The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-06-14
TRIAL OF RANDALL JONES
RESULTED in ACQUITTAL
Terra Alta Youth, Charged with
Statutory Offense, Cleared By
Jury Yesterday Afternoon

The criminal docket in the Circuit
Court for Garrett County was called
Monday morning with Judge Albert
A. Doub presiding and at the time of
The Republican going to press Court
was still in session and engaged in
hearing and determining cases on that
docket.
The most important or at least, the
case that attracted the most atten-
ton, to be tried at the present term
was that of the State VS.. Randall
Jones, a 21-year old youth of Terra
Alta, indicted for a statutory offense
committed about two weeks ago at
point on the State highway between
Oakland and Crellin, the prosecuting
witness in the case being Miss Doro-
thy Dent, aged 10, at the time en-
ployed sa nurse at the West Vir-
ginia State Sanatorium near Terra
Alta. The court room was filled to
capacity during the trial, with women
predominating. Four witnesses were
examined by the State while there
were ten for the defense. Miss Dent
related in a clear voice the events
leading up to the alleged assault but
claimed that she was unconscious at
moment it occurred. She is an attrac-
tive blonde but failed to impress the
jury with her story and after half
an hours deliberation that body rem
dered verdict of not guilty.
The case was called Tuesday at
noon but it was we'll along toward
evening before jury had been Sc
cured, more than fifty talismen hay
ing been summoned by the sheriff
Court remained in session until 1915
Tuesday night and yesterday morning
the case was resumed, the arguments
being closed at noon.
Other matters appearing on the
criminal docket and disposed of by
the Court We're as follows:
State VS.. VIM Shaffer, sale of LID
uor; two cases; stet by order of the
States Attorney.
State VS.. Porter Wilson, indicted
on the charge of malicious destruc-
ton or injury to a dwelling house
located near Bloomington. 1t was
shown in the trial of the case that a
window pane had been broken in the
building but by whom it was not made
clear, whereupon the Court rendered
verdict of not guilty and took oc-
casion to say that such petty matters
should be disposed of by Justices of
the Peace and not sent up to the
Court thus involving considerable ex-
pense to the taxpayers.
Glenn Tasker and Harry Kimmen
charged with Bernard Nally with the
larceny of automobile tires from the
power station,was heard by the Court.
The cases against Tasker and KIM
nell were stetted by order of the
States Attorney. Nally confessed to
the theft and was parolled by the
Court. Another case against Nally,
that of burglary, was also disposed
of when he entered a like plea Of
guilty and was parolled.
James Bray, indicted for the lar
ceny of certain goods, confessed his
guilt and was sentenced to the Mary
land Penitentiary for the term of five
years.
Theodore Stephens, of Oakland, en-
tered plea of guilty when he was ar
raigned upon an Indictment charging
him with burglarizing the store of
Lewis Gortner in Oakland from which
he carried large lot of merchan-
disc and hid it in an adjoining build
ing, and later the same night enter
ing the store of Harry Miller where
he was captured by officers. He will
serve eighteen months in the Mary
land House of Correction.
Willis Shimminger entered a plea
of guilty when his case was called.
He was charged with the larceny Of
goods from store building on the
Western Maryland Railway. He will
also serve eighteen months in the
House of Correction.
Jake Bonner, whose mysterious dis
appearance from the Jail at Thomas
remains yelled, and who was wanted
for various infractions of the law, es-
pecially that of larceny and burglary,
was sentenced to three years in the
Maryland Penitentiary. Bonner was
first captured by a Western Maryland
Railway officer and put in the Jail at
Thomas from which he escaped rather
mysteriously. Later he was picked
up by local officer and has since
been held in the Garrett County Jail.
Claude Keyser, indicted for the
theft of automobile accessories be-
longing to Van Deems, prayed jury
trial and was found guilty. He will
serve one year in the House of Cor
rection.