The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-03

take another drink of rum.
Friday, Feb. e5th, 1898. The sem
tence OF Arthur Lasaight WAS post
poned until March 3rd
Lizzie Larkins. for the larceny of q
pocket-book and contents, valued at
$i2, Jan. Goth, in Neptune township,
property of Mary McMann, was sem
fenced to two months in the County
jail. The defendant weighs about
three hundred pounds and she claims
that drink was the cause of her TAX
| ing the money. Mary McMann, who
has been held as a witness against
her, was discharged.
Ulysses Hendrickson, for perjury, of
falsely swearing before the Court
Nov. Sth, in State VS. Henry 0. Oliver,
| for breaking and entering the black
smith shop of John w. Harker, in
| Upper Freehold, and stealing three
hammers therefroIh, to the effect that
| he. Hendrickson, saw Oliver break
and enter the blacksmith shop and
come out with the hammers claimed
/ to have been stolen. Judge Beck
man addressed the Court stating that
the complainant did not wish to
press the charge against the defend
ant owing to his I'll health. Ulys-
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and convicted Feb. 18th. He was
Prison at hard labor.
George Brannin was tried before
the Court and a jury for malfeasance
in Office as Assessor of Middletown,
between May Goth and August Goth,
1896. in not as such Assessor making
out statement of personal taxable
| property, lands, chattels and effects
/ of persons liable to taxation. The
defendant, through Counsel, admit
4 ted to taking oath of Office as such
Assessor for the township in 1896.
I Charles Tyndall with other witnesses
testified to receiving tax bills for
i taxes due upon real estate but not for
taxes due upon their personal prop
erty, Tyndalrs taxable personal
property being worth about $1,000.
The case was being tried all day when
i6 was adjourned until Monday, Feb.
26th. Pros scutor Heisley for State
and E. w. Arrowsmith Sr.,- j. r..
/ Foster and JAS. Degnan for defend
ant. On Monday the jury returned a
verdict OF not guilty.
Edward Duffey pleaded not guilty
to e1nbezzling bicycle valued at $50,
Oct. 1st. in Ocean township, property
of A. X Justice. Bail fixed at $500
Remanded for trial later.
THE INDICTMENTS TO BE QUAsHED.
A decision of the Supreme Court
rendered at the present February
term. will result in setting aside ten
indictments found at the May term,
1897. At that term Thomas Kelly.
with several others, were indicted
for selling intoxicating liquors from a
!, wagon within two miles of the Ocean
Grove Camp Meeting Association
I under the law passed March 3Ist, 1897.
/ Hon. Aaron E. Johnston procured a
writ of certiorari from Judge Collins
and removed these indictments to
the Supreme Court for review by that
Court. The Kelly case alone was
argued, but the nine other cases will
! follow the same course. On that case
the Supreme Court held that the in
dictment which followed the exact
Language of the Statute, should be
i uuashed, because it did not set forth
the crime with sufficient clearness and
certainty, to apprise the defendant OF
the offence with which he stood
charged. The Court does not decide
that the Etatute is unconstitutional.
Sbutsit raises the question whether a
meaning not expressed in statute
can be given it, thus intinating
strongly that the Statute may be IN
valid, or at least Ineffective.
MIDDDETowN INDICTMENTS NoLLE
PRosEQUIED.
Monday. Feb. 2Sth. The inGict-
ments found against Geo. F. Bartle-
son, Daniel w. Vannote and George
Jenkinson, charging them with mai
4 feasanee in Office, rs Township Com
mittee of Middletown township, OF
crediting. releasing and discharging
Benz. Griggs, Collector, from collect
ing certain taxes. said Benz, Griggs
not first making out a statement 10
1 the effect that said taxes were not
coliectable and swearing to same,
April 2Sth, 1897, and VIM. b. Mount,
George Morford, Joseph s. Clark,
! Joseph Appiegate Jr., Edwin +. Max
son, Allan r. Reid, Antonius Gibson,
Adoniram j. Bray and George w.
Morris, composing the Board OF Edu-
cation of Middletowp on March 18th,
in that they paid bill of $92.79 to J:
+. SwackhaIpiner out of the school
moneys, without said SwackhaInlner
first making out an itelnized account
I OF Oil Oh ln6 same, NCEc upon uiOetOAi
iof Prosecutor Heisiey. nolie prose
iquied.
The indictment against George F.
Bartleson and Daniel w. Vannote.
charging them as Township Com
initteeipen, Feb. End, 1889, of paying
to James p. Hopping and Henry j.
Ely, partners as Hopping & Ely, a
certain sum of money, without first
receiving an itelnized bill or account
from them, was put off for the term,
a writ of certlorari having been filed
with the Court. taking the indictment
to the Supreme Court for review as TO
its validity.
The sentence of Hugh Ward, charg-
ed with malicious mischief. of break
| ing down the door of the dwelling OF
John and Julia Ward, December s5th,
in Milestone township. was suspended.
Elwood Bruere, charged with en-
tering without breaking the buildings
of Nathaniel Sinclair, Nov. 9Th, near
Allentown. and stealing farm wag-
on and set of harness, was sentenced