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rJ3: ilocal_Merchants Arraigned on: _ |Indictment Charging At- !Lerlipl Lu Obstruct JusticeAn echo of Hirsch Brothers’ trial before the late Judge Naar in Central Police Court a year a kip, on a charge of• short weighing a-ton.of coal, is being heard today in Mercer' Court, where Charles V, Hirsch and William C. Hirsch are being tried on an indictment for obstructing Justice. Prosecutorj Devlin represents the State, while John H, Ktffes ami former ' Prosecutor ' Crossley appear for the defendants.It is alleged that the defendants caused Herman Hatcher, who was employed by' them as a*, driver, to make, a false .affidavit in- which' -he -claimed the shortage in weight waft due to the * fact that he unloadedpart of the coal at his own home before delivering the“ supposed tmr-tn* the-; customer..r The prosecution contends that the affidavit was made hy Ha-tchervat. tire instigation of Hirsch Brothers for a consideration. ' I ■-1
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Trenton Evening Times
Trenton, New Jersey, US
Wed, Mar 08, 1916
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