Bridgeton pioneer., 1899-12-07
JANUARY JURORS.

JANUARY JURORS.
Several Defendants Before Juege Trench
ard Tuesday on Criminal Charges Of
Various Kinds.
At the session of Court Tuesday,
Judge Trenchard presided, and the vari-
GUS court officials wereTpresent.
The first business was the empanelling
of the petit jurors for the January term.
Sheriff Hendee selected the usual one
hundred and eight names. and from these
the following fifty -four were drawn:
Bridgeton.
Frank McGear, Jr., Lewis Bowen,
Harry F. Evan, Lewis P. johnson
Washington Mills. Harry Elbrin, Fred
erick Conner, Wilson L. Silvers, Jr.,
John Robinson, Daniel A. Gentry.
MilIville.
Lewis Wathier, Samuel Steelman,
Frank Ware, Martain Smith, John STRAIT
ton, Henry Danzenbaker. John P.
Doughty, Theodore Burch.
Landis.
Geo. M. Ponlton, Isaac Garrison, Ed
ward F. Marks, William H. Loppy, JOS.
L. Hadsell, Ernest A Pierce, Frank.
Kinney, Reeves Stretch, George Maytrott.
Joseph s. Pierson. Stewart F. Morris.
Deerfield.
Watson Johnson, Wilbert Bivins. John
P. Laning.
Hopewell
John Harris, Daniel r. Moore, Winfield
Bonham, George Bates.
Stoe Creek.
Lafayette Gilman. Frank Keifer.
Greenwich.
James Fl. Bateman, Frank ;Ridgway.
Ephraim Moore.@
Fairfield.
Edward johnson, Henry Snitzer.
William Thompson. -
Benjamin F. Simms, Charles Dunsafe.
Daniel Bonnell.
William Weldon. William W. Riley.
John w. Westcott.
Commercial.
George Bowen, Mortimer Bateman.
Maurice River.
Edward Elliot, Jesse Godfrey.
The prosecutor had five persons brought
in from the Jail. They had applied for
trial at this special session. Sheriff H endee
brought these prisoners in Court to plead
as follows:
Thomas Piper. assault and battery.
Pleaded guilty.
William H. Green, burglary. Guilty.
Ellis Wood, illegal sale of liquor.
Guilty.
Samuel Greenage, larceny. Not guilty.
James Mcclure, illegal sale of liquor.
Guilty.
Wallace Taylor, disorderly house.
Guilty. The Court questioned Mr.. Taylor
about the number of places he had kept.
The case of the State VS.. Greenage was
then taken up, the only one to be tried.
City Solicitor Potter was assigned by the
Court to look after the prisoner.
The Sentences.
About half dozen unfortunates ap-
peared before Judge Thomas w. Trench.
ard for sentences for various offenses.
There were number of persons about
the court room somewhat curious as to
the fate of those who had thrown them
selves upon the mercy of the Court.
Court was set down for two O'Clock, but
Judge Trenchard dill not appear upon
the bench until some little later. He was
not smiling when he entered from the
retiring room.
Ellis Wood was the first to be called
upon to hear what the Court had to say.
Wood had pleaded guilty to keeping
disorderly house. His offense was really
law. Wood answered some questions of
Judge Trenchard. 1t was learned that
the prisoner had been in this county
something like year aud half, and had
never been arrested before The sentence
for the first offense was fifty dollar fine
and costs.
James Mcclure followed Wood before
the bar. Illegal sale of liquor was his
crime, and he had pleaded guilty. He
asked Judge Trenchard to be- lenient,
and declared if this once was overlooked,
there would never be any other trouble.
Mcclure did not think he was very
guilty this time, but Judge Trenchard
had in his possession an account book
kept in McClure's hand writing which
the Judge said was mathematical
demonstration of the fellows guilt. He
was directed to pay the Sheriff fine of
dfty cold dollars and costs and to remain
within until the bill was settled.
Samuel Greenage had dialogue with
the court and was let down easy. His
offense was stealing horse blanket
This was not much, but Greenage had
been there before. His sentence was two
months in the county Jail to date from
the time of the drst commitment.
About the luckiest one of the bunch of
six, was William n. Queen. He is
savage looking colored specimen, and he
pleaded guilty to stealing couple of
gold watches, after breaking into and
entering Deerfield residence. six