Bridgeton pioneer., 1888-05-17


had no right to rent house for
immoral purposes. But as the defend
ant was not indicted for what occurred
in any of the houses, he can only be
convicted for what took place on the
premises.
The Jury retired, and were absent
but short time when they returned
a verdict of acquittal.
The case of the State against
Frederick Anders, of Greenwich
township, was called, and Jury
sworn.
Constable VIM. Brs ant, of Green
wicb, testified that he knew Frederick
Anders, and had known him for thirty
years. He, Anders, kept little store,
where he retailed cider and notions.
Sometimes he had large crowds around
his place. Had seen drunken men
there, and he had purchased cider of
Mr.. Anders. Never saw anything sold
there save cider, in the way of liquors.
Frank B. Nichols, of Springtown,
had visited Mr. Ander's store, and had
drank soft and hard cider there, and
had once or twice got partially intoxi-
Gated on cider. Had seen Mr.. Anders
refuse men when he thought they had
enough. A certain class of people
were in the habit of coming to Mr..
Ander's store, and making trouble
there. Mr. Anders had tried hard to
keep the bad element away and tried
to keep peace and quiet on his place.
James Gaines, of Springtown, had
drank cider at Mr.. Ander's and seen
drunken men there. but had never got
drunk himself, although he visited the
store about twice week.
FRIDAY MORNING
The jury in the Nixon Ray sand case
came into court about eleven O'Clock,
Thursday evening, and reported that
they were unable to agree. 1t is under
stood that they stood seven for acquitI
| tai and five for conviction This is the
| third time tfe case has gone to the
jury. The first time Ray was convict
ed, the second he was acquitted, and
now there is disagreement of the
jury. These several trials have cost
the county great deal of money.
Court resumed its session this morn
ing atten o'clock, with Henry Mich
4 OILS on the sand in the Anders case.
He was IS followed BY Joseph spencer
and Frank Harris, of Springtown, both
of whom had drank cider at the Anders
store, and admitted that they had been
drunk there.
| Isaac Ridgway, of Greenwich, testi7
fed that he resided near Young's Mill,
/ some four hundred yards from Anders,
store. He had frequently seen rows
there, and many drunken men going
to and coming from the place. One
man came to his home drunk and in
jured his wife while he was away. The
man, whose name was Crowell, had
got something to drink at Anders'
store, and wasin such a; a;demoralized con
dition that it required two or three
men to take him to his home in Buena
Vista. Anders had offered Mr.. Ridg
way twenty-five dollars not to bring
his case before the Court.
James Spencer was brought from the
County Jail,to which he had been con
fined on charge of disorderly conduct
at Mr. Auders' store. He stated that be
had got drunk several times at the
place, on what he supposed was cider.
On Christmas day Mr.. Anders put
him out of the house and afterward
had him arrested for disorderly con
duct. Spence acknowledged that he
was not sober, and had drank about a
''gallon of cider in the morning. This
statement caused much laughter in
the Court room.
The State rested, and Mr.. Anders
was sworn in his own defense. The
witness said he had lived in Greenwich
township, thirty years, and that he
was nearly seventy years of age. He
had kept aglocery and provision store
and also sold cider. The witnesses
who had testified against him were
generally bad characters, and had often
made trouble at his store. Frequent
ly he had ordered them away, and at
times had put some of them out of the
house. The cider sold was of his own
manufacture, and was pure apple
cider. Some of it was sweet, and some
q little sour, especially in the Spring
and Summer season, when it was hard
to keep. He never put anything into
his cider save something he got to the
drug store to keep it sweet. When a
man came to his place drunk he al
ways refused to sell them cider He
put Henry Nichols out of his place
because he had entered his pigeon cote
and tried to steal his squads.
Lewis Anders, son of defendant, was
sworn. He lived near his fathers
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