STATE v. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO.


13 N.J. Super. 172 (1951)

80 A.2d 342

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF, v. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO., ET ALS., DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Cumberland County Court Criminal Division.

Decided April 2, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Theodore Parsons, Attorney-General (Mr. Nelson F. Stamler, Deputy Attorney-General, and Mr. Simon L. Fisch, Deputy Attorney-General, and Mr. George H. Stanger, Prosecutor of Cumberland County, appearing), attorney for the State of New Jersey.

Mr. Robert G. Howell and Messrs. Smith, James & Mathias, attorneys for the defendants, The Western Union Telegraph Co., and Charles H. Frake.

Mr. John E. Selser, attorney for the defendant Leo Link.


HORUVITZ, J.C.C.

Defendants, the Western Union Telegraph Co. (hereinafter called Western Union), Charles H. Frake, manager of the Bridgeton, New Jersey, office of the Western Union, and J.W. Donaldson, alias Leo Link, were indicted by the Cumberland County Grand Jury on June 5, 1950. Five indictments were returned by the grand jury, Nos. 5012 to 5016, inclusive, all emanating from bookmaking charges.

The general story garnered from the indictments is...

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