The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-07-01
Monmouth County Courts
BEFORE 5uDGE J. c. coNovER.

nizance of Frank Henderson, indicted
/ in '96, was discharged, John /. Thomp-
/ son being security, as was also the re-
! cognizance of Natalie Bruna, for as
sault and battery at Long Branch,
James Layton being security.
! Thursday, June 24th. Circuit s, Of
/ NJ. j. & NJ. Blake VS. the N. Y. and
IL. b. Railroad Co. L. p McKenna
for plaintiffs and Applegate & Hope
/ for defendant, and II, of james 81.
Parker VS. William S. Combs, A. e.
Johnston for plff and f. p. McDermott
for defendant, were put off for the
| term.
! Common Pleas 4, of the Farmers
and Merchants Bank Of Matawan
| VS. Samuel E. Perrine, was postponed
until July 8th H. s. Terhune for
Bank and Robert Adrain for Perrine.
No response was given in the two
1 Common Pleas cases 30 and 81, OF the
borough OF Spring Lake vs Joseph A.
| Osborn ct al, when called and they
were put off for the term. Hawkins "
Durand for Borough and StoEts for
Osborn
The Court appointed Capt. Vreden-
burgh as counsel in the cases ofEdward
IN. Evans, for assault and battery on
Al. A. Sanborn, Feb. 10th. in Middle
4 town, down for trial on June 2Sth-
and Isaac Bowles, for ain assault and
I battery on Carrie Anderson, Feb. 23rd
in Eatontown township, whose trial
was fixed for 7tn and afterwards post
tponed.
William Gillette, who plead guilty
4 to assault and battery on Margaret
4 Gillette. his mother, several days ago
at Asbury Park. by striking her with
a water pail was sentenced to one
year in State Prison.
Tylee Burden, cold, for stealing a
pocket book and contents worth So,
Feb. 18th, iE Freehold, property Of
John Jones, was sentenced to three
months in the county Jail.
Thomas A. Ward became security
in 81 900 foI the appearance OF Ed
ward Unger, for rape, on the first
Tuesday of Oct. next, to await the
action of the October Grand Jury
Unger's own security was taken in
800 each upon charges of resisting
an officer and for abduction to appear
at the same time.
Friday, June 25th. Andrew j..
Bennett was tried before a jury upon
an Indictment charging him with the
! larceny If some corn stalks on Jan.
III.
property OF Hezekiah S. White. He
was found guilty. Prosecutor Heis5
lev for State and A. Walling Jr., for
4 defendant.
In the matter of forfeiting the re-
cognizance of Halstead Poland. for
an assault and battery on Richard
Vandervoort, May 9th, ia Wall town
ship, who failed to appear for trial
June 7th, Prosecutor Heisley made
motion that writs of scire facias be
issued upon such forfeited recogni-
zance, which. was granted. Peter b..
Poland security in 5000.
Martin Conway and Dennis Slat-
terry, both of Freehold, plead non
yult to an indictment for assault and
/ battery on Charles Mclaughlin Jan.
eth, in Freehold township. Same
security for their appearance July
I 8th for sentence.
The indictments found at the May
/ term of Court against Nellie ]. Salter,
| for embezzlement, were all upon mo-
ton of Prosecutor Heisley, nolle
prosecuted and Mrs. Salter was dis
charged
The recognizance of John Trevor,
for making three illegal sales of
LIQUOR within the two mile limit at
lAsbury Park, was forfeited and mo-
ton was made by Prosecutor Heisley
that q writ of scire facias be issued,
Herman Kruse being security. john
Trevor afterwara appeared and plead
not guilty to three indictments for
selling liquor within two miles of
Ocean Grove without orders, Herman
Kruse security in $500 for bis appear
ance July 1st for trial.
Tn AL, Y Rna " faf EraQ N old
was tried before jury for an assault
and battery on Murray Bodine, a
colored man, Jan. 25th, at Red Bank
Bodine claimed that he was working
at Hendrickson's livery stable and
that Rue came there and immediate
4 ly attacked him without any cause.
Rue claimed that he with Hendrick-
son drove up to the latter's stables
and Bodine was slying inside intoxicat-
ed that Hendrickson awakened him
and he was angry and noisy, that
Hendrickson ordered him out and
Bodine not going. told Rue, who was
Assistant Marshal of Red Bank, to
/ take care of him. that he, Rue pushed
him out Of the door. The jury found
a verdict of not guilty Prosecutor
1 Heisley for State and Joseph Reilly
for defendant.
BY consent of counsel the cases OF
Arabella Fitzgerald and James Rid
die, for fornication Nov. 18th, 1896,
and Dec. 23rd, 1896, making four i'm
dictments in all, were tried jointly by
a jury, but after attempting TO prove
the cases Nov. 18th. Prosecutor Heis-
ley abandoned them and only pro-
ceeded with those of Dec. 23rd. The
jury found them both guilty. Heis-
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PENDANTS.
4 Christopher Aiker was tried before
a jury for an assault and battery ON
Abilda Aiker, his wife. April 18th, in
Neptune township. Mrs. Aiker stat
ed that the defendant came to where
she was staying on the night OF April
18th, and when she opened the door
he struck her in the face with his
fist, knocking her teeth loose and
breaking her Jaw bone, that she was
1 unconscious afterward. Defendant