The Miami times., 1952-08-02

continuing throughout the rest of
the summer, there will be no Ses-
sion of court held on Saturday
mornings in Judge L. E. Thomas
Municipal Court. This, together
with a number of other factors,
probably accounts for the fact that
a total of SO cases was listed for
trial on the courts docket Mon
day morning, even though the
previous weekend was nothing
more than a normal one.
Cases involving assault and
battery led by a wide margin in
the several varieties of hearings
disposed of during the long but
very interesting session. AS usual
the session was called to order by
the Clerk of the Court Forrest
Reynolds at $50 am. and with
the exception of 10-minute re-
cess, was in continuous meeting
until las that afternoon, when the
final case was completed and the
court was dismissed for the day.
Again, it was a day when
highlights were "dime a dozen,"
and the courtroom was jammed
with an over capacity crowd from
the beginning to the end of the
session.
One of he most startling cases
on the days docket was that of
Cynthia Rogers, who was charg-
ed with assault and battery on
Margaret Olds. The incident is al
legged to have occurred last Sat-
urday night at Charlie Razor's
Bar on 3rd ave. According to teS-
timony as presented by Margaret
Olds, Cynthia Rogers kicked her
on the leg without any provoca-
ton, while they both were at the
bar with friends Saturday night.
She added that she (Margaret)
asked Cynthia why did she kick
her, only to have the young Wo-
man give her an insulting answer.
Margaret further explained to the
court that in order to prevent
more trouble she called the po-
lice and had Cynthia arrested on
the charge stated.
But Cynthia told an entirely
different story from Margaret
about this incident and practical
ly shocked the entire courtroom
with her startling revelation.
DENYING that she had kicked or
hit Margaret as charged, Cynthia
told the court that as soon as she
walked in the bar in question.
Margaret, who had been there be-
fore she arrived, approached her
and began to feel her hips, the
same as a "fresh" man might
sometimes do. Cynthia said she
pushed Margaret away from her,
in an effort to stop her from get
ting fresh; but Margaret continu-
sd 70 feel her body. Cynthia also
exr iaired to the court that on a
previous occasion, while in the
ladies room at Cafe Society, this
same Margaret Olds came in the
room and began to hug her as II
to make love to her. She further
Explained that the incident OF
Saturday night resulted from her
pushing Margaret away from her,
in order to stop her from getting
fresh.
The kicking incident was ap-
parently very minor, as the COM
nlainant did show no signs OF hav-
ing been hurt. After serious
warning to both parties Judge
THOMAS dismissed the case and
advised them not to come before
him again on such charge.
The case of Mckinley Wallace
nrobably takes the cake as far as
the number of charges tlied
against one individual on the
DAVIS docket. Wallace was charg-
ed with speeding, driving with
out a drivers license, driving a
car with an improper license plate,
and driving a car without inspec-
ton sticker. The series of Incl
dents occurred early S u n d y
morning on NV 62nd st. between
18th and 18th aves. Wallace, ac-
cording to police, was speeding
east on 62nd st. in such manner
that many of the other cars on
the same street were forced to
pull to the side in order to avoid