"Clark Placed On Probation For Two Years," Kingston Whig-Standard. July 8, 1942. Page 3. ---- In county police court yesterday. afternoon, Mitchell Clark was given suspended sentence and placed on probation for two years by Magistrate Garvin. Mitchell, who is just 16 years of age, pleaded guilty to the charge of breaking and entering Downey's Service Station, Division Street. The youth admitted to the court that he could neither read nor write and had received very little schooling. Detective William Fitzgerald gave evidence that young Clark was in company with his older brother, William Clark and Joseph Duggie, the latter two being sentenced in city police court yesterday morning. The elder Clark received 20 months and 18 months in the reformatory, to run concurrently and Duggie was sentenced to 12 months in the reformatory. Joseph Marier, a one-armed pensioner of about 80 years, was committed to the Ontario Hospital at Rockwood on two doctors' certificates. Marier has been brought into court on several occasions for walking the highway with apparent disregard for motor traffic. It was feared by court officials that he would be killed by a car if steps were not taken to protect him.
