Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1903-01-15

Harry Rice, commercial traveller,
of Vineland, Harry Haines, tobacco
salesman, of Bridgeton, Surrogate
Frank @. Bray, Steward of Aims
house BENZ. Roray, Game Warden
Fred Connor, all testified to the poor
accommodations at Mauricetown for
the travelling public and all thought
hotel, properly conducted, was
necessity for the place
Joseph Wilson, Justice of the Peace
at Mauricetown, said that he had
talked with large number of people
OF the place, and that large majority
OF them favored public house, such
as Mr.. Hendee would run. He stated
that it was first understood that Mr..
Hendee's application would not be
contested, but when it was learned
that remonstrance was being gotten
up, he was appealed to by some of the
best people of the place to prepare a
petition.
Capt. Moses Bateman, resident of
Mauricetown for the past As years;
Richard Powell, Constable Harry
Miller, Elias A. Newell and VIM
Bradway, all testified to the necessity
of public house at Mauricetown.
Tuesday Morning.
The criminal business OF the Janu-
ary term of the County Courts began
promptly at ten O'Clock this morning
before Judge Trenchard.
Before taking up any cases the
Court announced that the officers in
attendance must see to it that persons
attending Court under process should
be given seats in preference to specta-
| tors and that they should also see that
there should be no needless going out
and coming into the court room by
persons.
| In the matter of application of VIM.
G. Hendee to keep an inn and tavern
! at Mauricetown, the Court announced
| its decision to the effect that the IL
oense would not be granted.
David r. Robbins, Jr, retracted
former plea Of not guilty to two in
dictments charging him with illegal
dredging for oysters and entered pleas
through his counsel, Samuel Iredell,
of non vult The Court accepted the
pleas and imme diately imposed SEN
tence of fine of 500 in case of first in
dictment and suspended sentence on
second Indictment. The fine was
promptly paid to the Sheriff.
Horace Crane and Alvin Sooy, the
two boys indicted for maliciously
turning switch on the Central Rail-
road, both plead guilty. Sentence
was suspended in both cases and the
boys given into the custody of their
parents.
VIM. Hustled, for assault and battery
was fined $25 for the offence. The
fine was promptly paid through his
counsel, J. Ogden Burt
Chrissie Lee and Jennie Briggs,
two little girls about twelve years
old, were sent to the State Home for
! Girls for disorderly conduct.
| A panel of twenty-four jurors was
ordered drawn by the Court to return
at some future date for the trial of
the case of John Whalen against Chas.
! B. Williams, on contract. The date
was fixed later for February 9th The
| jury will also return on March ID to
| try another case.
Prosecutor then announced that he
was ready to move the trial of indict-
ment against James t"Jimmy")
Jones. charged with stealing load of
| rails.
| Jonathan Welsh. Hopewell town
ship farmer, told of having load of
cedar rails stolen some time last No
vember. He had been to Bridgeton
and when returning home passed three
colored men with a wagon load of
rails, but not thinking the rails to be
his did not notice the men closely
enough to identify them.
Edward DENLY, little colored fell
low twelve years old, said he lived on
Mr.. Welshs farm and that he saw
three colored men take the rails and
that one of the men was Jimmy
Jones.
This closed the States case and
Lawyer Charles Woodruff, counsel for
defendant, opened his side of the case
and told the jury that he would prove
an alibi, and called Joseph Jacobs, a
oolored fellow, to prove it. The case
went to the jury at 11.30.
The second case moved by Prose
cutor Fithian yesterday was that of
the State against Alfred Demby, in
dicted for assault and battery COM
mitted in December last on Charles
Clark
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