Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1898-05-12
roland Found Guilty of Felonious Assault
on Mary f. Fox.

Ruth Reeves selling liquor and keep.
ing dlsorderly house, not guilty.
William Garrison, selling liquor and
Keeping disorderly house, guilty.
Clement Biggs, illegal sale liquor, not
guilty.
Thomas Baker. disorderly house, not
guilty.
Isaac Morris, sale liquor, not guilty.
Geo. Woolpert, sale liquor, guilty.
| Mlcheal Kebernick, sale liquor, guilty
Charles Lacey, perjury, guilty.
William Heintz, perjury, not guilty.
Joseph Sheets, perjury, non cult
Robert Cadep, sale liquor, not guilty.
Annie Gaskill sale liquor, guilty.
John Meyer, sale of liquor, guilty.
William and Ephraim Brandriff. fight
| ing, not guilty.
Richard G. Haines, illegal sale liquor,
not guilty.
William Krauter, perjury, non vuH.
Charles Brant, breaking and entering
and stealing, guilty.
Clarence and Alley Garrison, malicious
mischief, guilty.
BENZ. Kennedy, David Broadwater
Albert Terry, William Peoples, William
Johnson, affray, not guilty.
Andrew Poland, rape, not guilty.
James Henderson, William Arnott
Rebecca Cottrell, chicken stealing and
receiving, guilty.
Jacob Betchel, illegal sale of liquor,
guilty.
Antoine Babulus, larceny, guilty.
t. w. Trenchard, counsel for Mr..
Krauter, said that he desired to make
statement in reference to that case at the
proper time.
Henderson and Arnott, who were
charged with stealing chickens MANY
times, pleaded guilty to the whole bunch,
after it was explained where each lot
were stolen.
Next Tuesday morning criminal busi-
ness will begin at court.
Monday Morning.
session of Court was held this morn
ing to hear remonstrances against grant
ing licenses to Fortescue and Dividing
Creek hotel and other grievances.
Elias Braunstein pleaded not guilty to
| assault and battery.
Morris Lee pleaded not guilty to illegal
sale of liquor.
George Hampton, ESQ.,, asked the
Court that the application of Herbert Gar
rison, to keep inn and tavern, at Fortescue
be withdrawn. 1t was granted, and all
the witnesses for the remonstrance were
discharged.
The case of John Campbell, who ap-
| piled for license to keep inn and tavern
at Dividing Creek against whom remon-
STRANGE was presented was taken up,
| Walter II. Bacon, Esq. counsel for the
demonstrators, presented his case asking
that six OF the signers of Campbell's IL
cense be Withdrawn from his application.
Mr.. Ware, counsel for Campbell, objected
to this and the court said the names could
not be withdrawn after the application
had been filed.
Mr.. Bacon opened the side for the re-
monstrance by calling Rev. Ernest
Thompson. He said he had obtained
some of the signatures to the remon-
| STRANGE.
| Tuesday Morning.
All day yesterday, the Court took up in
listening to what might be said for and
against the granting of license to John
Campbell of Dividing Creek. What was
said for and against was listened to by
the Court, and then the whole matter
went over until Thursday.
Ihis morning began the criminal work
of the session.
AS usual the Court House was crowded
with witnesses, Jurors and spectators, and
all seemed to take lively interest in the
proceedings.
Before the first case was called four de-
fendants appeared, desiring to change
their pleas of not guilty to that of guilty.
Ihey We're Isaac Morris, illegal sale of
liquor; Thomas Baker. disorderly house;
Roland Gould, stealing bicycle; Clement
Biggs, selling liquor.
Prosecutor Logue announced that
ROBERT Caden, of vineand, under indict-
ment Tor Keeping disorderly house, had |
met with an accident yesterday. which |
resulted in his breaking his leg. The |
case went over for the term.
the first Indictment moved, was the
one against Andrew Poland, the colored
man, arrested some time since, for COM
mltting rape upon Mary e. Fox, an
aged spinster, of Centreton.
Poland was brought in from Jail, and
his interests were looked after by George
Hampton, who had been assigned by the
Court for the defense.
The State relied upon an abundance of
facts to support the indictment found by
the Grand Jury, that Miss Fox was
feloniously assaulted was established by