Bridgeton pioneer., 1899-01-19

folnamuS, another defendans, was un-
able to be present, he being frozen up
upon his boat somewhere.
Mr.. Logue said that William Polhamus:
bail had been recorded as in default. and
asked that an order be issued against the
bondsman. This was done. Mr.. Logue
further said that Alfred Madara was pres
ent to plead guilty to the charge, and
testify for the State. That left only
William White before the Court, and the
Prosecutor felt that he should not put the
county to the expense of trying this case
several times. He was willing for the
indictment to go over. The Court SO de
creed.
Madara then came before the Prose-,
cutor and entered glea of guilty of TAX
ing the railway chain.
Edward M'Crane entered a plea OF
guilty upon charge of larceny as bailee.
The jury in the case against Samuel
Leach, for stealing oysters, was out all
night and until the noon adjournment.
when they were discharged from further
consideration of the case, the gentlemen
not being able to agree.
Pasquilla Pasqua, swarthy Italian,
was put upon the trial charged with as
sault and battery, and taking from his
victim, $45 in cash.
The principal story of the State was
told by H. Morton Miller, of Millville.
He is young man and his narrative
runs thus: ION the End, of November he
went down in Maurice River township,
something like nile from Leesburg,
and spent the evening at the home of
Charles Compton. While he was in the
house somebody was heard prowling
about, but investigation did not deter
mine who the person was.
About midnight, possibly fifteen or
twenty minutes of twelve, Miller started
to his home on a bicycle. Scarcely had
he started from the house when he was
suddenly and violently !pulled from his
wheel by somebody. Miller gave call
for help and his assailant struck him
blow upon the head, and for ten minutes
he was rendered unconscious He was af-
terward carried in the house and revived
He then found that pocket book con-
Miller said that the night was broad
moonlight one, and gave him an oppor-
tunity of viewing his assailant, and he
was positive in bis identification of Pas
qua as the man who had pulled him from
his wheel.
Messrs. Hampton & Fithian defended
the Italian, and upon cross-examination
the effort was made to show that Miller
| could not have been robbed, for he was
without funds, and had so admitted the
fact to various people, who had been
dunning him for cash. The inference
drawn from the line of cross-examina
ton was to the effect that Miller had
cooked up the assault and robbery case.
in order to let the prosecuting witness
out Of financial difficulties. sAll these
aspersions Miller Indignantly denied.
The defense was an absolute denial of
the facts alleged by the state, upon the
part of Pasqua, who told his somewhat
disconnected story through an interpre.
ter.
1t was shown by other witnesses that
Miller had expressed some doubts as to
Identification of his assailant directly
after the affair occurred
The defense failed in it's efforts to prove
that Miller had no money, and the case
went to the jury.
Thursday Afternoon.
When Court convened this afternoon,
there were good many present, and
most of the folks thought they were in
for long sitting.
The first thing done by the Court was
to listen to the verdict of the Pasqua
jury. The jury had been out during the
noon recess, and when they came in told
the Court that they did not think the
Italian guilty of assaulting Miller.
Prosecutor Logue then said he was
ready to move the Indictment against
William Morrison, charged with assault
and battery.
James Boyd Potter had been assigned
by the Court to defend Morrison, and the
young man was brought in from jail A
jury was empanelled, and Mr.. Potter and
his client were engaged for moment in
an animated discussion. From his client
Mr.. Potter went to the Prosecutor. and
then he addressed the Court. The young
lawyer said that his client was willing to
plead guilty, but he desired that certain
extenuating circumstances should be
given to the Judge. Morrison did assault
his victim. He did it because the fellow
intertered considerably with his domestic
affairs, and continued to do so after re-
peated warnings Then Morrison went
after the fellow, an alteration followed,
and the assault and battery was COM
mitted.
The plea of guilty was, of course, ac-
cepted, and the jury dismissed before it
was sworn.
Mr.. Logue said there We're two more
cases to be tried at this term. One was
against the Barber and Mattison lads,
Mr.. John S. Mitchell representing Bar
Der, and Mr.. Samuel Iredell, Mattison.
The other was the Frank Ross disorderly