The Monmouth inquirer., 1895-08-15

of the grocery wagon. Cook Combs
said that he heard that the house of
Mrs Marks had been robbed and
that he went over and started to
track up the intruder; that he follow
ed the tracks clear down to the rail
road where he asked the section gang
working on the road if they had seen
man 90 pass them within an hour
4 that one Of them replied that one
Just went over towards the wood,
that he went over in the direction
pointed ont to him and there saw the
defendant sitting by tree: that he
said how do you do, but that he got
no reply; that he repeated it again
and the defendant put his hand up
to his ear making believe he was
hard of hearing, that he asked him
to go with him and the defendant
went; that the tracks in the sand were
exactly the same made by the defen-
dant; both being made by someone
with heel off of one shoe, that the
defendant put his foot when asked
4 into the tracks and they fitted; that
he shook hands with him and told him
/ that he would see him again. Motion
was made bv George f. Ward, coun-
sci of BENJAMIN, that the defendant
be dismissed, upon the grounds that
he had not in any way been connect
ed with the crime that had teen com
mitted. Motion denied, the Court
stating that it would like to hear de-
fense The defendant stated that he
did not know where Villa Park was
and that he was not there on the day
in question, but that he was going
from Asbury Park to Sea Girt TO see
a messenger of GOV. Werts, whom
he was well acquainted with and
that he had set DOWN under the tree
to rest his feet. He stated his bust
ness was that of a barber and a mu-
sician. The Court found him not
guilty and he was discharged. Prose
cutor Twins for State and George f.
Ward defended Benjamin.
William H. Ward, alias Harrison
4 Ward. colored. was tried before the
Court for breaking and entering the
house of Ettie Williams, a colored
woman, living at Long Branch, July
Gath, and stealing from her pocket
book the sum of one dollar. Prose
cutor WINS stated that the complain
! ing witness was not present and that
/ he did not know when she could be
4 gotten A couple of cOlored girls who
4 was at the house in question on july
oath were present, SO the case was
moved for trial. The evidence pro
duced by the State did not show in
/ the first place that there was any
4 breaking and it was impossible for
either witness to testify as to wheth
er the complainant had lost the mon
I ev claimed to have been taken by
Ward thev knew that she had it, but
did not see her open the pOcket-book
which was opened down at the pier
( of the New York and Long Branch
4 Steamboat Company at Long Branch
and no evidence being given TO that
/ effect; the Court after hearing the
defendants story, which was a gen
eral denial found him not guilty He
was discharged. Prosecutor wins
conducted the States case and VIM.
Hyers defended Ward,
Thomas Mccormick for malicious
mischief of cutting and destroying
4 two sets of single harness and two
sets of double harness, July 25th, on
the farm of Stephen McNinnie, sit
uate near Englishtown and his prop
erty. was brought up from the Coun-
ty Jail for sentence Mr.. McNinnie
stated that on the Sunday preceding
the Goth of July. the defendant with
another man were in his barn drunk
that he was out there and picked up
a quart bottle with little whiskey
in it and broke it, that the defendant
| told him that he would get square
with him. He stated that he did not
owe him any wages. The defendant
claimed that he was crazy drunk and
did not know what he was doing. He
was sentenced to one year in State
Prison at hard labor.
John Davis colored, for committing
an assault and battery on George
/ Devery, on July 2sth, at linton
Falls, was brought up for sentence
he having plead guilty on Aug. 1st.
The complaining witness VINO was
subpoenaed to make an explanation
was called and stated that the de-
lfendant had made several threats 70
kill him and that on the day in ques-
tion. when he, the complaining wit
ness, was passing pulled a picket off
a fence and started after him; that
he. the complainant was carrying a
! basket of apples on his shoulder, that
ne put them down and the defendant
struck him in the face. The defend
dant denied that he struck the com
plainant first. but claimed that he
struck him first. He was sentenced
to five months in the County Jail
without costs.
In the matter of the trial of Jesse
Dickinson, colored, for breaking
into the trunk of Melinda G.. Jones.
June 18th, at West Asbury Park and
stealing therefrom the sum of $5l
Motion was made by counsellor Ruff
v. Lawrence, who was substituted in
the place of counsellor John L. Rosell
whose other business engagements
would not enable him to be present to
day, that the trial of Dickinson be
postponed until a later date, upon
the grounds that two important wit
nesses for the defense We're not pres
Eent, the constable being unable to
find them. His trial was postponed
until Sept. 10th. He was remanded
until that date.
VIM. TAYLOR retracted his plea OF
not guilty and plead guilty to an in
dictment found against him at the
October term, 1894, charging him
with the illegal sale of liquor within