The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-06-01

could return any of three verdicts,
guilty of assault with a deadly
weapon with intent to kill, guilty
of assault with a deadly weapon,
or it could acquit.
Two Divorces Granted
Two divorces were granted near
the end of Mondays session, both
on grounds of two years separa-
ton, both to husbands, plaintiffs in
the cases. Percy B. Tillett, Negro,
was granted divorce from Mary
Whitaker Tillett, from whom he
has been separated since 1941.
They were married in 1882. There
are two children, a boy, IS, in the
kU.S. Army, a girl, IA, who lives
with the father.
Carson D. Greet was granted a
divorce from Petite E. Greet, from
whom the testimony showed he has
been separated since 1947. They
were married in 1921. The four
children, the youngest %, are all
married.
Tuesdays Proceedings
On Tuesday the court was chiefly
concerned with the trial of persons
charged with driving under the in
fiuence of alcohol. Two cases were
heard and sent to the jury, a third
was begun and recessed.
Divorces
Judge Stevens found time in the
afternoon to hear two uncontested
suits for divorce. Nina Hooper
Rowe of Manns Harbor was grant
ed a divorce on grounds of two
years separation from Bruce r.
vim Rowe; and Goldie ]. Fountain
of Buxton was granted a divorce
on the same grounds from Robert
Earl Fountain. Both cases were
concluded in less than 20 minutes.
State VS. Beacham
In the days first case Carl Alon-
20 Beacham was found guilty of
driving under the influence. The
case came to court as result of
an accident May Is. The jury was
out less than five minutes, al
though the trial of the case took
up most of the morning. Judge
Stevens fined Beacham 800 and
costs and bound him to good be-
havior for a period of two years.
Under the state law, his conviction
i resulted in the automatic forfeit
ture of his license to drive.
State VS. WOrsley
David Worsley of Rocky Mount,
charged with driving while in All
intoxicated condition on July 2,
1850, was next on trial. Evidence
was given for the state by Patrol
men Riddick and Oakley, and for
the defendant by himself, his wife,
and NJ. C. Mitchell, Manteo police
man. Two bottles of liquor found
in Worsley's car were offered in
evidence by the state.
Summarizing the case for the
defense, w. H. McCown, lawyer
for the defendant, called the par
tlcular attention of the jury tC the
kesitant, stammering manner in
which the defendant gave his tes-
timony and to the fact that he
limped. These things would tend,
he said, to make the arresting off
GERS, who saw Worsley for the fist
time the night he was arrested, be
heve the defendant was drunk. He
pointed out that Worsley had been
arrested three times previously on
a similar charge and suggested
that arresting officers had been
similarly mistaken before. He re-
marked that Policeman Mitchell
had testified that he had supposed
WOrsley to be intoxicated the first
time he saw him and had said on
the stand that he did not think
Worsley's condition on the nigh. of
his arrest was noticeably different
from his normal behavior. For
these reasons, the lawyer asked
for Worsley's acquittal.
Solicitor w. w. Cohoon asked
the jury to consider whether it
were not more likely than not that
all the officers who had arrested
Worsley and charged him with
drunken driving were not misled by
his physical infirmities. He point
ed out that Worsley had submitted
three times to the lesser charge of
reckless driving, and he said chat
the reason for his doing so was to
escape the mandatory loss Of his
license upon conviction of the mo,e
serious charge. Mr.. Cohoon said
that it was difficult to understand
why the two men who were with
Worsley on the night he was ar.
rested had not been called as wit
nesses in his behalf, particularly
as one was his own brother. H.. de-
clared that the defendant chad
had his share of the whisky and
! asked the jury to bring in a YER
Diet of guilty upon the basis of
the sworn testimony of Officers
Riddick and Oakley that Worsley
was intoxicated.
After the jury had been out
about IS minutes, it returned to
ire courtroom, where the case of
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