The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-06-24
Monmouth County Courts

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Ralph Spino Of Asbury Park obtained
a judgment for $500 from q jury be-
fore Judge Frank b. Jess Thursday OF
last week in his suit for SO. 500 against
Fritz Ortman, John AIberts, Mrs. Mary
Cook and her son Harold, Of Wal
township.
Attorney Charles E. Cook Of As
bury Park, representing the defen-
dants, succeeded in convincing the
jury that Mrs. Cook was in no way
responsible. and in their verdict the
jurors eliminated her from the judg-
ment, leaving the $500 against the
three men.
Thursdays trial grew from an
alleged theft said to have been com
mitted by the defendants in October,
1924. Spino alleged that the quartet
went to property he had just pur-
chased in Wall township tore down
buildings, carried away lumber and
other material, and used them in re-
pairing Mrs Cooks home.
Spino. represented by Attorney
James Mercer Davis, testified that
in January, 1924, he had caused the
arrest of the four, and that Ortman,
Alberts and Cook subsequently
pleaded guilty to a charge of lar
ceny, and were fined $40 and costs.
The three were released on proba-
ton, Spino said. Mrs. Cook were re-
leased. but her case did not come to
trial.
Witnesses were called Thursday to
fix the value of property alleged to
have been stolen, and it's value was
stated at 81 ,78O.
Constable Edward Remsen of Wall
township and Edward Hankinson, a
detective, testifi I'd that they visited
the Cook home after the lumber had
disappeared from Spino's property.
and found lumber and other ma
terials which Spino identified as
those stolen from his Promises. They
, said conf essions were secured from
Ortman, Alberts and Cook, and that
in their confessions the trio admitted
that some Of the stolen property had
been ueed in repairing the Cook
home.
Counselor Cook produced witnesses
to show that the buildings were in a
! dilapidated condition and needed re-
/ pairing and that one had fallen to
( the ground. He argued that the prop
lerty stolen did not exceed $3.50 III
value, and that because Mrs. Cans
had never been convicted. and 49,,
other three had paid fines for theme
I Tense, Mrs Cook should not btsaxs
Guided as defendant es,s,,ss
sR'AssdHR esillo an5sT heodofe YeSa s.;
AsDafrs ark, were t0Isnd gpilty8f nlafl-
daughter by jury before Judge Jacob
Steinbach Thursday for causing the
death of Lance fisherman, an aged resi-
dent OF the Truck poor farm at Wayside.
Oct. 10 last in an automobile accident.
The men, who are at liberty under bail
bonds, were arraigned for sent ence
Tuesday.
Petillo was driving a car that was tow :
ing car occupied by Vona when the
towed car swung to the side of the road
and hit fisherman, killing him al
most instantly. The two men climbed
from their cars, pulled the body to one
side, climbed in their cars and drove
off.
The accident was witnessed, however,
by Alice Crossman, IA years, who noted
the license number on one of the cars
and Petillo and Vona were arrested. At
the trial the Crossman girl proved the
most valuable witness for the state, tell
ing her story in straightforward way
aud clingIng to her story in detail despite
the efforts of former Congressman Eli
mer n. Geran counsel for the defen-
ants, to shake her testimony.
Petillo and Vona testified that their
cars did not hit the man but that they
stopped when they saw the body lying
at the side Of the road and pulled it fur
ther from the travelled path.
Assistant Prosecutor Langdon K.
M ,,vrip woV0roconfaJ tba e+or< ~ ~, =, k,.-l
Joe Pinentoore of Long Branch, ar
rested at Deal on Monday while carting
case OF liquor inhis Buick coupe car.
was arraigued by Chief County Detec-
tive Smith before Judge Steinbaoh at
Freehold Monday on charge of ille-
gal transportation of liquor. Pinentore
pleaded guilty and Judge Steinbach
fined him 800 and costs and ordered
the liquor destroyed and the car sold
and the proceeds turned in to the
county treasury.
Frank Finkle 1875 Layton avenue,
Red Bank, was found guilty by jury
before Judge Steinbach at Freehold
Tuesday of atrocious assault and bat
terry upon Otto Klingenbiel, March 26
last. Klingenbiel said that he went to
Finkle's home the night of March 26
to deliver book he had borrowed
from Finkle. He knocked twice on
the door, he said, and someone shot
thru the door, several shots entering
his leg. Kingenbiel said that he was
confined to the Long Branch hospital
four weeks by his injuries.
Moses Evans, Long Branch baker,
was given a mo cause for action" YER
dict by jury before Circuit court
Judge Frank B. Jess Tuesday in his
suit against Miss Jeanette Budenbender
of Woodbridge for damages done his
delivery auto early the morning of June
81 last when car driven by Miss Bu-
denbender crashed into and wrecked
the delivery car Mr.. Evans was rep
resented by Thomas p. Fay and the
defendant by James B. Furber of Lin
den
Frank Lipshitz, held in jail in Free
hold upon charges OF brutally beating
and criminally assaulting 13-year-old
Rose Tarabash at Perrineville, May 30,
was declared insane in report made to
Prosecutor John Quinn by DR.. Henry
l.. Cotton Of the state hospital at Tren-