The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-12-09
Monmouth County Courts.

CnarleS BREASTED Oh Lakewood, ar
raigned before Judge Jacob Steinbach,
ir., entering and robbery from the
Jacob Epworth home in Wall township
Nov. %, 1925 and he was held in bail
bond for trial Dec. II.
John Anderson, Is. and Harry Dav-
is, 10, of Red Bank, retracted pleas
OF not guilty and pleaded guilty Of
four charges Of stealing automobiles
at Red Bank last spring and they were
held for sentence
Percy Sickles, IL and John Gelt,
10 OF Keyport, pleaded guilty of
breaking and entering the" store Of
Adam Huylar on Aug. Q and stealing
rifles. revolver and ammunition, and
they, too were held for sentence. Judge
Steinbaeh saying that he wanted com
plete record before imposing sentence.
Stanley Freeman, 18, of New York.
pleaded guilty of breaking and eIitsr-
ing the store of Manual Oaks at
Highlands Aug. IS The youth said
that he came down from New York
on the Mandalay and losing his boat
back home, broke into the store to
get warm. He was paroled for is
months 10 custody Of Probation Of
ficer Honghton.
Harold Beers, II, and Donald
Smith, IA, Of Keyport, who were al
ready on probation for other troubles
they got into : few months ago,
pleaded guilty of taking an automo-
bile from in front of church last
Sunday night and taking joy ride.
The Smith boy was committed to the
State Home for Boys and Beers was
held for sentence.
A jury before G rcuit Judge Ruff v.
Lawrence Monday of last week re-
turned q verdict Of 1850 ia favor OF
DIR. Harrison B. Duncan, a Freehold
dentist and against William McNiece of
Lakewood, the Judgment representing
damages assessed by the jury for
losses sustained by DR.. Duncan June
~ last when. it was alleged. McNiece
collided with car driven bv DIR
Duncan1on the Seaside Park Point
s Pleasant road DR. Duncan claimed
that McNiece drove to the left side
of the road and knocked his car into
the ditch at the roadside iniuring
him 50 that he was unable to prae-
/ tlce his protest. nTfor two and huff
weeks.
McNiece said that he did not see
DR.. Duncan's car until after the cars
hit and Harold McDernott, repre-
senting DR.. Duncan, and NJ Caswall
Henine. representing McNiece. agreed
that II the jury shoHldAAnd MeAiece
liable for the collision that the dam
ages to DIR. Duncan car should be Jas
sessed at $3.50.
Another Jury returned q JUDGMENT
for 81. 5000 in favor of Miss Gertrude
Russell and against Charles Levin
sohn for alleged eviction from an
apartment at 527 Goodman avenue,
Asbury Park Miss Russell repre-
i scented by Harry r. Cooper Of Belmar,
said that she occupied the apartment
las beauty parlor in 1926 and took a
Ilease on the apartment for 1925, but
when she found the apartment had
been leased to another tenant and Mr..
ILevinsohD called an officer to evict her
and she was forced to seek employment
lat Steinbach's Mr.. Levinsohn, repre-
|sented by William E. Andrew, said he
had not leased the premises to Miss
Russell and called police officer to
| testify that she was not eviofed from
premises.k
Percy Sirkles, Is. who last week
pleaded guilty Of breaking and entering
Adam Huylar's store at Report and
stealing rife, revolver and q shotgun
and quantity of ammunition, was
paroled for two years in custody of
Probation Officer Houghton Monday
by Judge Jacob Steinbach jr., who di
rected that the Youth reimburse Mr.
Huylar for his losses 1t had been sta
ted that most the goods taken had been
returned. John Goelst, IS, who was
implicated with Sickles in the theft, was
committed to the custody of the state
board Of childen's guardians, his parents
being dead. Edward w. Wise, Red |
Bank, lawyer, who was appointed by
the court to look after the boys in
terests, presented letters from Rufus
O. Walling, William jackson and JUS
tice of the Peace Charles A. Spielman,
asking the court to deal lenienty with the
youthful offenders.
John Anderson, 1S, and Harry Davis,
10, of Red Bank, who last week pleaded
guilty to four indictments charging
them with the theft Of four cars at Red
Bank last summer was sentenced to the
state reformatory at Railway. The boys
were suspected Of other thefts OF auto
mobiles which, In each instance, were
abandoned after they took a JOY ride
in them.
Harold Beers, II, of Keyport, who,
with Donald Smith last week pleaded
guilty Of stealing an automobile from in
front of q Keyport church the Sunday
night previous, was continued under
parole sentence deferred under parole
and sentence deferred until Jan. Z. The
Smith boy, who IA years old, and the
Beers boy were before the court some
months agoon like charges and sent
Smith to the state home for boys at
Jamesburg.
Three New York bows David
Grouse, Albert Cavanagh and Walter
Sullivan, who last week pleaded guilty
Of breaking into store at Atlantic
Highlands last August, were arraignsd |
for sentence. Judge Steinbach having I
secured records Of each. Grouse and |
Sullivan we're paroled for two years and |
ordered returned toa protectorate in |
| New York city and Cavanagh was COM |