“Hog slops” of most too strong a taste and 3 quarters of liquor found in the possession of Henry Archie, colored, proved his undoing, and he was sentenced to the roads of Robeson county by Recorder P. S. Kornegay for 60 days on a charge of possessing intoxicating liquor and 60 days for possessing materials for the manufacture of whiskey.
Joe Blackman entered a plea of nolo contendere on charges of being drunk, transporting and possessing whiskey and using profane language on the highway and was fined $25 and costs on the first charge, $10 and costs for transporting and using profane language. His car was ordered confiscated.
J. McKay, colored, was at first sentenced to 60 days on the roads for possessing materials for the manufacture of whiskey, he having 5 gallons of beer, but the sentence was changed to a $50 fine and costs on account of the fact that the defendant’s wife was dead and he had four small children.
The prosecutor had to pay the costs in a case against Foil Britt, charged with assault.
Lee Andrew Gavin pleaded guilty of being drunk and was fined $25 and costs or sentenced to 30 days on the roads. In another case, Gavin was sentenced to 60 days on the roads for malicious and willful trespass on personal property.
Prayer for judgment was suspended upon the payment of the costs as to Tommie Lowry, Indian, charged with assault. He is to refrain from striking or whipping his wife for a period of two years, and if he fails to do this, a four-months road sentence will immediately take effect.
Willis Key, colored, was taxed with the costs for speeding.
C.S. McFarland pleaded guilty of being drunk and was fined $25 and costs.
Barnum Rison was taxed with costs for disorderly conduct.
Clarence Gamble, colored, pleaded guilty of carrying a concealed weapon and was fined $50 and costs and his car confiscated.
Editor’s Note: A nolo contendere plea — also called a no contest plea — is a criminal plea in which the defendant does not admit guilt but also does not dispute the charges, and instead accepts the court’s conviction and punishment as if he had pled guilty.
From the front page of the Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Thursday, Oct. 21, 1926
newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn84026483/1926-10-21/ed-1/seq-1/ From the front page of the Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Thursday, Oct. 21, 1926
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