The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-05-25

IcGl CIlaC the law can De luL6TpK6C-
ed to mean we could teach them
at home" Mr.. Kellogg asked, SIN
what way would they be deprived
in school Of any of the things you
say are Important" DeFebio an
swered. "The whole pattern would
/ be different. At home there might
be more practical application of
what is taught" He added that in
IA few years it might be better to
have the children in school than
to teach them at home. 81 have
no desire to deny my children a
high school or college education,
if they want one" he concluded. /.
Judge Baum refused to allow
DeFebio to read into the record
two letters which he wished to
present as evidence.
Before pronouncing sentence,
the Judge said, "You fail to COM
| ply with the laws of North Caro-
lima. There is nothing l can do
but find you guilty"
Vagrancy Case
Trial of the charge of vagrancy
against DeFebio was delayed for
about an hour while Carl Salinger
was found and brought into court.
With Mrs. Meekins and Sheriff Ca
hoon, Salinger testified for the
state.
Salinger was first on the stand.
In response to Mr.. Kellogg's ques-
tioning, he gave in general the
same information given in Juven-
| lie Court last Friday (given in de-
tail in another column. Before
questioning Salinger, Mr.. DeFebio
asserted that Salinger had been ov-
erdeprecatory about the size and
amount of labor involved in keep
ing his garden plots. He read the
exact dimensions of his six plots,
as he had done on Friday before
Judge Meekins.
He then asked, "Have you seen
me work there every day?"
| eyes," Mr.. Salinger answered.
The defendants asked whether
or not Salinger had seen him carry
topsoil into the garden frequently,
whether he had seen him bake
bread and cook. The witness said
these things he had seen.
"Is it work to raise children?"
DeFebio asked. So far as the re-
porter could understand him, Mr..
Salinger did not directly answer
the question.
Mrs. Meekins and Mr.. Cahoon
repeated substantially the same
testimony that they gave previous
! ly in Juvenile Court.
Defense Witness
David Stick told the court from
the witness stand that Mr.. and
Mrs. DeFebio had inquired of him
about property they hoped to pur-
chase. He said Mr.. DeFebio had
asked him whether he knew where
he could get a job. Mr.. DeFebio,
the witness testified, had to his
knowledge applied for at least one
job, though he failed to get it.
State Objects
When Mr.. Stick was asked by
the defendant, "Do you consider
me a vagrant?" Mr.. Kellogg OBJ
jected to the question, saying that
was a matter for the court to de-
termine. Judge Baum sustained
the prosecutor.
Mr.. Kellogg asked Mr.. Stick
whether he had ever known the de-
PENDANT to have a job. 81 know
of two jobs that he has, farming
and raising his children" Mr..
Stick replied. Further, he believ-
ed that it was his intent to grow
food for sale as a means of max
ing his livelihood, Stick said.
Did DeFebio have any property?
the solicitor asked. Mr.. Stick said
that he had a set of the Encyclo-
pedia Brittanica and volume of
Audubon's on birds that he was
aware of.
~ Defendant Testifies
81 do not own property, nor have
l. earned any money, enough to
support a family, since I've been
down here" the defendant stated
from the witness stand. "But l
have tried to get started in that
direction several times" He then
went on to say that he had applied
to three men in the area in which
he lived for work; he had applied
at the cement block manufactury
at Mays Head, and tried to get
work with the Duck fishermen, but
he had not been able to get a job.