The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-02
Monmouth County Courts


Jesse L. Trout a Camp, Vail sold
lier who had been in the county jail
since Feb. L.. when he stole a woInan's
handbag at Red Bank, was fined 500
and costs by Judge Lawrence We'd
Inesday and he was paroled for three
wears in custody of Probation officer
Houghton. Trout enlisted in the
army last June, he said. Camp Vail
officers refused to receive him back
in camp and dishonorably discharged
him.
On motion Of her counsel, Harold
McDermott, Edna Poole, colored, OF
Asbury Park, was released and her
conviction of lewdness was set aside
by the court. Lucy Callahan, con
victed with Miss Poole, was given
a suspended sentence to the state
reformatory at Clinton on condition
that she leave the county within a
week. A degenerate negro who
caused the arrest and conviction OF
the two women was recently sem
fenced to the reformatory at Rah-
way.
Roger Allison, a painter of Red Bank,
was before Judge Lawrence Friday. ALI
son pleaded guilty Of stealinga diam
ond ring valued at $500 from O.. X. Eng
|lish, at Red Bank, on March %.
Joseph Loicone, in whose cellar at
Long Branch police on Wednesday
discovered a quantity OF liquor and
mash and a large still in operation.
pleaded guilty of illegal possession
Of intoxicants and a still and he was
fined $l75 and costs. Appearing in be-
half of Loicone, COUNSEL r John
Giordano said that his client had not
sold any LIQUOR. Before imposing
sentence Judge Lawrence had a clerk
in the prosecutors office get a report
on the case from the Long Branch
police and the report came back
that there had been no complaint
against Loicone and that the seizure
was made by the county officer who
searched the house ION a tip" for
stolen goods.
Sylvester Graziano and Michae
Hercelli, Neptune township Itallans
who were brought into court a week
previous for violation of The parole
when township officers discovered
|liauor in their home were fined,
Graviano $50 and Percelli $50 and
three months was added to their per-
iod of probation.
Tony Bruno of Long Branch was
found guilty by two juries before
Judge Lawrence Tuesday of commit
ting a criminal assault upon Teresa
VanNote II, of Red Bank, the night
of September %, in a wood at West
Long Branch, and of attempted Grim
inal assault upon Margaret Kingsbury,
also of Red Bank at the same times
and place. Two other youths, Joseph
n.,~nwNE TToIaA af 49, TQrnraH o.1
Joseph Palino OF Flushing, L. L.,
were convicted early in February of
a~ssaulting the VanNote girl and they
were sentenced Feb. 10 Walsh to state
prison for two to 80 years and Palino
to the reformatory at Railway. Bru-
no will be arraigned for sentence
April 8. Both juries Wednesday re-
turned their verdicts after court had
adjourned the first jury being out
nearly four hours. At the time of
the crime the three youths had vol
unteered to take the two girls from a
wedding dance at Long Branch to their
homes at L ng Branch In an automo-
bile.
Albert Perrine 10, of Tennent road
and Edward Yonkowsky, of Freehold,
pleaded guilty of stealing Miss Eliz-
abeth Woodward's automobile from
In front of her home on East Main
street Freehold Saturday night and
driving to Red Bank, where they were
arrested. They were sentenced to two
months in the county jail, to be put
out to work each day and returned to
jail at night.
Reginald Hulsart, "a years, of Mat
avian, father of four children, waiv-
ed ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS guilty Of forg-
ing two checks. drawn on a Brooklyn
bank, and he was remanded for sem
tence Thursday. Hulsart was arrest
ed last week after be had bee en-
ployed as salesman by the VanSyckle
Dodge agency at Red Bank less than a
week. Judge Lawrence directed Pro-
baton Officer Houghton Officer
Houghton to investigate Hulsart's past
recored before he imposed sentence.
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