Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-10-22
FEDERAL COURT
METES OUT MANY
JAIL SENTENCES
East Spencer Registrar
Charged With Showing
Race Preference; Poole
Pleads Guilty To Rifling
Mails.

race preference.
The warrants charge violation of
the federal code relative to the preven-
ton of a person from voting on &C
count of race, color or previous con-
dition of servitude.
MI. Secrest is one of the leading cit
liens of East Spencer, a member of
the school board and for many years
has been connected with the Southern
Railway.
Orph W. Poole, former substitute
mail carrier at the Salisbury postoffice,
plead guilty to charges of rifling the
mails. Sentence will be passed Thurs
day.
Thee government claimed Poole had
opened the mails and had removed
therefrom certain cash amounts con-
tanned in the various letters, amount
ing to around $4,000.
There are ia cases on the federal
court docket. Judge johnson ]. Hayes
is presiding. Disposition has been made
of the following cases:
Clarence Simpson and Len Fergu-
son, Cabarrus county, possession and
sale of liquor and nuisance; Ferguson
plead guilty and was sentenced six
months in Jail, and a mol pros was
taken as to Simpson.
Jack Mills, Stanly county, posses
sion and sale of liquor, plead guilty;
six months in jail.
Wiley Potts, Davie county, conspi-
racy and possession and sale of whis-
key, plead guilty; placed on probation
htree years. In the same case and on
the same charge Will Forrest got a
mol pros as to his case.
Grover Foster, Cabarrus county,
possession and sale of liquor and nu-
isance, sentenced at the April term,
1881, to six months in jail; this SEN
tence is stricken out and the defend
ant put on probation for a term Of
three years.
Homer Blackwelder, Cabarrus coun-
ty, possession and sale of liquor; five
months in jail, term to begin Novem-
Der IS, 1881.
Roscoe Cornatzer and Warner Fry,
Davie county, conspiracy and posses
sion and sale of liquor; Cornatzer
plead guilty and sentenced to four
months in the Davie county Jail; Fry
adjudged o guilty by a jury.
Lum Bruebaker, Davie county, pos
session and sale of liquor; plead guilty
and sentenced to a year and a day in
the federal ~penitentiary at Atlanta.
Roy Williams, Davie county, pos
session and sale of liquor; plead guilty,
three months in jail.
Luther Mesmer, Cabarrus county,
possession, sale and nuisance; jury YER
dict guilty; on probation three years.
Lem (Dad) Carter, Cabarrus, pos
session, sale, plead guilty; On proba-
ton three years.
Worth Vanderberg, alias Carl Dol
lar, Cabarrus, possession, sale and nu-
isance, plead guilty; on probation
three years.
Lester Davis, Davidson county, pos
session, sale and nuisance, and pre-
viously sentenced to a year and a day
in Atlanta pen, sentence is stricken
out and $1,000 fine reduced to $1,000
and on probation three years. In an.
other case against Lester Davis to-
possession, sale and nuisance, he pleae
guilty and was fined $500 and sen
fenced to Atlanta pen two years.
Ollie Boone, Stanly county, posses
sion, sale and nuisance, plead guilty
IS months in reformatory, Chillicothe
Ohio.
H. C. Morgan and Fred V. Culr
Stanly county, conspiracy, manutac
turing and possession of materials
Culp plead guilty, Morgan found gull
ty by jury; Morgan on probatio
three years, Culp on probation on
year.
George Woods, Davie county, pos
session and sale of brandy; 80 day
in Jail.
Hugh Turner, Davidson, possession
sale and nuisance, jury verdict guilty
on probation three years, power
transfer him to juvenile court of D;
wilson county if he deems it exped
ent.
Woodrow Allen, Montgomery, pc
session and sale, plead guilty; fo'
months in Jail.
David G. Rushing and John F
Hinson, Davidson, conspiracy, MANI
featuring and possession, plead gui
ty; Rushing IS months in Atlant
Hinson IS months in Chillicothe; ca
las for Ralph Ferguson in same cat
Flandie Harris, Davie, possessi'
and TRANSPORTING. plead guilty; 80 da