Defendant Gaston was tried by a jury and convicted in the Ocean County Court for atrocious assault and battery upon one Chambers. The weapon employed was a jagged-necked portion of a broken bottle. Gaston was sentenced to State Prison for four to seven years, with credits for time served. His attempt to prosecute an appeal was out of time.
A subsequent petition for a writ of habeas corpus...
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