Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1889-10-24
CUMBERLAND COURTS.
AN NADJOURNEDS SESSION HELD
THIS WEEK.
Verdict Against More. Jonas. 4
MOre--GuardIan Appointed
for q Minor.

.a SATURDAY.
A session of the Cumberland County
Criminal Court, was held to-day,
Judge Jas. R. Hoagland presiding,
with Lay Judge Hendee on the bench.
The principal business of the session
was the trial of the appeal case Of
More, Jonas & More and Lemuel E.
McGill. ~ .4.
The eighteen jurors selected at the
recent term of Court, were called, and
jury of twelve chosen from them.
Judge Westcott, of Camden, ap-
peared for McGill, and J. L. VanSyckle
Esq, for the glass firm.
This was a suit to recover wages by
McGill from More. Jonas g. More; this
money is termed shack money" and
consisted in $40 a. month for seven
months, from December 1887. OF this
''back money" a tender of $4416 had
been made in the Justices Court,
as being all that was due to Mr.. Mo
Gill. The sum was refused. 1t was
now rendered here in Court and again
refused.
Mr.. McGill was sworn and said he
lived in Port Elizabeth, was gafferer;
he knew the defendants; he went to
work for them on Nov. 90, 1887; they
came for him to Benz. Sheppard's, his
brether-in-law, and there hired him to
go to work with Ben, to blowing. He
went there next morning and instead
of going to blowing he was set at
gathering; worked till Feb. 9Th, 1899;
worked by piece work-so much a
gross; was not hired for any certain
length of time; the firm kept back $40
month for months; have never paid
the money; besides this sum, the firm
owed witness $44 I6 when he was
discharged; was discharged because he
refused to sign certain papers; was not
hired for any specific time.
The lawyer tried to get the witness
to admit that he went there as an ap-
prentice to the glassblowing trade, but
the questions leading to this were
ruled out.
Benz. F. Sheppard and william We'll
den testified for McGill and the plain
tiff rested. 81
The defense was that the man was
hired on the same terms that Benjam-
in F. Sheppard was hired, and that he
(McGilD was so informed at the time he
was hired, and that those terms were
according to regular and understood
rules. t.ft
Mr.. George Jonas was called and
testified that he went to Mr.. Shep-
pard's and hired McGill, and informed
him that he could go to work on the
same terms that Mr.. Sheppard was
working. It was understood that Mr..
Sheppard was to sign indentures at a
proper time, which he did. The back
money was held back as was the we'll
kown custom, until the final settlement
at the termination of the period of ap-
premiership.
The contract wit Sheppard was
that the firm was to keep back $40
month for five years-the term of ap-
premiership. McGill went.to work on
the same conditions.
If the terms of agreement of the con-
tract were not fulfilled, the back
money became forfeited.
The Court House was we'll filled with
large delegations of glass workers, who
enjoyed listening to the testimony in
the case. The jury went out at one
o'clock, and soon returned with ver-
dict of $114.16 for the plaintiff, the
amount claimed.
MONDAY.
Judge Reed was present at the ad.
journed session of Cumberland County
Courts this morning, and with him sat
on the bench Judge Hoagland and Lay
Judges Hendee and Stratton. There
were very few persons in the room, and
little interest seemed to be taken in
the result.
Judge Hoagland announced that the
Court had decided to grant the guar
dianship of Mabel Compton, to her
grandmother, Mrs. Beulah Sharp. The
case, it will be remembered was argued
| last week.
John s. Mitchell and Col. E. Potter
appeared in case in which an effort
was being made to break the will of
Maria K. Day, lately deceased, under
the charge of undue influence.
Testimony had been taken in the
case before Master in Chancery James
r. Hoagland, about a year ago, and
the evidence was submitted to the
Court.
Mr.. Mitchell appeared for Mrs.
Nancy Dubois, to whom the will had
left the property. He read the will
which was executed on the 10th Of
May, 1888. The property willed away
was estimated to be worth between
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