs
Truitt testified that she lived in Sal
isbury, Md, at the time of the de-
sertiOn, which took place in August,
1920. A few days thereafter she NOV
ed to Lewes, where she has since re-
sided with her sister. The court re-
served decision in the case until her
attorney, Andrew J. Lynch, produc-
ed another witness to prove the time
they have been separated. A divorce
nisi is expected to be granted this
week.
In the certiorari case of Paul F.
Carpenter, defendant below, VS.. Jer-
ONE c. Phillips, plaintiff below, an
action before justice of the peace,
the judgement below was reversed
upon the filing of exceptions by
James M. Tunnel, who set forth
that the referees in the case had
never been sworn in the action be-
fore the justice of the peace.
Shortly after General Sessions
Court convened true bills were re-
turned against William B. Marvel,
Elijah Johnson and Fred Douglas
Coins, the three prisoners who es-
capped from the Sussex county Jail on
Thursday afternoon of last week.
Marvel, who was being held for a
statutory Offense against Ardessa
Jones, cOlored, of near Seaford, on
November 1, last year, and who en-
gineered the escape from the Jail,
was indicted on three counts-es-
cape from Jail, carrying concealed a |
deadly weapon and assault on the |
cOlOred girl. He pleaded guilty to es-
Gaping Jail and carrying concealed a |
deadly weapon and was sentenced in |
each case to serve one year in the
New Castle County Workhouse and
pay the cost of prosecution. The as
Sault charge against him was drop
ped by Deputy Attorney General
J. Cooke. I
At the time of the alleged assault
IN the cOlOred girl, Marvel was liv-
ng at Seaford.
The charge of carrying concealed
/ deadly weapon grew out Of the fact
hat a pistol had been smuggled into
he prison to him by lady friend
whom he alleges was Mrs. Emma
of Salisbury, Nd, and 1
Who, after the escape, was arrested {
" the Salisbury authorities and is {
low confined in the Sussex county {
all to answer a charge of aiding {
nd abetting and conspiring in the i
scape. Her trial is expected to come {
efore the court this week.
Fred Douglas Coins who was be- '
ng held in prison for disturbing the /
eace at" Seaford, a few weeks ago,
nd who would have been liberated /
n Monday, pleaded guilty to the in c
ictment of Jail breaking and was v
entenced to serve 8 months in the e
lew Castle County WOrkhouse. Co Il
IS is the negro who leaped the Jail +
9nce in company with Marvel. He
laims Portsmouth, Va, as his home. Il
Four charges were preferred N
gainst Elijah Johnson, colored, of n
oncord, who is the negro who made a
lie assault on Deputy Sheriff Bud c
Oy in the jailbreak. The grand jury a.
dicted him for jailbreaking, assault B
nd battery on Deputy Sheriff Coy, &
rceny of a pistol belonging to the N
ticer and carrying concealed the N
stOl which he had taken. Johnson P
eaded guilty to the four charges, P
1t the larceny charge and the one j
r carrying concealed a deadly 81
eapon were dropped. For escaping le
il he was sentenced to serve six M
Onths in the New Castle County so
and on the charge of as W,
ult and battery on Deputy Sheriff Pl
y he was given one year. Johnson LIZ
10 some time ago got into some FL
nily difficulty and had a fight with
father, would have been dis "
arged on Monday by giving bond IA
keep the peace. Johnson alleges
1t Marvel was the brains" of the
l break and persuaded him to hit
, officer.
AC ILL JelAApA Will p4OD-
y be carried to the New Castle OF
unity WOrkhOuse some time this Sta
elk.
n Superior Court, Monday after pu
IN, the divorce case of Clarence ito
Mitchell, of Laurel, against his wa
e, Hattie G. Mitchell, was heard. Coz
: grounds for divorce were inf tie
ity. A decree nisi was withheld in do1
case for a few days until it can ing
ascertained if Mrs. Mitchell can Ley
reached with a notice of the di- leg
ce proceedings at the home of a Del
tive near Snow Hill. 1
n Tuesday Aaron Kitchens, of Ke1
Iadelphia, arrested last summer ed
. colored campground, charged JAG
/ being drunk and disorderly and Gar
laying a pistol, entered a plea sew
cuilty and was sentenced to pay Ros
ne of $50 and cost of prosecu- five
star
nolle PROSE- was entered in the pub
of Lena G. Piner, colored, of B
Oboth Beach, indicted for illeg- funC
of liquor at the resort coul
summer. dist
,orge Epps, colored, of near ferr
rel, entered a plea of guilty to trict
al possession of liquor and was thirt
enced to pay fine of $100 and
of prosecution. FAR
lliam Church, colored, Of Sea- r
who on January 8, pleaded
y before Judge Charles S. Rich
to a charge Of driving off
: belonging to James H. Holt, at
)rd, on Christmas Eve, was SEN free
ID to serve one year in the New mite
e County Workhouse, pay a prov
If 5000 and cost Of prosecution. priat
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