Joseph Polnick Held for Atrocious Assault

In default of $500 bail Joseph Polnick, of 1180 Sycamore street, was committed to the county jail in Camden yesterday by Justice Thompson on a charge of atrocious assault and battery on Tony Romanio, of 309 Atlantic avenue. It is alleged that the defendant struck Romanio over the head with a crowbar and that while the complainant lay unconscious Polnick bit a piece out of his cheek.