The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-05-17
NEW JERSEY.
CAMDEN COUNTY COURTS.

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William Griffith ex rel. VS.. j. W. j. F. Starr.
verdict for plaintiff, $227 SO.
Patrick j.. Gnligan ys. Timothy J. Buckley.
Verdict for plaintiff, S307O4.
George Hewitt VS.. Alfred Haines. Verdict
Thomas Abbott vs. Thomas Cochran. Verdict
state vs.. Patrick Callahan. Assault and bat.
terry on an officer with intent to kill. Verdict
guilty of assault and battery.
State vs.. Andrew White. Assault and battery.
Verdict, guilty.
State vs.. William Yates. Grand larceny.
Verdict, guilty OF petty larceny.
-. - VS.. Patrick Holden. Assault and bat
tery; versus ya Susan wells, Grand larceny. ver-
uis State VS.. George W. seifert, assault and bat
terry with intent to kill Verdict, guilty, with a
recon mediation to mercy.
Trial of Alexander Bradley for Murder
OoURT OF OYER AND TEBMINBR--Judges Wood
hull and Lee; Il. s. jenkins, Prosecu tor The
case OF Alexander Bradley, who is charged with
killing Inhna nsarkey on the I'd OF April, was
taken up yesterday. A. Hugg and j. Multord,
Esds, counsel for defendants.
Mr. jenkins opened on the part of the State.
The examination OF witnesses Tor the State
was then commenced.
Fifth and CooueS streets; keep livery stable;
knew John Markey, the deceased, about seven
years; had been IN my employ aUout that timei
throo was e"o" nifty years old; had n Whe ana
8AA' children living; on April "a, 1857, between
and A. M, saw MIN last ne ielt my Pihaoe Phoe
to 20 and get his break last; he was SOBER % When
he lett my place; he never came 10 my slaples
again; next saw him in the evening OF same 9ay
at his own house lying on bed; ne had ouS
very little to say; appeared hurt IN MS hoSe anu
Harris Hampton sworn-Liye at Millyillej l
recollect on a Monday in April leaving MulVlle
and coming to Camden; about twenty minutes
| nfI2 O'clock came down to my boarding-house,
corner of Second and Plum streets; my dinner
not being ready, thought would taSe walk ;
Z went down Second street to Federal ana
. down Federal on the upper side; passed on
down until came to the hotel, when heard
noise of scuffling inside; just before got abreast
OF the door on Federal street, a man came out
back ards, and iell on his back on the pave
ment in front OF the door; when ne teIl ne
did not lay long, but got up on his feeG;
he recovered himself as soon as he fell,
and got up; he kind of stood like
groggy man does, trembled, aud moved a
few inches towards the door; l suppose he was
half the distance from the door, or u little fur
thCr; he was nearer the outside OF the pavement
than the door, or about one-thlrd or one-half
way on the pavement; am certain he was not
nearer the door than half way OF the pavement;
when he got up defendant came out OF the door,
caught him by the breast and struck him; /
cav him strike him about the nose and face;
the man fell upon the pavement instantly; |
told the defendant that he had killed that man
he said that he bad not; told him that he had
the blood was coming from his mouth and nose
as fast as 1t could; defendant took hold OF him
and sald, John, get up, none OF your tooling;"
said, John isn't tooling;" then he and another
man 1 did not know, picked him up and
sat him down on a bench; defendant got
atowel, water, and sponge, and wiped the
blood from deceased's mouth; defendant asked
him TO hold his head; he said he could not;
said TO defendant, 'Young man, you ought to be
arrested for that's" he either said he could o.
would serve me the same way, II woulC
go down in the lot and chose to take 1t up;
told him looked to the law for protection; hi
told me to have him arrested.
Il Wa twelve
feet from defendant when he struck him; wa
above the door on the east when the blow wa
when the man fell, or he would have fallen ol
me; heard defendant say something befor
he hit him, but do not know what it was; de
fendant said after he struck him that he wa
sorry, but l sand 1t was too late after he haC
done it; am sure defendant followed him ou
and struck him on the pavement; deceasedi
head was about one foot from the iron pos
when he fell; think his head struck it.; de
fendant struck deceased with his fist, as far as
know; after the blow defendant turned around
and went back into the bar-room.
Alfred Jester sWoIn-I live in philadelphia
was in Camden April 2, at Parsons Hotel; | wa
in the bar-room sitting room waiting tor al
Alderman; was sitting with my back to the
window facing the store as well as the bar; sa v
defendant there; deceased came in; he was
quite drunk and groggy; saw gathering anC
went to see what was up; drunken man SAID
Will do so by them;' he then went towards
the door; defendant took hold of him
saw the man fall down; did not sec
defendant strike him; after this sat down tel
or fifteen minutes; saw defendant 20 out o
the door after this; the man tell inside of the
door, and in the fall kind of rolled olt on thu
pavement; defendant was out of the door only
few moments l saw deceased shortly attel
u this he looked in bad condition: he was sit
p, ting on bench outside OF the door TO the east
he was bloody; blood was running freely iron
his ears and nose; don't know whether ht
was insenslble; he was sitting up on the bench
defendant appeared very much excited, and go
water and sponge and basin; defendant came II
to get them before went out; / did not see de
ceased get drink.
Cross-examined-Ther were several in tn
tavern when deceased came in; some wer
standing at the bar and some around tue stove
deceased came in only few PAGES when de
tendant took hold of him; saw ceased jerk
man around; L saw Bradley behind the ba
before and alter the occurrence; did not Sc
Markey go towards him when he was behn
the bar; he might have done II, but didn't Sc
1t; saw another man behind the bar; did not Sc
MaTkey 60 towards him either.
Re-eXamined-NeYer knew or saw any of tn
parties before the occurrences; defendant too
hold of deceased at the door; he didn'. appea
TO have much trou ble in managing HIM.
John Prosser sworn-I was AT Parsons Hote
on the I'd of April; saw defendant there; sav
a man they called Markey there; just before ]
p. M. noticed Markeyj was sitting then bac
OF the stove near a Washstaud: there was
man behind the bar drying cloth did nc
know him; 1t was not defendant; Markey cam
in at the Federal street door and went up
this man; he had his hands in his pocket
smiling, and asked this man if he ha
any money, saying that he was ou
himself; they talked together in low ton
for a few minutes; the man made some remar
about raising a dve-cent piece; Markey WI
very quiet; he then went out; heard him tall