The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-08-02
Monmouth County Courts

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I Walter Hurley, proprietor Of a pool
room on Main street, Asbury Park,
recently raided by Chief of Police
H ace l.. Byram, where men were al
legged to have been found gambling,
! signed a waiver and pleaded guilty Of
maintaining a disorderly house. He
was fined SO 10 and costs.
Felix Forcony Of 311 Roebling aven-
ue, Trenton, arrested last Thursday by
! State Trooper Marshall Of Shire wsbury,
while passing thru Holmdel With a
truck on which 100 cases Of liquor were
being transported, waived Indictment
and pleaded guilty Of transporting in
~toxicating liunor. He was fined $400
and costs. Judge Lawrence also made
an oder that the liquor be destroyed.
County officials were of the opinion
that the destruction Of the wet
goods would not be burdensome
because it was limited that while it
was marked imported it had the
appearance of being made here. taken
out 10 sea and brought 10 again.
Never Cohen. who pleaded guilty Of
assaulting a MIR. EiseDburg at AsDury
Park. was fined $50 and costs.
Morris Yaffe r~etracted a plea OF
not guilty and pleaded guilty o. IL
legal possession Of liquor at BelLnar
and he was held in bail for sentence
September Z.
Jacob Goddard had previously
pleaded guilty Of the same offense
his sentence is also to be imposed
lSeptember Z, when Samuel Kutlerof
will be B ought to trial. The three
men were indicted following q reid
upon the Beluar. Bottling works by
Chief County Detective Smith and
Policeman William Lokerson OF the
BeImar force or June 5.
Felix Giordano. whose plea of
guilty OF carrying concealed weapons
was accepted two weeks ago after d
story was told that made Giordano
almost a hero and as one acting IN
self defense when he shot Tony
Mario in the leg during a quarrel
at Richmond and Summertleid ave
nues. Asbury Park on March 10,
was fined $3.50 and costs, and Mario:
who pie AIDED guilty of assault and
hattarv mon 0Giordano, was fined
S300 and costs. Both were also given
snspended sentences Of six months
lin the county Jail and they were
n.roled in custody Of Probation
Dficer Houghton for three years
and directed to pay their fines in
installments Of $50 per month
Frank Sinclop retracted a plea OF
mot ou lty of lille. al possession OF
LIQUOR al 1897 Springwood avenue,
Asbury Park. on May IA, and he was
held In bail for sentence July 80
Fines aggregating 1925 were imposed
nv .Indoe Lawrence in court at Free
hold Tuesday upon four offenders
who had pleaded guilty to the re-
snectjye charges a ainst them. Frank
Siniscalchi who had pleaded guilty
II illegal possession of liquor at 1907
S~pringwaod avenue, Asbury Park,
visited by the Asbury Park Police
on May IA, was fined $500 and
costs.
ON a motion Of Attorney Harold
McDermott. Edward Smith OF Mont.
clair was released from the county jail
where he was sentenced July l6 to 80
Idavs by Justice Of the Peace William
r Meade at Atlantic Highlands for
driving an auto while under the IN
lfuence of liquor. Justice Meade fail
ed to draw his papers correctly,
however. convicting Smith OF no
crime and the commitment paper cit
ed No term he was to serve, except
that on the back Of the commitment
papers was endorsed $50 days.
Assistant Prosecutor Quinn with
drew his application to quasn tne 10,
Idictments charging Morris Yane ana
Samuel Kutlerof OF Beimar WIN n
! legal possession OF liquor ana tnell
trial was set for July 81. The sentence
II Jacob Goddard was postponed to
that date also. The three were arrested
following a raid upon the second floor
If the Belmar Bottling works by Chief
Countv Detective Smith on June 5,
wbsna large quantity of liquor was
seized. Goddard recently pleated
guilty to the charge.
Michael PERI Of Lyndhurst, on q
plea of non vult to q charge OF as
sault on q woman child, was sentenc-
ed to the state reformatory at Kan
way. Judge Henry E. Ackerson OF Key
port, representing PERI, said that the
young woman Elvira Vespucl, botn
of Lyndhurst, had endeayored TO OBJ
tain a license at Long Branch n the
girl being under the Legal age, were re-
fused a license. They then consulted
him. he said, in an endeavor to find
some way Of being legally married.
sJudee Lawrence said that the parents
Of the girl objected to the match and
that PERI, as he was advised, brought
the girl to Long Branch and remained
there a few days with her.
Arraigned before Judge Lawrence
for trial Thursday, Tony Marrow re
tracted a plea of not guilty and plead
4 ed guilty to a charge Of assault upon
Felix Giordano at the corner Of Sum
merfield and Ridge avenues, Asbury
Park on March 10. He was. held in bail
for sentence Monday and the sentence
Of Felix Giordano, who last week was
permitted to enter a plea Of guilty Of
carrying concealed weapons, was post
poned to the same date.