Smyrna times., 1931-10-21
OCTOBER TERM KENT COUNTY
COURT ASSEMBLIES At DOVER
GRAND JURY FINDS INDICT-
MENTS IN THTRTY-TWO CASES

Z Il n
Court Spends All of Monday in
Divorce and Liquor Cases and
Adjourns Until This Morning
The October session of the Kent
County Court met at Dover Mon
day and held busy day going
over divorce cases and hearing
liquor cases. The grand jury pre-
sented 33 cases, the largest num-
ber in years. Of this number the
Grand Jury found indictments in
81 cases and ignored one charge
of possession of liquor. OF the in
dictments found, 18 were liquor
cases. They included Z for illegal
possession, 8 for selling liquor and
3 for manufacturing liquor. Other
indictments found were: assault
and battery, 2; issuing worthless
checks, 2; desertion and non-sup-
port, 4; larceny, 4; forgery 1, and
carrying concealed a deadly weap-
on, /. Court adjourned until We'd
nesday at which time the Grand
Jury will return and the Attorney
General will have five or six other
cases to place before the members
After completing the indictments
the Grand Jury will visit the aims
house and Jail of Kent County and
prepare reports to be submitted to
the court at the final session for
this Grand Jury in December.
Indictments Drawn by Grand Jury
The indictments on Monday
were as follows: Edward Dittman,
Charles Lofiand, James Antoine,
Catherine Dulin, Adam Greenfield,
Joseph Pyrel, Jr., Charles G. Col
Inns, all for illegal possession Of
liquors; Adam Greenfield, Charles
Q. Collins, Ernest Jones, alas pete
Jones" Joseph S. Walls, Martha
Neff and Letitia Mitchell, all for
the unlawful sale of liquors; James
Antoine, Edward Dittman, Charles
Lof1and for manufacture of liquors.
The other indictments were as fol
lows: Frank McGinnis, Jr., and
James w Smith, desertion and
non-support; William B. Belts,
Johnny Strong, assault and bat
terry; James r. Scott and w. Fl.
Collins, issuing worthless checks;
Nathaniel B. Webb, forgery; Paris
Gibson, Joseph D. Friant, alias
Joseph Friant, and Elmer Russ,
larceny; William Benson, carrying
concealed a deadly weapon; Viii
liam d. Camper, Earl Hoowen,
Nicholas Kuzian, desertion and
non-support. Divorces and DEGREES
nisi were granted by the judges as
follows: Katie NJ Holland from
Howard Holland; Edna w. Warren
from Edith Bowers Warren; Estel-
la M. Jackson from Caleb Black
son. The divorce case of Harry
Spayd vs.. Edna Spayd after being
heard by the court, decision was
reserved.
Contested viii Case to Be Heard
A case of more than ordinary in
terest in which decision will be
handed down at the coming session
of the Kent County Superior Court
will be that of an appeal from the
Register of Wills of Kent county
in the case of the contested will of
Sallie A. Simpson of Harrington,
who died November %, 1928, her
will being filed for probate on No
vember 26, 1928. The will of Mrs,
Simpson as filed for probate was
dated February Is, 1918, the date
of the making Of the will. There
are 10 items in the will, in six of
which bequests are left to relatives
sums of money ranging from $500
the will contains the following be-
quest: Il give, devise and bequeath
to Lena E. Hall, the house and lot
on Weine r Avenue, Harrington,
where I now reside" In the Spring
of 1928 Mrs. Simpson secured the
will from the safe deposit vault in
the First National Bank, Harring
ton, where it had been placed by
her after making the same in 1913,
and after keeping the will for
three days, returned it to the bank
where it was again placed in the
vault and the contents OF the will
apparently unknown to anyone
until after her death in November.
When the will was offered for pro-
bate it was found that item five
had had pencil mark drawn
through it, not sufficient, however
to obliterate the line which can
easily be read. Miss Lena Hall,
now Mrs. Lena E. Deputy, the
beneficiary of item five filed a ca
veat on November 26, 1928, pro-
testing the probate of the will.
The Register of Wills, however,