Ocean County , NJ History

New Jersey Courier 13 Feb 1879

from the New Jersey Courier 3 Nov 1898

New Jersey Courier 9 Aug 1929 HELD IN $200 FOR PERJURY; DENIED PAST MARRIAGES Cora Maynor, colored, of South Toms River, who swore she was not married when she and Charles Conway of South Toms River were wed by a Justice of the Peace in that borough, was charged with perjury last Friday before recorder William R. Leary. It appeared that Cora was married twice previously. Her first husband died but the whereabouts of her second is a mystery. She was held in $200 bail for the grand jury. Effie Smith and Charles Smith, who were witnesses to the ceremony and acquainted with the previous ceremonies, and Conway the husband, were also held as witnesses.

Frank Horner, of Bridgeboro, who was committed to jail on June 15 when he failed to furnish $1,000 bail after he had been charged with bigamy, was the first called. Through his counsel, Aaron E. Burr, he entered a plea of non vult contendere. The admission of the charge practically ended the case so far as the hearing was concerned, but Mr. Burr believed that there were "extenuating circumstances," that should be made known to the Court, and he was permitted to proceed. The complainant in the case was Mrs. Horner No. 1, who was Miss Laura A. Edwards, of Delanco, and she was called to the stand. She stated that she married Horner on November 12, 1901. Her testimony showed that from the time of their union until their final separation they lived a rather strenuous life, as the final was their fourth separation. Various causes were assigned for their troubles. When she heard of her husband's second matrimonial venture, which took place at the Riverside Lutheran church on Jun