Unscheduled Good Morning Judge column reports July court
Last week’s Good Morning Judge column is published this week to relay court happenings from Judge L. E. Thomas Municipal Court. Monday July 7 saw 66 hearings disposed after 4th of July weekend with notable cases including Essie Mae Wilson and Willis Wilson and Henry B. Collier. Wilsons faced multiple charges while Collier received a sentence for assault and battery. numerous other defendants were fined or given short jail terms for vagrancy fighting and disorderly conduct.
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L. E. Thomas
Essie Mae Wilson
Willis
Wilsons
Wilson
Henry B. Collier
Susie Mae Billingsley
Collier
Miss Billingsley
NW 10Th St
Court recounts July 11 riot case and disorders
Friday morning trial featured Elouise Cooper and Ruth Parks charged with drunken and disorderly conduct and inciting a riot after a July 5 incident in Goodbread Alley. Judge Thomas acquitted on two counts, fined for resisting arrest, and sentenced both to 30 days for inciting a riot with options of $150 or 60 more days. Other Friday dispositions included O Bryant fined 20 days for child molesting and Gladys Oliver receiving 60 days for further disturbances.
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Elouise Cooper
Ruth Parks
Parks and
Iines
Cooper
13Th St
3Rd Court
Goodbread Alley
Ray Brock
Ulysses O’bryant
Raymond Smith
Oliver W
Burroughs
Smith
Gussie Taylor
Alice Cambridge
Gladys Oliver
Oliver
Thomas
Nora Jackson
Woman Faces Disorderly Conduct Charges Amid Weekend Riot
A chaotic weekend left 47 cases listed for rial this morning. Ola Mae Lewis, a middle aged mother, faced two counts disorderly conduct for profanity and creating a disturbance near 15th to 17th streets on 5th place. Judge Thomas sentenced her to four days or $75, after bonding out she was re-arrested for gutter vulgarity. Also fined or jailed were Johnny Thomas for assault and battery and carrying a concealed weapon, Catherine Melon for drunk and disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, and Q C Coleman for fighting Juanita Roberts.
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Rial
Ola Mae Lewis
Charles Thomas
Thomas
Johnny Thomas
Lee Taylor
Catherine Melon
Q. C. Coleman
Juanita Roberts
The Ways of Wolves Poem by William Henry Huff
A poem from William Henry Huff portrays wolves as agents of ruin spreading grief and seduction. It foresees a reckoning for their deeds and warns that the consequences will fall on them, with a bleak moral pivot about reaping what they sow.
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William Henry Huff
ANP
Congregationals Call For End Of Discrimination
In Claremont California the 11th biennial meeting of the General Council of the Congregational Christian Churches passed a resolution urging Christians to improve race relations within churches. It notes churches and affiliated institutions have lagged behind other major bodies and calls for steps to remove discriminatory behavior promptly.
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Claremont
Cal
ANP
General Council
Congregational Christian Churches
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