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Benjamin Dzick

Kaighn's Point Ferry and trolley, early 1900s
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Kaighn Avenue

One of Camden's major east-west streets, running from Kaighn's Point at the Delaware River east to Admiral Wilson Boulevard and the Airport Circle in Pennsauken, with block-by-block address histories from the 1860s through the early 2000s.

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Overcast residential street with bare trees, a blue Merriel street sign at the left, and three parked cars along the right curb
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35th Street

35th Street runs from the Delaware River south to River Avenue, then resumes east of the Pavonia railroad switching yard and again beyond Westfield Avenue, reaching Federal Street and continuing three blocks to Highland Avenue at the Pennsauken border. It is North 35th Street above Federal and South 35th below.

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Courier-Post clipping headed "Mona Plea Is Changed To Non Vult" about Anthony Mona's plea, December 1, 1957
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Mona Plea Is Changed To Non Vult

Camden Courier-Post, December 1, 1957: Anthony Mona, 38, of 4th Street near Atlantic Avenue, changed his plea to non vult on nine indictments for breaking and entering and larceny; Judge Martino set sentencing for Dec. 19 and continued his $50,000 bail.

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Clipping "Jury Action Set Today in Fraud Trial," Camden Courier-Post, May 15, 1957
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Jury Action Set Today in Fraud Trial

The embezzlement trial of Camden attorney Charles F. Murray was expected to reach a jury, after testimony from his former secretary Mrs. Bernice Brown of 614 South 3rd Street.

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Newspaper clipping: Dzick Frees 2 In Row Over Car Mishap, Camden Courier-Post, February 4, 1956
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Dzick Frees 2 In Row Over Car Mishap

Municipal Judge Benjamin Dzick discharged Nicholas Persiano and Anthony Mona after Persiano recanted his charges over a crash into the Dial Shoe Store window at 1152 Broadway; police had called the case a "quarrel among thieves."

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City Court Scene: Seven Violate Trucker Rule On Boulevard, Courier-Post, February 2, 1956
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Seven Violate Trucker Rule On Boulevard

Four truck drivers were fined in Camden Municipal Court for failing to keep right on Admiral Wilson Boulevard, three forfeited security, and two Camden men, one of 20th Street near Pierce Avenue, were fined for drunken driving.

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Newspaper clipping, February 4, 1955 — William Edwards, 30, of 123 N. 26th Street, fined on a disorderly conduct charge
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William Edwards Fined

William Edwards, 30, of 123 N. 26th Street, was fined $50 plus $4.50 costs on a disorderly conduct charge preferred by Jesse Keller, proprietor of the Bismarck Cafe, and was warned by Judge Dzick.

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Courier-Post article Tipsy Driver Jailed, Others Will Follow, January 4, 1955
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Tipsy Driver Jailed, Others Will Follow

Camden Courier-Post, January 4, 1955: Municipal Judge Benjamin Dzick jails a drunken driver for 30 days and announces that all drivers found guilty of drunken driving will be jailed.

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Newspaper clipping: a judge makes a passenger pay a cab driver his $3.95 fare plus a $1.05 tip.
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Cab Driver Gets His Tip

Judge Benjamin Dzick ordered a passenger who refused a $3.95 cab fare to pay driver James Garber of 26 South 35th Street $5 — the fare plus the $1.05 tip — before he was released.

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Newspaper clipping "Three Men Held Without Bail in Tavern Holdup," Camden Courier-Post, Jan. 12, 1953.
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Three Men Held Without Bail in Tavern Holdup

Three men arrested in Atlantic City in the $2000 holdup of Lynch's Cafe at 3rd and Erie Streets were held without bail by Judge Dzick; the getaway car had been recovered on 7th Street between Liberty Street and Kaighn Avenue.

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Courier-Post clipping: Man Held for Jury On Forgery Charge, January 12, 1953
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Man Held for Jury On Forgery Charge

Joseph S. Parker, 28, of Pine Street near 2nd, was held without bail for grand jury action on two counts of forgery after Detective Harry Kyler accused him of passing a $65 check and a $91 check.

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124 North 32nd Street, shooting, 1952
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E. Camden Woman Shoots Husband; Son, 15, Escapes

Mrs. George Beitzel of 124 North 32nd Street shot her husband, a Pennsylvania Railroad policeman, in the arm and fired at their 15-year-old son, who ducked and escaped. Judge Benjamin Dzick refused her guilty plea and held her for the grand jury.

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Camden Courier-Post clipping, May 12, 1952: Camden soldier fined in car theft case
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Camden Soldier Fined, Car Theft Charged

Cpl. James Snyder, 20, of 293 Kaighn Avenue, stationed at Walter Reed Hospital, was fined $200 by Judge Dzick after pleading guilty to possession of a car owned by Louis Miller of 1002 Haddon Avenue, though he claimed he did not steal it.

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Memory of Cop Traps Suspect In '47 Holdup, Camden Courier-Post, November 6, 1951
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Memory of Cop Traps Suspect In '47 Holdup

Patrolman Joseph Carpenter recognized Robert Bailey, 49, of 236 Kaighn avenue, sought since 1947 on a robbery indictment; Municipal Judge Dzick held Bailey without bail for the grand jury.

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Hearing Delayed In Permit Case - Camden Courier-Post, December 30, 1950
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Hearing Delayed In Permit Case

Municipal Judge Benjamin Dzick continued until Jan. 19 the hearing of Jess Garwood, a National Plumbing & Heating Co. foreman arrested by Camden fire marshal inspector Walter Fredericks for installing an oil burner without a permit at the new Dow Chemical Co. building at 4th and Market streets.

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Newspaper clipping: Merchant Fined After Dice Raid
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Merchant Fined After Dice Raid

Elmer Parker, proprietor of a luncheonette and cigar store at 18 Market Street, was fined $100 by Municipal Court Judge Dzick on gambling charges after detectives broke up a dice game in the rear of the store.

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Newspaper clipping headlined "Proprietor Fined For Short Weight", Camden Courier-Post, November 29, 1950
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Proprietor Fined For Short Weight

Phillip Livecchi, proprietor of a store at 423 South Third Street, was fined $25 in Camden municipal court on a short-weight charge brought by a state bureau of weights and measures inspector.

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Courier-Post clipping, "Man Held for Jury In Firing of Shot," about a shooting at 211 Berkley Street, May 23, 1950.
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Man Held for Jury In Firing of Shot

Albert Wallace of 316 South Third Street was held for grand jury action in Camden municipal court, charged with firing a shot through the door of a friend's home on Berkley Street.

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Courier-Post clipping, "3 in Assembly Race Plan Tour Tonight," on three Democratic Assembly nominees' rallies, October 26, 1936
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3 in Assembly Race Plan Tour Tonight

Democratic Assembly nominees Henry Lodge, Bartholomew Sheehan and Harry Roye were to speak at Roosevelt rallies in Magnolia and Camden's First and Ninth wards on October 26, 1936, among many other ward and borough rallies.

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