The Penn's Grove record., 1919-04-18
Spring Term Of Court
Large Civil List. One Murder
Case and Twenty-eigh
Other True Bills

The April term of the Salem County
Court opened on Tuesday morning,
and it promises to be a very busy
term. There was a large attendance
from all parts of the county and many
out of town lawyers were present.
Judge Black presided with. Associ-
ate Judges Carrow and Washington
also on the bench
Harry P. Gray, Director of the
Board of .Freeholders was chosen
foreman of the Grand Jury.
In his charge to the Grand Jury,
Judge Black said there was only one
matter he desired to refer to espec-
tally and that was the case of muir
der at Penns Grove on February Sec
ond last He said that l.. H. Butler,
colored, was killed by being shot with
a revolver and that the evidence that
the Prosecutor would present was so
clear that there would be no doubt of
an Indictment being found. Although
he mentioned no other cases, His
Honor called the attention of the jur-
ors to the fact that it was their duty
to consider matters that need investi-
cation, Notwithstanding that the State
would not bring them up for review.
The Judge asked that the murder
case be considered first so that if an
Indictment was found a return could
be made and the defendant or defend
ants arraigned before the Court as
thus constituted and a day set for the
trial
The Grand Jury Immediately be-
gan its investigation and soon reach
cd lnaicfon HYadinn. InHiofpo orfs
against James Samuel Ashton for
uel Hamline, James Savage and Her
man Bass for the same offense.
There was also an indictment found
named arkansas but these men
have not as yet been apprehended.
Judge Black set Tuesday, May 9th,
as the date for the trial and assigned
Attorney w. A, w. Grier to represent
Aston and Attorney T. G. billiard to
represent Hamline and Bass. Attor-
ney F. Newlin will appear for Savage.
The Grand Jury arose from its la
bors on Wednesday and reported %
true bills of indictment. There were
Sc cases considered.
Among theatrue bills returned were
two against Edward P. Griffith, of
Penns Grove, n for obstructing JUS
tice and the other for carrying con-
cealed deadly weapons. Griffith is
the ex-special officer who is charged
with taking 500 from Paul Sabatelli
on the guarantee that he would not
appear before the Grand Jury to tes-
tify against him for selling liquor il
legally. Sabatelli paid Griffith at
three different times and had witness
es to the transactions, the last time
the witnesses being the officers who
performed the arrest.
Defendants against whom true bills
had been found and who entered pleas
before the Court follow:
Myrtle Smith, illegal sale of intoX-
icating liquor, not guilty.
Edward P. Griffith, ~obstructing JUS
tice, not guilty.
Edward P. Griffith, carrying con-
cealed weapon, guilty.
William Broxton, John Peterson and
James E. jackson, breaking with in
tent to steal, not guilty.
Frank S. Magill, cruelty to animals,
not guilty.
Mamie Mans, disorderly house, not
guilty.
Alex Stewart, breaking with intent
ETC., not guilty.
Austin Curriden and Alex Steward,
breaking with intent, etc., net guilty.
Dement'S Bradbeer, carnal abuse,
not guilty.
Other true bill were:
Frank Valeriani, illegal sale of
liquor.
Giro Maguishi, illegal sale of liquor.
Daniel Gale, larcency, etc.
Paul Sabatelli, illegal sale of liquor.
Abraham Braspis and Joseph Viii
Gus, assault and battery.
Abram Shaffrau, bribery.
Gertrude johnson, forgery.
Charles ]. Hoffman, obtaining mon
ey under false ~pretense.
Michael Howcher, illegal sale OF in
to~xicating liquor.
Frank Fuini, canal abuse
Lena Fortner, larceny, etc.
cambridge Dobbins, forgery.
Howard C. Riley, assault and bait
try.
The petit jurors were discharged UNI
til Monday, today being Good Friday.
w. H. Moore, of Centreton and W.
D.. Acton, of Pennsville; filed appli-
cations for renewal of their respective
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