Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1901-01-10
Many Trials Are Now Ready for
the Jury and They viii be
Presented.
SOME HARD FIGHTING CASES.
Big Crowd of People are Over at
the Court House and January
Criminal Business Has Begun
in Eai nest.
From Daily Pioneer. Saturday Jan. 8 {

from Daily Pioneer Saturday Jan. 5l
About three o. clock yesterday after
noon, the Grand Jury came into Court
and presented to the Court thirty
true bills of Indictment. At the
same time the foreman of the In
quest said the Grand Jury desired to
present certain resolutions and have
them made part of the Court rec
ords. Judge Trenchard took up the
batch of bills, and said the resolu-
tions would be received, spread upon
the minutes, and given such atten-
tion by the officers of the Court as
they would seem to demand.
The members of the Grand Jury
were then discharged with the thanks
OF the county and the Court.
1t was learned that the Grand Jury
carefully investigated tifty-nine COM
plants and had found thirty bills.
OF this number, the following are
against those who are either un>. .er
bail or in Jail:
Chester Riley, assault and battery
Joseph Ogden, assault and battery.
Charles Ford, larceny.
Mary Webb and Sarah Webb, dis
orderly house.
John Roign, Benjamin Wickanski,
Theo. Burgess, assault.
Cornelius File, Illegal sale of liquor
Fra plz papctJa b,,c6rIo
Kennedy Gilmore, burglary.
Pasauale Farnaton. Thomas Earn
alton, breaking, entering and stealing.
John Doyle, malicious mischief.
George Hollinger, Richard Bucka-
loo, Charles McDaniels, Jr., Isaac
Corson, illegal dredging.
f. George Phillips, dredging without
license.
James A. Turner, dredging on
grounds other than his own.
William Beel, larceny.
Jesse Bennett, Richard Robbins,
Charles H. Scott, taking oysters out
of season.
William Opedyke, George Regeans,
larceny and receiving stolen goods,
several counts.
Belford K. Lawrence, attempting
to poison.
The resolutions that were presented
to the Court, are as follows:
The Grand Inquest for the State
OF New Jersey in and for the body of
the County of Cumberland upon their
respective oaths present as follows:
1.-The Grand Jury in the perform
ance of its duties has been seriously
impressed with the number of petty,
insignificant complaints placed before
it. The Prosecutor informs the
Grand Jury that not one half of the
complaints placed before him are
presented to the Grand Jury.
The conclusion is inevitable that
a great many of the Justices, Con-
stables and SO called detectives, have
organized a systematic raid on the
county treasury to secure fees. 1t
is believed that this reaches not only
to the encouragement of litigation but
it is question whether it does not
extend to procuring petty crimes in
order to increase the fee harvest.
"While we cannot clearly see any
effective remedy in the hands of the
Court, yet we would urge on His
Honor that ii in his wisdom he can
see any possibility of effective reme-
dial measures that he should apply
them. In the meantime we would
urge upon the Prosecutor that he
refuse to certify costs in all doubtful
cases.
sThis we feel will have a great
effect, since the conscience of such
offenders resiues in their pockets.
"Signed
'FSamuel A. Laning, Foreman
Directly after the Grand Jury
completed it's labors and re-
turned the thirty indictments into
Court, Prosecutor Fithian had ac-
cused prisoners brought into Court to
plead to the various charges.
Sheriff Hendee brought in motley
crowd of people, and they were all
securely fastened together by hand
cuffs.
Chester Riley was the first prisoner
to plead. He is a coal black negro
and said he was guilty of assaulting
Roy Robbins.