Bridgeton pioneer., 1902-05-29

Brldgeton and placed in the county
jail, after which he suddenly became
mute and has maintained this silence
throughout. The jury retired shortly
before five O'Clock
On motion of Lawyer Louis Miller
the trial of indictment against Charles
fayne, OF Millville, for assault and
battery, found at the January term,
was allowed to go over until next
term owing to illness of :. Mrs. Payne,
material witness.
The jury in the case of State against
Martin V. Chapman returned YER
dict OF guilty shortly before five
o'clock and Court then adjourned for
the day.
1t was about quarter past six O clock
last evening when the jury in the case
OF State against Daniel Q. Jones, re-
turned verdict of guilty of receiving
stolen goods.
The first business in Court this
morning was the sentencing of Ex-
Justice of the Peace Joel E. Pierce
who had been convicted for the
illegal sale of liquor. In imposing
the sentence the Court reminded the
prisoner that it could not slook upon
this conviction the same as some
other first offenses, as he had been an
officer of the law and the violation of
criminal laws by persons in such
positions cannot go by unnoticed
The sentence was that he stand
confined to the county Jail for a
period of three months and pay fine
of $50.
Mr.. Logue appeared in Court and
renewed his application for the fur
ther postponement of the trial of the
case OF the State against DIR. John @.
Jones, upon afidavits as to the alb
sence of material witness, Mrs.
Mead, who is visiting somewhere in
Canada.
The Court was loath to grant fur
ther postponement. "This is the
fourth application for postponement, )"
said the Court, land we are approach
ing the time when the Court would
be justified in letting the case go to
trial without this witness. f"
The case was finally set for trial on
TUESDAY, June 10Th, at which time
the panel of jurors will return.
I II
he was ready to move the case against
Luther J. Kiger, indicted for en-
bezzlement. The young man was
brought in from the Jail, and being
without counsl, Surrogate Frank G.
Bray was appointed by the Court to
look after his interests. After a con-
sultation of a few moments Mr.. Bray
said that from the few words already
had with the defendant it looked to
him as though he had good defense
and asked the indulgence of the Court
for sufficient time to better acquaint
himself with the facts.
The Prosecutor attempted to move
the case against William Mick for
perjury, but witnesses not having ar
rived, was unable to do so. This
hung business up for time, as these
are the only indictments remaining
for trial.
Shortly after eleven O'Clock the
Kiger case proceeded. The States
outline of the case was that the de-
fendant, who had been in the employ
of the New Jersey Building, Loan
and Investment Company, had sold
ten shares of stock to Mr.. Evan Loper.
of Bacon's Neck, for which Mr..
Loper had paid one years dues,
amounting to $112. oS, in advance, and
for which sale the defendant had re-
turned but one months dues, $40. to
the company, retaining the balance
for his own use. This occurred last
! September, and the defendant was not
apprenheded until in January of this
year, when he was captured by
Sheriff Hendee in Atlantic City.
lrrou Dally floneers friday, May 2S
In the embezzlement case yester-
day, of the State against Luther j.
Kiger, Mr.. Evan tLoper, of Bacon s
Neck, was called and detailed the
purchase of the ten shares of stock of
the New Jersey Building, Loan and
Investment Company from the defen-
dant, for whiohshe gave his check for
$3.50 less the 6 per cent inducement
offered him on the purchase. Suisse
quently he had knowledge from the
company that only $40 had been sent
in.
Mr.. Bradford Leonard, of Trenton,
was called to testify to the fact that
the money had never been received by
the company. He was employed at
the time as General Agent. for the In
vestment Company.