Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1902-01-30
THURSDAY MORNING.
DIR. John G. Jones' Trial Goes Over TO
May Term of Court.

May Term of Court.
At the opening of Court this morn
ing, VIM. A. Logue, counsel for DIR.
John @. Jones, renewed his applica-
tion for the postponement of the trial
of the indictment against his client
producing affidavit of very material
witness who at this time would be
prevented from attending Court ow-
ing to illnses, also affidavit from the
attending physician Of the witness.
Prosecutor Fithian renuously op-
posed the application and stated that
as he would not be ready to move the
case before next week or week after,
that the application comes at the
wrong time, and further that he un-
derstood that the witness was not so
i'll but what she could be present at
that time. The Court said that the
defendant had put himself in legal
position to have case go over, and
that such would be the order.
jeremiah Sommers, the young Mill
vile man who had pleaded guilty to
illegal sale of liquor, was sentenced to
pay fine of $75 and costs and stand
committed in county Jail until paid.
Isaac Bergen and Ella Clark, the
colored couple guilty of assault and
battery, were permitted to go with
warning from the Court not to make
the authorities any more trouble or
they would be sent for and given
term in Jail. Sentence was suspended
in this case on the recommendation of
Mayor Hampton to the Court.
The oyster case which was started
yesterday occupied the entire morning
session. The next case to be moved
will be the one against Henry Bishop,
of Millville, for the illegal sale of
liquor.
[From Daily Pioneer >Friday.Ja M.l
1t was half-past three O'Clock yes
terday afternoon before the big oyster
case of the State against Captain
Buckaloo and others, which began
shortly after the noon recess on We'd
nesday, went to the jury All day
long the case dragged wearily on, and
so monotonous did it become at times
that many in the court room fell
asleep, even to the usually ever wide
awake constables, who occasionally
took trips to the land of nod by means
of short cat-naps
Immediately after the jury in the
oyster case retired, the Prosecutor an
nounced that he was ready to move
the trial of the indictment against
Henry Bishop of Millville, charged
with the illegal sale of liquor.
The defendant, who is a cripple,
was carried into the court room and
placed by the side of his counsel, Rex
A. Donnelly, of this city, assisted by
Austin H. Swackhammer, of Wood
bury. J. Brodie McGear acted as
stenographer and took down the testi-
mony for the benefit of the defense.
The States case, as outlined by the
Prosecutor to the jury briefly, was as
follows: Henry Bishop, who was
jointly indicted with Richard
Sprague, who has not as yet been ap-
pretended, is the keeper of the Mil
waukee club room, on High street,
Millville, and that at this club room
parties had purchased beer in less
quantities than quart, which was a
violation of the laws of the State.
The first witness sworn by the State
was George Headley, an employe of
the West Jersey Express Company, at
Millville. Witness testified to know
ing where the Milwaukee club was
and that he had been there many
times and got beer in quantities of
from one bottle to such other quantity
as he wanted
On cross examination Mr. Swack-
hammer brought out the method of
doing business at this club. Harry
Bishop, son of the defendant, keeps
bottling establishment adjoining the
club room. Parties wanting beer
signed an order ON Harry Bishop for
two cases; the order was then sent to
the old man, Henry Bishop, who
would loan the party two dollars with
which to pay for the beer. This
money would not pass to the party,
however, but would remain in the
custody of the Bishops. A punch
card to the value of 50. 40 was then
given to the party buying the beer,
who would present the same to the
keeper of the club room and get beer
by the bottle or any other quantity up
to the two cases, a punch being made
in the card for every bottle and a de-
posit OF five cents made for each
and every bottle as payment on
the loan of the So. 90. The extra forty
cents went as fee for storage and
ice to keep the beer cold.
The Prosecutor ON re-direot exami