Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1894-03-01
FOUR CONVICTIONS.
Nobody Goes TO state Prison % this
Time, but Four Get rpme I'm

lime, Dut -FOUR Get Ebme I'm
Jail.
Nearly as many persons were in the
Court room Friday afternoon. ca
usually attends the regu ~ sessions of
Court. The fac tina. many people
are idle, probably accounts for the
attendance. The curious ones found
much to interest them for they be ard
q couple of trials, and li-ttned TO the
severe sentence of several who have
committed crime against the state.
Court should have been called at
aalf-past two o'clock, when SAMUEL
shaw was to be put upon trial charged
with assault and battery. Constable
Ayars did not get his subj oe ,as for
witnesses until that time, and it was
shortly after three o'clock, when the
case was moved.
F. N. Porch, by assignment, repre-
sented Shaw. The victim of the as
sau)t and battery, Austin Fl. Harris.
was present with his mother. his
head and face was all bandaged, and
the little fellow was very pale
He was the first witness sworn. He
said he lived on Laurel streer. He was
the son of Samuel and Rebecca Har-
ris. He Is employed In the Cumber-
land Glass Works as tending boy. He
said that he was at the factory on the
10th OF February, but not at work, his
furnace being blocked. He was in the
factory where Shaw worked. watching
the blowers at work,
Tell the Court how the defendant
injured you. If at ALL"
We'll, Norman CLARK and me were
splitting on each other, and Shaw told
us to go away. 1 told him I would
spit on him If he said so, and he
jammed pipe In my neck"
Concise statement that, not in beau
tiful language, but it conveyed the
whole story.
In answer to further questions, Aus
tin said that the blow pipe in the
hands of Shaw had about a quarter OF
an ounce of glass on 1t, and the glass
cut hole 10 his neck. The boy went
home.
Ms. Rebeeca Harris learned of the
pjury when the boy arrived home.
The boy was pretty sick, his neck he
ing cut and burned. She sent for DR..
OLIVER, who attended him. The boy
Is but ten years old. The little fellow
had not been out Of the house since
the accident but once, previous to at
tending Court.
DR.. Oliver said that the wound was,
a jagged wound back of the right ear,
about an inch and half 10 circumfer-
ence and an inch deep. The wound
was within about two inches from q
vital point. The boy will bea- per.
manent scar. On cross-ex. minarion
the physician said that this wound
must have been the result of pretty
severe blow.
Norman Clark gave testimony sup
porting Harris story.
Gus. Dudley saw the accident. He.
thought that Shaw mesnt 10 o Har--
ris on the head, and the wound aetu-
ally made was the result of an accident
owing to the misdirected bow.
Geo. Harris closed the States evil
dence. he simply supper ing the story
of young Harris, the injured boy.
In his own defense Samuel Shaw
said that Harris was spi'ting upon his
tending boy and Shaw told him to go
away, and the boy not m'ndiug him,-
he raised his blow pipe for the pur-
pose of tapping Harris on the head.
but Shaw's foot slipped, snd the pipe
fell on the boys neck. He did not
mean to harm the boy when he raised
the pipe.
The prosecution made Shaw appear
very silly on his cross examination. and
the defense fell to the ground. This,
evidence closed the case, and the case
was submitted after short argument
The result of the days session Of
Court appears IN the following sen
tences
Sam Shaw, assault and battery, six
months In County Jail.
George Whitney, indecent assault,
three mon4hs In County Jail.
Lucinda Peterson, larceny, three
months In county jail.
Edward Loder, larceny as bailee,
sixty days In Jail