Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1895-09-05
WHOLE NO. 1882
SPECIAL COURT.
The Morrisons Tried for Highway Robbine,
Jimmie Jones, the Chimney Sweep
for Assault and Battery,

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Court convened in special sessions
tuesday morning, Judge Hoagland pre-
siding.
The petit jurors for the October term
were drawn by Sheriff Shinn in the
presence of the Court and afterwards
prosecutor Logue moved the trial of one.
or two cases.
The face of the old Court Crier was
missed at the opening of Court and Con-
stable r. F. Ayars opened the session.
The list of petit jurors is as follows:
Bridgeton-George w. Hall, Geo. Paul
lin, David S. Pedrick, William Garwood,
James Campbell, Alfred F. Loper, Fran
els Mckee, Edward Davis, Louis Mac
Galliard, Richard Laning, David Davis,
John DEM.
Millville-Thomas Citizens, Gilbert
lice, Elmer Davis, John Cossaboon, VIM.
johnson, Ralph Vannaman, Harry Bonn
hoff, Henry Hoffman, Allen II. Wallen,
John s. Whitecar.
Landis-Charles Poole, Chas. D. Shep-
pard, Robert Harris, George w. Eek
hart
Vineland-Charles Dram, Daniel Car
Isle, E. F. Marks, John Tripp.
Deerfield-Martin E. Barnhart. Norton
P. Johnson.
Hopewell-Frank Ayars, Samuel West.
Stoe Creek-Daniel w. Davis, Francis.
E. Gillespie, Ellsworth Hoffman.
Greenwich-Isaac Brown, William H..
Glaspey, Ed. M. Glasspell.
Lawrence-D. C. Adams.
Downe-Charles E. Gaskell, Harrisons
Jenkins, Sanford Bacon.
Commercial-John Wells, Joseph s.,
Turner, Harry Mayhem.
Maurice River-William Langley, Geo..
Harris, George Stevens, Edward Ash
mead, Charles Grossman.
Clarence Hanley was called up to say
why he had set fire to the hay stack of
Joshua c. Davis, with whom he lived, at
Deerfield. He admitted setting fire to-
the stack, but could not tell why he had
done it,
Jimmie Jones pleaded not guilty to two
charges of indecent assault and assault
and battery.
William Morrison, William Morrison,
Jr., and Joseph Morrison, pleaded not
guilty to the charge of assaulting Andrew
Wolski with a beer bottle and robbing
him of 50.
A little boy named Fox pleaded guilty
to the charge of stealing $500 from his
grandmother. He said he did it because
his grandmother did not give him but a
few cents week for spending money.
John Beckett and Robert Corson, Jr.,
boys of about thirteen years of age,
pleaded guilty to breaking and entering
the house of John Cossaboon, and steal
ing shoes and money to the value of 50.
Walter H. Bacon, Esq, was present
to ask the Court to fix the amount of
bonds which he should give as assignee
of Smith Tomlin.
Mr.. Bacon explained to the Court that
Mr.. Tomlin had been obliged to make an
assignment of his estate. That the in
ventory of the estate amounted to $9l, ,7S5;
that the liabilities aggregated S7S,025.
Mr.. Bacon said that under ordinary
cases the bonds required would be about
500, ,0O0-that is, the bond must be about
double the amount of the estate.
His claim, based upon a recent act
OF the Legislature, was that the Court
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should assume the estate to be the differ
ence between the liabilities and the in
| ventorial estate.
The Court said he would fix the amount
| before adjournment.
| The case against Jimmie Jones for in
decent assault, was abandoned by the
| Prosecutor when the complainant had
told her story, Mr.. Logue saying there
was nothing in it to sustain the charge.
| In the charge for assault and battery on
Mrs. Jane Sewell, of Springtown, he was
not so fortunate. He had to stand trial,
Lawyer J. Hampton Fithian defending
him.
Tuesday Afternoons Court.
The case of the Morrisons was taken up
and Andrew Wolski, the man assaulted
was put on the stand. He said he was
walking with two other men, along the.
Central Railroad between the bridge and
the Deerfield pike he saw the Morrison
men with box of beer; he spoke to them p
asking what they had beer? without any
reply one of the men struck him with a
beer bottle, knocking him down; then the
two young fellows jumped upon him and
beat him. They asked him if he had any
money and on his repling that he had
they said "give it up here;' he begged
for them to let him alone and he gave
them the money he had-S3. and few
cents. The two men who were with him
ran away. The old man Morrison did
nothing but stood and looked on.
Lawyer Hampton appeared for the Nor
risons. At the conclusion of the cases the
Court discharged the chimney-sweep.
Jimmie Jones. Harry Morrison, and
William Morrison ST.. were pronounced
not guilty, and William Morrison guilty.
The Court then made the following
sentences: Fred b. Watson, who pleaded
guilty sometime ago to forgery in
Vineland, on three charges, State Prison
two years on each charge, the sentences
to run cOncurrently.
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