Alleged Marriage Here
Item
- Title
- Alleged Marriage Here
- Source
- Richmond Dispatch {VA}
- Date
- 1900-03-21
- page
- 2
- Identifier
- https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85038614/1900-03-21/ed-1/?sp=2
- Crime
- Theft
- Subject
- Theft; Marriage; Valuable Item
- Gender of alleged offender
- Male alleged offender
- Gender of alleged victim
- Female alleged victim
- Stage of the Legal System
- Sentencing
- Location
- Out-Of-State; Harrisburg; PA
- Length of story
- 162 words
- Description
-
The Baltimore Sun prints a dispatch from Harrisburg, Pa., under date of Monday, stating that Francis Williams alias Albert Simms, had pleaded guilty to burglary and theft of $500 Worth of Jewelry and wearing apparel, and been sentenced to four years in the penitentiary. The Sun special further stated “Simms said a confederate (Johnson) had induced him to do the job, and that Johnson entered the house. Mrs. Simms, to whom Simms was married seven weeks ago in
Richmond Va, also took the stand and pleaded for mercy. Justin' Carter, counsel for Simms, requested that the prisoner be given a light sentence in the county jail stating that his client was from Arkansas, and had previously borne a good reputation." Examination of the marriage register
in the office of the' Clerk of the Hustings Court failed to disclose, the marriage of any such persons as those named in the telegram, if the man was married here, it was under some other name.
