Milford chronicle., 1927-02-11
SUSSEX COURT HAS
MANY CASES BEFORE IT
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Adkins, unlawfully having in pos
session liquor; Harry ". Rogers, de-
sertiOn and nOn-support; John Wal
lace and Sadie Corbin, subordination
of perjury, growing out of the Will
liam H. Wallace murder trial last
October, during which he was con-
Victed and sentenced to life impris-
Onment; Walter Parsons, perjury in
the William II. Wallace murder trial
Marshall J. Short, desertion and
nOn-suppOrt.
The case of Howard NJ. Maull,
charged at the February term of
court, 1924, with desertiOn and non
support of his wife, was continued
to the April term. Maull is confined
in the Sussex County Jail at the
present time.
The Court assingned Former De-
putty Attorney General Frank NJ.
Polk, cOlOred, of Bridgeville, who at
the June term, 1924, was indicted
for numbering Richard Chase. alias
Richard Barclay Polk, after COM
mitting the alleged crime, made his
escape into New Jersey and during
the first of last month was taken
into custody at New Brunswick and
returned to prison here. His trial,
together with that of Emerson
Wright and Mrs. Frances Spence,
has been set for Monday of next
week. Mrs. Spense is charged with
numbering her husband, Grover c.
Spence at Hickman, Del, on October
9th. by giving him Paris Green in
cider. 1t is understood that pleas
will likely be made in two of the
murder cases-Wright and Spence.
Deputy Attorney General H. J.
Cooke retired the case of Herman
Polk, indicted at the February term
last year, for larceny of a shotgun
from Jacob Kenney, of near Bridge
vile, and continued the case against
Marvin NJ. Lindell who has been
indicted at the April term, 1925, for
desertion and non-suppOrt. Since the
indictment has been hanging over
Polk, the officials have not been able
to apprehend him, he having made
his escape the following day after
the alleged theft was committed.
The case of Jackson H. Dolby,
charged with desertion and nom
support, has been retired. 1t was
stated to the court that Dolby and !
his wife, Mrs. Florence Dolby, are
now living together.
In the case of the State VS.. Tracy !
Nutter, being an appeal case from a |
Justice of the peace who had fined |
him for driving an automobile while |
under the influence of liquor, has |
been continued. Nutter is now serv-
ing time in the New Castle County |
for a similar Offense, |
while the first charge was |
hanging over him.
Raymond Green, cOlored, of Lau-
rel. arrested on December Is, for
having two quarts of liquor in his
entered plea of guilty
and was paroled for two years to
H. Dickerson of Laurel, for
whom he has been working for some
time
Mrs. Reynolds Gets Divorce
Mrs. Edith S. Reynolds, chief op-
orator for the Diamond State Tele-
phone Co.. in MiddletOwn, this State,
was granted a divorce nisi in Super
ior Court, Monday, from her hus-
band, Laurence C. Reynolds, because
he failed to give her proper support,
during the time she was married
Mrs. Reynolds told the Court that
on many occasions she suffered from
lack of food and that her husband
spent all of his money gambling.
They were married at Seaford on
June %, 1917 and lived together un-
til February 20, 1921. When first
married they lived in Bridgeville
but moved to Wilmington in 1918.
During nearly all of their married
life, she said, her husband, now
resident of Wilmington, gambled
and failed to contribute to her sup
port and the support of a small
child.
Mrs. Reynolds complained to her
father, William L. Spry, a well
known farmer now living between
and Townsend, that she
was not getting enough to eat, and
upon going to the home of his daugh-
ter he found her in destitute circum-
stances. Mr.. Reynolds took his
daughter and grand child home with
him where since they have lived.
In listening to her father relate the
conditions as he found them upon
visiting her home, Mrs. Reynolds
sobbed bitterly. The tale of her
nardships was pathetic and it re-
1uired but a few moments after her
testimony and that of her father had
been concluded before Judges Rich
lrds and Harrington announced their
decision.
There was no session of court on
It reconvened Wednesday
1T noon.
Will Audit COmptrOlIer's Books
Resident Judge Charles S. Rich
ards has appointed Harry e. Hudson
ocal coal dealer and Edward B.
Green, an employee Of the George
own branch of the Delaware Trust
Co., to audit the books of County
Linwood S. Lloyd for
he past year. More than a week
Will be required to do the work.