Elizabeth City, June 25—a warning that men generally and married men in particular, might expect no clemency from the court if arrested in company with certain young women of doubtful character, living on North Pennsylvania avenue, was given by Trial Justice Sawyer in recorder’s court this morning, in dealing with the case of one of the young women in question.
“If the police catch you in company with married me, I am going to send you to jail—and I’m going to send them there, too,” Judge Sawyer warned, in addressing the defendant who was up on vagrancy charge. “You are treading on dangerous ground I have seen girls get in cars all along that part of Pennsylvania avenue, and I’ve seen them hiding along there, too, waiting for fellows they had dates with. When girls meet men away from home like that, and when the men drop them along the street, somewhere, instead of taking them home, everybody just about knows what is going on.
“You can make something of yourself, if you will. You are young, and I’m going to give you another chance,” the trial justice concluded, “but I’ll give you fair warning. I’m asking the officers right now to keep their eyes open, and if they catch any of you girls with married men, I want the police to bring them on in, and I’ll give them what is coming to them. I’ll put them in jail.”
The young woman stated she was 22 years old, hailed from New Bern, and came here with a carnival about three year ago. She said she was married when she was 17, and had been divorced by her husband about a month ago.
From page 5 of the Goldsboro News, Saturday, June 26, 1926
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