Bridgeton pioneer., 1901-05-30
CUMBERLAND COURTS.
DisOrderly House Cases Occupy
Much of the Time of Court.
NOT MANY CONVICTIONS.
Juries Stay Out Long but are Dis
charged, as They Can Reach
no Conclusion.
Wednesday Afternoon.

wednesday Afternoon.
The jury in the case of Herbert
Tice charged with assault and battery
upon James L. Ingersoll, wrestled
with the matter for three hours and
finally determined that there was no
guilt attached to the defendant.
Eleven of the panel were convinced
of Tice's innocence from the very
first The twelfth man came to the
same conclusion after being out the
three hours.
The trial of the indictment took
most of the day. The testimony re-
called all of the sensational story
which was given in the newspaper
last July. Briefly, Tice and his
brother bought farm upon which
Harry Newcomb lived They wanted
Newcomb to vacate and he would not
or could not. Anyway he did not.
Then the Tice boys took summary
measures. They renovated the win
dows and doors from the establish
ment and permitted the wintry blasts
to sweep over the Newcomb family.
Still the expected moving did not
take place. 1t was on the 10Th of
January, according to the evidence
presented yesterday. When the Tice
boys arrived at the farm, the New
comb folks had been reinforced with
the family of James Ingersoll The
latter is the father of Mrs. Newcomb.
Mrs. Ingersoll, despite her years,
proved to be vigorous, and gave the
Tice boys warm reception by pour
ing boiling water upon them. Then
there was mix up. Ingersoll claims
he was tapped upon the head with
hammer or club, and had a narrow
squeak for life. Newcomb was banged
around some, and the women had
push or two Then the Tice boys re-
ceived few return blows, and the
battle was ended, and arrests made
Prosecutor Fithian presented to the
jury all the State had to rely upon
for its case, but there was evidently
something of doubt in the Prose-
cutor's mind that the case would
warrant conviction.
Former Judge Carrow who with
Iredell represented the defence, had
well defined notions of what the ver-
dict should be, and his argument in
the closing was one of the features of
the present May term. Judge Carrow
is eloquent and able, and he made the
most of the material in hand. He
contended strongly that the Tice boys
had perfect right upon the farm. at
the time they went there, and that
the assault was first started by the
prosecuting witnesses, and, whatever
was done by the defendant, could not
be considered other than in the light
of self defense.
The Judges charge was wholly i'm
partial, and the verdict of the jury
came as pleasant return for the de-
fendant.
The last case of the afternoon
wasn't whole lot, and was soon dis
HOcO0 O1s LII o. huV oilO1l UIlO OUbb0
contended that Rudolph Stiles had
broken pane of glass in the Millville
store of Joseph Davis, with the in
tent, undoubtedly, of stealing. Here
is the story. March last, the night of
the fifth to, be exact, officer Wright
noticed Stiles in front of Davis store.
Stiles broke pane of glass and started
to reach something from the inside.
Wright started after Stiles, but didn't
catch him for some time and after he
had wasted several revolver bullets.
On the other hand Lawyer Iredell
explained to the jury just how the
whole affair occurred from the stand
point of the defendant. Stiles had
been drinking, consuming about forty
cents worth of ginger, and was ON
the road to drunk. He knew he broke
Davis window but it was an accident
that he couldn't explain. It was all
a ginger drunk and there was nothing
else to say about it.
The jury let it go at that, and also
let Stiles go.
Thursday Morning.
The prospects for busy day were
not at all bright this morning. The
Millville illegal liquor selling cases
were to be tried to-day, but last night
former Judge Westcott telegraphed
that he was in the Salem Courts and
couldn't get here to-day.
This embarrassed Prosecutor Filth
ian good deal for he had no other
cases in the course of preparation for