Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-08-18
JERsEYMEN 4iRREsTED.


the Others Held for "A Hearing.
Fully score of Jersey fruit-dealers
were arraigned before Judge Ball in the
municipal court on Friday upon the
charge of SELLING in the New Jersey
market in this city fruit and vegetables
which were not the products of their
own or leased lands" The cases were
brought under section 3, of an ordinance
establishing and regulating the public
markets of the city OF Wilmington.
The portion of the section governing
the cases above referred 10 reads as fol-
lows
u = Y All that portion OF Fourth
street on the northerly side thereof, COM
mencing at the northeast corner OF King
street and extending east to Walnut street
shall be known rs the New Jersey
market" and shall be used exclusively for
the sale of products brought from the
state Of New Jersey By producers Of atch
prod0rts only, THAT is to say amy producers
Of fruits or vegetables residing IN the state
Of New Jersey, shall have the right to sell
the products of his own or leased lands at
the PLACE above designated. =
Detectives Hawkins and Hatton, who
have been engaged in getting evidence
against the alleged yiolatprs of the CITY
ordinance, led the arrests on Friday.
Detective Hatton swore out warrants
for the following dealers: Richard
Richardson, Phillip Currinder, Parke
Locke, William Caulley, Frank Biddlo,
William Lawrence, Garrett Sparks.
Detective Hawkins swore out warrants
for the following: Henry Munion, Will
liam Peters, George Hewitt, Joseph G.
Checsman, Joseph Plock, David New
comb, Joseph Fogg, William Battin,
David hutchinson, David English,
Charles Gropp, James Norton, Harry
Munyon.
The arrests were made on Friday,
and the Jerseymen were marched to the
police station in squads 10 stand trial,
leaving their vegetables at the mercy Of
the small boy, or whoever felt disposed
to carry the stock away. When ar.
ranged i'll the municipal court room,
they completely filled the space in front
of the railing and Immediately facing
the bench.
City Solicitor Curtis was on hand for
the State, while II. II. Ward appeared
for the defendants.
Only one case was tried during the
morning, that of Henry Munion. A
halfdozen witnesses were examined at
length, but none of them knew whether
Munion acted as middle man." or
whether he raised the products he ex.
posed for sale. All that the witnesses
knew was Munion lived in New Jersey
and that he sold produce in the "New
jersey market" of this city. The hear.
ing of the case occupied nearly al!
morning and it was almost 12 o'clock
when court adjourned. After hearing
all the evidence in the case Judge Ball
promptly dismissed the defendant, and
picking mp his hat Munion at once left
the court room to take care of his pro.
duce.
AS soon as this case was disposed of
City Solicitor Curtis arose and asked fol
Il postponement of the other 10 cases.
He said that he had not yet had time 10
fully examine the witnesses in the case,
and as there were o number Of defend
ants, he desired 10 have ample time To
consider the matter before trial He
held that il any of the defendants had
violated the law suitable punishment
should be metcd out to them, as for such
cases as these the ordinance had been
framed. lie accordingly asked for q
postponement until this week.
Mr.. Ward was about to ask that the
defendants be held under as light bail
as possible when Judge Ball stated that
he would release the prisoners on theil
own recognizance, inasmuch as they
were foreign residents and brought fruit
to the Wilmington markets for the con.
sumers Of this city. The prisoners were
accordingly released and this morning
as the time fer their trial.
The line imposed in the event of con.
viction is So.