The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-01
FIRST Jones
Term GIVEN
IN CITY TRIAL
Negro Gets u. S. Prison
Sentence Under New
Booze Law.
HEAR NOVEL EXCUSES
Gallon Of Whisky Is for
Sickness, Federal Judge
Told.

Hugh Heston. d, Negro. 525 West
Vermont street. the first liquor de-
fendsnt to be sentenced under the
Jones act. providing heavier
maximum liquor violation penalty,
in federal court here. today received
n sentence of a year and a day at
LcavenWorth penitentiary.
He was charged with possession
Of a still, and was alleked to have
been caught with stills several times
before.
The Jones act provides a maxi
mum liquor violation penalty Of five
years and $4,000 fine.
Several other defendants whose
ofenseS were committed after the
Jones act was passed we're TO be
sentenced this afternoon,
Give Novel Excuses
Ftty-one persons pleaded guilty
and seventeen pleaded not guilty
when arraigned before Federal
judge Robert c. Baltzell.
Several liquor defendants gave the
court novel excuses.
r tried TO make that beer so weak
it wouldn't be intoxicating" John
Kost Of St Meinrad, who pleaded
not guilty. said.
Did YOU ever wear a white apron
and tend bare" Baltzell asked.
KOSt mUmbled yes
i thought so, I usually can tell
BaItzell replied.
Gallon" for Birthday
When Miss Mary McCutcheou.
1919 Bates street. said gallon of
whisky found by dry agents in her
home was "just for sickness.
BaltzeH remarked: You must have
expected TO be pretty sick
George Hampshire, 100 West
Morris street, alleged to have sold
liquor 10 boys aged 10 and 20 said
a gallon Of liquor found by raiders
had been purchased for his birthday.
He was fned 500 and sentenced
to serve so DAYS in Jail.
Sentenced for Liquor
Liquor sentences included: Ra-
leigh Lane, 22a1 Afford street. Negro,
ninety DAYS: Raymond Parham. Is.
and Henry Trwpin Orsborne. II. Ne
groes. 946 Nickel street. forty-hve
DAYS each; Joe Schmidt. 2259 North
CAPITOL avenue. $500 fine and nine
months; Charles B. Hearn, 1886
Madison avenue. $500 fine, six
months: Bernard Wainscott. $40
Union street. Sl00 fne. ninety days:
Don White, 1909 East Minnesota
street. $500 fine: Thomas Beverly.
Negro. 53S Bright street. sixty DAYS:
Wiley OConnor, PIT West Twelfth
street. Negro. sixty days: JACK
Price. 345 East Washington street.
Jour months: William F. Stephens.
43S Park avenue. $500 fine. six
months; Miss Laura Leppert, Ferdi-
nand. Ind. $50 fine
Narcotic sentences included: Will
liam Dunbar. Negro. 5l9 West North
street, three years. and Joseph
Price. Negro, 623 Minerva street,
two years.
Gets Della, FOR Washings
Lulu Lane, .2Oi Afford street,
street. Negro, was given until Sat-
urday to start serving a sixty day
liquor sentence for liquor law viola
tionS when she told the court she
had several waShingS TO get out.
you had better tell the families
to get another washwoman. Bait
5ell told her
Thurman Joseph Swan, II. of ISL
College avenue. who admitted steal
ing more than $50 letters from north
side apartment mail boxes. obtained
more than 500 in checks. which he
cashed. was sentenced to serve Two
years at the Chillicothe co. re-
formatory.
Motor Theft Sentences
Motor theft sentences included
Walter w Edwards. 912 East Twen-
ty-fifth street. three years in Leav-
enworth. Clifford Bernard James
10. Mingo junction. O.. three years
at Chillicothe: Hollis l. Wells. II
DAYTON. O.. three years at Chilli
cothe: Wilbur Ballard. is. Evans
Vile. two years at Chil.icoths
Lawrence Elliott, %, and Edward
Peck. 10. OF Shelbyville. eighteen
months each at Chilhcothe