The Monmouth inquirer., 1905-11-30
Monmouth County Courts

/ lTOiu Den dlAlBCiOcuiu db Long DfducD.
and OF false pretence in selling the
wheel to man at Eatontown by claim
ing the bicycle as his property, was
fined 800 and costs.
Louis Shuts was tried and aequitt-
ed on an Indictment charging him
with committing an assault and bat
terry on David Bennett in Neptune
township May %. His father, Frank
Shuts, was jointly indicted with him
but he has not yet been apprehended.
His wife, when on the witness stand
said he was in New York.
Lester White pleaded not guilty of
assault and battery on James K. Soul
thorp at Asbury Park June %. Also
not guilty of assault and battery on
Frank Marcozone Sept. 6. He was
remanded for trial Monday.
Charles Gesinger pleaded guilty of
breaking and entering a freight cal
at Matawan on Sept s, 1901. and the
larceny of four lamps and some cloth
ing from the baggage and express
room He was sentenced to Railway
reformatory.
Georgianna Bennett pleaded non
vult to committing an assault at As
bury Park and was fined the costs of
prosecution.
Michael DebalIo, a Red Bank junk
man was tried and convicted Of steal
ing brass chandelier from the rear
yard of Charles Croydon. He was
| fined S25 and costs.
Monday morning Paul Beverly.
colored. of Asbury Park, was dis
charged under a plea of non vult
I Beverly was charged with the embez
Element of 800 worth of iewelry. The
! jury had disagreed once on the case
and the prisoner was discharged on
account of i'll health.
John Clancy, of Long Branch, re-
tracted and pleaded non vult TO the
charge OF conducting a disorderly
house in Second avenue. He will
be sentenced Dec. z. John Hathaway
bondsman in $500.
Joseph r. Moore and Louis Fl.
HUM, of Long Branch. were placed
on trial for conducting a disorderly
house in Secone avenud from July 1st
to Oct 26th.
The Prosecutor in opening, said
that Charles HUM and Popo Me-
Carthy had also been indicted with
them but had not been apprehended.
Moore was represented by Thomas p
Fay, of Long Branch. and HUM was
represented by e. g. Forinan, of
Freehold.
The prosecution stated in opening
that he would show where gambling
was carried on and where expensive
paraphernalia was captured in the
raid Mr. Fay moved to quash the
Indictment but the motion was de
MED
John Clancy testified that he and
Charles HUM ran a roulette wheel.
that Louis HUM ran crap table ana
that Moore ran the Klondyke table.
He also said that they played for mon
ey and would play two or three nights
a week through the months of July
and August, the game lasting from
eight o'clock in the evening till two
o clock the next morning. He testi-
fed that sometimes there would be
thirty or forty people in the room.
G. D. Peterson, New York detec-
tive, testified that he was there and
played on the is, II, and 18th of Aug
ust, that they played for money and
that he had lost $500.
Walter Hill, colored, said that he
had been there specializing on the
crap table, and gave the positions of
Moore and the two Huhns. He testi-
fed that they had gainbled.
Wesley Edwards, eolored. testified
not been in.
Silas Nash. colored, said that he
had seen the defendants in their posi-
tions at the different tables.
William Dean, colored, testified and
favored the defendants.
b. Andely was there on the night of
the raid, he said and saw gambling.
Able Jester, colored, was also there
on the night of the raid and saw
gambling.
Frank Hendrickson and Frank
Irons said they were there and found
gambling on the night of the raid.
g. b. Rue, detective, was there on
the night of the raid and when Moore
was searched S251. so was found on him
and S16.45 on the roulette table.
Elwood Minugh, another detective,
corroborated Rue's testimony.
The state here rested the case. At
80 the defence opened their side of
the case by motion to acquit the
prisoners. Motion was denied.
Thomas johnson, of Long Branch,
testified in the defence Monday after
noon that Louis HUM was real
estate dealer in Long Branch, in con-
tradiction of the statement made by
the Prosecutor Monday morning that
gam oilHg WAS Tue sOuuS hdu OAAAg
occupation.
Carl HUM, the father of Louis HUM
testified to the young mans age
The case was rested here. Judge
Fosters instruction to the jury was
strongly against the defence. The
jury retired at 2. AS o'clock and brought
in verdict of guilty, and sentence
was deferred until Dec. 18th. Both
gave bonds in 81, 900. For State Asst
Pros. A. j. G. Stokes.
This is the house that was rRided
Aug. 20 last by officers, from the pros
ecutor's Office, when SO arrests were
made and two stage loads of men
were brought to the county Jail Sun
day morning.
The case will be taken to the high.
re courts on writ of error. Thomas
p. FAY, counsel for Moore, and E
g. Forman counsel for HUM; made
lengthy motions that the indictment
be quashed on account of alleged de-
fects.
Before Judge Foster on Monday
Paul Beverly, colored. of West Park,
retraeted his former plea of not guilty
of stealing two diinond rings from his
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