The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-14
JENKINS INDICTED
IN Staying CASE
CONTINUED From Page Ono,

oAouy' paStardy, continued for
me state; Jack Hall, larceny of an
automobile, plea of guilty, sentence
not Immediately passed by Judge
Burney.
Bette Stein, charged with viola
uon OF the liquor laws, capias for
.ailure to obey orders of the court;
ivory Bozeman, assault with intent
10 commit criminal assault, pluries
capias and continued; Jimmie Lee
nelson. murder, pluries capias and
continued; Plummer Mcdonald,
murder pluries capias and con-
tinued.
George Allen Wilson. violation of
tne liquor laws, mol pressed with
leave; John Markiton, common
nuisance and two counts of violat-
ing nquor laws, abated, as defend
ant is dead; Lawrence Clemmons,
d~lsorderly conduct, continued for
defendant; Leroy Casteen, carnnai
knowledge of female, continued for
state; and Forest Stalvey, abandon
ment and non-support, mol posed
with leave.
The following petit jurors were
sworn in for the term; Leon W.
Rich, F. D. Weaver, w. R. Allen,
E. j. Pigford, c. R. Branch, Fran
els Selden, Neil S. Williams, w. o.
Whitley, H. A. Burr, j. E Bum,
J. W. Fredericks, J. A Vargo, Wal
ter Horne, Jr., j. W. Harriss, A. l..
Weinberg, Bill Gaskil, and T. E.
Peterson.
With District Solicitor David Sin
clair prosecuting the docket, Judge
Burney adjourned court at $40
o'clock yesterday afternoon until
$3.50 o'clock this morning.
Jurors were at a premium yes
terday morning as the one week
criminal term got under way.
A large number of jurors asked
to be excused, some on the grounds
of sickness in their families, others
on the ground of sickness among
the business associates, one because
of a case of boils, another who
needed an operation, another who
planned to go to a hospital for
treatment, another who had left town
before being summoned and expected
supply of goods, and still another
because of the rush of real estate
business caused by the National De-
tense program here.
ut looks as though we will have
to go outside the county to get a
jury" Judge Burney commented, as
he excused the last juror to make
the request.
At the opening of court F. C. Lyon,
Marshall Wescott, W. r. Lutes, A.
E. Higgins, T. F. Proctor, w. P.
Duncan, W. Albert Brown. Howard
A. Handy and J. T. Wells were
sworn in as nine new members of
the grand jury.
L. D., Latta was named foreman
of the grand jury and Howard Ham
by assistant foreman.
The judge issued a call for 20
additional jurors to be summoned
to provide sufficient jurors for the
orderly operation of the court. The
first five summoned were excused
for various causes.
In his charge to the grand jury
Judge Burney paid tribute to the
Unusually high intelligence Of
New Hanover county grand juries.
Briefly he traced the history of the
systemic f jurisprudence used in this
country from the days of trial by
ordeal, through the establishment
of petit juries in England in 82C
and the establishment of the grand
jury in England in 1920.
mo grand jury has ever had a
more serious year than that which
is facing you gentlemen in the
next II months" he told the granc
jury, as he related problems which
he said will arise with the estab'
lishment of a military camp neal
here and the operation of a ship
yard.
He told Of the cost of govern
ment in America, saying that many
people feel that the expenditure
of $4,000, 600, 900 annually for the
education of 80, 500, 900 chilrren is
too much and that the expenditure
of SIT, 113 a minute for government,
or 81, O26, 1926, 900 an hour, is much
to expend on government in this
country.
But, he pointed out, last year
crime cost the United States $15.'
600. 900. 600 which is $1,250. 600, 900
a month. or ST, 1856, 12d an hour OF
$28. 734 a minute, which is nearly
twice as much as the cost of gov
eminent.
Last year, he said, there were
1900, 900 serious crimes committed
in the United States and 1000, 00(
misdemeanors.
America deals light with its
criminals, he said, because the
American people r the most sym
nathetic in the world. In a case
of murder. he said. immediate tria
would bring a first degree verdict
A delay of 80 days will bring a
second degree verdict, and a 1ur'
Their delay may bring a man
slaughter verdict.
And, if the man is convicted, NJ
said, after about a year 1t IS usu'
ually possible to get all the Jurors