Bridgeton pioneer., 1889-12-05

CRIMINAL COURT.
several Gases of Bad People to
be Disposed of.
SATURDAY

SATURDAY.
There was a session of court this
morning, to try number of criminal
cases, Judges Hoagland Stratton and
Hendee on the bench. The court room
was we'll filled with spectators, many
OF whom were more or less interested
in the cases to be tried
Those to be tried were, Isaac Birgin,
larceny of $3.50 from Laura Williams;
julius Schaible, for assault upon an Of
ticer; james Fauver, for assault and
battery upon his wife, and George
Beach, for petty larceny.
Julius Schaible had previously
pleaded not guilty to the charge
against him, and Isaac Birgin and
George Beach pleaded not guilty and
James Fauver pleaded guilty to the
charge of assaulting his wife, but as to
battery he would not admit he COM
mitted any upon her.
The case of Schaibe was first taken
up
He was charged with committing
assault and battery upon special
officer james g. Hand, at the Rink
building in Millville in October last.
Officer Hand was placed upon the
stand and said that during fight in
the rink on that night Schaible struck
him three times with beer bottle,
Officer Hand was in the act of arrest
ing Eph. Brannin, and Schaible came
up in front of him and struck him
twice on the head and once on the
nose. He wrested the beer bottle from
Schaible's hand.
Policeman Stratton, of Millville, who
arrested Schaible while he and Hand
were scuffling, corroborated Officer
Hand, and also stated that Schaible
had said to him subsequently, while he
was bringing him over to Jail that he
was sorry he had struck Hand, and
ought not to have done so.
Lawyer Orestes Cook defended
Schaibie, but said he did not know
what defense his client would make,
and guessed Schaible didn't know him
self, but he would put him on the
stand and let him tell his story.
When Schaible was put on the stand,
he was uncertain whether or not he
had struck Hand; he said he could not
say for certain whether he had or not.
That was all the defense made, and the
court adjudged him guilty as charged.
He was seventeen years of age.
Isaac Birgin, of SpriDgtown, was
next called upon to tell why he took
$3.50 from Laura Williams savings
bank, on the 21st of October last.
The State did not seem to make it at
all clear that Isaac had taken any
money from the savings bank. His
lawyer, Mr.. T. Trenchard, put Birgin
in the stand to deny any knowledge
of the event, which he proceeded to
do in the most approved manner.
Providence Flanagan, a farmer, gave
testimony which was strongly favor
able to the defendant, and then Sarah
Rebecca Birgin, Isaac's wife, told about
his actions on October 21st, and that
he could not have taken TIL" money as
alleged, but she gave 1T away" to
some extent, when in cross-examina-
ton, she said that Isaac gave her 25
cents on that day, and that it was in
pennies and a ten-cent-piece and that
he had lots of other change. To this,
however, Birgin gave very clear ex-
PLANTATION to the court as to how he
came by the change.
The court said the defendant was
not guilty, and he was discharged.
Isaac left the court room smiling.
julius Schaible was sentenced to the
county Jail for a period of thirty days,
and to pay fine of $500 and costs.
James Fauver was sentenced to the
county Jail for thirty days.
Court adjourned.