Smyrna times., 1929-07-10
JULY TERM Of COURT MEETS
At DOVER AND HEARS CASES
w. III. WALTERS, COLORED,
GETS MONTHS FOR ASSAULT
Grand Jury Finds a Number of
True Bills Including Some Hav-
ing to Do With s,mYrnians

Grand Jury Finds a Number of
True Bills Including Some Hav-
ing to DO With S,myrnians
The July term of the Superior
Court in and for Kent county and
the Court of General Sessions op-
ened in Dover last week. With the
4 exception of the criminal business
there was very little work for the
/ Court as there are no civil cases
scheduled for trial. The grand
jury met on Monday and after re
ceiving the charge of the court, re
tired to act on the cases as pre-
sented by Deputy Attorney Gener-
al Earle d. Wiley. The grand
jury completed its work on Mon
day afternoon. OF the twelve di-
vorce cases but four We're heard in
all of which DEGREES nisi were
granted as follows: Gilbert Sylves-
ter from Rebecca Adams Sylves-
ter; Alta May Shockley from
Frank A. Shockley; Elizabeth
Camper Dare from James H. Dare
Minnie May Hammond from HON.
er Hammond. All of the divorces
were granted on the grounds Of
desertion. The grand jury return
ed the following true bills: William
H. Waters, alias Punch Matte"
charged with assault and battery,
plead not guilty. Samuel Grant,
larceny, pleaded guilty; Goa w.
Johnson, alias Carl Johnson, two
indictments one for assault and
battery and the other carrying
4 concealed a deadly weapon, plead
ed not guilty to assault and battery
and guilty to the carrying of a re-
volver; Edward Thomas carrying
concealed a deadly weapon; Harry
w. Spayd, desertion and non-sup-
port; Lockwood Hopkins, Louis
Reese, Dewey Jones and Wesley
Mitchell, larceny; Lockwood Hop
kins, larceny; Howard McKnatt,
larceny, plea not guilty; Richard
Coulson, desertion and non-support
Michael Sklut and Arthur Sklut re
moving goods after execution.
First Cases Heard ON Wednesday
There was no session of Court on
Tuesday. At the session on We'd
nesday, there was but one jury
case for the entire term, that of
William H. Waters, alias Punch
Matte" colored, who had been in
dicted for assault and battery and
who had pleaded rot guilty. A
II jury remained out but short time
returning a verdict Of guilty. Wat
ers was sentenced to serve three
months in the Kent County jail.
\ The jurors We're discharged from
any further attendance at the pres
4 ent session of the court which was
adjourned until Monday. Other
+ cases disposed of by the court We're
/ as follows: In the case of Benjamin
4 Faulkner charged with assault and
battery on Mrs. Blanche Graner,
the defendant, entered a plea of
/ guilty. He was sentenced to serve
nine months in the New Castle
County workhouse. his sentence to
begin May 80, 1880, as he is al
ready serving years imprisOn
ment in the Kent County Jail at
Dover for violation of the Motor
Vehicle Laws of the State. Sam
uel Grant, who entered plea Of
guilty to the larceny of an auto
mobile, was ordered to pay restitu-
ton money of $500 and be impris-
oned for term of nine months in
New Castle County Workhouse.
Cora w. Johnson, alias Carl John
son, indicted on two charges, for
assault and battery and the other
for carrying concealed deadly
weapon, entered plea Of guilty
of carrying a revolver and was CIV
en- a sentence of nine months il the
New Castle County Workhouse.
The assault and battery charge
was no1le pressed. In the case of
\ Edward Thomas, indicted for car
rying a revolver he entered plea
and was given a fine of $25 and
/ costs. In the case of Lockwood
Hopkins, Louis Reese, Dewey Jones
and Wesley Mitchell, all young
white men indicted for larceny of
chickens near Harrington, and to
which charge each pleaded guilty,
Jones and Mitchell were probated
for two years to State Detective
d. d. Wharton, while the cases of
Hopkins and Reese were continued
until the October term of court.
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