Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1894-06-07
CONVICTED AGAIN.

He is Convicted of Burglary and
Sentenced o state Pris On tor
Ten Years.
Tuesdays session of the Court ended
with the conviction of Louis Feihl, the
murderer, of burglary and his sentence
by Judge Hoagland to ten years in
State Prison, at hard labor. This sem
tence to commence to run, when his
sentence of twenty years already i'm
posed, shall have expired.
The Court proceedings in detail
follow.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
Frederick Fiehl was placed on the
stand, Jacob Ernest as Interpreter.
He said he had lived in South Vine
land one year; he said Louis was
thirty-nine years old, aud had come to
this country In 1879; he came to
Frederick's house Sth or 1O,h of May,
1898.
He told about finding the goods In
the house which Louis had rented; his
wife had discovered them when she
went to get some dried apples He
found goods there which he had de-
livered to the officers; they were In
Louis house, up stairs; he removed
them from Louis house to his own
barn; he did not know where the
goods came from.
George Watkins, the turnkey, was
one of the officers who assisted In
searching the premises of the Fiehls,
and had had the goods In bis care
which were discovered.
Watkins swore that Fiehl told him
he had this property leased for five
years.
With this witness the State closed.
The defense had no witnesses to offer,
and Mr.. Tuller begun the summing up,
In which he wanted the Court to
charge that the State should prove
certain things, absolutely without a
shadow of Doubt" and unless these
facts were proven without a reason
able doubt, the jury cannot find ver-
dict. His argument sought an acqu uit-
tai entirely on teshnlcal grounds. Mr..
Tuller was followed by Mr.. Berault in
his usual manner.
Prosecutor Logue had the finishing
argument, after which Court ad-
journed until $50 o'clock.
Judge Hoaglsnd charged the jury in
the Fiehl burglary case. The charge
of the Judge was clear and concise,
and though the State had no. mace
out very strong case, the evidence
on the part of the prosecution re-
NAMED uncontradicted, and it was no
unreasonable to expect a conviction.
The matter of the oyster cases was
called up. Mr.. w. H. Bacon handed
to the Court telegram from Justice
Reed, which stated that If the Court
consented to the withdrawal of the de-
murrers against the indictments of the
oystermen, and W willing that
writ of certiorari should issue, he had
no objection.
After some discussion on the case by
Mr.. Logue and Mr.. Bacon, the Court
consented to allow this course to be
taken, and the demurrers were with
drawn, and the cases were certioraried
to the Supreme Court. The indicted
oystermen, by their counsel, Mr..
Bacon, then entered their pleas of not
guilty, In each case.
The case of the State against Eliza
CLANCY and Ann Harris, for fighting
on the streets of Bridgeton, was called
and jury pnt in box. Eliza CLANCY
had pleaded guilty, and only Ann
Harris was to be tried.
They are residents of Springtown,
or Hopewell. T. w. Trenchard ae-
peared for Ann Harris.
The jary In the case of Feihl, came
in just as this case was begun; when
polled they returned a verdict of
guilty, and Feihl was taken back to
the jail again, convicted of great
crime,
The trial of Ann Harris was short,
the jury returned verdict of not
guilty.
Louis Feihl was brought in for sem
tence, and when he had been placed
In the prisoners dock, Judge Hoag-
land said:
Louis Feihl stand up. You have
beon convicted of breaking and enter
log the house of William Franks OF
Vineland, and stealing therefrom a
number of articles. The sentence of
the Court Is that you be confined in
the State Prison for period OF ten
years at hard labor, ana thence until
the costs Of this prosecution are paid.
This sentence to begin at the exnira