The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-13
STATE COMPLETES
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put IL OH, u 10 ule uOCh-
ct already slated for the June
term. Judge Williams refused to
allow the request of Goldberg and
Rhodes and the case was started
! shortly after 3 p. m.
The first witness called was j..
1C. Rogers, who stated he was an
engineer of a boat and had worked
with Batson. Rogers said he had
between $50 and $50 in his wallet,
which was in his hip pocket and
the pocket buttoned when he went
to bed at the Brunswick hotel on
the night of April "a, 1947.
Wallet Open
Under cross examination by
Solicitor Moore, Rogers said he
had lone drink and layed down
on the bed to read a newspaper.
He said he dropped off to sleep,
and awoke about 6 a. m. to find
his wallet on the bed, open and
the contents missing. He immedi-
ately reported the loss to the hotel
clerk, he said.
C. M. Shocks, who said he was
Ian engineer on the same boat,
had been invited to Batson's home
for supper. He said he, Rogers
and Batson had visited the defen-
dant's home for supper on the night
of April "a. 1--WE had several drinks
and Batson asked me to loan him
lS10," Shocks told the court.
He said he told Batson he would
llet him have any amount he want
led and that Batson only wanted to
borrow the $40. After supper,
ISnooks said he and Rogers went to
the hotel, where they roomed to-
gether. 1--WE keep u money to-
gether and I only had six dollars.
after 1 loaned Batson the $1O," he
Testified.
SIS Removed
He. said he had "six dollars left
in my pockets and I put that in
the dresser drawer" He later
said he had placed SIS under a
piece of paper in the same drawer.
lin answer to a question by Judge
Williams, Shocks said the SIS had
not been removed from the drawer.
Shocks said that he, Rogers and
Batson had been drinking at the
home of Ba.son.
G.. c. Dean, night clerk at the
hotel, testified that Jack Batson
came to the hotel shortly after
midnight in the company Of E.. G.
Wells. He testified that Batson
asked the room number OF the two
engineers, Rogers and Shocks. Il
told him not to go up, that the
men were asleep" Dean said.
The night clerk testified that
Batson and Wells went up the steps
and Wells returned in a second or
two. Under question by Batson,
Dean said that he (Batson) was
only gone ''four or five minutes"
He further testified that when Bat
son came down stairs, he stopped
and talked a few minutes with the
clerk. HE had some money n his
hands at that time and asked me it
he owed me anything" Dean said.
Met At Cafe
E. C. Wells testified that he met
Batson, for the first time, at a
local cafe, they became friendly
and Batson paid for his food. HE
invited me to go over to the hotel
to see if his friends wanted to 60
with us to Brunswick county,"
Wells said.
Wells said they went to the no.
tel and he only went to the top OF
the stairs, from where he saw two
men lying on the bed asleep. Il
then went back down stairs, be-
cause I felt funny about being up
there" he testified.
Paul Adams, Raleigh native, was
sentenced to five to eight years on
four charges and from eighteen
months to three years on four
other charges of false pretense
in connection with the obtaining
of over a dozen sewing machine
heads. The sentences are to run
concurrently.
Adams was charged with obtain
ing sewing machine heads from
| Wilmington residens under the pre-
tense that he would repair them
and return the repaired machines
to the owners.
He was apprehended in Raleigh
after hiring a local taxi, operated
by William Bass to take him and
his wife to Winston-Salem.
Two-Year Term
James Czech" White, Negro,
was found not guilty on charges
of housebreaking and larceny.
However, he was found guilty on
a third charge of receiving and
sentenced to two years on the
roads.
A 2~4-year-old seaman, Elwood
Taylor, rendered a plea Of nolo
Contendere to a charge of assault
and attempted criminal assault,
but Judge Williams has not passed
sentence on him.
Taylor, who gave his address as
Hampstead, was charged with en-
tering the home of a local woman
and attempting to criminally as
sault her.
Melvin Isaac, Negro, 1101 Prin-
cess street, pleaded guilty to lar
ceny of a watch from Sadie Len
non. Judge Williams has not pass
ed sentence on Issac.
In the Taylor cas- testimony was
presented to the effect that the
young ex-serviceman was mental
1y incompetent. Evidence was n
tered that he had been treated at
a mental ward of a Jacksonville
naval hospitl.
Taylor had been arrested on
| Decemher II after he u,as found in