The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-10-01
MCRObie Guilty
of Assault In
Shooting Fray
VindeX Man Given Years Sus'
pended Term in House of
Correction; Placed on
Strict Probation

Guy c. McRobie, AZ, Vindex resi-
dent, was found guilty of simple
assault in the wounding of his
brother-in-law, Claude Rohrbaugh,
by a Garrett County Circuit Court
jury on Monday.
Tuesday afternoon he received a
one-year suspended sentence in the
Maryland Penitentiary from Asso-
ciate Judge George Henderson.
McRobie had been indicted by the
grand jury in a two-count bill
which charged him with both as
sault with intent to kill, and simple
assault. After the three-hour trial
the jury took about 30 minutes to
find McRobie not guilty of the
more serious count, and guilty of
only simple assault.
In his defense the defendant con-
tended that Rohrbaugh, 50, had
fired upon him with a shotgun and
that he then had wounded Rohr-
baugh in the side with blast from
his % calibre rifle.
Rohrbaugh admitted firing at
McRobie but said he did SO only to
scare his brother-in-law off of his
property. The older man asserted
that he was wounded after he had
turned his back on McRobie and
had started to walk back into the
house. Rohrbaugh was patient in
Potomac Valley hospital at Keyser
for several days.
Judge Henderson suspended the
sentence provided Microbes be-
havior is good, he refrains from use
of Intoxicating beverages and that
he stays away from his brother-in-
law. He was placed under super
vision of David M. Steele, pro-
baton and parole officer.
McRobie had been confined in
the county Jail ever since June %,
when the shooting occurred. States
Attorney w. Dwight Slower prose-
cuted the case William o. Treacy
was Microbes coult-appointed at
torney.
Youths Found Not Guilty
After some two hours of deliber-
alton Tuesday afternoon another
jury in the Oakland court acquitted
three Fricndsville youths of assault
in an alleged attack upon a 20
year-old girl, former resident Of
Friendsville, now residing in Hazel
ton, Preston County, W Va. The
defendants were Walter Friend, IS,
Larry Lawson, II, and Marlin Law
son, IS.
Other Cases
Hanson Friend, about 80, of Oak
land, pleaded guilty to non-support
of his four minor children. Judge
Henderson gave him one year in
the House of Correction, but sus-
pended it on provision that Friend
pays $35 a month to support his
children, stays away from his wife,
allows his children to go to school,
and reports to Steele regularly.
David c. Jones, Pennsylvania,
who had been found guilty of driv-
ing an overweight truck, dropped
his appeal and the sentence of the
Trial Magistrate court was af-
firmed.
On Monday there were three APP
peals from the Trial Magistrate
court also heard. Blaine burst, a
Grantsville trucker, was found
guilty of driving an overweight
truck. The fine imposed by Magis-
trate Charles S. Zeller, Grants
vile, was affirmed and when burst
was unable to pay he was placed
in custody of the sheriff.
A jury convicted Wilmer Harri-
son Sweitzer of drunk driving. He
had appealed his prior conviction
by Oakland Magistrate w. o.
Bitter. Robert Edward King, who
had appealed a reckless driving
conviction from the same court,
was found guilty by Judge Hender-
son and the sentence of the lower