The Penn's Grove record., 1884-01-26

The GraIk JEry cSmpleteu IS H"""t'
,.on Tuesday, aud returned only -four bills
Robert 7. ~Ssagrave VS.. J. II. Mounce
& Co. c. II. SinrHcksonfer plaintiff, N
y. Grey and f. S. Fogg Tor defendants
rThis was an important " and attracted
much attention. Plaintiff, with many
other farmers, d .ad SOLD grain to defend
ants. who we've conducting the White
Stone Mills in salem; last Fall defend
arts faied,T II. Meunce making an as
sicnment. Suit was t1reaGht by sea
gravcs,to got judgement against the firm
and to recover from any assets or prop
ertv, thai could be got at. J.. h. hounce
haxing confessed judgments some time
ago to other creators. The main sroint
was to establish a partnership between
J.'H Mounce and Alfred Mounce, the lat
ter being the manager here PIaintliI
offered testimony to prove a ~partnesshlp'
and the defence to show the contrary
The ease was foaI Int vigorously, and the
Jury were prompt in returning a verdict
for the plaintiff
The following appeal cases were dis
posed of:
W J Railroad " lilies & son, sett'el
Same VS. A W Sherron Judgement be
low affirmed
James J Rcdstrake VS. Amos Harris,
manager Eunsuit by consent
re Ridgway VS. Charles NJ Harris
Judgment increased from $500 to j. IN
favor of Ridgway
.Silas w Baker, Jr, VS. Leo Elk, Tor the
t,s4s ssion Of Turkeys Judgment below
in favor of Elk affirmed
Joseph IIumpLIeNs VS. W y and FIJI
ward Mattsor, Exits Judgement Cd S44
in favor of Humphreys
State vs. John Moore, breaking and en-
teling the store of C c Pierce in Salem.
and stealing hoes thercfrom 10 Acton
was appointed by the Court to defend
the ~rIissner Tried and found guilty
State US James Nc Donnell, assault and
battery on Olelh Nicholson Tried and
found guilty | q Acton defended the
prise.er
State vs. John Sy, assault and 'ssattGS
on Edward S Davis Plead non vuIt'
The case of the State VS. Squire Jacobs,
of Alloway, indicted last term for taking
illegal fees as justice, was amusing. h
.urstiee defcpded himself a young man,
Hiram Davis. testified that he was arrest
ef, brought hefre Justice Jacobs, who
told him he must either pay $50 fine
and costs, give bail, or go to jail, aaad of
the three. he pad the money, and took a
receipt The receipt sia'ed that the mon
ey paid was for diserderly eUssd@et A
young man named Friant, witness for
the State, said he heard the squire say,
when t Id that he had BEEN indicted,
Darn the court; Ie II twist the Salem
lawyers around my little finger" The
Squire said lie made this statement in a
joking way The squire, in addressing
the jury, kept The court and spectators
continually laughing During his remarks
,he said: "Wherew ouldthe township of
Upper Greek be if a justice Of the Peace
had not the nerve to arrest these hell
hounds, gut'cr-grabbcrs and killers, "a
party Of young men who are a terror to
the community. They think no more of
lying than robbing . her .rOost? Do you
suppose I would extort money from this
young man? Jast give this crowd a
chance, and Jesse James would he no
where If | could have nay way about
stopping the cause Of tae trouble, our
Judges would become preachers and car
lawyers farmers Convict me, gentIemen
of the jury, and these hell hounds will
control Il place; acIuit me, and so long
as my right ar IL retains rs strength, 4
wip make them howl' The jury return
ed verdict Of not guilty
The Court imposed the following sell
fences OF Friday:
Refer johnson, who pleaded guilty TO
throwing Samuel Bond in,e Alloways
creek, by which he was drowned, was
sentenced to six months in the county
Jail
James Mcdonnell, for assaulting Aurel-
la Nicholson, fined S. and costs
Tae court then told John liarkins to
| stand up Johu had pleaded guilty to
assaulting Joseph Shapes T"e court told
John that if he ever appeared before it
again he woul2 be sent to the Stale PriS
on If possible Four months in county
Jail Sd xtAat John gets this time
John Moore, colored, crnvic'ed Of lar
tceny of shoes, was sentenced to year
i'll State Prison
John Sy, for assault, was sentenced to
one year in State Prison
In the Orphans Court, the cayeat to
the will Of Stephen Wills was argued
Stephen Willis recently died in Salem,
and shortly before his death he made a
will, appointing as executrix and leaving
his whole estate to his housekeeper, Mrs
Sarah Baird The estate is valued at from
So to 5000 A few days after his death
k1100 was found in the deceased's trunk
which the executrix handed to a third
party for safe keeping TIE sister of the
deceased contests the will ON the ground
that her brother was not competent to
make a will A IL slapc for h IRIS; W I
billiard for executrlx The Cou I IeserN
ed it's decision
The ease Of the State VS. Charles i
Bateman, indicted for illegal voting, was
put off until next term, at the request OF
tine persecution The defen liant gave
bail in S400 for his appearance at next
court.
Mr.. EDIrOR:--On Thursday even.
Sng, Jan. 18th, a select surprise party