The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-07-08
Monmouth County Courts
BEFORE JUDGE ]. c. eoNovER.

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OF Prosecutor Heisley the trials of the
indictments against Martha Youmans,
charged with committing foTnication
with Fred Eyason, colored. Dec. 9Th.
in Freehold township, and with com
mitting perjury May 14th, before the
Grand Jury, in swearing that she did
not make a complaint against one
Susan Booze for keeping a disorderly
house in Freehold April 28th, before a
Justice Of the Peace, was set for trial
July 9Th.
The indictment against Lucy Keen
an, charged with committing fornicar
tion with Christopher Aiker, March
LIST. in Neptune township, was nclle
prosecuted.
John Trevor, charged with the ille-
gal sale OF liquors within two miles of
the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Asso-
citation, whose trial was down for to-
day, was called and failing to respond
his recognizance was upon motion of
Prosecutor Heisley, forfeited, Her
man kruse being security. A writ of
scire facias was also issued. There
being some misunderstanding be-
tween defendant and his counsel, the
trials was set for July 8th. A. E.
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Vim. Atkins, colOred, charged with
keeping disorderly house ia Mata-
wan township, from April 1st, 1896, to
May Goth. 1897. James Webb. Moses
Conover, Thomas Washington. Chas
Smith, Josephine McGuire' .ieo.
Walker and Timothy West, all color
ed excepting West, we're called on be-
half of the State and their testimony
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barber shop at the rear of the Aber-
deem Inn at Matawan. and that he
permitted gambling to be carried on
there, in that he allowed crap shoot
ing, card playing &c, and allowed
men and women to congregate there
for immoral purposes. The defendant
denied that any immortality had taken
place but admitted that they plaved
cards there &c. The jury found
him guilty Prosecutor Heisley for
State and Peter Vredenburgh for de-
fendant Remanded for sentence
later
The trial of Christopher Aiker.
charged with the larceny of some
lead pipe, valued at $50 ia Neptune
township, property of Frank Appleby,
was postponed until July 8th. upon
motion of Prosecutor Heisley.
JOS. Schenck, colored, was tried be-
fore a jury upon an Indictment charg-
ing him with committing incest. of
having sexual intercourse with HUI
dab Schenck, his daughter, on Dec.
3rd, near Englishtown. Huldah said
she was % years of age and that de-
fendant was her father, that ON Dec.
3rd, all were away from home but her
father. He said he was 81 years of
age and that he did not do as his
daughter had testified. The jury
found him not guilty and he was dis
charged. Pros. Heisley for State and
Capt. Vredenburgh for defendant.
CONSPIRACY CASE.
Thursday, July 1st.-Jacob B. Rue
and J. Frank Patterson, were partly
tried before a jury for conspiracy, of
trying to obtain the sum of $12. so
from John Carroll Jan. 1st, 1897. in
Red Bank, they representing to him
that they had the names of fourteen
persons who would go before the
Grand Jury and testify that they had
bought liquors of him, unless he
would pay them $12.50. John Car
roll was called and was very reluctant
in giving any testimony whatever,
he claiming that he was afraid that
it would incriminate him and after
Prosecutor Heisley had fired way at
him from 4 o'clock to about 2:15 p.
NJ, noon hour excepted, he made mo-
ton that Carroll be held for CON
tempt of Court in refusing to answer
questions as directed by the Court.
and he asked that an adjournment
be had in the case. r. L. Stout,
who with Joe Reilly defended Rue
and Patterson, opposed an adjourn
ment. The case was adjourned over
until July 2nd.
Appeal 55, of John w. Harker, APP
pellant, VS. Henry o. Oliver, appellee,
was tried before the Court. This was
an action brought by the appellee,
Oliver, against Harker and one John
Meirs Jr., the latter being released
upon the grounds that the summons
had not been returned according to
law, to recover $500 for damages sus-
tanned by Oliver in having his black
smithshop closed up by Harker Dec.
oath, 1896, in Freehold township, thus
preventing him from carrying on his
business. This case was tried before
Justice Hulse in Freehold, Jan. Goth,
1897, and a judgment there given in
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the defendants putting in any de-
Tense Judge Beekman for Oliver
and John Meirs for Harker De-
cision was reserved.
Friday, July 2nd.--The case
against Rue and Patterson, for con
spiracy was continued the State call
ing John Carroll again. After much
questioning he admitted that Pat
terson came to him and said that
Rue had sent him to tell him that he,
Rue had the names of fourteen per-
sons, wEo would go before the sirand
Jury and testify that he sold them
liquors, and that for $3.50 he would
suppress said charge, or words to that
effect. He also said that he paid him
some money, but his memory was
not very good at any time during his
examination, and he would not be
positive as to the amount, although
he said he borrowed So from Richard
Myers to give defendants. Richard
Atkinson said that he had a conver-
sation with Patterson and that he
told him he had gone to Carroll and