The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-03-12
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Thyme when he tried to make an
arrest at the Mays Head Casino.
Mr.. Thyme attempted to arrest
Ralph Beasley, 10, who had had
scuff with Latham Mann, and
was prevented from making the
arrest when David James Beas-
ley, brother to Ralph, and Gar
field Curles joined in and lifted
the pants, shirt and coat off Mr..
Thyme.
Dare County Recorders Court
was full of spectators on Tuesday
afternoon to hear the testimony
in the case.
According to sac testimony,
Mr.. Thyme wa&5 stairs at the
time the fight between Ralph
Beasley and Latham Mann start
ed, and the fight was over when
he got downstairs in the Casino.
Mr.. Thyme told Mann to get out
side, as he was pretty drunk.
"Then Ralph Beasley came up
and hit me and then I hit him
with a blackjack" Mr.. Thyme
said. after that don't think
Ralph hit me any more, but then
James Beasley, Jr., grabbed me
from behind and someone threw
a coat. over my head and started
hitting me in the face.
Ras Westcott, operator of the
Casino, came downstairs about
the time Garfield Curles started
hitting Thyme. "Mr. Curles was
throwing it to him in the face"
Mr.. Wescott said. Il told him to
quit, and then he started swing
ing at me and I ducked. The Sc
cond time he glanced one off my
eye, and it was sore on Sunday"
Somewhere in all the scuffle
Chief Of Police M. c. Mitchell
appeared on the scene. Ralph
Beasley grabbed him around the
neck from behind and locked his
legs around Mr.. Mitchelrs body.
Mitchell was laying in the floor
when l saw him." Mr.. Westcott
testified.
Ralph Beasley says he didn't
strike Mr.. Thyme after he (Beas-
lley) was hit with a blackjack. 81
fell out to the floor colder than
a cucumber" Ralph Beasley
testified. Mr.. Thyme had told him
that he was under arrest. Accord
ing to Curles' testimony, he
(Curles) was trying, to aid Ralph,
whose head was bleeding, when
the scuffle between Thyme, Cur
les, and James Beasley begun.
"They were treating you rough,
weren't they?" was Judge Baum's
remark when officer Thyme Of
fered as evidence his torn clothes.
Thyme lost both his gun and
blackjack, which was found in
two pieces later, during the
fight. MR. Thyme then took Off
Ger Mitchelrs gun while he was
laying in the foor, and someone
took that away from him, too.
All three of the boys, Ralph
Beasley, David James Beasley,
Jr., and Garland Curles, were
charged with four counts: %
assaulting an officer, ~ resisting
arrest, 81 interfering with an
officer making an arrest, and az
causing a disturbance in a public
place.
David James and Ralph Beas-
ley were found guilty of all four
counts. The sentence was six
months on the roads, suspended
on condition each pay a fine of
$50 and the costs of court, and
that they not be found on the
premises of the Mays Head
Casino for a period of three
years. James was also guilty of a
charge of speeding IS miles per
hour, the fine being $40 and the
costs of court.
In the case against Curles, he
was found guilty of assault on an
officer and inflicting injuries,
and of creating disturbance in a
public place. The sentence for
that count was go days, suspend
ed on condition that hel pay a
fine of $40 and the costs of court,
and that he not be found on the
Casino premises for IL months.
He was also found guilty of as
sault on Ras Westcott, for which
the sentence was 80 days, sus-
pended on payment of $40 and
costs.
Other cases were as follows:
Bill Pearson, charged with as
sault on a female, Thelma Wise,
was dismissed of the charges.
According to her testimony, 1--WE
were just wrestling and playing
around outside of the Casino"
According to the testimony of
Ras Wsecott, who saw the Incl
dent, Pearson knocked her down
outside of the door.
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