The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14
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night session from 1880 until 10
o'oleck included:
James Irving, continued until
Defender 20; Magsie Devaughn,
plea Of guilty. continued until Dec
ember 10; Arthur Bennett, alias
James Arthur Bennett, plea Of gull
ty, 500 fine and costs; Leroy Har.
riss, alias Soldier Boy, plea Of gull
ty, 800, fine and costs; Herbert
Cunningham, plea Of not guilty.
found guilty, 800 fine and costs.
Rufus Russ, mol pressed with
leave upon the Recommendation OF
investigating officers; Dorothy
Sterling, charged with vagrancy
mol pressed with leave; Hazel Key,
plea Of net guilty. directed verdict
Of not guilty; William Munroe, two
counts Of violating the lottery laws,
mol pressed with leave.
Joe Davis, two counts Of violat-
ing the lottery laws, mol pressed
with leave; Roosevelt Tyndall. con-
tinued until December 20; David
Mckay, plea Of not guilty. motion
allowed to dismiss; William Wright
verdict Of not. guilty; B. Sadswar,
|plea Of not guilty, found guilty,
SIS fine and costs, Of 80 days at
county farm In default.
Lonfiie Cowan, alias Herbert
Cowan, plea Of not guilty, found
guilty, 1900 fine and taxed with
the costs and one month on the
state highways, defendant to bs
held in county jail until fine and
costs are paid, and then committed
to the roads; Preston o'Quinee,
plea Of guilty, so fine and costs.
Near the close of the afternoon
session Judge Lennon said he was
"aggravatsd'' over the fact that
none Of the defendants was willing
to take the stand and tell what he
knew about the 'hish.ups."
In each case at the morning and
afternoon sessions the court had
asked the attorneys Representing
the defendants II the defendants
wished to take the stand and testi.
fy as to who backs the numbers
racket in the county.
All defendants declined to SC
testify, with the exception Of one
or two who took the stand an6
said they did not sell numbers
but merely bought several on the
day they were arrested. 4
Judge Lennon asked, what il
there SO vicious about this thins
that these men are afraid to take
the stand?"
The following numbers cases
were cleared at the afternoon ses.
sion: M. j. Galloway, found gull
ty. 5000 fine and cost and two
months at the county farm, defend.
an to be confined in pail until fine
and costs have been paid, and then
committed to the county farm
granted 10 day stay of judgment
appearance bond Of $500 required.
John Bennett. 500 fine and
cost; Claud King. found not quill.
ty; John Doe, alias Rowe, alias
James Rhoe, 5000 fne and costs
and one month in Jail, defendan,
to be confined in Jail until fine
and costs have been paid, and then
committed to the roads; Mayo Nc.
Neil, charged with .vagrancy, mol
pressed upon recommendation of
arresting officers.
| Joseph Galloway, alias Aldridge
Galloway, continued until today
under $500 bond. capias issued for
another state witness; Taft Peter.
son, found not guilty; James Hall,
taxed with the costs; Walter Thorn
as, $40 fine and costs; Charles W,
Westbrook, $25 fine and costs; Rob.
ert More, directed verdict OF not
guilty; and George Washington, di-
rected verdict Of not guilty.
During the evening session Her.
bert Cowan was tried on two counts
OF violating the slot machines laws,
On one count, the defendant was
taxed with the costs only, and on
the other was fined $25 and taxed
with the costs. Both machines
were ordered by the court to be
con1lscated, with the money there.
IN to be divided equally between
the Associated Charities and the
arresting officers.
At the court session Yesterday
morning the heaviest pen.lty was
imposed upon James Davis, who
the judge said. was more t h a n
Just a seller Of numbers.
Davis was fined $1,000 and the
costs OF the court and sentenced to
serve four months on the roads
ne Is to be held in Jail unit he
has paid the fine and costs and
is then to begin serving the four
month sentence. Other cases clear.
ed at the morning session includ.
ed
Jesse ]. Harvey and JamAs
Nance were fined $500 and the
costs each and ordered to serve
one month on the roads each Tile
DAVIS. each is to be held in jail