Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1912-10-03
BUSY TINE IN
CRIMINAL COURTS
Active Woi ikYesterday After
noon
SEVERAL CONVICTIONS.
Prisoners Plead Guilty and There
Are a Number of Verdicts
of Guilty.

Ihere were several retractionS of
pleas in court yesterday.
Isidore Morrey retracted his plea
of not guilty to assault and battery
and pleaded guilty.
Edward Pfieffer, who had pleaded
not guilty to stealing horse, retract-
ted this plea and pleaded non-vult.
Rozell Hess retracted his plea of not
guilty to stealing Col Johnson's auto
mobile from in front of the Ham au-
tomobile garage, and pleaded non-vult.
These two last are also charged
with an attempt to break Jail and as
sault and battery on George Blew the
Jail warden.
The jury in the case of Frank Albert
returned a verdict of guilty of petty
larceny
Wilbert Clevenger was found guilty
of assault and battery on Robert Mick
whom he was charged with attacking
on the street and knocking him down
The alleged provocation was that Mick
had been paying undue attention to
Clevenger's wife, and Clevenger had
warned him to cease such attention.
This was denied by Mick.
Edward Sayre was put on trial
charged with stealing the horse of
David Kirchbaum, on South Pearl
street June 18th last A jury was
empaneled, and H. Byron Lore ap-
peared in deferAe. 1t was testified by
Mr.. Kirchbaum that on the night in
question he heard a noiseoat his stable
and going out he found Sayre had TAX
en- his horse from the stable and was
riding it out 5th avenue. When an
officer caught up with him, he jumped
off the horse and tried to escape.
The defense was that a man by the
name of Corson had given the horse
over to Sayre to take ride on. That
he did not take the-horse from the
stable, but he was drunk at the time
and didn't know what had happened.
The jury retired and in short time
returned a verdict of not guilty.
The case of Charles Pierce, indicted
for atrocious assault and battery, was
called, and jury was empaneled. He
was defended by Francis S. Mckee,
Jr. This is the man who attacked Ira
Tyler on Pine street this city a couple
months ago. 1t is remembered that
early in the evening a month or two
ago, this defendant met Tyler in COM
pany with his wife On Pine street.
They had come over from Millville,
where they all resided, on a trolley
car.
When Pierce met them he fell upon
Tyler and stabbed him in the head,
shoulder and arm. Tyler was taken to
the office of DR.. Sewall, where his cuts
were dressed. Pierce was arrested
and committed to Jail by Mayor
Hampton.
Tyler was put on the stand and de-
scribed the assault and showed to the
jury the scars of the cuts he had re-
ceived
DR.. M. S. Sewall described the cuts
he had found on Tyler.
Mrs. Bessie Tyler, sister of Chas.
Pierce, So Pine street, told of Ira Ty-
Ter and Mrs. Pierce coming to her
house, and that Mrs. Pierce had intro
duced Tyler as her brother. She went
back of them up the street when they
left her home, but she declared that
when Tyler and Pierce met she saw
Tyler kick Pierce. Then she turned
away and saw no more.
Miss Olive Dubois testified that she
was with Mrs. Tyler, but did not see
any of the strife, because she had
turned back.
The defense was that Tyler attacked
the defendant, and Pierce, who is a
spinner and weaver at the Millville
Cotton Works, had with him a small
wooden paddle, which he used on his
machine, and with this he defended
himself against Tyler's assault.
Officer Hamlyn told of the arrest OF
| Pierce, and officer Frank Bacon told
| of Pierces admission to him that he
had used a pen knife on Tyler and
, then threw it over in an adjoining
yard near where the attack occurred
The jury retired and the case oi