The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-05-09
JUSTICE AND MERCY.
More Acquittals than SEN
tences on the Hill
Today.
A LESSON TO BAD PARENTS.
Judge Lippincott Discourses on
the Street as a School--NOt
a Harrison Poisoner.

Margaret Kane was placed on trial in
the Court Of Special Sessions this morn
ing. before Judges Lippincott and Hoff-
man, charged with attempting to poison
the family of Ann Smith by putting paris
green in a whlskey bottle. The Smiths
live in Harrison, and Margaret Kane
came to spend few days with them one
day last March.
Mrs. Smith said that during the night
she saw Mrs. Kane put something In the
family whiskey bottle. and throw the
paper in which the stuff had been in the
stove. The next morning when the bot
tie was filed with whiskey the liquor all
turned green.
liChemist Phillips testified that there
was paris green in the liquor
Mrs. Kane denied that she had placed
the poison in the bottle. Tbs evidence
was so contradictory that the judges ac-
quilted Mrs. Kane.
COACH DRIVERS ARRAIGNED.
The trouble between the union and non
union coach drivers culminatsd in the
arraignment of John Downs, James Car
roll, Thomas Dunn, Daniel Ryan, Michael
Mccormack, John Farrell, Martin
Kenny, Michael Burns and Clarence
Edwards on an Indictment charging
them with conspiracy Ito impoverish
and s., reduced q to bsgg;a,rya ya and want one
is based upon an incident which occurred
at funeral conducted by George Stevens
on March 16, when, it is alleged, the ac-
cused by threats compelled the under
taker TO discharge Keneringer. The ac-
cused pleaded not guilty and gave bail in
the sum of $500.
THE WORST SORT OF SCHOOL.
Judge Llpplncott relieved himself of
timely homily TO parents who allow their
children to run out late at nights. He
said that no boy was such an angel as to
frequent the streets at night and keep
before him for sentence tEpss'a Of
Albert Sipp, John Harring and Thomas
Whalev, three boys who were convicted
of stealing canned goods from Morse's
grocery store on Monticello avenue. Sipp
was sent to the Reform School and SEN
tence in the case of the others was srs-s
pended on payment of costs.
Another boy, Charles King, bright
looking little fellow of ten years, was
placed on trial charged with the henious
offense of attempting TO kill his mother
with carving knife. Mrs. Margaret
King, a gentle looking woman, testified
that on April 30 Charles came home late
ut i, is Ii t and lsen she tempted to correct
him he picked up the knife and so me-
naced her that she was obliged to flee for
her lfe She also testified that she was
not living with her husband and was
Obliged to go out TO work, leaving the
boy to shift for himself.
Charles all tears and sobs, said that
when he came home his mother grabbed
him and tore his clothes off and locked
him in room.
He denied that he had the knife or
threatened his mother. 1t transpired that
the woman had made application to have
the nov sent TO the Reform school aud In
appeared as though she wanted to get rid
OF him The Court found him not guilty.
CHARGED WITH THEFT
Fred W. Simpson pleaded guilty upon
four indictments charging him with
stealing from the Swift Beef Company.
and cashier at SIS a week, and handled
thousands of dollars of the firms money
each day. Over $500 of it stuck to his
fingers. He was remanded for sentence
William Kelly was convicted of nlisap-
propriating $40 and sent to the peniten-
tiary for six months. He was employed
as collector for Thomas Rush,
Provost street blacksmith.
He collected a SO check from M. J. !
Boylan. the undertaken. and writing
Rush's name on the back received the
money and appropriated it to his own
use. Rush swore he had authorized Kelly |
to endorse checks for him. This saved
Kelly from conviction for forgery. and he |
was convicted of the lesser crime.
CASES OF ASSAULT.
Ann Harris, q colored woman, who |
was convicted OF keeping uisnrderly |
house on Third street, near Merseles
street, was fined s25 and costs by Judge
Lippencott.
victed of assaulting Louis Spennetti, |
and was sentenced to three months inn |
prfsonment in the Penitentiary.