The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-05-22

IN CAio ii6 StlItitilNI 'bihloNtd Ait
grand jury
l JOIN =. Flynn, Salem.
, simon b. smith. j"
3 James Ayars
1 JOIN Hanes, Pilesgrovc,
) Howard Bassett
8 a. smith Reeves, Elsinboro.
;. c. Sheppard, Quinton.
$ George Robinson,
Q Samuel LEROY. L.. p. Neck,
10Joseph q. Hancock, +"
II John X. Keen, Warrington.
u Alfred Bilderback, "
y Jeremiah Anderson, L. a. Creek.
II J. H.. Fogg,
Is Thomas Rogers. Pittsgrovc.
IS James G. Turner, "
Il NJ. F. Riley, L. P%ittsgrove,
Is James Nc Farland.
10 samuel Springer, Z. J.. Neck.
20 George II. Elkinton
u John Hitehner, Alloway.
- Benz. IT. Diament, "
- Benz. Strengthen, OIdmans.
a Asa Turner.
At the opening of the Court. when the
Grand Jury had been sworn, a commune
cation was handed to Judge Reed by a
member of the County Anti-Bribery As
ISOLATION concerning two or three alleged
offences against the Bribery law at the last
State election. The Court charged the
Grand Jury as to their duties i'll respect to
violations of this law and they retired. II
is hardly necessary to remark that nobody
was indicted under the Bribery act at this
term of the Court.
Applications were made for three streets
in Woodstown. 0ne from East avenue to
Elm street. east of the railroad, and two
from Main street to the railroad grounds,
over lands of Mrs. Hires and Smith Bowen,
only one of which will probably be laid.
The Surveyors of the Highways APP
pointed in each case are John Fl. virgins.
of Pilesgrove. Joseph X. -Hackett and
Thomas Fl. Wright. of Warrington, Bar
tholomew Coles and James Hurst. of Up
per Pittsgrove, and Henry Barber, of Up
per PENIS Neck. In the case of the first
mentioned road they will meet at the office
of NJ. ID. Dickinson, in Woodstown. on
Tuesday. June 18th. and in the other eases
atsthe office of E. 5. Fogg on June 22d.
Tit following applications for license to
keep a hotel were granted: Jacob Acton,
Pennsville Benz. F. Bowman. Pittsgrove;
S. l.. G.. Murphy, Alloway: Samuel French,
Woodstown. A remonstrance was pre-
scented against the granting of this latter
application. William Casper renewed his
application for a license to keep a hotel at
Centreton, but the Court seemed to think
that a hotel at that place was not necessary
and the application was refused.
This last named tavern had its license
withheld some three or four years ago on
Tile 1TOtnu III iHloGtildlltN Ill tut dDIlICd-
ton, and the court having realized the fact
that Centreton managed to get along with
out legaliZed rumselling for one year. with
out detriment to its better interests, has set
its face against any renewal of the traffic
there.
After the transaction of what is called
common business the now celebrated case
of THE Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Woodstown VS.. Edward b. Hum
phreys, in ejectment, was called, when
application was made by defendants
counsel for a postponement on account of
the Illness of an important witness. After
some sparring between the legal heavy
weights, the judge acting as referee. the
match was decided off for the term and the
bottom dropped out of the business of the
court for the day, this being the only civil
case on the list. The following counsel
appear in this case. For plaintiffs, C. II.
Sinnickson, of Salem: W. +. Potter, of
Bridgeton. For defendant. E. S. Fogg, of
Woodstown; NJ. P. Grey, of Salem and S.
III. Grey, of Camden.
The court adjourned until the coming in
of the grand jury. who returned in the
| afternoon with five bills of indictment.
On Wednesday morning the following
appeals were tried. being all that were on
the appeal list:
Joseph Humphreys. appellant, VS.. Joshua
W. While. Jr.. appellee, Trover. This was
an action to recover the value of a lot of
manure removed by Humphreys from a
farm purchased last winter of Sarah Girls
pin. and which at the time of purchase
was under the tenure of II Whitesell.
whose lease restrained him from removing
any manure. Notwithstanding this he
sold the manure on the place to Hum
phreys before March 25th. The case was
an appeal from Justice Goforth. who had
given Judgment below for the plaintiff foI
s3a. The Judgment below was reversed.
c. III. Sinnickson for Humphreys. f. 5.
Fogg for While.
The next case was James Crawford. ap-
pellant, VS.. Oliver Fl. virgins, appellee.
In debt, On appeal from Judgment of John
Holmes on the verdict of a jury. This was
a suit to recover OF a promissory note given
by John c. Crawford and James Crawford.
The note was signed by marks and at
tested by a subscribing witness. The wit
ness could not recolleet the circumstance
of the signing, but testified that he would
not have subscribed as a witness if he had
not seen the signing. The defendant,
James Crawford. denied ever having seen
or signed .he note. The Court confirmed
the Judgment below. saying that to dc
otherwise would be to impute IA grave of
tense to the subscribing witness as also to
the othermakerof the note. Edgar Shivers
atty for appellant. L. S. Fogg for appellee.
During the trial OF the appeals ORrien 5
circus paraded the streets and. creating
some une asiness among the audience. Judge
Reed announced that court was adjourned
until the circus passed. when the room was
in~continently cleared and Bench, Bar. par
ties and witnesses repaired to the windows
to view the procession, atterthe passing ol
which the court Presumed the primeval
condition of its former rectltude. Ia the
afternoon the Orphans Court acted upon
sundry accounts of Executors. Administra-
tors. Guardians and Trustees and adjourned
until Thursday.
On Thursday morning the following in
dictments were tried
State VS.. Elisha Mitchell, Stephen Johnson
and Isaac Johnson Assault and battery.
Verdict, guilty. Isaac was sentenced
to $40 fine and costs and Stephen and
Mitchell ST fine and costs each.
State VS.. Thomas Bodine. Assault and
battery. Verdict guilty. Sentence $40 and
costs.
State VS.. John W. Lilliman. Larceny.
Verdict not guilty.
Charles Brown, the lad who presented a
forged order for a suit of clothes at Casper
sons store, in Salem, pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to the Reform School.
James Turner, for breaking and entering
Newkirk's saloon in Salem, was given two