Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-10
JUSTICES SCORED
BY JUDGE; THREE
NOW IN TROUBLE
Practises in Minor Courts of
City Are Severely
Condemned.

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managed to get themselves in trouble
today. One OF them, Jacob A. Kaufman,
of 81 Broome street, was the occasion
of Judge Hurr heavily scoring the
methods used by nearly all the peace
justices of the city: a second, Paul
Ludwig, who has had considerable I'M
desirable prominence in the past v a
flee and the last OF the trio. Michael
Murano, of 511 Market street, was
held in $500 bonds on charges of as
sault and battery.
Frequent complaints have been re-
ceived within the past few months of
alleged sharp practices by many JUS
tees of the peace, especially In the Inn
posing of fines and costs of court. The
victims have been poo and ignorant
people who in most cases took II for
granted that the Justices word wG<
really aw.
1t was to these that Judge Herr re
ferred when he severely criticized I'd
peace Justices methods Of carrying D
their work.
Judge Herr Scores Methods.
A charge of keeping q disorder
house. made to Justice of the Pead
Jacob A. Kaufman, against Mrs. Maj
celia Poczynch, of 97h Broome streetf
came up before Judge Herr, who pa
rolled the woman for the grand jury.
The complaint was made to Justice
Kaufman last Thursday by John Hush,
of 1873 Springfield avenue, who claimed
that his wife was living at the Broome
street house with Mrs. Poczynch and
that the latter was keeping q disorderly
house. Special officers Charles Melville
and Oscar Sweet arrested the
at her home and look her to Kaufman's
office, at 50 Broome street. There the
Justice demanded $500 bail for the de-
PENDANTS appearance In the Fourth
Precinct Court.
At this stage Peter PaIiwoda, of 554
South Twelfth street. offered to pay the
fine asked. The woman Is alleged to
have told Captain Vogel that Paliwoda
ordered her to give up the 500 he knew
she had saved, because he recently paid
the woman back that amount he had
borrowed from her. Hush, the COM
plainant, had left town and did not
appear In court this morning.
After he had heard all sides of the
case Judge Herr said: II want to have
these impositions which are being prac-
tised by the Justices m their con-
stables stopped. It Is my belief that
this woman is entirely innocent of the
crime with which she Is charged. Often
these poor ignorant people are arrested
and kept In jail for two or three days
on a charge hat is absolutely ground
less. Then they are let out If there is
a sum of money produced by the de-
PENDANT. This must stop.
Another thing 1 want understood is
that people charged with crime and
put in Jail by these justices on the
Hill must be produced for arraignment
in this court the following morning. II
this warning is not needed 1 will make
1t my business to go before the grand
jury and have them investigate this
matter. Should the grand jury do
nothing in the matter I will go in per-
son to Chief Justice Gummere. in order
that these poor people will not be i'm
posed upon"
Say Justice Persecuted Them.
Pfenninger and Holly, masons, of 20
Grove terrace, Irvington, appeared be-
fore Chief of Prosecutors Detectives
Frederick Weimer today, complaining
that they were being prosecuted by
Justice of the Peace Paul Ludwig.
According to Pfenninger's story, he
bought a load of ashes recently, paying
$3.50 for 1t. After he had paid the dill
the man who sold to him demanded
another $1.50, n when Pfenninger re-
fused to pay he had him brought be-
fore Ludwig. After arguing his case
before the justice Pfenninger realized
that he could save himself trouble and
further expense by paying out the H.bO,
and 80 he did as the justice directed
him. Ludwig, 1t is alleged. then de-
manded costs, amounting to about IS.
This Pfenninger refused to pay.
Ludwig issued a judgment against
him, and 1t is alleged that on two
successive Sunday afternoons posted
notices announcing the sale of PEN
ninger's furniture In default of pay
met of the costs. 1t is also claimed
by Pfenninger that Ludwig had an ar
ticle published in a local German pa
per announcing the sale and stating
the reasons. Pfenninger, II IL said,
called at the papers office ana the
next day the paper retracted the
statements. Ludwig then hailed Pfen-
ninger before Justice of the Peace La
Faucherie and charged him with def
amation of character. He WIS re-
leased under $1,000 bail.
| Chief Weimer directed La Baucl1erie
to send the complaint to the First
Precinct Police Court. The case will
come up before Judge Hahn tomorrow
) morning. In