The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-12-15
Court Proceedings


Court Proceedings.
The December term of Court was open.
ed on Tuesday last. After the Grand
Jurors were sworn and before thcy were
sent out, the Chief Justice stated that he
desired to call their attention to matter
pertaining to their duty that it was the
duty of Grand Jurors to keep all matters
which came before them secret, and not
to divulge the words, actions or votes of
fellow members that 1t had been report
ed to him that it was the habit in this
comfy for Grand Jurors to discuss, out
side of the jury room, and in the presence
of parties not members of the Grand Jury,
the cases that were presented before them
for consideration /; that this was viola
ton of their oath, and defeated one of
the great objects Of the system.
The following cases were tried:
John w. Bush v. William B. POTTS.
This was suit for SANDER, 1t being
claimed that the defendant had charged
the plaintiff with being a thief aud hav-
ing stolen from bis house pocket
book containing some money. The de-
fence was that the words charged had not
been uttered by the defendant, and that
what was said had been spoken in passion,
to the plaintiff, in the presence of men,
bers of the family only, the plaintiff aud
defendants being brothers-in- YER
dict for plaintiff IS.
William F. Higgins " John Case
This was an action of replevin for the
possession of a wagon. The wagon had
been ordered by the plaintiff Of Phineas
Jones & Co., through their agent, John
F. Creager, who had taken in payment
the note of another person. The wagon
was forwarded by Jones & Co., to Clin-
ton, and came into the hands of the de-
PENDANT as their agent, he being instruct
cd not to deliver it to the plaintiff unless
he received pay for it. At the close of
the case on tho part Of the plaintiff the
Chief Justice stated that 10 his opinion
the plaintiff could not succeed in that
suit for the reason that 1t did not appear
that he had title to the wagon itself that
there having been no delivery by which
title passed to the plaintiff, he should
have brought suit against Jones s. Co.
for breach Of contract, and the plaintiff
was non-suited.
John Coll v. Herman Dahn.--This was
suit for damages for alleged trespass COM
mitted by the defendant upon lands of
the plaintiff. The plaintiff and defendant
own adjoining properties in Pennington,
and the plaintiff claimed that the defend
ant, in building barn on his premises,
and grading bis lot, threw fence on his
land, and pushed a small quantity of dirt
in his celia window. Verdict for plain
tiff, 80.
Albert Neuman v. The American Parch-
ment Paper Co.-This was suit for the
recovery of wages under an alleged con-
tract of hiring for two years, the plaintiff
having been discharged before the expira-
tion of two years. The case was tried be-
fore the Court, and before the plaintiff
had put 10 his whole case, II was agreed
that the balance Of the testimony should
be taken before the stenographer and
submitted to the Court.
This ended the Circuit Court for th,
term, the jurors being discharged unit
Wednesday, the 18th inst, when the
criminal business will be taken up.
The Grand Jury closed its session OF
Thursday, having found six bills of in
dictment.