Klan parade at New Egypt, 1924
from the New Egypt Press 18 Sep 1924
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Trial of Charles Bennett, 1903
New Jersey Courier 17 Sep 1903 The trial of CHARLES BENNETT, of Tuckerton, for the murder of MRS. MARY A . DARBY on the morning of Christmas Day, was begun before Justice BENNETT VAN SYCKEL at ten o'clock Monday morning. For the state, Prosecutor BROWN was aided by I.W. CARMICHAEL of Toms River, EDMUND WILSON of Red Bank, and SAMUEL A. PATTERSON of Asbury Park defending Bennett. It took but an hour and fifteen minutes to secure a jury, the defence exhausting its twenty peremptory challenges for cause being allowed the defence by the court, and the State using seven challenges. The jury consists of : J. WESLEY BREWER, electrician, Lakewood WALTER C. HYDE, carpenter, Lakewood WILLIAM T. GIBERSON, lumber dealer, Toms River PETER Y. VEEDER, farmer, Bayville CHARLES WILLIAMS, farmer, Forked River SAMUEL BROCKWAY, farmer, Bayville GEORGE W. ANDERSON, laborer, Point Pleasant CLARENCE HARDY, undertaker, Point Pleasant CHARLES STOUT, farmer, Cedar Creek JOHN W. WHITE, mason, Whit