The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1879-01-29
THE RECORD.
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LAMBERTyILLB, n j.
y a N u AIRY 20, 1879

ANU AIRY -, 1873
W4RHaN COUNTY FRAUDS I}EhyIDpRE,
y. j, jan est Eas very soon after day
break this morning when sieighs from the
country commenced arriving III this to2ya,
and by o clock they had gathered ia such
numbers that not only were she stables 0t the
hotels completely filed with the teams but
.cyepY private stable vas also appropriated,
ana then the later arrivals were compelled to
remain out in the streets. BY 9 O'Clock the
Sheriff shat lie doors Of the Courthouse, as
every inch oi siasding room was occupied,
aad after tisas time oaly those entitled to tie
privilege were admitted. Outside the build
iup 4 crowd Of several huudfed persons assent
Lied ,d wated patiently iol ire news, which
friends III ilic COURTROOM bad agreed 10 trans
nit g. them fron the windows
The slain bringing Chief Justice Beasley
from Trenton was delayed, and it was not un-
til il:30 A. Af. that tie Judge took his scat.
He ut once ordered Madison, Strader and
Slker, Che three prisoners in the Jail, TO be
brought up, and they were placed in the jury
box with six of the Others who bad been out
on bail, while Cummins. the ex- Collector, oc-
cupicd seat among the lawyers. Prosecutor
HaViis then moved for sentence upon the 10,
when Counselor Shipman, made motion for
a new THAI tiif AlStJGtIiblt, tuS ObAXtItth VI
ficer Of phillipsbufg, on the grounds that GER
tain testimony in hsprcgious trial was Illegal,
and that new evidence had been secured in
his favor. The Chief Justice refused to grant
Ito motion, saying that the objections were
purely technical
The FIRST prisoner sentenced was Cummins,
aud the cid man rose Up from his seat when
his name WAS called, and stood taeipgs The
Chief Justice. Ills eyes were red with weep
.tui ,aoJ baY pd nm hig hraact
his whole appearances WAS most pltiabe. Nd
dressing him, the Chief Justice reviewed his
crime, and there was plainly perceptibie
temor ia his voice as be spoke. After Sc
yerely commenting upon tile crime OF which
tho prisoner was convicted he conclude as
follows: The Judgment OF the Court IS, that
vou, Simon Gummns, are sentenced to hard
labor in the State Prison for two yeafs upon
the first indictment, upon which you have
been found guilty, and stand committed until
the costs are paid, and upon the second III
tlictnlent n like sentence of two years, but
both sentences shall commence ut the same
time 50 that your term Of Imprisonment shall
be tNo years IN all.
The next man sentenced was Edwin y Bull
gin. The g8.between OF Cammins and the con-
spiratois to whom the Chief Justice said that
his case differed from the others, inasmueh as
lie was not an officer, and, therefore, for the
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