Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-28
BOOZE CASES in
COUNTY COURT
8 Jamesburg Men Arraigned
Before Judge Kirkpatrick
This Morning

NEW BRUNSWICK, Dec. rs
When the case Of eight Jamesburg
defendants charged with alleged
booze violations game up before
Judge John P. kirkpatrick in the
criminal court this morning, the
authorities made it known that res
olutions which were recently ADOPT
ed by the churches of Jamesbuhg,
commencing the county officials Tor
the vigorous cleanup OF moonsnln-
ers in that borough We're received
by Judge Kirkpatrick and Prosecu-
tor Stricken, also urging theHi 70
deal severely with the liquor law vlo-
lators. Deportation of aliens charged
with violation OF the laws were also
asked of the authorities in the
church resolutions.
Eight defendants from that place
indicted on liquor charges made
pleas this morning. Joseph Palla-
dino and Frank Collura charged
with maintaining nuisance places on
tered pleas of not guilty and bail of
$1,000 in each count vas fixed. Both
men-drew heavy fines on previous
occasions.
Louis Seminar pleaded guilty to
| possession of liquor on December 3,
Dall WAS lAeu dl P1yOOu anu SCiltCASO
deferred for one week. Nicholas
| Maculzo, pleaded not guilty to pos
| session and sale, bail fixed at 81, 900.
Anthony Colura, pleaded not guilty
tn possession of rum and similar bail
was set. A plea of guilty to possess
sion of liquor was made by John
Zalaski and sentence was deferred
for one week. Dominick DeVogna
| n1ao dnd nnf GUILTY. RI tho Gala IF
rum, declaring that whatever was
found in his home was for personal
consumption. Bail was fixed at
$1,000 and Samuel Hoffman was as
signed to defend him. Salvatore
Costello pleaded guilty to possession
and he will be sentenced next week.
Joseph Petrumen retracted his
plea of not guilty to the theft of
rugs from the Waltona Rug com-
pany of New Brunswick and entered
a plea of guilty to the charge. He
will be sentenced next week.
Petro Mikowicz and Agnes Dot
koff, in the county Jail for the last
month on a charge of lewdness, were
released on probation for the full
term under conditions, that they
separate.
Edward Gates made a plea OF
guilty before Judge Kirkpatrick to
an attempt of highway robbery on
November 3 and sentence vas de-
ferred for a week.
Charles jackson, colored, charged
with alleged larceny and receiving
was released from custody today, as
no bill against MIN was found by
the grand jury.
In the criminal court this morning
Prosecutor Stricken asked of the
court an open declaration in the
case of George Saso, of Port Read
ing, charged with a grave offense on
Inez Bertolami, of the same place
declaring that the parents of the de-
PENDANT and complainant refuse ia
press the charges. Judge Kirk
patrick, however, gave no declara-
ton in the case.
Michael Melmizek. eighteen years
old. of Avenel, held in the county
Jail on an alleged charge of holding
up the conductor of a trolley at the
point of a gun nea Railway, also fol
breaking and entering in a Wood.
bridge home will be released on bal
of 1900 on the application of hi.
attorney Dave Wilentz.
George H. Roeder, of Highland
Park, charged with taking a mort
gagged ear out of the state was re,
leased in $500 bail today. Other
charges against Roeder are expected
to be dropped, as friends came to hi,
aid and adjusted his financial af
fairs.