Bridgeton pioneer., 1895-01-31

Ou WcoucsuAy ne was lying IN at
the float and culled the oysters In the
hold and laid them out. On Thursday
he went out with his boat. 1t was
blowing good breeze, and he thinks
that he worked same day. He planted
trash. This was In the afternoon.
On Friday he worked on the Divid.
ing Creek grounds On that day he
saw Capt. Turner some time In the
morning. Henderson was working
when Turner was running in, but Tur.
ner went past Henderson and then
Turner accused Henderson of taking
his oysters. This Henderson denied to
Turner, and the latter said he would
have Henderson arrested. Turner was
invited to examine the oysters In the
hold but did not come on board, Hen
derson thinks because he was afraid.
On Tuesday the 18th of November,
Henderson said he put four stakes up
on grounds which Henderson said had
never been ttaked up. He immedi-
ately went to work upon these grounds.
There were some other grounds near
this whichshad been staked up before.
The cross-examination of Prosecutor
Logue was searching and exhaustive,
but as q whole the defendant with
stood the attack and came down from
the stand having made a good impres.
sion.
Edward Carlisle was sworn and said
that last November he was employed
by Henderson, and sailed with him on
his boat. He corroborated In every
particular the testimony of Henderson,
Mr.. Vansyckle very skillfully putting
the questions to the young man, and
he catching n,giving very satisfactory
answers. Carlisle developed one bit of
new evidence when he said that when
Turner accused Henderson of being on
his grounds, Henderson offered to go
back and show Turner where he had
been at work, but Turner refused to
go back.
When Prosecutor Logue took hold
of Carlisle he was not so much at ease,
and in one or two instances contradict
ed himself.
8Henry @. Henderson was called and
testified that he was acquainted with
the oysters caught by Willis Hender-
SOD. They were rivers and bays.
Uriah 8. Lee said that during No.
vember he bought most of Hender-
sons oysters. They were rivers and
bays, mostly the former.
Irving Hoffman gave similar testi.
mony, and corroborated the testimony
of Henderson when he said he went
out on Friday and planted trash, and
came back with few oysters.
Milton Henderson, book-keeper for
Uriah s. Lee, testified that Mr.. Lee
boughc all of the oysters during No.
vember.
The defense here rested, and Capt.
Turner In rebuttal said that all the
ground about the place where Hen.
derson fished for oysters was very soft
mud, and oysters could not be caught
there unless the beds had been made
for some years.
The arguments were shoi and clear
cut, and the case was soon In the
hands of the jury, and the twelve men
retired In charge of Constable Joseph
Blaine.
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
When Court convened this morning,
the jury In the criminal case of the
State vs. Henderson came In and asked
for instruction concerning oyster beds.
The Court gave them desired informa.
ton, and the jury filed out again. The
panel had been out all night, and it is
understood that the jury stood eight
for conviction and four for acquittal.
The last case of the term was then
called. It was an appeal case of John
H. Davis against Mary E. Fox. A jury
was empanelled and all other jurors
were discharged for the term.
The case before the Court Is some.
what complicated. Mary E. Fox is
suing John n. Davis. administrator of
Daniel ). T. Harris, for money claimed
to be due her for services performed
by her In the Harris household.
Prosecutor Logue represented the
administrator, and in the beginning of
the case he argued long and earnestly
| for suit, his motion being upon
technicalities, which he argued very
forcibly.
Lawyer Ware for Mary E. Fox re.
sisted strongly the motion for non-
suit.
The Court held that the plaintiff
must be non-suited, and the jurors
were discharged.
Poor DIUAsftnm