Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-01-10
CRIMINAL COURTS
BEGAN THURSDAY.

The Criminal Court business was
begun Thursday morning before Judge
HiIdreth.
There having been no Indictment
found against Guiseppi Lombordo,
who had put up cash bail, the Judge
signed an order for the return of the
bail money TO him.
Prosecutor Fithian moved the case
of the State against Henry Brown Tor
breaking and entering and stealing.
and forgery, at the office of the
Richard NJ More Glass 90. in Fairton
Leroy Loder was assigned to the
care of Browns defense
A jury was empaneled.
Brown is charged with breaking into
the office of the Glass Go. on Oct. 9th
last a lot of blank checks and some
pass books. He forged the name of
Foster @. Moore, treasurer. on some
of the checks, tried to pass them. and
did pass one on Mrs. Alcorn, small
shop keeper In Fairton. for $50. He
was arrested on the night of that same
day with some of the checks in his
possession, and part the money he
had from Mrs Alcorn still on him.
. Foster @. Moore was called and
stated the Office door was forced on
that day. about 80 bank checks were
torn out of their check book and
carried away. Also some workmen's
pass books. Witness said that at the
hearing Brown pleaded guilty to the
charge before the magistrate.
Raymond Vechan. E. O. Davis and
Constable Aaron Smith gave testi-
mony
Mrs. Alcorn was sworn and identi-
fed the check which she had cashed
for him he was owing her 40 cents;
the check was for $40, and she gave
him the difference.
Justice Byron Lore said the prisoner
plead guilty before him to larceny and
forgery.
With this evidence the State rested.
Brown was put on the stand in his
own defence. He denied breaking
into the office, said the door was
pened and he had been drinking and
didn't know what he did.
1.-THE case was soon over and the jury
withdrew.
The assault and battery case against
Ralph Gould was next moved by the
Prosecutor and jury empaneled.
Leroy Loder was Gouid's lawyer.
Thursday was a day inaOourt when
minor criminal cases were heard, and
in most instances resulted in conyic
tions.
Thursday afternoon Court started
off with Ralph Gould before the bar
Gould was charged with committing
an assault and battery on Clarence
Haines last October.
Haines was called toTthe stand and
said he was in company with Benny
Bates. on their way to the mission on
South Laurel street. They got in
some wrangle with Ralph Gould and
boy in the street, near the mission.
He threw beer bottle at Gould and
Gould took after him with razor and
cut him through the back of his coat
and shirt.
Bates corroborated this, and Earl
Brown. corroborated this evidence and
positively identified Gould as the one
ha
him strike at him.
When both sides had rested their
case, the jury in the Brown case.
which had entered during the arqu-
ment- returned verdict of guilty of
larceny and forgery.
The Gould jury retired and Prose.
cutor Fithian moved the case of the
State against Thomas Baker, for the
larceny of horse blankets from farmer
James Fl. Borcheis, and jury was
put in the box. Mr.. Loder defended
this case also.
The jury in the Gould case was not
out long and returned a verdict of
guilty with recommendation to the
mercy of the Court.
The defense in the case of Thomas
BAKER was made that Baker had been
given the three blankets by Theoph.
sutton. and Baker was nut on the
stand to prove this. Bakers state.
ment was that Sutton had given him
.he blankets, telling him that he had
oeen using them to sleep on but he did
not need them any longer.
There was not much force in the
defense.
Austin Williams, indicted for as
sauis and battery and carrying con.
oealed deadly weapons, was the newt
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