The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-08
Monmouth County Courts
BEFORE JUDGE J. c. coNovER.

convicted OfpickiDg pockets at ocean
Grove last summer, was sentenced 70
five years in stare prison by Judge
Conover on Thursday. Judge Como
yer said, in sentencing her, that in
his career on the bench he had only
sent one other woman to state prison
and that was for picking pockets at
Ocean Grove. Mrs Burns has served
terms in Joliet, ILL.,, and New York
for similar offences
The indictment against Charles
Frey OF Freehold for the illegal sale
of LIQUOR has been nolle prosecuted.
Belle Gardner, colored, was found
guilty of stealing a watch and other
articles from Lewis Cherry of Key
port, but was recommended to the
mercy of the court.
Mary Patterson of Seaside was
found guilty of assault and battery
on Sarah Andrews.
Charles Morrell of Holmdel town
ship was sentenced to year 10 state
prison for assault aud battery on
John Salmon
George Washington Wait OF Asbury
Park pleaded non vult to the illegal
sale of liquor and was fined 1850.
Louis Weinstein of Long Branch
was fined 800 for larceny Of some
watches and iewelry at Long
John Jeffries Of Long Branch
/ pie AIDED not guilty to keeping dis
orderly house at Long Branch and
trial was set for December 9Th.
Thomas Ahearn and John Brewer
both of Long Branch, pleaded guilty
to keeping a disorderly house and
were fined $500 each.
John Ryan of Keyport, who had
been found guilty of assault and bat
cry on his wife, came up for sentence.
Sentence was laid over until Decem.
Der 22d, in order to give Ryan q
chance to make up with his wife.
Issac Ewing of Atlantic Highlands
was 10 appear for sentence Thursday
on a charge OF overdriving a horse.
He did not appear and his aged
mother who had gone his bf il in 500
appeared end said she did not know
where he was. 1t hardly seemed
right to make the mother spend her
rascality without giving her chance
to produce him, SO the matter was
laid over for one week
On Friday. Jacob Brausch waived
Indictment and pleaded guilty to
stealing q tandem bicycle and lamp,
saying that he was drunk when he
did it and did not know what he was
doir &. He was sentenced to one year
at hard labor in state prison on each
charge.
George Beldo was tried for assault
land battery on Daniel Webster Bunch
at Red Bank on August End Prom
1.-THE testimony ofthe complaining Wit
ness. it appeared that Beldo was
walking the tracks of Southern Rail
road at Red Bank, when he saw
Bunch on the sidewalk not far away
and called to him Bunch went over
to. him and was accused of telling
lies about him. Here the stories Of
Bunch and Beldo differ; Beldo said
that this accusation angered Bunch
and he struck him (Beldo) in the
face. Buuch. on the other hand, in
sisted that it was Beldo who struck
the first blow. James Sylvester and
Emma Freeman, the other witnesses
for the State, each saw parts OF the
scuffe1 that ensued: and both said
that Beldo succeeded in getting
Bunch on the ground, and then be-
gan to choke him. The jury, after
being ont a short time, found Beldo
guilty but recommended him to the
mercy OF In6 court.
Henry Preston was tried on the
same day for false pretenses.
1t seems that he had bought roam
horse from Edward Fischer of Lake
wood: and that after using the hois
for time, made trade on the 18th,
of last May withsAbijah Mount of
Milestone township in this County.
Mr.. Monnt SAYS that at the time of
~. ID
horse to be free of incum-
brances. Preston says that he told
nm that Fischer the former owner
of the horse, had sold him to him as
being free clear, and that If there was
ANYTHING against the horse, he was
willing to trade back. However the
trade was made, and shortly after
(three or four days. Preston came
back to Mounts place with the horse
he had traded, saying that he had
discovered that there was chattle
mortgage on his roam horse, put there
by Fischer. and that he wanted to
trade back. This, Mr.. Mount would
not do. Another phase OF the case
was brought to light when officers
Charles Strong, Ed dward Remsen, and
Harrison Matthews gave their testI-
mony. Charles Strong said that
Fischer, the man OF whom Preston
purchased his horses, had given =
chatteI mortgage on all his goods to
Feigenspan, the brewer, and that by
virtue OF that chattel mortgage, he
had made levy on the goods incIud-
ing this horse in question and adver-
tised them for sale on the 2lst day
OF May. That several days before
the sale he had been unable to locate
the horse; SO he, in company with
officers Remsen and Matthews went
to see Preston, and asked him where
the horse was: and that he had told
them he had traded it to a fish ped
dler. whom he did not know, but il
they wanted the horse, ne would try
that promise they left him. But when
it was time for the sale TO come off,
no roam horse appeared; so the three
constables the next day again went
down to Preston's place to ind that
person. But he was too quick for
Them for as soon as he saw them