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Switch Blade Knife Brings Prison Term
A 19 year old migratory worker James Taylor, Florida born, was sentenced to three months in the House of Correction by Magistrate H Reese Shoemaker for carrying a concealed switch blade knife and threatening people. Officers Kanode and Trump testified the tablet was found after several complaints. Taylor claimed he picked up the knife in a tavern scuffle and did not intend harm. Several suspensions were handed for other cases with fines and collateral forfeitures listed. George Washington in 1793 was a guest of the first circus in Philadelphia.
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House of Correction
Peoples’ Court
H. Reese Shoemaker
James Taylor
Jenkins Camp
South Wisner Street
Norman Trump
Martin Kanode
South Market
West All Saints
Daniel Snowden
East All Saints Street
Clumbs Ambussoiney
Matter Avenue
Kanode and
Trump
Joe D. Williams
Hollendale
Miss
East Patrick Street
James Stockman
Alonzo Williams
Fairmont
West All Saints Street
Kanade
Joseph W. Dorsey
Neptune
N. J
Nathan Dorsey
Harold T. Dorsey
New Market
Vernon L. Rhoderick
Frederick
North Market
Third Streets
Claude Evans
Norman Miller
Fountain Rock
College Avenue
Rockwell Terrace
Evans