Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1903-11-19
THE CLOSING OF
7Ht COUNTY COURT
The Record Breaking October
Term at an End. Sentences
Imposed ON Prisoners.

imposed ON Prisoners.
From ''Daily Pioneer Thursday Nov 1911
Every effort is to be put forth to
wind up the criminal business of the
term to-day.
Yesterday afternoon the case against
Hiram Blizzard. charged with ille-
gally longing oysters. went to the jury
and the young man was acquitted.
Oscar Conahay, yoang man of Port
Norris, was then placed upon trial
charged with the larceny of a gold
watch and some jewelry from Walter
Sites Conahay was defended by
Samuel Iredell, of this city. and
former Judge Howard Carrow, of
Camden. The case was hard fought
one and developed into rather spicy
and raoy story.
The first witness. Walter Sites, said
last fall year ago the defendant,
Conahay, was working for him when
he missed a small tackle. He asked
Conahay if he knew anything about it
and he said he did not. Last Septem-
Der year ago he missed bis gold
watch and chain and a diamond stud
valued at $65. He did not see the
watch until last July when he saw it
in another mans possession. The
watch was brought forward and iden-
titled by Mr.. Sites and then offered
in evidence.
Upon cross examination he said he
did not see the defendant steal the
things and that he was only employed
part of the time. Conahay was en-
ployed by Sites some time after the
articles were taken. He said the shirt
stud was never found A brooch that
was missing when the other goods
were lost was found later in the
pocket of his son.
Mrs. Walter Sites was next called.
She said she lived in Port Norris.
Last fall year ago the watch and
chain. diamond stud and brooch were
kept in cash box under the bed. On
the 10th of September she was dressed
to go down town and she sent her
daughter upstairs after her watch and
4 chain. lit was then that it was dis
covered that they had been taken.
She notified the authorities but she
did not see the watch until the second
q day of July this year when Constable
n Woodruff brought it down to their
q store.
Upon cross-examination she said
she had hired Oscar Conahay to work
for her, and paid him six dollars a
week. She said she never remem-
bered telling anyone that there was
81 $125 in the box when the watch was
a stolen. She said she never wrote to
Walter Conahay nor ever inquired
where he was. When Oscar Conahay
s was working for them they were no
more familiar than was necessary and
she never went walking with him or
met him at night. On one occasion
she borrowed money of Oscar Coma
hay. After he had purchased her hus-
bands store she said that she never
gave the watch to Conahay or he
never returned it, She said she never
told Oscar Conahay that she was
afraid her husband would give the
watch to another woman. She had
often spoken to Oscar Conahay about
losing her watch.
In opening for the defense Lawyer
lredell said that this was story of a
watch that had never been stolen.
Conahay worked for Mrs. Sites two
years and she became attached to
him. While he was working there
fhe. .showered her careHes upon him
And then became jealous Of him and
gave him her watch and chain to keep
him from another woman. She told
him that she was going to account for
$he articles that were missing by put
ling the brooch in her sons pocket.
For some time she had the watch and
hahn hid in some blankets kept in
he store. Finding that she could no
pnger have the young man she
rought this charge against him.
The first witness for the defense
vas Oscar Conahay. He said he had
we'd in Port Norris twenty -one years
nd had worked for Walter Sites ten