Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-27

who stood trial for this ofrense DUR
ing the year were freed after trial
In 108 instances statutory offenses
were charged against persons ar
rested and their cases taken to the
upper courts for trial. OF the 10S
cases SO resulted in convictions and
10 in acquittals, a showing that is
considered very fine by the county
officials. There were only two cases
of manslaughter brought to trial dur
ing the year, both resulting in ac-
quittals.
The longest trials during the year
were those of George E. Mausert. OF
the Hotel Broad, and the trial for
murder of Angelo Ceceriello, each OF
which occupied eight full court days
THE Harrington trial took five days.
as did the trial of Loponio and the
first trial of Antonio Fiore. Flores
second trial occupied four days. The
most unsatisfactory case to the
judges and the prosecutor was the
trial of Antonio Del Bagno, charged
with embezzlement from a wholesale
grocery firm. This trial lasted six
days in the early part of last June
at a time when the judges were try
ing to rush things to clear out the
county jail for the summer months
and resulted in disagreement. Tt
has not yet been brought to trial for
second time. The CALLING thing about
this case Is that the embezzlement
involved is more a matter of book
keeping than anything else, and the
case is rather one for settlement in
the civil than in the criminal courts
Taken as a whole the showing
made by the county judges and the
prosecutors office during the year
Just closing in disposing of over 300
cases is a very good record, especial
~ when it is taken into consideration
that the two judges, in addition to
the criminal work. have a vast
amount of other work connected with
Orphans Court, liability act, wild
ows' pension act, lunacy matters and
other matters that arise in the
Court of Common Pleas, of which
the Quarter Sessions and Special SEES
sions' Courts, where the criminal
cases are handled, are part.
Prosecutor Hood, however, is Far
from being satisfied, and is using
every effort in his power to expedite
matters and to relieve the crowded
condition of the county jail The
bringing into the county of tempo
rary Judges from other counties is
going to help the situation lot, but
there is no real relief or permanent
relief in sight until legislation Is OBJ
tanned that will provide third judge
of the Court OF Common Pleas for
Essex county.
The county is growing so rapidly
that the need is an urgent matter,
and 1t is one that will be undoubtedly
brought to the attention of the Legis-
lature soon after the opening of the
session on January Is next. If the
Legislature should grant third
Judge to Essex county the next propo-
sition will be to find room for MIN
at the Court House. That building is
so badly crowded at present that the
Board of Freeholders are at loss
how to provide quarters for a tenn
porary judge much less a permannt
one.
But unless Essex county wants to
continue having 1t necessary for
prisoners to remain in jail from SIX
weeks to two months, or even longer,
awaiting trial, some plan will have 10
be devised to provide room for third
county judge. The need is so Inn
perative that both the third Judge
and court room must be provided,
the Judge by the State Legislature
and the room by the County Board
of Freeholders.