Bridgeton pioneer., 1900-10-11


of guilty on charge OF. illegal sale of
liquor this morning. The Court or
dered the case to take place on
Thursday morning.
Charles Bishop plead not guilty to
charge of illegal sale of liquor.
John Whale plead not guilty to a
charge of larceny.
William T. Ross pleaded not guilty
to charge of larceny of bicycles.
Charles Hewitt, Sam Chamberlain,
Herbert Whitaker, Samuel Allen and
Ralph Weldon, larceny of water
melons, not guilty.
John Clevenger, charged with lar
ceny, not guilty, and with receiving
stolen articles, not guilty.
Samuel Abramoblitz, charged with
receiving stolen articles, not guilty.
Paul Shoemaker, larceny as bailee,
not guilty.
Henry Cline, obtaining money un-
der false pretenses, sentenced to 15
months in State Prison.
George Fulton, who escaped from
Reform School and charged with
stealing articles was sentenced to one
year at hard labor in State Prison.
Sentence suspended for breaking and
entering.
George Johnson, alias Thomas
Floyd, who escaped from Jamesburg,
and charged with breaking entering
and stealing, sentenced to one year at
hard labor at State Prison, and on
the second charge of breaking, enter
ing and stealing, sentence was Sus-
pended.
Charles Newlin, who escaped
from Reform School, was called. Jugde
Trenchard said he would try and get
Superintendent of the Reform School
to take him back; the sentence was
supended at present.
Lydia Terry, disorderly house in
Millville, committed to county jail
for four months.
John Hand fornication, three
months in county Jail.
Elwood Winfield made a statement
to the Court saying he had a family
of four small children and a wife to
Keep, and asked for mercy, ON two
indictments of forgery. He was SEN
fenced to Is months in State Prison
on one and on the other sentence was
suspended.
The cases of Seigman Speilman and
Moses Sheobokow were discharged.
Abel Carton, illegal sale of liquor,
discharged.
Roy Oliver, stealing watermelons,
pleaded not guilty.
George Lennox, illegal sale of
liquor, pleaded guilty.
Stephen Allen, illegal sale of liquor,
pleaded guilty.
Matt Sordiana, illegal sale of liq-
uor, guilty.
Tuesday Morning.
The Court room is always attrac-
tive to many on the day of the open
ing of criminal cases. 1t is so to-day
and big crowd is in attendance.
The business is not calculated to
continue for any great length of time
for there are not many cases to be
tried. The majority of those indict-
ed pleaded guilty, thus saving the
Court the trouble, and the county the
expense of trials.
There are no really very important
cases to be tried, but those that are
before the Court are to-day taken up.
The roll call of Jurors and con-
stables was at first taken up.
Stephen Allen was brought before
the Court ana pleaded guilty to a
charge of illegal sale of liquor; he
was fined $75 and costs.
Frank Soncini was also charged
with illegal sale of liquor; he was
fined $3.50 and costs. Some time ago
he was accused of the crime and see
ing fit he fled but since was captured.
The witness for the State in the
case of Irons and Alcorn were dis
charged until future date. Also the
witnesses in case of Charles Bishop,
until tomorrow morning.
Charles Weldon plead guilty to a
charge of assaulting an officer.
Isaac Greenblot pleaded guilty for
an assault.
Samuel Iredell moved the case of
James Jones, discharged, but it was
laid over.
Caroline Holzenhauer was brought
before the Court but before her case
was taken up, William Roundy
changed his former plea of not guilty
of assault to guilty.
Harry Brown on a charge of break
ing, entering and stealing, changed
from not guilty to guilty.