Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1888-10-11
CUMBERLAND COURTS.
FORTY BILLS FOUND BY THE
GRAND JURY.
Illegal Liquor Selling and DisOr'
Ierly Houses Occupy Most
of the Time.
MONDAY MORNING.

6erly Houses occupy MOSI
of the Time.
MONDAY MORNING.
Court opened this morning without
the presence of Judge Reed. G. E.
Sheppard, ESQ.,, made application fol
the appointment of surveyors to lay
out public road in the township oi
Hopewell, and Mr.. Hoagland made
applications for surveyors to lay out a
public road in the township of Com
mercial. Mr.. Alvord presented the
papers of Mr.. and Mrs. Finlayson, OF
Vineland, to have little boy adopted
to them under the laws Of the State,
who should inherit their property.
1t was expected that a number OF
appeal cases, which had been set fof
trial to day, would be heard, but Judge
Reed not arriving, nothing was done
with them. 1t was hardly expected
that the Judge would be here until the
arrival of the noon train, as his resi-
dence is some two or three miles out
OF Trenton, and to enable him to reach
here by our first morning train, would
compel him to make very early start.
The case OF Wilson Banks, appellant,
and Emma L. Campbell, appellee, was
called, and the announcement being
made that no defence would be offered,
the case was dismissed.
The case of Charles Garrison, appel
liant, and Elmer Cotton, appellee, was
called, but was not ready until after.
noon.
The case of Hunt, appellant, and
Cornell, appellee, was dismissed, on
motion of the attorney for the appel
liant. =;
This about concluded the business
for the session.
MONDAY AFTERNOON.
The case of Arich G. Lore VS.. Charles
B. Platt, on appeal, began the after
noon session, Judge Reed having ar
rived. This was case of an alleged
violation of the Game Laws, Mr. Plat
being special officer of the West
Jersey Game Protective Association
The case had been decided against
Mr.. Lore in the Justices Court of r.
P. Riley. Lawyer H. w. Scovel, ol
Camden, appeared for Mr.. Platt, ano
John S. Mitchell, for Mr.. Lore.
Mr.. Platt was placed upon the stand
and detailed the circumstances OF find
ing quail trap, set for quail, upon
the property of Mr.. Lore, at Newport
in November last. He did not see any
quail in the trap, an did not know
that any had been caught in it, The
trap was baited with grain, and he
saw some quail feathers by it.
Mr.. James Gaffney, another Officer
of the West Jersey Game Protective
Association, was next called, and cor
roborated the testimony of Mr.. Platt
He stated that he had visited the place
twice, and saw the quail trap and i
was set for quail with figure 4" trig
gers. He saw quail feathers abou
the trap, but could not say of his owr
knowledge, that quail had ever beer
caught in it. The State here rested it,
case.
The defence was that the defendants
had nothing to do with the trap, an(
that the trap was not such as would
catch or hold quail
Arich G. Lore was called, and ad
mitted he occupied the property, upor
which the trap was said to be found
He had never seen the trap, and die
not know it was there, until after h.
was sued by the special officer. Hi
boys had been sued previously, be
fore Justice at Newport, but nothing
was proven, and it was after this, tina
he went to see the trap. 1t was no
sufficiently covered and enclosed t.
retain quail.
nutely described the quail trap" HI
said the spaces between the corn stalk
and boards, composing the top of thu
''trap," were from one to four inches
in width. The trap looked like som,
little boys work.
Frank b. Lore said he saw the traI
before Officer Platt saw it; that it wa
not set and there were neither trigger
nor bait of any kind about or under il
He was no relation to the defendant
James Lore, a son of Arick, and one
of the defendants, was sworn, and de
MED setting any quail trap as alleged
and had nothing to do with the trar
in question. Had never seen the trap
until after he was sued.
Isaac Joslin, an old man, Charles
Lore, fat man, George Lore, a boy
each in turn, corroborated each other
They each and all swore as positively