Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-01
MANY CASES
WERE HEARD.
County Court in New Brunswick
Busy Grinding Out
Justice.

Reilly, who, has been in Jail since
assaulting a ~ive-year-old girl in the
alley in the rear of the First Re-
formed church, was placed on trial
this morning before Judge Strong and
q jury. The indictment charges
oarnal abuse.
Little Helen was called as a wit.
ness, Owing to her tender age she
was not sworn, not being old enough
to appreciate the meaning of an oath.
AT first the girl, under the question
ing of prosecutor, said that she had
never seen Reilly before, but later
when the prosecutor asked her a series
of questions, answerable to a simple
yes or no., she assented to what the
State claims are the facts in the case.
H. B. Cook, counsel for the prison.
er, objected to the girl making any
statement and did not cross.examine
her. The child's mother, carrying n
baby in her aims. was present and
stood beside the girl while she testi-
fed.
Then Christine r Udolpil, aged ten
years, was called. In order to ascer-
tain if she was old enough to know
what taking an oath means the prose-
cutor asked her if she knew what
would happen to her if she told q lie.
ED be 9 to the Reform
School,, :" she promptly replied.
"Do you know where good girls go
to and where bad girls go to after
they are dead?" asked the prosecutor.
GOOD girls go to heaven, ".she re-
piled, land bad girls go down to the
devil"
"Suppose you tell things here that
are not true, where will you go after
you die," was the next question.
clown to the DEVIL" she replied.
1t was thought that she knew the
meaning of an oath and it was adj
ministered. She was present when
the assault took place and told about
it,. A.
. The trial of John Griggs, charged
with obtaining money under false
pretenses, which was set down for
yesterday, went over until a date to
be decided upon. Lawyer Cowen-
hoven stated that he had received q
visit yesterday morning for MI.
Griggs' wife and she had stated that
one of the principal witnesses for the
defense, Mr.. Allen, was burying his
wife and thai he could not come.
She had also given him q certificate,
signed by DR.. Rice, stating that
GriRgs is too i'll TO attend court. The
doctor was present ins court and said
that the indications are that his
patlent is getting the measles, in
which cnse no will not be able to
leave his home for three weeks. The
prosecutor wants q definite date set
for the case so that the county will
not be put to the expense of sever al
aijournments and go the cass went
over until Saturday, when the physic.
ian will be able to tell definitely
whether measles have developed.
Joseph NJ. Cashier, of Cranbury,
pleaded not guilty this morning to
ohstructing District Court Sergeant
alarms Clayton while he was serving
o paper. Prosecutor Berdine explained
that the man had been expe cted to
plead last week, but that he did not
appear. This morning the indictment
was not in court, but Mr.. Cowenhoven
waved all Irregularities and was
willing that his client should plead to
q statement of what the indictment
charged.
When it came to fixiRg bail the
prosecutor stated that the sergoant-at-
arms had o. to the Cashier house to
replevin q horse on proceedings
against Mrs. Cashier. There had
been some resistance, during which
the woman bit the officer and the
husband interfered with the officer.
Lawyer Cowenhoven, counsel for
the man, said that there was a qnes- !
tion of whether the woman knew that
Mr.. Cashier was an officer. 1t devel-
oped during the discussion hat the
woman was not indicted.
Mr.. Gathers did not have bail pres
emit. Mr.. CoWenhoven asked that he
be admitted on his W bail, ASSUMING |
the court that he would be response
BILE for his appearance.
The prosecutor asked Dewitt
Stryker. of Monmouth junction, if he
knew the man. Mr.. Stryker replied
that he knew him and that hs WAS re-
liable. Personal bail for $3.50 was then
accepted and no date was set for the
trial.
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