The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-04-28
MANY CASES TRIED
IN SUPERIOR COURT
OFTYRRELL COUNTY

County Superior Court with Judge
Walter ]. Bone presiding Monday,
April "a, a 14-year-old Negro
youth, Daniel Eugene Bowser,
charged with breaking and enteri
ing the home of w. j. Brickhouse
and larceny of $34, pleading gull
ty, was put under probation with
SIS payment to the prosecution
witness, and costs of court, Mon
day.
Appearing in the interest Of the
boy was his step-father, Henry
Lindeman of New York, testifying
as originally from Palestine. The
boy was reared by his grandpar-
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Romus Outer
bridge.
Curtis Burroughs, about %, a
native of Beaufort County, on pro-
baton of a sentence from three
to five years On manslaughter re-
Sulting from an auto collision, was
brought into court by Charles Hes
ter, State Probation Officer, charg-
ed with violating probation and
convictions on four or five counts.
Among them were the giving of
two worthless checks, disorderly
conduct in Pitt County and public
drunkenness in Belhaven, with rec
ords bearing up his guilty plea in
each instance. 1t was ordered pro-
baton he revoked and sentence
automatically put in effect.
Brought into court under capias,
Grady Simmons was ordered to
pay the fine and costs of case
tried in previous Superior Court,
allowed by the then jurist to be
paid before this April term. He
was ordered to pay this sum before
recess of present term of court or
serve the imposed sentence of IL
months.
An uncontested divorce, Herbert
Hilton Hill VS.. Doris Ernestine
Hill, was granted.
"A capias was ordered for Har-
old Lloyd Sawyer, 20, who failed
to appear in court and bond order
ed forfeited.
Cases of Madison Cahoon, charg-
ed with larceny, and Gilliard Aims
ley with giving worthless check
were continued.
James Howard Lancaster, Al, of
Wanchese, a native of Pantego,
charged with drunken driving, was
found guilty of reckless driving
and fined $50 and costs.
Brought into court by 1t. John
H. Blevins, Assistant Supt. of
Washington County Prison Camp
No. 013, two prisoners: Lester
johnson and Roosevelt King, both
charged with escape in the Kill
kenny section. Both men, long
termers in the felony camp, were
free for some number of days.
johnson, originally sent up from
Cumberland County as his initial
escape was sentenced for nine
months to begin at the expiration
Of a ten-year sentence imposed in
Robson County March IL, 1859.
Knights second escape-was CIV
en- IL months to begin at expira-
ton of sentence imposed upon him
in Tyrrell County Sept. 80, 1868.
A. N. Bateman, charged with
giving a worthless check, amount
$3.50, payable to Julian H. Swain
as a balance payment in the pur-
chase of 1893 bags potatoes August
3, 1869. The two participants, Ken
meth Brickhouse, Edmond Brick
house, Mrs. Statha Cohoon and
Miss BERTHE Cahoon, representing
the East Carolina Bank on which
the check was drawn, took the
stand for testimony. Deliberatings
of the jury were incomplete at
the end of the days session. They
were dismissed to reconvene Tues
day morning.
Connie Earl Liverman, brought
in by capias, pleaded not guilty
to the charge of drunken driving.
He admitted being drunk when his
car was in the ditch, but claimed
it was driven by James Parker, a
man from Florida. States wit
nesses Patrolman J. H. Withers
and Julian L. Poston, stated that
the defendant in their opinion was
drunk; that he made no mention
of anyone being in the car with
him, and that a bottle of wine was
found in the car. It was brought
out that Liverman had been found
guilty in Recorders Court of driv-
ing drunk since this appeal. Ready
for the jury at five PM, the panel
was dismissed to deliberate Tues
day morning.
The Grand Jury drawn and
sworn: ]. Eli Woodley, foreman;
w. j. Comstock, Charlie r. Rough
ton, Horace Woodley, Thomas Ca
hoon, w. A. Hollis, j. F. Furlough,
Jr., C. C Earl, James w. Swain,
Travis M. Harrell, Joe Lassiter,
Amer B. Cowell, w. S. Ward, Jr.,
e. ". Tweedy, A. I. Ward, James