Disposition was made of 13 cases in recorder’s court Saturday. Willie Armstrong was the heaviest sufferer of the defendants, receiving a six-months sentence upon being found guilty of larceny. Upon appeal a bond of $50 was required for his appearance in the next term of court.
Johnnie Roberson and Hubert Hayes, negroes, who were arrested several weeks ago upon a variation of charges, were given hearings in cases of larceny charged against them and a verdict of guilty handed down in each. Bonds from $50 to $100 were set by the court when probable cause was found.
T.B. Walker, charged with a violation of an automobile law was given a suspended judgment upon payment of the costs.
Sherman Commander, negro who was arrested Friday evening after two pint bottles of whiskey were discovered in a basket of peppers carried by him, was fined $5 and the costs each in cases of illegal possession of whiskey and drunkenness.
J.J. Wheeler, charged with larceny, was given a suspended judgment upon payment of the costs.
Walker Parham, charged with larceny, received a suspended sentence.
A.C. Carey, charged with non-support, also received a suspended judgment upon payment of costs.
Hubert Pendergrast was found not guilty of drunkenness.
A verdict of not guilty was handed down in the case of Ennis Bown, charging him with driving an automobile while under the influence of whiskey.
The case of George Elliott, violation of a sanitary law, was continued.
James H. Davie was recently acquitted on a charge of housebreaking.
From the Durham Morning Herald, Sunday, Sept. 9, 1923
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