Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1905-10-12
Proceedings OF
CUMBERLAND court
Wedne sday, Oct. 4th.

n his aunt's at II o'clock on the day in
III question, and then went to his home
N 59S Irving avenue, and then back to
Il his aunt's at O'Clock. Then he went
u to John Sweeten's with the washing
which his aunt had done for them /;
II returned to her house at 3 O'Clock.
Was not around l. Whilden Moore's
glass house or office on that day; did
not see Mr.. Mcbride and did not get
any order cashed nor did he sign any
order with anybody's name. The lad
U told very good, straight story.
Harry D. Powell, Thomas Treen,
Valdemar Edwards, Adolph Hespelt,
all gave Green an excellent character.
Charles Warner, recalled, said that
he met Green at the Irving avenue
station about 20 minutes after o'clock
that afternoon. Green said 'Hello,
Charlie, Charlie, some one has drawn
your money
"Has there?''
eyes,
Then Green walked up the railroad a
distance with him and said, Charlie,
ii you have any trouble getting your
money, come around to my grand
mother's.''
Green was put on the stand again
and denied all of this.
Both sides rested and the summing
up followed and the case went to the
jury.
The next case moved by Prosecutor
Fithlan was the State against Morris
Gelb, in which "a pound of fesh''
makes another hubbub. Gelb was
charged with selling unwholesome
flesh. A jury was empanelled. Ros-
coe q. Ward appeared for Gelb.
The Indictment charges Mr.. Gelb. a
butcher, with selling Blanche Fern a
pound of steak on the 28th of last June
which was unwholesome.
Blanche Fern, a little girl of II
years, testified that she went to GeIb's
butcher shop and purchased pound
of Hamburg steak. She was sent for
it by her mother. She resides at 27
Spruce street.
Hannah Fern, Blanche's mother,
was sworn; saw the meat at half-past
II O'Clock: the meat was rotten and
smelt very bad; sent it back at quar-
ter past 10 O'Clock, but the butcher
sent it back again: would not ex.
change it for good meat. At night her
husband buried it.
John Fern sworn; said the meat was
honestly rotten, smelled awfully and
was unfit to eat. Took the meat to
Mr.. Bellows, of the Board of Health,
who saw the meat. Took it to Justice
Halls.
Justice S. M. Hall was sworn; he
described the meat as being "rotten, :"
and smelled so badly that he told him
to take it out of his office, he could
not stand the smell of it.
The State rested
Rev. Mr.. Generette was sworn said
he was at Gelb's place on that morn.
ing; said he got some Hamburg steak
saw the little girl there who was on
the stand (Blanche) got his meat off
the same piece that the little girl got
hers. 1t was between 8 and O'Clock.
The meat he got was all right-used it
and found it very good. His atten-
tion was called to it by the butcher
the next day, who told him that he
athe butcher)> was likely to have some
trouble about the meat. The day was
very warm when be bought the meat.
Lewis Baker was called but was not
allowed to testify to the reputation of
the place.
Jacob Beck, butcher for 45 years,
said that some meat would keep longer
than other when it came off ice; some
meat. when run through the cutter for
Hamburg steak, would be burned by
the grinders, and then it would quick.
ly ferment. In such case it might not
be fit to eat over couple of hours.
George Dare, the iceman, testified
as to keeping ice in the refrigerator.
Morris Gelb was put on the stand
and he declared the meat was good
when he sold it to the little girl that
the meat was good; it was about half
past eight in the morning; five hours
after she brought the meat back claim.
ing it was not good. He refused to
exchange it after it had been SO long
off the ice on such a hot day.
Lawyer Rex Donnelly said he was
shown the meat about 6 O'Clock; he
detected no offensive odor about it.
Health Inspector Bellows was called,
saw the meat that night; could not
call it "stinking meat" had the ar
pearance Of having been good when
sold, but was then on the border line
OF decomposition.