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Two Negroes Sentenced in Maryland Police Court
In a Monday night session of the House of Correction, Elijah Mason and Wilson Hivers, both colored, received six and three month terms respectively. Rivery, a youth, was found guilty of assaulting Daisy Brown near Hyattstown, with razor then gun, and was later apprehended. Mason sold intoxicating liquor to Perry Grove Braelly, and was remanded to the House of Correction. John Price and Benjamin Phebus, both 17, released on bail after assault and battery charges against Frank Crutchley. Russell Angelberger and Austin Fox forfeited $2.50 for disorderly conduct. George Nelson, a 65-year-old blind colored man, jailed for assault on Naomi Thrawn.
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House of Correction
Brust
Elijah Mason
Wilson Hivers
Hyatstown
Rivery
Daisy Brown
Hyattstown
Ita
Sugar Loaf
Constanie Charles W. Smith
Frarice Brust
Rivers
Tium
Mason
Perry Grove
Braelly
Grove
Bartels
Polie
George Nelson
Naomi Thrawn
Willan Brown
Chapel Alley
Nelson