The Penn's Grove record., 1917-05-04
COUNTY COURT VERO|CTS
Illegal Sellers of Liquors Fined.
Many Law Breakers
Sentenced

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quale, "A special officer in penns Grove
on Thanksgiving day. 1t was charged
that the defendants had been celebrating
chicken day" too freely and the officers
attempted to dispense the party while
acting in a loud and boisterous manner
on Harmony Street. During the affray
Mahza stabbed Pasquale in the back so
badly that he was in a Wilmington hos
pltal for several weeks. The defendants
declared that the officer did not show
ms badge and pulled Maliza around and
finally knocked him down. After that
Maliza pulled a knife on Pasquale. Tiles
left when he saw the knife pulled and
furr1o had no part in the affray.
The jury acquitted Ules and Furia and
convicted Maliza of assault and battery
with mercy of the court. Maliza was
sentenced to prison for not less than
tour years nor more than seven. The
Judge told him he could thank a kind
providence that he was not sentenced for
murder.
On Monday Guy Marquardt was tried
for larceny of pigs, on the complaint of
Frank u. Stable, a jailer at DUPONT plant
No. =. Stable contributed 500 for the
purchase of - pigs with the understand
ing that they We're to be kept by Mar
quardt on a small farm and fed on gar
bage from the barracks. Marquardt sold
the pigs in December to a Penns Grove
butcher and has not made any return of
the money to Stable, after which he dult
duPonts and went to Phila.. where he
was arrested.
The jury found him guilty of larceny.
He was sentenced to one month in. the
county Jail, $25 fine and costs and to
work on the county roads.
Edward r. Shaw was tried for lar
ceny of SAB which he had collected for
the Philadelphia Supply Co.'S. Store at
DUPONT Village. Shaw's defence was
that he was sandbagged at night back of
the Walker barn and robbed of the mon
ey. The jury acquitted Shaw.
GOT POTATOES FALSELY
A most interesting case was that
against Thomas Pennington, of Woods
town, charged with getting a load of
white potatoes last fall under false pre-
fences from Henry Seibert. Seibert
sold 80 baskets of potatoes to Dayton
Snelbaker for $1.25 a basket and sent
his son with them. Pennington met
young Seibert bought them of him and
paid $40 after he told Seibert he had
got the consent by telephone from his
father. Mr.. Seibert testified that he
did not tell Pennington he could have the
potatoes and was corroborated by his
wife.
Pennington on taking the stand de-
clared that when he called Seibert on the
phone he was told he could have them
for $1.40, provided the son could not
get a better price elsewhere. This Pen
nington said he told the boy and he made
no objection. Before he closed the deal
over the phone the defendant said he
consulted Henry Silverman, who was
standing at the phone and also borrow
ed the money from him. He said he
did not attempt to defraud Seibert and
the reason he could not return the po-
tatoes was because he had disposed of
them to a Mr.. Hurff.
He said Seibert told him Snelbaker
had purchased the potatoes by word of
mouth but he alleged that "word of
mouth does not go in Woodstown."
Questioned as to why he didn't allow the
boy to see if he could get better than
$1.40 he said the boy did not try.
Henry Silverman corroborated what
Pennington said about the phone con-
versation.
The jury found him guilty. He was
sentenced to one month in jail, 500
fine and cost. The Judge said that in
no case that has ever come before him
has there come to his ears so much
complaint about a defendant; that if
he were to do as some of the people had
requested he would send him to State
Prison; that stories of such deals as
he worked on Seibert are current and
also that he has beaten people out of
money justly due them.
SENTENCES
On Wednesday morning Judge Wad-
dington made the following sentences:
John Chandler, having stolen goods in
his possession, State Reformatory at
Railway.
John Fedora, assault and battery. four
months in the county Jail, $50 fine and
costs and to work on the county roads.
Troin iStrafford, larceny, one month
in the county Jail and costs.
George Doland, assault and battery,
$40 and costs.
Joseph Shells, assault and battery,
$40 and costs.
Isaac Smith, larceny, not more than
seven nor less than two years in State
Prison.
Peter Durnbush, indecent assault, two
months in the county Jail, $25 and costs.
Leon Leddon, embezzlement, four mos.
in the county Jail, 500 fine and costs.
The Court said that it understood that
the father was willing to pay such fine
as might be imposed but he did not wish
to burden the father for this offence and
what money he would contribute toward
a fine could now go TO supporting the
defendants family.
Peter Tonsone, assault and battery,
$50 and costs.
Tony Blone, assault and battery, $25
and costs.