Milford chronicle., 1925-04-10
SUSSEX COURT
GRANTS DIVORCES
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hands with his fingernails, Mrs
Maude Truitt was granted a decree
nisi from him on the ground of eX-
IRENE cruelty, and was granted by
the Court the custody of her two
children, Margaret, aged IA, and
Evelyn, aged II.
Mr.. and Mrs. Truitt were married
at Laurel on December 20, 1905.
Infdelity was established so con-
clusively in the divorce case of Mrs.
Clara c. Jones, of Lewes, against
her husband, Charles V. Jones, and
in granting the divorce the decree
carried with it an order for the pay
ment of $40 OTTO defray the costs of
! the action. Mrs. Jones testified that
| she and her husband were married
on September 3, 1890, and they lived
| together until January 26 of this
year when she left him and went to
! Magnolia. to reside with her bro
Their.
Charles R. O'Day, of Seaford, on
Monday afternoon was granted di-
vOrce nisi from his wife, Mrs Sadie
A. O'Day, also Of Seaford, on the
ground of desertiOn. Mr.. and Mrs.
O'Day, the petitioner alleged, were
married on October IA, 1896, at
FoOdland. The desertiOn is alleged to
have taken place on January 4, 1928
Mr.. O'Day testified that he knew of
no reason for the separation, and
that since she left he has endeavOr-
ed to get her to go back to him. Be
fore her marriage, Mrs. O'Day was
Miss Sadie A. Vincent, of GalestOwn, !
Md. She is now engaged in the mer-
chandise business at SeafOrd.
On the ground of extreme cruelty,
Mrs. Gladys Donovan, nee Tyndall,
Broadkiln District. was granted di-
vOrce nisi from her husband, Frank
Donovan.
Wandering around from town to
town with nothing to do, and only
working long enough to buy a few
clothes and tobacco, proved the I'M
doing of Charles Burgess, negro, of
who upon entering a plea
of guilty to an indictment returned
against him on Monday by, the grand
jury of the Sussex County Courts,
charging larceny of $65 from John
5. DickersOn of Bridgeville, last De-
3ember, was sentenced Tuesday NOR
ming to serve one year in the New ,
Castle County WOrkhOuse and pay a ,
inc of $3.50 and cost of prosecution. 1
The fine imposed upon Burgess is
louble the amount of money stolen ,
rom DickersOn, which was never re-
covered. l
Alleging that she was practically I
lriVen to manufacture and sell liQ- +
lor in order to support her invalid /
and thirteen-year-Old boy, 1
lrs. Estella Franklin, of Lincoln v
lily, who was indicted jointly with s
er husband for having liquor in her v
entered plea of guilty s
4 General Sessions Court Tuesday i,
nd was sentenced to pay the cost of /;
and be parOled for one n
ear to State Detective Ottie Dona- II
-ay, who is to keep a close watch h
n the Franklin home. A physicians N
9rtifcate setting forth that her hus- "
and, against whom an Indictment n
as also found for possession of n
quOr, was suffering from heart o.
Ouble and tuberculosis, proved suf- VI
3ient grounds to excuse Franklin o.
ON being in court. Two other in
larges against him and also one ~,
sainst Mrs. Franklin were retired. m
Claiming that he had no patience
it'll the rum business and did not
anufacture it for his personal use hi
engage in the sale of it, but has nt
two DECISIONS made small quaint ia
IS for his wife's use, Charles W. dc
lderson, a young white man, re- PI
ling near Cannon, between Seaford OI
I'd BridgeTille, entered a plea of W,
ilty in General Sessions Court on to
lesday upon a charge of having wi
Luor in his possession and was SEN de
need to pay fine Of 500 and cost Sa
prosecution and be paroled for re-
o years to Alexander Tatman, of
ar Bridgeville.