Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1893-10-12

warm and he was about to express
himself when the Court said 1t would
take the responsibility OF putting the
case off.
Afterward Mr.. sheppared said he
had Intended to go to the Worlds
Fair. The Court thought he could
make some arrangements with Mr..
VanSyckle. MIR. Sheppard replied
that he did not propose to ask any
thing of man who accused him as
Mr.. VanSyckle did. The Court then
thought that the matter could be sat.
isfactorily arranged by the Court.
No other cases were called and the
Judges consumed the remainder of the
afternoon in finishing up some Or
phan's Court business,
TUESDAY MORNING
When Court opened this morning a
number of prisoners and persons on
bail charged with offenses were
brought In and entered their pleas.
Among them were Robert Carstens, of
Cedarville, pleaded not guilty to steal
Ing 10 bushels of potatoes. Clement
Btggs pleaded guilty to assault and
battery. Fred Riley pleaded guilty to
assaulting Capt. John Waller. Ed.
ward Stevens indicted with Charles
Thomas pleaded not guilty to assault
and battery. Alfred Morgan indicted
with Jane Bills for keeping disorder
ly house 10 Vineland, pleaded most
emphaticalTy mot guilty, that's
straight"
Those who had pleaded not guilty
with one or two exceptions, were told
by the Prosecutor to be on hand and
ready for trial on Wednesday, 1ssh
inst.
For the abusing of livery horse,
BENJAMIN Garrett and John Blizzard,
OF Port Norris, were called upon to.
day to make defense before jury of
twelve men.
The facts as demonstrated by long
line OF witnesses for the State, showed
that about one o'clock on September
22d, last, Ben Garrett hired horse of
John Il. Robbins, liveryman of Port
Norris. The animal was to be driven
to Middletown, a village two miles
from the stable. The price seventy
i've cents was paid before the horse
was taken away.
Then 1t seems that the horse was
brought back to the stable about two
o'clock tie following morning, blown,
overheated, and completely tagged
out. showing signs of having been
overdriven and shamefully abused.
Capt. Leonard G. Hand received the
horse when it was returned to the
stable by Blizz ard, Garrett not being
with him. Hand gave the horse such
attention as he could, and then had the
two young men arrested.
Blizzard claimed that he knew moth
ing about the rig, Garrett having
given him fifty cents to return the
horse to the stable. The following
morning Garrett admitted to Capt.
Hand that the horse had not been fed
since it left the stable.
The case proceeded smoothly and
without incident, until Constable Reed
appeared and his cross.examination by
Lawyer Ware, who was representing
the defendants, gave a humorous
tinge. owing to the fact that Mr.. Ware
was skillfully showing that the Con-
stable was not an expert upon horse
anatomy.
Then 1t was shown that the buggy
had been driven along on a railroad
track off of the main road.
Garrett and Blizzard told their own
story. They have been in jail since
their arrest, with no opportunities of
preparing an elaborate defense. Gar
rett said that on the day mentioned,
ho and Blizzard started off with the
horse and quart of rum. They drove
to Middletown, and then decided to go
to Cedarville, and was intending to
pay the Offence In the price. The
horse was not i'll treated In any way
and was not driven hard. In fact Gar
rett did not think the horse showed
any signs of wear.
On cross.examination he said that
he came from Gloucester to Port Nor
ris. Both he and Blizzard were feel.
ing pretty good during the time they
were on the jaunt.
Blizzard was elaborate in this detail
of the trip taken that day, and he was
sure that the horse was used as kindly
as horse could be treated. But on
cross-examination Blizzard admitted
that he was not only drunk but asleep
much of the time. Here the case was
brought to close.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
After the jury in the case of Blizz ard
and Garrett went out, the case of the
State against Geo. Baker, indicted for