AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN CHARGED WITH THEFT OF BRICK
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On July 26, 1922, Robert Baylor was charged in the United States branch of police court* "with the larceny** of 1,540 building brick."
Mr. Baylor, an African-American, "was fined $50 and given sixty days in jail by Judge Mattingly."
The brick, which was stored in a vacant lot at 19th and E Streets, SE, had been given by Mr. Baylor "to the builder of a colored church" under construction in Northeast Washington.
*police court is a court of record having jurisdiction over minor offenses
**larceny is the unlawful taking or theft of personal property belonging to another person or business
SOURCE
"Stole Brick For Church," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., July 26, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
