The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-08-13
Good Morning Judge
News from Miami's Municipal Precinct Court
JUDGE L. E. THOMAS, PRESIDING
BY ELLIOTT }. PIEzE, Times Staff Writer

Exactly 83 cases were listed for
trial on the official docket in
Municipal court Monday morning.
Shocking was the case of Rob
ert Dunbar who was charged with
assault and battery on his wife,
Loretta. The couple lives at 247
NV 14th st. and the incident oc-
Cured on Saturday night.
According to Mrs. Dunbar, her
husband failed to come home
either Friday or Saturday nights
in fact she explained that the
stayed out on those nights quite
often, chiefly to avoid paying the
rent and other household bills.
Mrs. Dunbar told the court that
she went out to look for her hus-
band Saturday night, since he had
not been home in two nights but
did not find him. When she re-
turned home she met Dunbar
coming from the opposite direc-
ton.
Mrs. Dunbar continued, explain
ing that she asked her husband
for money to pay rent and other
necessities and in a loud voice
he said he was not going to
pay anything. An argument arose
between the two and during the
argument Mrs. Dunbar said her
husband beat her severely.
Mrs. Dunbar explained that she
later slipped some money from
Dunbar's pockets and took it to
his mothers house for safe keep
ing until Monday morning when
she planned to pay the bills. But
Dunbar soon missed the money
and forced his wife to tell him
where she had put it. He went to
his mother, got the money and
up to Monday morning the rent
was still not paid.
In his defense Dunbar called
his wife liar in open court and
declared that he had paid the
rent. Judge Thomas repimanded
him for yelling liar at his wife in
court and sentenced him to 80
days in jail SIS or an additional
30 days. After the judge pro-
nounced sentence on Dunbar, he
made an under-tone disparaging
remark about his wife and the
court. Judge Thomas called him
back in front of the bench and
gave him a severe tongue LASH
ing and ordered him to jail.
Another case that came in for
a considerable amount of atten-
ton was that of Mrs. Ethel Cody,
an old woman who was charged
with assault and battery on John
MeNeal, young man. This
strange incident occurred on July
81, but McNeal was hospitalized
until Thursday of last week and
the case could not be tried until
Monday.
Officer L. Bowens told the court
that he and his partner received
a call to go to 467 NV 9Th st.
about 2:35 pm. on July 81. Upon
arrival the officer said they found
McNeal bleeding profusely from
the hand and arm as a result OF
being cut several times. The Off
Ger added that they had to rush
him to the hospital so fast that
they did not have time to look Tor
the knife. They later returned to
the house and arrested Mrs. Cody.
Despite McNeaPs appearance in
court wearing a considerable bit
of bandages on his left hand and
arm, he told the court that he
did not wish to press any charges.
McNeal and Mrs. Cody have been
living together as common law
man and wife for number OF
years, but Mrs. Cody appeared TO
be old enough to be McNeaPs
mother. McNeal admitted that 1t
all came about over another wo-
man, whom Mrs. Cody had &C
cused him of Mrs. Cody told the