The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-24
COURT NEWS.

Five wholesale bottlerS OF BOonton,
indicted by the May grand jury for II
legal selling, were arraigned before
Judge Alfred Elmer Mills Wednesday
afternoon and plead not guilty They
were Dennis Bowden, John Bowden,
Charles Hagen, James Hagen and
Celia Hooker. They were held under
bonds of $500 each for trial on Monday.
The men are accused Of peddling
beer without a license.
Others who plead Wednesday were
George Reniger. larceny and embezzle-
ment, not guilty: Lewis Goldstein,
false pretenses, not guilty; Samuel
Freilund, of Dover, illegal sale of
liquor, not guilty; Nora Flanagan, OF
Chatham, and Roth Brothers, of Do
yer, same charge, not guilty Dianato
Pepa, larceny and receiving not guilty;
Lewis Orsvath, assault and battery
guilty Frank Macy, atrocious assault
and battery and carrying concealed
weapons, not guilty; John Forai,
atrocious assault and battery and
carrying concealed weapons, not
guilty Nicholas Macy, atrocious as
sault and battery, not guilty; Fred
Reimer, attempted suicide, not guilty,
but charged with living with Helen
Sockyac, guilty Helen Sockyac, liv-
ing with Reimer, guilty ; Joe Vralatz,
carrying concealed weapons, guilty !;
John Brennan, alias John Riley, lar
ceny, not guilty James Hart, robbery,
not guilty; David Slockbaum, obtain
ing money under false pretenses, not
guilty John Stewart, bigamy, guilty
Sam Pinkus, embezZlement, not
guilty; William Fitzpatrick, temp
ofary taking, not guilty.
The jury In the case of Frank Duck
worth against the Morris County
Traction Co. returned verdict of
81, 500 Tuesday for the plaintiff. Duck
worth asserted that he got on one OF
the company's cars at Dover with two
friends. The car was crowded and the
conductor did not ask for their fares
until they had alighted at their desti-
nation near the car barn. Duckworth
rendered twenty-five cent piece and
the conductor gave him ten cents
change. Asserting that he was pay
ing only for himself Duckworth
Jumped on the car and demanded ten
cents more.
He alleged that as the car was pass
ing over bridge nearby the conductor
pushed him off and that he was in
jured. Winfield Ford, the conductor,
alleged that the three men were try
ing to steal ride, and that Duck
worth fell from the car as it was 60
ing around curve, no one pushing
MIN
A mistrial was declared by Judge
Alfred Elmer Mills in the case of Paul
inc Hornecker against the Morris
County Traction Co. The declaration
asserted that an accident had occurred
at Irvington, Essex county, while the
evidence of Pauline Hornecker showed
that the accident, oyer which the suit
was brought, occurred in the town of
Union, in Union county.
In suit brought by Douglas
Wright, a meter inspector for the
Morristown Gas Light Co. for $4,000
damages against Daniel Noonan, OF
Sherman hill, resulted in non-suit.
Wright asserted that dogs belonging
to Noonan had attacked him and bit
ten him when he visited the house to
read the gas meter. Judge Alfred Ell
mer Mills held that the dogs had not
been proved vicious and consequently
NOonan could not be held responsible.
A number Of people indicted by the
last grand jury were arraigned before
Judge Alfred Elmer Mills Monday by
Prosecutor Charles A. Rathbun and
their pleas taken and several who
were arraigned recently retracted
their former pleas,
Donate Pepa retracted his former
plea of not guilty and plead guilty to
larceny; John Brennan retracted his
plea of not guilty to larceny and plead
guilty; Fred Reimer, attempted sui
eide not guilty to non vult; David
Elockbaum, obtaining money under
false pretenses, retracted his former
plea Of not guilty and plead non vult;
to a charge Of seduction Slockbaum
retracted his former plea and plead
non vult.
The RisingI Sun Brewing company.
through its attorney, former State
Senator Thomas J. Hillery, plead not
guilty to charge of illegal selling;
GAIA M. Hocker, illegal selling, non,
Vnlt; John Herman, illegal selling,
not guilty August Mosier, illegal sell
ing, non vult German Manchois club,
illegal selling, through its attorney,
David f. Barkman, plead not guilty
Patrick Tierney, retracted his form
er plea of not guilty to charge of as
EaHlt and battery and plead non vult
John Bart, charged with robbery, re-
tracted his former plea OF not guilty
and plead non vult.
Demand tor Travellers Checks.
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