The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1952-01-12


change in the weather. or probably
it was a natural let down follow
ing the holiday rush, but the
total number of cases listed for
trial ON Monday morning in
Judge L. E.-ThomaS' Municipal
Court dropped to a mere so - a
new low for "a Monday session.
But the smaller number Of cases
in no way resulted in a smaller
variety of offenses judged during
the session. Practically every Of
tense in the book was represent
ed in the number of cases heard
and disposed Of
For some strange reason, which
has not been made clear as yet,
the Cocunut Grove section of the
= city led by wide margin in the
number of defendants in the long
line which appeared before the
Judge. The boys and girls in the
CGrove really put on a show"
, over the past weekend, and the
results were very sevident in court
Monday morning.
~One of several highlights of the
days hearings was the case of
Curtis Jones, who was charged
with assault and battery on
Dorothy Patterson, and with
carrying concealed weapon Ga
knife. Testimony during the
trial revealed the fact that the
Patterson woman had been
struck with heavy board on her
hand by Jones, which resulted in
breaking three of her fingers, and
severely injuEing her arm in a
number of PLACES. The woman eX-
plaiRed to the court that Jones
approached he1 in front of the
beer garden at NV 18th st. and
first court and asked her where
was another friend of hers. When
she told him that she did not
know he suddenly and without
provocstion picked up a plank
and struck her, inflicting the
damage stated. Jones admitted
swinging the plank, but claimed
that he was attempting to throw
it at someone else, and the Pat
serson woman was unfortunately
in the way. The incident happen
ed last Thursday night, and the
woman was hospitalized for few
days before being released to ap-
pear at the trial Monday.
Jones insisted that be was at
tempting to hit someone else; but
Judge Thomas said that that was
no excuse for the deliberate vio-
lence. He sentenced Jones to 10
days, 500 or AN additional 20
days on the assault and battery
charge, and gave him a .sus-
pended sentence on the other.
The case of Henry Williams and
his wife, Dolores, both of 314 NV
l4th ST., and both charged with
,diSorderIy conduct (fighting) also
captured the attention of the en-
tire courtroom. Testimony in the
case revealed that Henry Williams,
suspecting his wife Of being too
friendly with another man, be-
came enraged and began to beat
her severely in their home. The
wife SdlQ SIZE ran W a nSlSllOO1
home, seeking refuge. The hus-
band followed her, according to
the wife, and continued TO beat
her. In a defensive measure, she
admitted that she grabbed knife
and stuck him with it, in order
to ward him off. The husband de-
MED that he hit his wife first. In
fact he claimed that the wife was
the aggressor and he showed
marks on his face which he said
the wife inflicted with a knife
during the melee. 1t was a case
of husband against wife, with
both parties suffering injuries.
Following his usual warning,
Judge Thomas fined both hus-
band and wife, $25 or 10 days
each.
The most pathetic case OF the
day was that of Laura B. Nc
Cray, who was charged with as
SaIIlt and battery on Emanuel