Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-14
Five Guilty,
One Bound Over
In Mayors Court

In Mayors Court
One man was bound over to
recorders court on two charges
and number of fines were i'm
posed on others in session of
Mayors court here yesterday af-
ternoon which lasted until near
ly six o'clock.
A case involving three En-
poria, Va, youths, Roanoke
Rapids man and his wife took
most of the time of the court
session before Mayor w. B. Ais
brook and resulted in findings
of guilty against all five people
involved.
Mrs. Ernestine Bum was
charged with disorderly conduct,
Gardner Bum and Walter L.
Taylor, William R. Doyle and F.
c. Beatty were all indicted on
counts of indulging in an af-
fray. All five defendants, who
were tried at the same time, en-
tered pleas of not guilty and
two of them were represented
by counsel.
Officers T. j. Glosson and
John Moore testified they had
investigated call at the lower
end of Madison street and had
found all the principals involved
il. brawl. The officers testified
they had arrested Mrs. Bum for
using profanity and had been
forced to place her in the police
car by main strength.
Testimony of other witnesses
implicated the four men in the
fight.
Lawyer Archie Gay of Wood
land, representing Mrs. Bum,
said the officers had used un-
due force and had injured Mrs.
Bum. She testified that both Of
ficers had manhandled her and
said they had cursed her and
had hurt her arm and throat.
Both officers said she had kick
ed them.
The long parade of witnesses
and testimony, punctuated by
by-playa between Gay and ]. R.
Allsbrook, representing Bum,
was ended when Mayor Ais
brook found all five guilty.
He fined Mrs. Bum $25 and
costs and fined Bum the same
thing. Doyle was fined $40 and
costs and the two other Virgin
ians were charged with the costs
of the action.
In another lengty case heard
before the mayor L. H. Tudor
was bound over to recorders S
court on two counts of "peeping
tom" and possession of non-tax
r4id liquor after the court had
heard testimony of R. P. King,
Mrs. Lucille Haggins, Miss Cora
Mae Haggins and Miss Peggy
Ann Edwards.
King said he swore out a war;
rant against Tudor after he had
been informed a man had been
seen looking into his house and
had found Tudor in his automo-
bile outside the house. King, who
lives at 227 Jackson street, said
he did not see Tudor except
in his automobile backing into
the intersection at the corner be-
side his house.
Mrs. Haggins, her daughter
and Miss Edwards all said they
saw a man drive up to the cor
ner next to the King home, get
out of the car and 60 to win
dow and appear to look in. They
said they watched him from the
porch of their home across the
street and said they called King
and told him of the occurrence.
1t was brought out in testimony
that the man they had seen had
walked off up the street and had
returned in about Is minutes at
which time King stopped Tudor
in his car.
Defense attorney ]. R. Ais
brook said it was never clearly
proved that Tudor was the same
man who was seen at the house
and later detained by King and
the police, pointing out that all
evidence was circumstantiap de-
spite the witnesses positively
identifying Tudor as the man
they saw on the night of Nov
ember 90 at the King home.
w. o. Thompson and the Rev.
B. Marshall White-Hurst both
testified to the good character
and reputation of the defendant.
Mayor Allsbrook found prob
able cause in the case and bound
Tudor over to recorders court
under 5000 bond. He pointed
out that Tudor was also charg-
ed with possession of non-tax-
paid liquor and his lawyer said
he had no idea there was an
other case pending. Probable
cause was found on the latter
count without presentation of
testimony and it was also bound
over to recorders court under a