Milford chronicle., 1955-01-21
Sussex Court Has
Busy Schedule

Sentences were meted out to four
persons in Common Pleas Court
Georgetown, last week, by Judge
Isaac D. Short.
/ Harvey LOfiand, of near Milford
/ charged with assault and battery
on Byrd Morgan. was sentenced to
/ serve six months in Sussex. Prison
ana to pay prosecution costs. Lof-
lahd is alleged to have struck Nor
! gan over the head with a hammer.
at the GreentOp Poultry Camp. on
November 14th. He pleaded guilty
TO the charge, in Court on Decem-
Der 18th, but sentence was deferred
TO obtain further background in
formation. The sentence will date
from November II, 1854.
Roy George, Jr., of RehObOtb.
charged with breaking and enter
ing the home of Francis Griffith.
Stockley Heights, RehOboth. on
September II, last year, pleaded
not guilty to the charge. Found
guilty by the Court he was senten-
ced by Judge Short, to serve a term
OF 3 months in Jail dating from
September 22nd, when he was taken
INTO custody, and was also ordered
10 pay prosecution costs.
Howard Calvin J. Anderson was
sentenced to serve IS months in
Sussex Prison and to pay prosecu-
tlon costs. Anderson had entered a
plea of guilty, on December 2gtb.
last year, to a charge of breaking
and entering the store owned bv
George Mills and OthO Reach.
known as Owens Store, located at
columbia, near Delmar. II was
brought out previously that CANDY.
cigarettes and other small articles
had been taken from the store. The
sentence dates from December %, |
the date upon which Anderson was
taken into custody. Anderson has
a previous criminal record.
Kenneth Harmon Bullion. of
Laurel, pleaded guilty to breaking
and entering the filling station Of |
Roy F. Birmingham, near Laurel |
on December 25th.. He claimed he !
had tried to get the owners to re- |
open the filling station after it had |
closed in order that he might get |
q pair of skates belonging to him. |
which he had left there. Nothing |
but the skates were taken. Bullion |
was paroled for a period of one
year and ordered to pay costs.
cornelius G. NAPLES, of Milton
was fined $4,000 and costs after
pIeadlng guilty to a charge Of as
5ault and battery on Richard Kim
lred, also of Milton. NAPLES shot
Alndred in the leg with a 12-gauge
shotgun, on November 2Ist. The
man, not seriously injured.
vas shot accidentally during an ar
in the NAPLES home.
Frank p. Lucas, pleaded guiltv
o a charge of obtaining money nm
Ter false pretenses and was SEN
enced to serve one month in Dri-
ION. Lucas just completed serving
sentences of 6 months each. run
ing concurrently, which were inn
'osed on similar charges. The one
month sentence was imposed. fol-
owing the plea of guilty to nre-
entlng a check at the Acme Store
n Milford, in the amount of $50 00 ]
alsely claiming he had an account
n the Equitable Security Trust
tank, in Wilmington.
Louis William Smith. Ir.. of Mil
)n' charged with petit larceny in
ne theft of a car owned by Alton.
: Wyatt, also Of Milton, valued al
5000, on October 31st, last wear
ntered a plea of not guilty and
IS trial was set for January 17fb /.
James Edward Williams. of sell
yyllle, arraigned before Judge
mort on Monday of this week
larged with carrying a concealed
eaoIy weapon, pleaded guilty. 10
le charge and was fined SOS 00
nd costs. Williams was arrested
1st, this year, near Sns-
* Prison, by State Police. who
scoyered the gun in his car while
aklng a routine check.