Bridgeton pioneer., 1901-05-30

this morning. He hustled around
considerably and thinks he will be
able to keep the Court going most of
the day.
The end of the May term is not in
sight. Not this week will the jurors
see their finish and the Prosecutor
thinks that he will be fortunate if he
can crowd all of his cases into next
week.
The State moved the indictment
against Benjamin Mulford, charged
with malicious mischief James j.
Reeves appeared for Mulford and an
nounced that Mulford desired to re-
tract his plea of not guilty and enter
plea of non vult The sentence in
this case was deferred until next
Tuesday. s5s
The Prosecutor then moved the in
dictment against Edward Moore and
Frank Ward, charged with fighting.
The defendants appeared without
counsel, and the Court requested
George Elmer to act for them.
The fighting is alleged to have oc-
CURED on the evening of February
10Th last. The scrap occurred on
Elizabeth street. The States case
was short and sweet, but entirely pos
tive Officer Betchner arrested the
men and witnessed the scrap.
Moore explained that he and Ward
were having a friendly talk when
somebody who had a grudge against
him called for the police. He had
been drinking, as he remembers, and
said that the whole of Elizabeth street
was drunk at the same time. Upon
cross-examination he admitted that
he was carrying a razor, but merely
taking it to barber to be honed up
The arguments of counsel did not
take great while and the jury re-
tired.
The State could not move any more
cases this morning, and Judge
Trenchard adjourned Court until to-
morrow morning at ten O'Clock.
Friday Morning.
After half holiday the jurors for
the May term of Court went on duty
this morning, the Criminal Courts
resuming business.
According to the slate the first case
moved was the Indictment against
George Slachter, of Millville, charged
with the illegal sale of liquor.
Slachter has been a good while a
thorn in the flesh of the Law and Or
der people of Millville. He has been
IN Court at various times, but has
managed to wriggle out of the
meshes, and business has proceeded
over in Millville along the same lines.
This morning Slachter came before
the Court looked.after by three able
lawyers, Former Judge Westcott, and
Messrs. Donges and Iredell. Judge
Westcott, of course, is directing the
defense.
The indictment contains four
counts.
Lawyer Donges wanted the Court
to strike out three of them because
they did not allege that the sale was
habitual. Judge Trenchard refused
the motion and allowed an exception.
There was some little difficulty in
obtaining satisfactory jury. The
State used eight challenges and the
defense nine.
After the opening of the case, Pros
ecutor Fithian produced Richard
Rutter as his first exhibit. Richard
is not novice as witness in these
cases, and there is suspicion that he
knows just how to obtain speak easy
beer.
Dick said he knew just where to go
on Third street to locate Slachter's 8
place, and at divers times, and under
various conditions he purchased small
quantities of beer, paying for it by the
bottle.i
The cross-examination was sharp.
A bit of it,
"You don't know this is .Slachter's
place?'
II saw him there.
''Did you ever search the records at
the Clerk Office to learn who owned
the place?'
"No sir. -
"Was it lager beer you bought"
81 don't know?''
"Well, what was it?''
II know it was beer, and that's
all"
"When you got the beer you
bought, you signed your name in a
book ordering two crates, did you
not?"
eyes, sir. -
"Then Won bought two crates and