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PROBATION TOIE ASKED FOROXNARD NEGRESSMrs, Lucy Flicks Convicted OnIlirce Counts of Sale ofLiquor.TO BF. SENTENCED MONDAYBlackstock Rogers, AttorneysiFor Mrs. Hicks, Will AskProbation.A strenuous fight will he made by her attorneys for probation for Mrs. fitiev Hicks, well known negro womanof Oxnard, when she comes up for sentence before Judge Henderson at in o'* lock in Ventura, it was learned toda v.Mrs Hicks was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Charles Clements in Oxnard!during lie* county wide cleanup April 21. and charged with illegal possession and sale of intoxicating liquor. She was arraign* *1 and pleaded not guilty in Judge Dimmick's court in Ventura. She was hound over to theSuperior Court, with bail fixed at$3000.A jury found her guilty on all three counts of sale in Superior Court yesterday. The convict* *! Oxnard woman wanted to appeal the case, but after consultation with her attorneys decided to he sentenced and ask for pro-1; hat ion. The negro woman was to have been sentenced this morning at 10o'clock, but Judge Henderson postponed judgment until next week toallow her attorneys time to til** papersfor probation.Mrs. Hicks has one prior conviction,being arrested in a raid last fall bvtin* sheriff s office on a charge of pos-e* ion SIp* pleaded guilty iti Judge,|I| DiinmieK s court, and was fined $200. ft of whilt;h $ 1 no was suspendedSin* was also arrested bv the local i ^officer!- a few month; ago. but as tliejii 1 v evidence Chief of Police Johnson could produce, was a pair of empty wine glasses there w is no option for the local court, but to dismiss the!Ttlack toe K •*”:! Tlogers. oi Oxnard an«l Ventura, are Mrs. Hick's attorneys. having also defended her in herprevious coin let ion.n ------ - —
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Oxnard Daily Courier
Oxnard, California, US
Thu, May 10, 1928
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