Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-16
FAVOR RECOMMENDATION OF
JURY TO GIVE PRISONERS AID
Plan Declared Way of Keeping Released Offenders
from Returning to Jails.

Court House as soon as the pos
sibility of a war with Mexico became
imminent and soon had a list of
lighters with such names as Nc
Manus, Keough, Flaherty, Bryne,
CoWen, Mcdonnell, Reilly, O'Toole
and other sons of Erin enlisted as a
lighting force.
AS soon as County Detective
Thomas p. Meyer learned of the
salary resolution. he hunted up Cream
to find out If the muster roll was
still open for recruits. Captain Pat
promptly opened 1t again and Meyer
was the first one to sign. Many others
fell in line and Captain Pat now has
company of over 100 ready to fight
for its country-provided the fighting
does not take place any further away
from the Court House than Broad
and Market streets.
D. L. Campbell, of the Fidelity
Trust Companys legal department
was examining Thomas ]. Gray, the
veteran real estate man, the other
day in an Orphans Court matter,
where some property in Orchard
street figured In the litigation.
isn't 1t true7" Mr.. Campbell asked
OF Mr.. Gray, that 1t is very hard
to sell real estate In the Orchard
Street SectionY
Yes, or In any other section"
ilashed back the veteran seller Of
land.
prosecutor Louis Hood has the con.
gestion that has marked the criminal
court calendars in this county for sew
erai years past just about cleaned up.
ana IL Is now possible for a person
charged with crime In this county to
De brought for trial within a month
or even less instead of being forced
10 wait three four and sometimes sis,
months for trial.
for persons unable to furnish bail
this meant a Jail term of some con-
slderao Die period even If they were
eventually found not guilty by the
jury that tried them. And there were
many Such cases Persons would
spend three or more months in iail
only to be freed when their cases
| came up for trial.
working In conjunction with County
Judges William p. Martin and Harry
V. Osborne, Prosecutor Hood since
the first of the year until two weeks
ago had judge from another county
| sitting as Part III of the Essex Court
OF Common Pleas and devoting his
time exclusively to the hearing of
criminal matters.
| This has resulted in the clearing
up of the criminal calendar at a min
imum cost to the county. At the
present time the grand jury hands in
! indictments found by it on every
Tuesday afternoon. On Thursday the
| persons named in the indictment are
called on to plead and the cases are
then set down for trial at dates with
in a month from the time the indict-
ment has been handed into court. In
most cases it is less than a months
time before an indicted person is
| brought to trial.
AS an example the case of Louis
MaZZucca, found guilty of manslaugh-
ter yesterday, can be cited. Mazzucca
killed Oscar Friel during a quarrel In
| Cedar Grove on April 16 last. By yes
| terday, May 15, he had been indicted
| pleaded to the Indictment stood tria
and been found guilty, all in the space
of one day less than a month.
Mazzucca, by the way, Is lucky thai
he was not called to face a murder
charge rather than one of manslaugh
ter. On the evidence as presented t
the grand jury, nothing more than al
indictment for manslaughter wal
warranted against the man.
j But when Mazzucca took the wit
ness stand in his own behalf n
frankly gave testimony that woul'
have been very damaging against hin
i had he been tried for first degree
murder, where generalization woul'
have been an element to figure with
For Mazzucca, testifying in his owl
behalf, not only admitted dealing thu
fatal blow to Friel, but also ad
mitted that he had taken time t.
think before welding the billiard cu'
with which the fatal blow was admin
Istered