The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-22
ARRAIGNED TODAY
Freeholders, Hoboken Of
ficials, Court House
Custodian, Plead
Not Guilty.
STRONG ARRAY OF COUNSEL
Edwards, Noonan, Vreden-
burgh, .Garretson, Grouse,
Minturn and McGee
Among the Lawyers.


the late unlamented Grand Jury, would
be arraigned in the Oyer and Terminer
| Court this morning to plead, attracted
a large attendance to the court The ma
iority of the Freeholders arrived early
and focked in their office, where they
discussed the indictments and pokeds fun
at each other about the remote prospect
of spending term behind prison bars.
| County Collector Hugh Dugan and Coun-
ty superintendent C. P. Smith, who had
been selected as bondsmen. were on hand,
When the Court House bell rung at ten
o'clock the crowd went over to the court
room and awaited the appearance of JUS
! tice Lippincott and Judge Blair Prose
cutor Erwin had a long private consulta-
ton with the Court. and it was nearly
eleven o'clock when Justice Lippincott
raped his gavel.
I In the meantime all the defendants had
arrived in court and were patiently wait
! ing. Leader Robert Davis was spectator
! but took no active part in the proceed
| ings. He chatted with some of the de-
| PENDANTS and their lawyers and bonds
men. Mr. Davis, Dennis Mclaughlin and
Mayor Pagan of Hoboken had little chat
| together The counsel engaged in the
cases are:-William d. Edwards, Ffayel
MCGEE and Joseph NJ Noonan, for the
Freeholders; James B. Vredenburgh and
/ James F. Aiinturn, for Mayor Pagan and
the Hoboken Councilmen, Police Commis-
sioners, Chief Donovan and Captain
Hayes; ex-Judge A. @. Garrettson, for
James Smith. City Treasurer OF Hoboken.
and Otto Grouse, for John ]. Hogan, Gus
todian Of the Court House.
Justice Lippincott announced that he
was ready to dispose of matters in the
Oyer and Terminer Court. Prosecutor
Erwin said there were a number of de-
PENDANTS in court to be arraigned and
Justice Lippincott told him to proceed.
Before the defendants are arraigned,"
said Mr. Vredenburgh, Il think that
counsel should be allowed to examine the
indictments. sought permission to read
them but have been unable to see them.
We do not know what they contain. 1t
may be that after they are read there
may be no necessity for the defendants
to plead and besides we cannot very well
know what to plead until we know
what the indictments contain
Justice Lippincott suggested that it
would be a saving of time to omit reading
the indictments in full The defendants
could enter plea now and at any future
time the Court would give leave to with
draw the plea, demur to to the indict-
ments, quash them or hear an applica-
ton for a certiorari In his opinion it
was only necessary at this time to have
the substance of the indictment stated
Mr. vredenburgh consented to that.
Chief of Police Charles A. Donovan and
captain Patrick Hayes were arraigned
first. The indictment against them al
legged that on certain Sundays in May,
June. October and November, 1859,
they had failed to enforce the
laws of the State regarding Sunday
theatrical performances and Sunday
liquor selling. They permitted Souliers
theatre to be open and performance to be
given there and they permitted the sale
of liquor in forty-two saloons. One speci-
fcation accuses Chief Donovan of having
failed to prefer charges against Captain
Hayes for permitting these violations Of
the law, the places being located in Cap
tain Hayes precinct. TO sum it all up
the defendants are indicted for miscon-
duct in Office. The defendants plead not
guilty and the Court fixed the bail at
s., 900 each. John J. O'Hara furnished
bonds for Chief Donovan and Michael
Ford for Captain Hayes
Next in order came Mayor Pagan and
the Police Commissioners of Hoboken,
Adolph Laundering, Martin Daab and
Michael Lally. The indictment against
them is for failing to prevent Sunday
performances in Soulier's Theatre and
the sale of liquor IN certain saloons on
certain Sundays, the dates of which are
f,, tba dao,,p,apt Thov oil
charged with failing to suppress disor-
derby houses and with falling to compel
Chief Donovan and Captain Hayes to
reading the main portions Of the indict-
ment when Justice Lippincott interrupted
him. saying:-
There is no necessity for going
through all these details; they are indict-
ed for misconduct in Office
Mr. Erwin stopped reading and the de-
PENDANTS plead not guilty Bail was
fixed at 81, coo each, and Dennis McLaugh-
lin became bondsman, Justice Lippincott
remarking that the security was suff1-
/ Client.
Mayor Pagan and the Common Coun-
ell were.then arraigned. The Councilmen
are Andrew Hopper, James Londrigan,
| JDDn M. filZpdtfich, J1itlGS Z OK 7tndT1es5
Schultz, Richard Gritten and Peter H.
Kessler. The two indictments against
them allege extravaganza In awarding
on June IA and 2S, 1889, a contract for
| lighting to the Hudson Electric Light
Company for the sum of SIS, 900 and for
incurring an obligation in excess of the
appropriation by the award of the same
contract The defendants plead not guilty
and bail was fixed at the same amount,
$1,000. Dennis Mclaughlin furnishing the
security.
| City Treasurer James Smith is the next
victim He is indicted for perjury in hav-
ing sworn, when witness before the late
Grand Jury. that he did not own any
stock in Hoboken newspaper called the
Republican, Mr. Smith plead not gull
ty and his brother, Patrick Smith, fur
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