Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1891-10-22

May term for fighting. They both.
through their counsel, Mr.. Trenchard
for Mr. Lowber, and Mr.. VanSyckei
for Mr. Crowley, entered a plea OF
guilty.
Mr. Trenchard made a statement to
the court, showing the state of the
case, which abounded with certain
mitigating features. Mr.. VanSyckel
said ne would make a statement to
the court with regard to bis client at
a later stage OF the proceedings.
The case of James Harrington,
charged with keeping g. dsorderly
house in lands township wss taken
up, james 8. Ware appearing ior the
defendant.
jury was got in the box after sew
eral challenges on both sides and the
case began.
! This nan kept The Snow Ball" a
notorious resort near the borders of
the county and near the line of At
lanIc county. Catharine Doyle, the
wife Of John Doyle, the tramp um-
bralla mender, was first called. She
! said she knew the defendant and had
been at his place on Sunday about
two months age. Her husband was
with her She bought beer there at
that time OF Mr. Harrington, ia, ing
i it o. Mr.. Harrington and paying him
25 cents for it. She lives in Vineland.
! On cross axamin alton she admitted
to having been driven out Of Bridgeton
by orders Of Mayor Dubois, still she
told plain unvarnsbed tale.
| Benjamin Cerney, of Vineand, who
came next, said be had visited Har-
riogton's house; he went there with
Mr.. Lucre, and got some beer to drink
which Mr.. Lucre bought of Mr. Har-
riugton; Mr.. Harrington changed the
money and he supposed Lucre paid
25 cents for it. He asthere sgain on
a Sunday. Saw John D iyle there and
saw several Others there, having beer
and whiskev. There was little
whiskey 'serape" there that day,
couldn't call it fl sht
On cross-examination he was posi-
tive Lucre paid Harm 1taI tor the
beer, fer he heard him tell Darlington Z
| to give him the change
Samuel Luere said he knew Harring-
ton and had been at bis place and
bought beer there on q Saturday pight;
). was there % Sunday af e5wards; ne
vas outside and there was some fight
ing in the house; he did not buy any
teer at that time
Albert Snyder. did not know the de-
| feudanf, but had seen him and had
been az his house; had seen Henry
Clark buy beer of him. as he had gone
there with Clark, had seen several
Others there at the same time and saw
them buy beer OF the defendant.
William Bateman, of Six Points,
Salem Co, said he knew the defendant
by sight; had been to his place DARN g
the time of the Malaga Camp Meeting;
bought beer of him at that time.
With this witness the State rested
the case
Tt defendant seeing the hopelessness
Of his case decided 10 efftr no evidence
and the case went t. the jorv. Judge
Hoag glar d saying : hem by way of
cherg>, gentlemen ii you believe the
testimony, he ought to be convicted; ;
ifyou d. not believe thu evidence ne
4 ought to be acquitted, and the Tyssy
rettr Il with an apparently easy iob.
Ii so3n re urned with a verdict of
gui ty.
The c,se of John r. Hoffmsn and
others Cf Siioh, which by common
coLversarion was becomiog TO De
styled The case of the Prohibition
lists" was next taken up.
The defendants, prominent citizens
of Shiloh, and leading Prohibitionists
Of Cumberland county, were repre-
sented, and very ably and properly
so, by ChRs. E. sheppard, ESQ.,, the
able Democratic kitty Solicitor of
Bridgeton.
The case is sensational, not so from
it's gravity and Importance particular
~, but from the associations growing
n of r.. L. will be ehort case.
II e gentlemen ws~e bn B. Roff-
o %, a + el ]. Rat % ~, Daniel w.
D4g's, aeury teF, h, Bgoe, Wln.
8 agars al retiie4fs yf Eopewsl
| township.