Bridgeton pioneer., 1898-01-13
BRIDGEToN, N j., THURSDAY, JANUARY 18. lsos.


indictments, dredging without license
Not guilty.
Alfred Bradford, assault and battery.
three indictments. Not guilty.
Frank Garrison, stealing $50 worth of
oysters from Oronoken Oyster Company,
Not guilty.
William Jenkins, stealing oysters from
oronoken Oyster Company. Not guilty.
Charles Jenkins, stealing $40 worth
oysters from Oronoken Oyster Company.
Not guilty.
Lawyer Eugene Cole, counsel for the
persons indicted for taking oysters from
the Oronoken Oyster Company, got their
cases set down for Wednesday week,
Mr.. Coles is member of Legislature,
and has some important business to at
tend to, which makes it impossible to try
the cases until that time. Judge Pan
coast is retained as cou Aeel also on these
cases.
Albert Newcomb, larceny, oysters,
Oronoken Company. Not guilty.
Frank M. Cobb, catching oysters con-
trary to law Not guilty.
Adolphis Sharp, illegal sale of wine.
Not guilty
John Fenton, stealing wire from
Traction Company and receiving s54
worth. Not guilty.
John r. Somers, stealing revolver.
Guilty. Also charged stealing gun from
Cumberland Glass Co. Not guilty.
George E. Johnson, assault. No,
guilty
Michael Gallagher and Nathaniel
Colvin, disorderly house. Guilty.
Amanda Saxon, stealing diamond
Guilty.
Anna Badanno, Mrs. John Socraslosky
breaking, entering and stealing from
barns of several farmers and also receiy.
ing stolen goods. Not guilty to all thu
charges. Sam Werschesky acted as in
terpretor.
Harry Brown, stealing suit of clothes
Guilty.
Peter Bloom. disorderly house. No
guilty.
Gleason Carpaghen, assault and bat
terry, with intent to kill, Alfred Bradfort
andWm Page. Not guilty.
Norman Biddle, assault and battery
Not guilty.
Albert Stephenson, stealing chickens
Not guilty.
VIM. Maceto, breaking, entering ant
stealing indicted with the former women
Not guilty
Monday Afternoon.
When Court adjourned this after
| noon all the testimony in the case O
Cassedy Brothers, against the West Jer
sey Railroad Company, was at an end
The Court and jury looked relieved
when both sides rested it's case, for sine,
last Tuesday afternoon the case has beer
dragging wearily on. Just one weel
from the time the case was opened will i
go to the jury.
The morning the final argument wa
heard The plaintiffs made an opening
and Judge Gaskill spoke for the defen
dant corporation. His was telling areu
ment, and he seemed to speak from ,
very confident stannpoint, and held tina
the law in the case was unmistakably
with the defense. Judge Gaskill not onl,
s.oke forcibly, but he was somewha
l. ngthy in his remarks. He held tha
the defendants had clearly defined thei
position, and he was satisfied that tn,
company had right to the location of it.
tracks.
Judge Gaskill will DO followed by ex
Judge Pancoast. Anyone who has hearG
the Camden jurist speak will know full
we'll that there will be of interesting fact
and statements before the jury. Judg,
Pancoast can make much of bad case
and in this matter he feels that his client.
have by far the better of the argument,
Judge Ludlow has followed this cas-,
very closely, and has seemed to take s
great interest in the matter and his
charge will probably be comprehensive
and to him the jury will look for cue as
to what the verdict will be, for the testi
mony has not only been voluminous, but
exceedingly intricate. But from all these
facts some sort of verdict must be made
up by the jury. 1t may be that the
jury will be unable to agree.