Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-06-27
Is Under $4,000
Bail Awaiting
Sentence.
8 DAYS TRIAL
Local Steamship Agent Gays
False Testimony In Former
Case and Secured St00 from
Joseph Barka. Somerset
County Farmer.

Louis Csipo, who conducts
ket agency business at ATT State
street, was found guilty of perjury
by jury In Somerville yesterday af-
ternoon and was held in 5000 bail
to await sentence to be imposed July
z. The trial commenced Tuesday
and was continued Wednesday and
yesterday. After being out for less
than two hours, at 490 O'Clock yes
terday afternoon the jury returned
the verdict of guilty to the charge of
perjury. Joseph f. Stricken, of this
city, and Lawyer Daniel Beekman,
of SomeryIlle, represented Crfpo,
Frederick A. Pope, prosecutor of
Somerset county, who was assisted by
two associates, Judge Schanck, of
Somerv1lle, and Attorney Stephen F.
Somogyi, of this city was the counsel
for the state.
The trial which ended yesterday Is
the result of a case between Csipo
and Joseph Barka, farmer of Som
ersent county, in which the latter
claimed he was forced to pay Csipo
500 not due him because of false
testimony given by the ticket agent
before q SomerVllle court on May 6,
1912.
In July, 1908, Barka, whose farm
is in Somerset county near New
Brunswick, came to Csipo and asked
for loan of 500 The money vas
granted upon the presentation of
Hungarian document as security.
Barka claims that he returned the
800 to Csipo in February, 1909 but
that he lost the receipt given him for
the payment. In September, 1911,
Barka again came to Csipo for loan.
This time the Somerset man borrow
ed 5000. In January, 1912, Barka
paid Csipo $3bv as part payment on
the 5000 loan. 1t seems, however,
that Csipo was not satisfied with the
small payment and started suit
against Barka The suit was for
s270, Csipo claiming that Barka had
not paid more than $50 on both loans
of 500 and $500, respectively.
1t is understood that Csipo testi-
fed at hearing in somerville on
May 6, 1912 that the only money
pdlu MIN ny Dol oll DoIh iOh'iS
was $50 and that Barka owed him
s276 for principal and interest. Bar
ka testified that he had paid the
500, the first loan, but that he had
lost the receipt. The court sustained
Csipo's testimony and awarded him
a judgement In his favor for the
amount of the suit Barka was
forced to pay $340 which included
A.. 30 ha
and the court expenses.
About three months after the iudg-
men was rendered, B&rkl claims that
he found the receipt and immediate
ly took 1t to Justice of Peace G. w.
Suydam in New Brunswick. Mr.. Suy-
dam, it is claimed, did not succeed In
recovering the funds for Barka and
so he took the case to Lawyer Ste
phen f. Somogyi, of this city. Upon
Investigation, Mr.. Somogyi learned
that perjury had been committed by
Csipo, if the facts presented to him
were true. The local attorney noti-
fed the prosecutor Of Somerset coun-
ty of the alleged crime and as re-
suit, Csipo was indicted by the grand
jury in Someryille on charge Of per-
Jury. He was released on $4,000
bail furnished by Mayor Marks, OF
River, to await trial.
The trial was started Tuesday.
During the proceedings, Csipo claim
ed that the receipt presented by
Joseph Barka was given by him to
julius Barka. son of the farmer,
for a transaction which did not con-
Germ Joseph Barka, AS proof, Mayor ,
Marks, of South River, testified that
Csipo and Julius Barka appeared be-
fore him sometime In July, 1908, and
that Cslpo paid 800 to Julius Barka
after the latter gave certain Hungar-
ian documents as security.
1t seems that the jury did not ac-
cept the testimony of Mayor Marks
for after being out for less than two
hours, they returned the verdict.
Lawyer somogyi of this city who
was attorney for Barka, secured most
Of the evidence for the state