Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1910-05-14
COURTS CHARGE ABOUT
ATLANTIC CITY MILD

Political leaders, hotel men and resort
promoters from Atlantic City attended
the opening session of the May term OF
the County courts. anticipating sensa-
tional arraignment from the court in
regard to Sunday liquor sales. Every
body received a surprise when the Judge
closed his brief charge with only few
| passing remarks on the liquor question.
The activity of the reform element Of
the resort, however, which recently re-
suited in the arrest of nearly every bar
keeper iii that city, coupled with an am
bguous hint from Justice Trenchard as
to the responsibility of the jury and the
conspicuous absence of the reform lead
/ ers, has led the liberals to believe the re-
formers have adopted new method of
attack, which can only be conjectured
The grand jury includes the follow
ing:
! Foreman, Isaac Bacharach, Colonel
Walter E. Edge, Edward A. Wilson, Wal
ter Reynolds, Charles 0. Marquette Theo-
dore Messenger, w. Ernest Shackelford,
Harry Mattson, Samuel Hauenstein,
Swayne Gidney, Elwood johnson, Will
lam S. Patrick, Harry Nothaker. George
[. Drip, John Pratt, William Generot-
zky, Louis Steinbricker, William Bah
cock, John Fessler, Sherman F. Bowen,
Abraham L. Murray, Beorge Biggs, Pleas
antville, John w. johnson.
: In his charge to the jury Justice
, Trenchard spoke as follows: I'VE are in
formed that evidence will be presented
tending to show the violation of gambl-
ling and excise laws. The law respect
ing these has been explained so frequent
ly to grand juries in this county that it
should be familiar to all.
Gambling in every form is crime
and all who engage in it whether as
principal or assistant and owner of the
premises are equally guilty In the case
OF slot machines, concerning which we
have been asked especially to charge, the
law is sometimes difficult to apply. Our
status makes it crime to play ON slot
machines for money or other valuable
things and it is a crime to keep such Il
machine in a place of business.
The Grand Jury in New Jersey is an
investigating body. 1t has the power to
procure evidence and enforce attendance
Of witnesses. The excise law seems to
have been broken openly in Atlantic City
and it is your duty, if such is the case
to indict every person who has violated
the statute. You should not be influence
ed by local sentiment 1t seems to the
court that what has been said is sufficient
to point out your duty. The responsi-
bility for the enforcement of the law
rests with you for the time being"
Grand Jury Work
Following is list of indictments cf
the grand jury made public before that
body adjourned until next Tuesday:
William Benson, grand larceny; Ben
iamin Marchionel, grand larceny; Walter
Risley. assault and battery; Carolton
Ray, grand larceny; Charles Ross. as
sault and battery: Nicholas Scarducio,
petit larceny; John c. Jeffries, unlawful
conversions; James Higgins, breaking
with intent; Cora Jones, petit larceny;
James Baney, grand larceny; Amos 4.
Sampson, breaking and entering; Rob
ert Z. Thompson, assault and battery;
John Burns. petit larceny and breaking
and entering Jack Kane, breaking and
entering; Robert L. Townsend, assault
and battery; John Brown, larceny and
breaking and entering; Charles Jeffer
son, grand larceny: Robert Whaley, lar
ceny.