The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-02-20

Il
mitted by one against the person OF an
other by unlawfully arresting him and
OBTAINING him without legal authority.
An officer or private citizen has only
right, without warrant, to arrest per
son committing felony or breach of the
peace in his presence, or to arrest per-
son when felony has been committed, if
there is probable grounds to fairly sus.
pect the person arrested to be guilty. 1t
has been decided that If person directs
an officer to take another into custody,
and the officer acts under this direction
and instruction, the person thus direct
ing is liable, but if be simply recon.
mend the officer thus to act, and the Off
Ger uses his own Judgment, he alone is
liable. II an officer arrests person with
a warrant, the warrant protects him. If
he arrests without warrant he does it
on suspicion, relying on his judgment
being fair and impartial. This is all he
has to protect him. In every case in
which he thus acts, he is liable to pro-
ceding for false Imprisonment or mali
cious arrest, and jury will have to de-
eide whether he exercised good judgment
audfwhether there was q ground fairly TO
suspect the prisoner he arrests. The
constable may think one way and the
jury another The jury may fail to jus
tify the officer
The State of Michigan has law enab.
ling man on making his will to go into
court, attest its correctness and that of
his signature, and have the instrument
duly recorded as the testament he wishes
carried out after his death. The law las
been in operation for number of years,
and as proof of its effectiveness, it is
said that will contests are practically I'M
known there. Assemblyman Hustled has
presented similar act in the New York
Legislature, and it has received the APP
proval of the members of the Bar, and
many laymen. The lawyers ought to
favor it, for the great will contests have
caused no end of prejudice against the
profession, and popular criticism OF any
body of men is not healthy for the criti
cised. Some one of our New Jersey leg
islators, who desires to attract popular
attention, would do well 10 present such
an act at Trenton.
BELMONT AND HEWITT TROUBLED
Washington dispatch to the Philadelphia
Press says: Trouble is brewing between
Representatives Belmont and Hewitt, of
New York. The latter has said that Mr..
Belmont furnished the Press with its
news regarding The apology made by him
to the British Minister, for introducing
the O'Donnell resolution. Mr.. Belmont
and Mr.. Hewitt are not upon friendly
terms, but the report has come to the
ears of the former that Mr.. Hewitt says
unpleasant things about him. If Mr.
Belmont decides to reply to these stories
he will not deny them privately to their
author, but will make his statement as
public as possible. Mr. Belmont did not
furnish tue correspondent of the Press
with the Hewitt story, but he knew the
facts of the case, as did many other gen
tlemen, several days before they were
published.
The Methodist Episcopal Church will
hold its next General Conference in Phil
adelphia on May 1st There are at PIE
sent ten Bishops of tho M e. Church, as
follows: Bishops Matthew Simpson, Thos.
Bowman, w. L. Harris, Randolph S, Eos
ter, Isaac w. Wiley, Stephen M. Merrill,
Edward G.. Andrew, Henry w. Warren,
| Cyrus ID. Foss and John F. Hurst. The
conference will probably elect at least
three Bishops. Among the prominent
persons spoken of for the epscopacy are
the following: Rev. DIR. Ninde, of the
Northwest University, near Chicago
Rev. DR.. A. J. Kynett, Cor. Secretary of
the Board of Church Extension; Rev.
DIR. Walden, of the Western book con-
Germ Rev. DR.. Butts, President of Drew
Theological Seminary and Rev. w. r.
Mallaieu, of Boston.
James Wilson, oldest member of the
Mercer County Bar, and lawyer of
distinction, died at Trenton ON Mon
day, the IL inst. He was nephew of
United States Senator James J. Wilson,
and was born at Greenbrook, Sussex Co..
in 1918. He went to Trenton in 1924 and
read law with Samuel II. Hamilton and
James Ewing; was admitted to the bar
/ In 1888, and afterwards became partner
of Samuel l.. Southland. He was the first
Prosecutor of Mercer County; was Mem
/ Der of Assembly in 1871 and was Clerk of
the Supreme Court for ten years from
1912. In the late war he was United
States Commissioner of Enrolment dur
ing the draft, and fearlessly performed
his duties. In early years he was Wing
in politics. Later he was Republican,
and served as member of the State Ex-
ecutive Committee of that party.
The Mississippi Legislature has been
polled and found to stand thirty eight for
Tilden and thirty-fve for all other Presi-
Dental candidates.
KURAKoFF, the great Pine remedy and
lung healer, instantly and actually cures
coughs, colds, asthma, consumption, as
no other remedy can.
Electricity.
OF all the known Electro Galvanic APP
pliances at the present day it is now con-
coded by the Medical Fraternity and
Electricians generally, that the American
Galvanic Co.'s Howard Shields are the
best, possessing intrinsic Electrical mer-
its, as one shield or appliance can be fitted
to any part of the body, which is not true
of any other. See advertisement in anoth-
er column of this paper. Electric Gazette.
The bill to be prepared under Senator
Millers resolution to utilize convict
labor in the making of all articles that
can be used by the State in any or all of
its institutions and departments, will
accomplish good purpose if honesty
famed. There are a great many such
articles used in the penal, charitable and
other institutions of this State.
Hugh j. Jewett is director in twenty
railroad companies, Samuel Sloan in
twonty- three, Jay Gould in twenty four,
George b. Roberts in twenty-six, Angus
tus Schell in twenty-eight, Sidney Dillon
in thirty-six and Frederick Il. Ames in
| fifty-two.
The prospects for the passage of the
prohibtory am endment through the New
York Legislature is more promising. 1t
was ordered to third reading in the As
sembly last week without division. The
sentiment is said to be growing in favor
of the Republican party keeping the
pledge given in the last State platform to
allow the people the privilege of voting
on the question.