The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-06-13
SEVERAL ENTER PLEAS OF
GUILTY in CRIMINAL COURT
Wesley Kunkel Fined $500 For
Selling Liquor Unlawfully-
Ray Right Now on Trial

Entering Selt-confeSSed pleas OF
guilt as charged in the indictments
returned By the Grand Jury last week
in the Circuit Court for Garrett coun-
ty, the trial of cases in the criminal
division of the court was somewhat
speeded up and number of cases
against the traversers were thus dis
posed of before Judge D. Lindley
Sloan, who is presiding at the sessions
this week.
The petit jury reported Monday at
ten o'clock, when the criminal appeals
docket was taken up. This docket
consisted of but two cases.
Criminal Appeals.
The first case to be tried was that
of Ellie McRobie on an appeal from
Justice Pool, of Kitzmiller. Before
the Justice McRobie was charged with
having operated a motor vehicle while
under the influence of liquor or drugs.
He was found guilty and sentenced to
serve year in the House of Correc-
ton. He appealed the case and the
jury also found him guilty. Judge
Sloan sentenced McRobie to pay fine
of $3.50 and costs.
The second case was that of E. A.
Browning VS.. the State of Maryland,
being appealed from the decision of
Justice Gender. Mr. Browning was
charged with having carelessly and
negligently set on fire or causing
to be set on fire woods, brush, etc, at
his farm near Sang Run. The charge
against Mr.. Browning was pressed
by State Forester's Assistant Buck
ingham and District Fire Warden A..
L. Sines and attracted much attention.
The case was given to the jury shortly
after noon on Tuesday. The body
failing to reach a verdict and at $3.50
Tuesday evening was discharged by
the Court.
Criminal Trials.
Following the disposition of the two
appeal cases above, the criminal trials
docket was taken up.
State VS.. Ray. Right, charged in an
Indictment returned by the Grand
Jury at the December Term, 1927, in
which Right was charged with the il
legal manufacture of liquor, is now on
trial before jury. Rights trial was
of necessity postponed from time to
time because of the inability of the
State to bring into the jurisdiction of
the Court James Hebb, upon whose
land it is alleged Rights still was To-
! Gated. Hebb was found at his home
over in District No. 8 several weeks
| ago and brought to Oakland by the
officers, where he was placed in jail
on contempt charge and held there
until the case was called yesterday.
State VS.. Louis Waingold, indicted
at the December Term of last year
for having permitted the operation Of
slot machines on his premises, entered
plea of guilty and was fined $50 and
costs by the Court.
Wesley Kunkel, charged with the
sale of liquor at roadhouse on the
National Highway three miles east of
Grantsville, was fined $400 and costs
or to serve term of eight months in
the Maryland House of Correction.
Mrs. J. C. Kendall, indicted for the
sale of liquor at the roadhouse oper-
ated by Kunkel, was pronounced not
guilty by the Court.
State VS.. Charles (Leech) Wilson,
larceny of sum of money at the
store of w. E. Shirer, entered plea
of guilty.
State VS.. Zadick Wilt, bastardy; re-
quired to pay to the prosecuting wit
ness, Lora Alice Broadwater, the sum
of SIS per month for fourteen years.
State VS.. Harry W. Stuart, bigamy.
Plea of guilty confessed. Stuart came
to Garrett county about a year ago
and married young woman whose
home was at Friendsville while he had
a wife still living at Cincinnati, Ohio.
Following the visit of wife No. to
Oakland a warrant for Stuart's arrest
was issued and he was taken into GUS
tody.
State VS.. Ernest Bishop and Joseph
Likins, charger jointly in an indict-
ment with the theft of copper wire at
a mine operating in the Potomac Val
ley. Trial before jury and YER
dict of guilty returned with recon-
mendation to the Court in the case of
Bishop.
Joseph E. Duckworth, larceny and
receiving stolen goods, entered plea
of guilty, and was parolled by the
Court.
Olan Amtower, indicted for burg
larry and the theft of merchandise at
Shallmar, entered plea of guilty. Pa
rolled by the Court.