Milford chronicle., 1946-02-08
Sussex Court Returns
Many True Bills
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llquoI WITHOUT Il license. one Tor IL
legal transportation of liquor and
one for transportation of untaXcd
liquor
The Indictment against Robert
Lee Tunnel. of Baltimore Hundred
for desertiOn and nOn-support of
his wife. was ignored.
In Superior Court. fourteen nisi
DEGREES were granted one divorce
case discontinued. seven continued
and decision reserved in four cases
The DEGREES nisi granted were:
Willis S. Pcttyjohn VS.. Rose NJ
PettyiOhn; Francis Ellis HASTINGS
VS.. Willis Dean Hastings; Larry f..
Layton VS.. Mary Katherine Layton;
Clyde P. Joseph VS.. Myrtle f. JOS
eph; Mary Harmon Dorsey VS..
AlOnzo Dorsey; Juanita J. L0fand
VS.. John F. Lofland Walter r.
Stokes VS.. Norma Faye Stokes:
James l.. Murray VS.. Helen VI. Muir
ray; Frank G. Atkinson. Jr.. VS..
Katherine Searcy Atkinson; Ran
dali c. Willin VS.. Thelma A. Will
lin; John w. S. Richardson VS.. Sal
lie May King Richardson; Eliza
beth c. Hudson VS.. Lester ID. Hud-
son; James Paul Joseph VS.. Mil
dred Irene Joseph; John p. Reed.
Jr.. VS.. Leah Alberta Reed.
Decision was reserved in the di-
vOrce cases of Ruth Ellen McNatt
Ingram VS.. Edgar Carlton Ingram;
Dorothy Elizabeth Cropper VS.. Will
liam Roy CrOpper; Doris NJ. Lynch
VS.. Flemuel Alfred Lynch: Helen
Allen DickerSOn VS.. Alfred Clar-
ance DickersOn. The divorce case of
Alice NJ. Harris VS.. Frederick s.
Harris was discontinued The fol-
lowing cases were continued: Dal-
las Merle Messick. an infant. by his
next best friend. John s. Messick
VS. Evelyn Ann Thomas Carmine
Messick; Nellie Mitchell Hawkins
VS.. Raymond Franklin Hawkins:
Addle r. Crisp VS.. John f.. Crisp:
feOrge Fl. Long VS. Laura NJ. Long:
Anna Elizabeth Smith VS.. Herman
7. Smith; Doris Hastings Hill VS..
James Albert Hill; Noah James
Rogers VS.. Ellen Mitchell Rogers.
In General Session Court on Mon
day afternoon, Monroe J. Whaley
)f Laurel, waived presentation to
he grand jury of an Indictment.
.hargln2 him with deSertiOn and
Aon-suppOrt of his wife and four
children. He entered a plea of
guilty and Judge Carey ordered
him to pay $50 weekly on "A court
order. The court order amounted
TO the sum asked by Mrs Whaley.
In Superior Court. Caleb NJ.
Wright presented a petition asking
for rule to show cause why the
decree nisi of Kathryn r. Vinyard
VS.. John c. Ninyard, should not be
set aside. Mrs. Ninyard ObtaiurL a
iecrce nisi in the February Term
If Court l945, and through her at.
tOrney. Mr.. Wright. is now seek
ing to have the decree set aside
The petition was filed with Judge
James B. Carey.
The grand jury in concluding its
work for this term OF court on
Tuesday afternoon, returned true
bill against Forest Sturdivant. or
Bridgeville, charging him with
first degree murder. and a true bill
against Melvin Kefauver. also Of
Bridgeville, charging manslaugh-
or. Both cases will be presented in
he Court of Oyer and Terminer.
set for next Monday. Sturdivant is
alleged to have shot and killed
George Leslie Polk on November
Il. l945, at Bridgeyille. The charge
against Kefauver is the outgrowth
)f an accident which occurred on
Highway 20 three miles east OF
SeafOrd on September IA, 1913. 1t
5 alleged that kefauver was driv-
ng the car at the time OF the ac-
.ident. which resulted in the death
II Preston Carlton Hastings. and
INJURIES to other occupants Cf the
ar.
Other true bills returned Tues
lay were: Accessory. Thomas Lloyd
Melvin. Bridgeville; exhibiting and
running a gambling device Lemuel
-. Kitchens. Cedar Creek Hundred;
carrying concealed deadly weapons.
Elisha NAPLES. Jr., SeafOrd; Miles
'amper SeafOrd: Rosa Lee Daniel,
5eaford; Frank Loach. Indian Riv
AZ Hundred; Thomas Hopkins, In
lian River Hundred; Frank DOZier
Northwest Fork Hundred.
Trials on desCrtiOn and non
support cases have been set for to-
lay February s. Arraignments ON
'hesc cases on Tuesday included:
Horace NJ MumfOrd. DaGSbOrO,
0lea of guilty entered; pleas of not
guilty were entered by Caleb NJ.
Wright. attorney for Roland
Hughes, Cedar Creek Hundred. and
Charles Y. Bccbc, Lewcs. The
.harge of dcsertiOn and nOn-sup-
port against Francis Custin, Balti-
more Hundred, was nolle pressed
md a similar charge against Will
lam Russell Boyer was continued
o the April term of court.
When arraigned in court after
he issuance of a capias. Samuel
Reed of Broad Creek Hundred. en-
cred plea of guilty to charge
Of assault and battery and trial set
'Or Thursday. February !. as was
the case of Paul Thompson. who
when arraignCd on a charge of as
sault with intent to kill and muir
Ter. pied not guilty.
A plea of not guilty to charge
of selling alcoholic liquor without a
license was entered by Caleb NJ.
Wright. attorney for LOlcr Buck
hannOn of SeafOrd.
Grace Elzcy and Henry Cooper
of Laurel, charged jointly with un-
lawfully keeping alcoholic liquor
and sale of same. We're arraigned
before Judge Carey and entered a
plea of guilty. They We're sentenc-
ed by JUDGE Carey TO pay a fine OF