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fiUILTY, SMS JURYCoal Dealers Pace Prison Sentence an Charge of Obstructing JusticeSede;■fmc*iSt?enBim-I*tilt;4d(.FaiCihi' William C, and Charles F. Hirscli. trho'have. been on Trial before Judg-e -?VarshaU- in-' Mercet. .Court the -past four days a charge of obstfuctliig' Justice, were found guilty of the offense by the jury bite yesterday afternoon. after a deliberation of two■liours.and fifteen minutes. The crime* is a high misdemeanor for which a penal sentence of four • years and • eight months to seven years may beimposed- , .The trial was the longest and most lltterlv contested in' the. present term -of court. It was featured by-frequent clashes of counsel. Former •-'Prosecutor -William. J;. C.rossley and John H. Kafes represented the defendants, while 'prosecutor Devlin appeared for the statu. . --The charge was thefcoutcome of a case tried before Judge Naar in Ceil-tral Police Court last March, when Hlrsch Brothers were, fined $100 lor ^ /. . RlWri weighing_a__ ton 0fchnr^e at that time was m7ra*^Y^a Sealer of Weights and tires James E. ■ O'Ponovan, who al-■ leged the .‘'ton was short 1S5 pounds,.. . .'5fWn' rhp- cbrp was 'called before judge. Naar. counsel produced an af-'' '■ fidavlt. made . by Herman •Hatcher.;. the driver, of. the .-wagon. In the_arn-■ davit Hatcher swore that the.snort-:;.:age. in weight was due to the fact . .that he had'unloaded'some of.the.coah*'at his home. The late Judge.Naar,: refused to accept, the affidavit as et i-.dence and postponed the case. t*0 ■weeks in order that the- defendants ■might produce Hatcher. -.. When the .final hearing was called■ the defendants announced -that they . . were unable to locate Hatcher Upon / ‘hearing this remark Sealer of JWeights -and .Measures O’Donovan : produced .the witness. Hirscn ' -Brothers were accordingly fined.• -«• PROMISED POSITION'• As a result of their actions the de-'.-fendants were Indicted by the Grahdnrriaa3t9ocirt
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Trenton Evening Times
Trenton, New Jersey, US
Tue, Mar 14, 1916
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