The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-12-15
CRIMINAL DOCKET CALLED
IN LOCAL COURT MONDAY
Continued from page one,

SuHIy ny JUSTICE OOl DIT hllZHlllief
on two charges, that of disturbing the
peace and assault and battery, was
found not guilty on the former charge
by the Court and was fined 81 and
costs on the charge of assault.
Tuesday morning the criminal trial
docket was called.
Herbert Layman, of Jennings, in
dicted for bastardy, Rosetta Layman,
also of near Jennings, being the COM
planning witness, was tried by the
Court in chambers who found TIN trav-
erser guilty and sentenced him to pay
the mother of the child $4 per month
for IA years.
Alex. Kerensyk, of Kitzmiller, a
miner, entered a plea of guilty to the
charge of manufacturing liquor. The
Court imposed fine of 500 and costs
of prosecution. Kerensky's son Joe,
an intelligent lad of sixteen, the oldest
of a family of six children, and a
Senior in the Kitzmiller high school,
was present at the trial. The father,
unable to clearly understand the pro-
ceedings, was coached by the boy who
in turn told the man what the Courts
verdict was. The Court in imposing
the fine on Kerensky as well as upon
all others, stated that should a sec
ond offense of like character be COM
mitted the full penalty would be I'M
posed.
Jay Bartlett plead guilty to the in
dictment charging him with desertion
and non-support of his wife, was or
dered by the Court to pay her $25 per
month for the period of one year from
date.
George Newark, for carrying con-
cealed weapons, was found not guilty,
but on the charge of assaulting J. T.
Boyd he was found guilty by the
Court Robert E. Hicks, of Mounds
vile, West Va, a summer resident of
the Park, who passed a number of bad
checks upon various persons IN Oak
land during the past summer, was pa
rolled in the custody of his mother for
a term of three years or during the
period of good behavior. The checks
passed by Hicks were all made good
/ by his mother.
John D. Swauger, of the Bittinger
section of Garrett county, confessed
his guilt when arraigned on charge
of the sale of liquor and paid fine
of 500 and costs. His cousin, Ray
mond Bittinger, until recently prohi-
bition officer, was the prosecuting
witness in the case.
Jonas Peck "a lad of fourteen years,
living near Sand Flat, entered plea
of guilty and was parolled by the
Court for a period of three years
by the Court. The boy was charged
with having stolen savings bank
containing the sum of$2.05, the prop
erty of Mrs. Harry Paugh which he
secured by entering the Paugh home
during the absence of the family.
Charles Gogle, a miner from the
vicinity of Kitzmiller, plead guilty
to the charge of manufacturing liquor
when arraigned. Cogle is a naturalized
citizen of the United States and an
ex-service man with the A. E. F. At
the examination conducted by the
Court, Cogle exhibited his naturaliza-
ton papens showing that he had been
in this country for number of years,
along with his discharge. from the
army. The plea was made that with
this in his favor the Court should be
quite lenient. Judge Sloan took occa-
sion in passing the sentence imposing
fine of 500 and costs to remark
that the fact that the traverser had
been a soldier was all the more neces-
sary to become good citizen that he
should obey the law of the land.
Nathan Friend, youth residing in
the Sines community, was parolled
for the period of three years upon con-
Tossing that he had forged and passe
check.
Albert Walters, of Clarksburg, who
has small plot of ground in the vi
entity of McHenry under lease, was
fined $500 and costs when he entered
plea of guilty to the indictment in
which he stood charged with the pos