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JONES COUNTY NUMBER 23 TRENTON, N. €„ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1970 VOLUME XVIH Four Civil Actions Filed in Jones ; County's Courts Jones County,Court Clerk Rog ers Pollock Reports having four civil actions filed in his office during the past two weeks. Norman Edward Richard filed suit for divorce from Bet Jean Rich, alleging their marriage on September 28, 1968 and their separation on May 8, 1969. W. F. Hill filed suit to col lect $33.10 he alleges owed to him by Wilbert Greene. Carolina Model Homes Corp , oration asked ejection of Charles Burton from a house on which he is delinquent in payments. New Bern Oil and Fertilizer Company filed suit for $131.27 which alleges is owed to it by Olivia Grady. Ann Pollock Heads Junior Auxiliary The American Legion Junior Auxiliary, Post 154, met Octob ber 12 at the home of Mrs. Fatie Gray. The program given by Ann Pollock and Patsy Banks was on Girl’s State. A business session followed. New officers for 1970-71 are: Ann Pollock, President; Judy Banks, Vice President; Mona Johnson, Secretary; Karen Pol lock, Treasurer; Gayle Hill, His torian; Rebecca Franck, Chap lain; Kathy Gray, Sergeant-at Arms; and Cathy Parker, Re porter. Routine Session of County Commission Last week the Jones County Board of Commissioners held a quiet election-week \ session in which it: Approved payment of $11.48 taxes to the Town of Trenton on the land the county purchased back of the courthouse from J. K. Avery; \ Voted $25 toward the annual Christmas Party at Caswell Training School; and Approved the emergency ex penditure of $2870 to buy a new boiler for the Agricultural Build ing. Judge Lowers Short Sentence for Dope Peddler Last Week Last Wednesday Judge Wil liam Copeland gaye John H. Smith, alias Willie Beaumont two years in prison after a jury had convicted him of two nar cotics violations. He could have given him five years on each count. On Thursday Judge Copeland reopened the case and said he had been told that Smith alias Beaumont already had one ille gitimate child and was expected :o have another any day; so in dew of this he was going to permit the proud father to serve a work-release sentence, ivhich calls for him spending his lighs and weekends in jail, while being permitted to work luring the week. The judge said he was doing :his to prevent the children hav ng to be taken care of by the welfare department. Eight Arrested On Drunk Charges, In Jones County In the past two weekjs the Jones County Sheriff’s office re ports 11 arrests and eight of the 11 charges involved drunken ness. Glen Braswell of Camp Le jeune was charged with drunk en driving, Julius Jordon Jr., Alex Roberts, Clyde Kinsey* Michael Poole, all of Pollocks ville, and Oliver Cobb of Tren ton were charged with, public drunkenness and Richard Moore of Pollocksville route 1 was charged with public drunken ness, escape from custody and indecent exposure. Jake Ray Jones of Trenton 2 and William Rufus Carter of Riehlands route 2 were both charged with peeping into an occupied dwelling and Iinwood Earl Jarman of Comfort was charged with assault on a fe male. Gas Thief Injured At about 1:10 Sunday morn ing John Thomas of Cove City route 1 sped away from Skin ner's filling station on the US 70 bypass after getting $5 worth of gas put in his flivver. He hit a car as he sped away. He was ■ found' in his wrecked car near the Oscar Waller home south of Kinston on the Rich lands Road at about 7:30 Sun day morning and brought to a Kinston hospital where he is recovering from numerous in juries suffered in the crash of his car. He will face numerous charges as soon as he is able to attend court. District Court Disposes of 27 Coses With 10 of These Being Nolle Pressed In last Friday’s session of Jones County District Court 27 cases were cleared from the docket, but 10 of that total were disposed of by having the state Land Transfers . In the past two weeks Jones County Register of Deeds Bill Parker has recorded the follow ing land transfers in his office: From Aleta Sabinston to her self and First Citizens Bank as trustee a lot in White Oak Township. From John Ray Simmons, Aaron Simmons, Billie Simmons, Dorothy and Arthur Clinton and Lillie Wilson to Jettis S. Tis dale four tracts totalling 29.48 acres in Pollocksville Township. From Gladys Dillahunt to James and Celestine Bryant 1.04 acres in Pollocksville Township. From George Levi Ward to himself and his wife, Lydia, 13.5 acres in Trenton Township.^ From L. A. and Lillian Stith, Raymond and Florence Pollock, Emily and Wiley Crawford, An nie Vick, Agnes and Paul John stone to Fannie Guest two lots in White Oak Township, to Ethel Margaret Hassell Jones four lots in White Oak, to Joan S. Crad dock four lots in White Oak and to Eva B. Sanders four lots in White Oak Township. From Annie, Robert, Melainie, Linster, Mary, Bennie, Yvonne and Nathaniel Bryant to Joseph Bryant 24.9 acres in Pollocks ville Township and from Willie, Dovie, Carl and Lucille Bryant, Minnie Richardson, Lena and Mc Cree Hill and Tobitha Jordan any interest they held in the same 24.9 acre tract. From Joseph and Bernice Bryant to Dennis and Sondra Riggs 24.9 acres in Pollocksville Township. From Alma King to Ivy and self a tract in Chinquapin Town ship. decide not to prosecute. These nolle pros entries were in speeding charges against James C. Engle and Ron ald E. Jones, reckless driving a gainst George A. Rhodes and Wil liam D. Purvis, assault with a deadly weapon charges against Jesse Foy, Mrs. Eva Locklear, assault on a female charge a gainst Walter Foy and a simple assault charge against Walter Foy. Non suits were entered in trespass charges against Roger Mewborn and Elmer Whaley and nol prosses were entered in peeping tom charges against William Carter and Jake R. Jones. Chester Roberts was fined $100 after a one-year jail term was suspended for selling of mari juana and he was also placed on probation for five years. Joseph V. Lee was fined $100 and had his driver’s license re stricted for one year for drunk en driving. Jack Williams paid costs for public drunkenness and Ed Brown had a choice of 20 days in jail or paying court costs. Pat Sholar was ordered to make good a worthless check and pay costs. Cecil R. Jones had a six month jail term suspended on condi tion he pay a $50 fine and work around the sheriff’s office four weekends after being found guilty of stealing. Ernest Moore was fined $100 for drunken driving and was giv en a restricted license for one year. Henry Riggs paid court costs for trespassing. Herbert Tay lor was fined $100 for drunken driving. Clyde Kinsey was giv en 20 days in jail for public drunkenness. John C. Eubanks, charged with drunken driving, paid $50 fine for reckless driving. Edward Murrell paid costs for cursing in public. Heman Stone paid $5 fine and costs for speeding, Don ald Jones $10 fine and costs for improper passing. EXCHANGE BETWEEN EDITOR & JUDGE ACCENTS GROWING CONCERN OVER COURT FAILURES Editor's Not*: Because of com munity concern, and because the spoken word too often is misquoted we publish here an unabridged version of the ex change between Newsman Jack Rider and Superior Court Judge William Copeland.' (Editorial November 4 on Ra dio Stations WFTC and WENS by Jack Rider). If anyone has any lingering question about the cause of crime running loose in our na tion today it should be answer ed by just such abuse of com mon sense ' as that exhibited in Lenoir County Superior Court Monday in the name of law. A pair of 24-carat New Jersey crams were caught by local law enforcement officers and they were found to have more than 30 packages of heroin hidden on their person. One had it hidden in a secret compartment in the waistband of his. trousers and the other had it tucked in the top of his. sock. • This pair of hiding places came as the result of informa tion for which the people of #1000 in re not only but were, of whom had gonhorrea in addi tion to his moral degeneracy in the peddling of dope to our children here in Lenoir County. Because there was in the op ion of the Judge some misplaced, or misstated phrase in the search warrant the officers used when they arrested this pair the courts have now found them not guilty of having heroin which was found hidden on their per son. Fortunately one of the pair had sold some of his heroin to an undercover officer and the court did manage to bend over backwards and find him guilty and give him a 3-to-5 year jail term, which means that he will probably in jail one-fourth of 36 months — unless some Santa Claus parole board turns him loose ahead of schedule. We do not need more laws. We do not need moire police. What we need is different judg es, different interpretations of the existing laws.' Now the last place in the world one can aspect tofind "justice is in the courts. Technicalities every day turn mad-dogs loose on society and> lawyers stuff their pockets with money they baVe earned as accessories to . Bit a few — not many — just a few judges who would forget the technical ities and pay some attention to whether the thugs before them are guilty or innocent. To turn loose on children a known peddler of the vilest kind of drugs on such a thin and stu pid pretext is a prostitution of reason, of the law and our en tire civilization. In this the court is more crim inal than the criminal. Mr. Jack Rider HGR Broadcasting Co. Kinston, North Carolina Dear Jack: I have known you now for some thirty years and decided to write you today concerning your editorial of yesterday. I have always tried to operate the-Court within the law, which includes the United States Con stitution as well as the laws of this State. When the time com es that I cannot do this I will resign. You attack me personally in your editorial and refer to me as a criminal. Unfortunately, you frequently make attacks about things about which you have little knowledge. In this casei you jwere not in the Court room and had no way of know ing the reason why the Court and the Solicitor did what the I law required. These are not kiSj'L 'UK. & new laws or new interpretations by any Supreme Court. The law under which the Court was op erating was the law of this coun try before we were born. It is included in the Fourth Amend ment to the United States Con stitution. I get no pleasure in releasing people that should have been convicted. Neither do I get any personal pleasure out of punish ing people. There is nothing to be gained for anyone by a Judge committing obvious error. The only result that I know of would be that the State of North Car olina would have to pay more attorneys’ fees for indigents to appeal to our Appellate Division, where the Trial Court will be promptly reversed. You also attack the Solicitor of this District and his Assist ant. They have also taken an oath and when they cannot live within the law they too should and will resign. Lenoir County has been fortunate for twenty years, to have one of the ablest Solicitors in this State. You will shortly lose him because of re districting. You will soon realize that the people of Lenoir Coun ty are the losers. He has as his assistant, in my judgment, the ablest Assistant Solicitor in the entire State. The people of this Comity mil likewise be the los ers when Lenoir County is elim inated from his District. Presumably you do not like any lawyers and I assume no Judges. That is your privilege. Maybe it would suit your wish es better if we had “Peoples Courts” in this country such as operate the courts of China and Russia. These courts are those of men and not of law. I attach a copy of a statement that I made in open Court yes terday with regard to another matter that was before me. No one from your staff was present to hear it. I suggest that in fairness to me, the Solicitor of this District, and his Assistant, and the peo ple of Lenoir County that you read this letter and the attach ed comments I made in Court, at some appropriate time on your station where your pro gram provides for editorial com ment. With best wishes, I remain Sincere, J. Wiliam Copeland (Editorial November 5, 1970 over radition stations WFTC and WRNS by Jack Rider.) Trying as I do to have some thing topical and important to comment on six days of the week in this editorial period often runs one up a blind alley. In three and a half minutes - (continued on page 3)
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