Evening star., 1951-11-22
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Convicted Of
PerjjuryCharge
Hendrix Faces Jail
Over His Testimony
About $35 Theft
By q S1off CORRESPONDENT of The Stor

city store proprietor, was con
victed OF perjury last night as
result of testimony in a case in
volving theft of $35 from a sic
machine and liquor establishment
he operates offshore from Colonie
Beach, Va.
An all-male jury deliberated 5
minutes before returning a yer
dict against Hendrix, who live
at 10130 Old BladenSburg roac
Silver Spring, and has his Distric
office at 1908 Fourteenth stree
NV.
Circuit Judges Charles C. Mar
-y and j. Dudley Digges with
held sentence pending argumen
on a motion for a new trial.
Released on Bond.
Hendrix, who is ~ and has
wife and three children, face
possible imprisonment up to 1
years. He was released in S1,50I
bond.
Defense Counsel John S. Whit,
of Hyattsville and Rudolf A. Car
rico of La Plata said the defendan
will appeal if the motion for {
new trial is denied.
Four other indictments grow.
ing out of probe by the Charlie.
County Liquor Board into alleged
irregularities in licenses issuee
for Colonial Beach pier heads ar.
docketed here against Hendrix
Three charge subornation of per.
jury. which means he is accused
Of influencing others to make false
statements. The other allege.
sale OF liquor without a license
Thomas. E. Goldsmith, Chape
Point farmer, was foreman O.
the jury.
Hendrix brought about invalida.
ton of a law intended to legalizt
slot machines in Prince George.
County. The act, approved in &
referendum. banned out-of- county
distributors. Hendrix filed a cour
action claiming the restriction
was unconstitutional.
Theft Reported.
Hendrix reported to Sheriff r
Vernon Cooksey on August 8 tha
$35 had been stolen from hi;
Monte Carlo pier and claimed tn,
money was his. At that time
Hendrix was a deputy sheriff fol
Charles County.
Two days later he told Tria
Magistrate Capt. LIE Merton E
Crlst at a preliminary hearins
that the money belonged to Harr,
H. Hickey of Faulkner. Nd, whc
had obtained the liquor license
used at Monte Carlo.
His testimony was used BY
States Attorney Robert T. Bar
bour as the basis for the perjury
charge. It also started the
check-up of the resort town pie,
head liquor licenses which re.
suited in the revocation or sur.
render of all but one permit.
Slot machines and sale of liuuol
by the drink are illegal in Vir.
ginia. Pier head licenses are is.
sued by Charles County on tn,
premise that Maryland owns tn,
Potomac River to low water mari
on the Virginia shore.
Toll Collector Testifies.
Hickey. who is a toll collector
at the Potomac River bridge neal
MorgantoWn, testified YESTERDAY
that he agreed to get the Mont,
Carlo license with the understand.
ing that Hendrix would pay hin
$700 year for so doing. He sale
he had no other interest in thu
establishment.
He told the court and jury HI
penned his signature on the Ii.
cense application without readin,
1t or realizing that he had certi.
fed under oath that he held tn,
sole financial interest in Monte
Carlos liquor department.
Maryland law provides tina
liquor permits may be granted
only to persons having full none
tary interest in the places wher,
the permits are made.
Dealings Explained.
Hendrix admitted that he pait
for the license and that Hicke,
made no investment in Mont
Carlo but claimed that Hickey wa
to get 5 per cent of the gros
receipts from liquor sales and tha
all liquor transactions were il
Hickey's name. He said he pait
Hickey S700 in 1850 and 1920 thi
year.
He also testified that he hat
been told that the stolen none,
was taken from a cash registe
containing nothing but liquo
receipts and that he believed tha
legally the money belonged t,
Hickey.
Hendrix said he was not a
Monte Carlo when the theft oc.
cured and did not know until sey
eral days later that the cash wa
removed from a change drawe,
separate from the cash register
He conceded however that he re-
fused to give the liquor license t,
Hickey when the latter ant
Charles County Deputy Sheriff
Thomas L. Shymansky came t.
Monte Carlo and asked for i
after the local liquor board starte.
its probe.
Deputy Shymansky testifie,
that the license was not on tn
wall when he went there wit
Hickey September %. He sal
Hendrix told him he had bee,
advised to take it down and hid
1t. He did not say who gave tn
advice.