The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-03
Monmouth County Courts


BEFORE JUDGE J. c. CoNovER.
Thursday, Feb 24th:-An applica-
4 tion was presented by s. A Patterson
signed by Thomas Wyncoop aud wife,
asking permission to adopt Louis
4 parties reside at Asbury Park.
The case of Morgan & Co., VS. Jehl,
! was upon motion of c. H. Butcher.
/ postponed until March nth.
4 The sentence of Joseph Mack, for
assault and battery on Lizzie Scott,
was upon request of counsel post
poned until March 10th.
/ Henry O. Hagan pleaded non vult
to false pretenses. OF going to q
Justice of the peace apd Overseer OF
the Poor in Neptune township. and
representing that he was married
man and was in destitute circum-
stances and received upon said false
preten ses relief from said township.
He acknowledged having done he
act but claimed that he had no work
and wanted something to eat. He
was sentenced to two years in State
prison.
Benjamin Griggs plead non vnlt to
non-feasance while Collector of Taxes
! of Middletown township, in not fling
a verified report of taxes collected &c.
| His sentence was set for the first
Tuesday of May next
In the matter OF the trial Of the in
dictment againsr Benjamin Griggs,
| charging him with malfeasance in Of
] flee, of loaning $500 to one E. john
son, out of the school money. in Mid
dletown township, while Collector, mo-
ton was made by e. w. ArrowsInith
Sr., that the case be postponed upon
! the grounds that bis counsel have not
had time to prepare the case properly
for trial, owing to their being engaged
in other Middletown cases, as well as
Iinth Court of Chancery. An afdday-
4 it was filed. Z. W. Arrowsinith Sr.,
i and H. s. Terhune represent Griggs.
Pros. Heisley did not oppose the mo-
i ton. The case was ordered off for the
term.
III the matter of the trial of the in
dictneut against George Brannin
down for trial Feb. 25th, 10th the
] Prosecutor and Counsel for defendant
have consented that the type written
report of A. g. HarDshorne and John
is. Applegate. Commissioners APP
i pointed to investigate into the affairs
of Middletown township, taken by
/ james Degnan, be used upon said
I trial instead of having Mr. Degnan's
notes.
The same consent as above was en-
tered into by Prosecutor and Counsel
| for defendants, in the cases of State
4 VS. George E. Barrleson. Daniel w.
Vannote and George Jenkinson, and
State VS. Daniel w. Vannote and Geo.
F. Bartleson, down for trial Feb. 26.
The jury was excused until Feb. 20.
Henry Fields, colored, who was
/ tried and con victed of the larceny of
some wagon wheels, in Shrewsbury
township, was sentenced to two
months in the County Jail.
4 George Beldo, Jr., col0red, charged
with abuse of infant, ia Shrewsbury
township, was sentenced to five
months in the county Jail. His sen
tence upon the charge of assault and
battery on Catherine johnson, Nov.
25th, was suspended.
Wesley Commodore, colored, for
assault and battery on Gertrude
Thompson, Dec 2nd, at Long Branch,
was before the court for sentence. Il.
p. McKenna stated that the defend
ant with others was standing in front
OF the house where complainant
lived and that defendant went up to
+ the window and complainant struck
him over the head with a beer bottle
that the defendant climbed in window
4 and threw complainant on the fioor
but did not strike her or injure her in
} anyway. Prosecutor Heisley stated
q that the circumstances of the case
was to the effect that this defendant
Injured the complainant so that she
was laid up for two or three days,
THAT Officer VanDyke had to help
dress her when he went after her 10
appear at the hearing, she be-
ing unable to do it herself. He was
i fined $75 and costs.
Henry Reyke, an Italian, charged
with an assault and battery and at
3 tempting to rape Mary Lyman, an old
lady, Aug. 9Th, at Red Bank, was be-
8 fore the Court for sentence. Pros
ecutor Heisley stated that he thought
this was case in which no mercy
should be shown. Caleb r. Basini
was called to interpret for the defend
ant but upon being asked if he had
anything to say, replied that he had
said all he wanted to. He was SEN
fenced to four years in State Prison
at hard labor.
David Roman, for forging the maine
of Joseph Lufburrow to a check for
$50 June 9th, at Atlantic Highlands,
was sentenced to three years in State
prison at hard labor.
Edward Buckalew. colored, for
breaking and entering the dwelling
a house of Cyrene Lane. Feb. 5th, at
! West Park, was before the Court for
Isentence. He said that he had
been before the Court a couple of
times before. The following is his rec
ord during Judge Conover's time
upon the Bench. viz:-October term
1890. assault and battery, sentence
thirty days; October term 1890 assault
and battery, two years in State Pris-
on; October term 1898. fornication.
two months in County Jail; October
term 1898, assault and battery
months. He was sentenced to five
years in State prison at hard labor.
i Joseph Gaffney, q tramp, charged
! with the larceny of coat sometime
ago, from the store of Isaac Goldburg,
in Freehold, was before the Court for
1 sontance He stated that he had