The Monitor-register., 1897-05-21

Tuesday, Justice Ludlow presiding, assist
ed by Judge S%innickson OF the Common
Pleas.
The following gentlemen composed the
Grand Jury
VIM. Plummer, Jr., Quinton.
PerciVal Hannah,
VIM. Elkinton, u. A. Greek,
Miller Jenkins,
Henry Coombs. U. Pittsgrove.
John NJ. stiles. Salem. East Ward.
Harry G. Bailey, "
Louis Pancoast, " West Ward.
louis Whitaker. ~Pittsgrove.
Samuel Buzby, Woodstown.
Frank Wright,
Jas. .Sweeten, Oldmans.
Edward Green, u. p. Neck.
Daniel Summerill, Z"
Chas. Atkinson L. P. Neck.
samuel Callahan, Z"
VIM. Ii. II. Carll, L.. A. Creek.
Jos. Kline,
Jonas Lounsbury, Elsinboro.
Richard Thompson, Warrington.
The Court gave no special charge to the
Grand Jury, and they retired to attend to
their duties, returning in the afternoon
with seventeen true bills.
Those against whom indictments had
been returned were called to plead as
follows
Robert Harris, larceny, not guilty; II.
L.. Devlin, stealing horse and wagon,
guilty; Clark johnson and Bert Johnson,
four bills Of larceny, not guilty; Theodore
Fox, three bills of forgery, guilty; Hattie
Jones, two bills of larceny, pleaded guilty;
William and Caddie Harris, larceny, not
guilty; David Love, larceny, not guilty;
George Cunningham, larceny, guilty;
Vining Thomas and Mary Morris, disor-
derby house, not guilty.
The following applications for liquor
licenses were granted S. l.. G. Murphy,
Elmer; L. Fl. Shoemaker, Centreton; B.
L. Tuft, Alloway; John Ryan, P~ittsgrove;
Frank Furbank, Pennsville; Samuel
French, Woodstown; J.G. French, Penns-
grove; M. A. Acton, Pennsville.
The fee for each license is 500, except
Samuel French, at Woodstown, which is
$500 and Jos. G.. French, of Pennsgrove,
$3.50.
There were four railroad cases noted
for trial, but on motion of counsel they
all went off for the term. They were
for damages growing out of the disaster
at Atlantic City last summer, and were
brought by Lewis May, as administrator
of Mizeal M. May, and also of Ellen May,
Charles Muta May. and Mary Kiger.
AhO SLICuiU OUuIb OhbO Va Wllildn
Sanderlin VS.. Eugene Smith also went
off for the term by agreement.
j. w. Acton made application for a
new road to be laid out in the township
of L. A. Creek, commencing at Han
Creek Neck. The commissioners named
are: L. A. Creek, William A. Davis;
Alloway, Samuel Nickel, Jermiah
Watson; Quinton, John II. Lambert,
Burgoyne Cuff, and Charles Collins, of
l.. P. Neck.
Criminal business was taken up on
Wednesday morning, by Judge Sinnick
son. The first case called being the State
VS.. Robert Harris, charged with the
larceny of wood. Samuel Sheppard, who
made the complaint, said he owned a
tract of timber in Quinton township, and
upon visiting the tract he discovered that
several trees had been cut and removed.
At the hearing below he said he heard the
defendant acknowledge to taking the
wood.
Albert Hates testified that he saw
Harris cutting a tree on Mr.. Sheppard's
tract of timber, and when he asked him
if he knew whose timber he was cutting
he said he did not.
Edward Sickler, attorney for Harris,
asked for the discharge of the prisoner on
the ground that Squire Wood had no
right to issue a warrant as he at that
time was Deputy Sheriff under o. Ii.
virgins, which forfeited his right to-.
the Office of Justice of the Peace. The
Court held that it made no difference
whether Harris had ever been previously
arrested or not, that the Grand Jury had
found a bill of indictment against him
and that he was here to answer that
Indictment. Harris was put on the stand.
He acknowledged to cutting one tree, but
denied ever taking any other wood from
the Sheppard tract, but didn't think it
any harm; said he was in the habit of
cutting out dead wood through the bar
rens, but usually asked the owners to
grant him the privilege; said he had often
out wood when he didn't know where he
was chopping. Harris afforded consider
able amusement to the Court by trying
to dodge the questions put to him by
Prosecutor Acton during the cross.
examination. Verdict-Guilty of larceny.
State VS.. William and Caddie Harris,
colored. Indicted for the larceny of four
chickens and a duck, the property of
William Steward. Steward upon being
sworn said: 81 was told that the HarriS's
took my chickens. l sent for them to
come and see me. Caddie came. she
told me that she had sold four chickens
and one duck for her brother, but that
she didn't know where her brother got
Them" This evidence was corroborated
by the testimony of John M. Brown. As
the State failed to furnish any evidence
against William, his attorney. j. F.
Sinnickson, asked the Court to discharge |
the prisoner, which was done. Caddie
was put on the stand and acknowledged
that she told Mr.. Steward the story that
he had testified to and c~orroborated the
truthfulness of it. She said that she did
not know that the poultry had been stolen.
Verdict.-Not guilty.
State VS.. David Love, charged with the
larceny of corn-crib, shed and grapevine
from the property of the late George R.
Morrison, In Bushtown. Mr.. Morrison
the property at a foreclosure sale
on Feb. 9th, after which he gave VIM.
Simpkins charge of the place. Simpkins
testified that he saw Love, who was the
former tenant, knock some boards from
corn crib and take them away, and
also the shed. This property was valued
at 81. He said the grapevine was gone, |
and that he saw it this morning at Mr.. |
Loves, where it is growing nicely. Sew;
eral witnesses were examined, and Mrs. |
Derrickson, whose husband owned the
property, testified that she gave LoveH
permission to move the corn crib on the |
morning of the day the property was sold, |
thinking she had a right to do 80. Love
.corroborated this evidence, and the Court
directed the jury to return a verdict of
guilty, as the evidence was insufficient |
to hold the defendant. Prosecutor Acton |
for State and |. .. Acton for defendant. |
State vs.. Clark johnson and Sankey |
j Johnson, charged with larceny. There
were four indictments, with several counts |
each, setting out the larceny of chickens, |
clothing, harness n other goods from |
various parties. Prosecutor Acton asked
that the indictments might be combined
and the prisoners tried upon them all at
once. E. s. Sickler and M. Fl. Stratton, |
counsel for defendants, objected, and the
prisoners were put upon trial for the
larceny of clothing and chickens from
Joseph Emmell, near Alloway, on the
night of August Oath last. 1t was in |
evidence that the clothes were found at
the house of Sankey johnson by Mr.. EN-
nell and Constable Coles, of Woodstown, |
and also that they were seen coming from
the direction of Emmell's early in the
morning. Ten or twelve chickens were
taken, valued at 81 a pair, and four sheets,
valued at so cents a piece. The clothes
were found at Clark Johnson's, and the
tracks of a wagon were traced for some
distance from Emmell's and Clark's to-
ward Bushtown. The prisoners denied
the charge entirely, but the jury did Dot
believe them and gave a verdict of guilty.
State VS.. Clark and Sankey johnson,
charged with the larceny of certain
clothes from a line in the yard of Rebacea
Clark, near Alloway, and the goods were
found two days later in the possession of
the Johnsons. 1t was testified that the