23 Face Judge After
Newport Roundup
From the Kentucky Post February 6, 1928 page 1
The usual array of law violators arrested over the weekend faced
Judge Theodore Bertelsman Monday in Newport Police Court. Twenty-three
alleged violators, the majority of whom were charged with drunkenness, were
tried. Possession of liquor charges against Jack Klem, Sixth and Brighton
streets, Newport and George Lucas, Cincinnati, were continued. Klem's case
was set for Friday and the latter's for Thursday.
A $50 and costs fine and 30 days in jail was given Edward Miskell, Isabella st. Newport, charged with disorderly conduct and destruction of property. Mrs. Emma McCabe, restaurant owner, Fourth and Isabella streets, said the defendant broke a number of dishes in her restaurant.
After witnesses testified Joseph Townsend, negro of Tower pl. Ft. Thomas, annoyed two white women Saturday night at Chestnut and Patterson streets, the negro was sentenced to 20 days in jail. Clarence Layton, W Fourth st. Newport, was sentenced to 30 days in jail after his former sister-in-law, Mary Layton charged he struck her in the face with a revolver. V G Harris, Cincinnati, arraigned on a disorderly conduct charge was fined $25 and cost while similar offenses against Fred Hageman, Ann st. and Joseph Dietrich Seventh and Orchard streets, were placed on the open docket. Eight men charged with drunkenness, were assessed fines ranging from $15 and costs to $25 and costs.