The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-01-18
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salem County Courts.

The January term of Salem County
Courts convened at Salem on Tuesday.
with Presiding Judge Reed on the bench,
and Associates Plunmer. Wood and Hitch
ner.
The Grand Jury, as recently Published
in these columns, was called, and S. r.
Leap, of Pennsgroye, designated as fore
man. No special charge was made by the
Court.
Several common motions were made,
among them one for the appointment of
surveyors to vacate a road in Alloway
township running from the Alloway road
at Oakland school house, to the Commits
sioners road.
The following cases were on the list for
trial:
SUPREME COURT ISSUES.
Shadrick Snyder VS.. Delaware River r.
r. Co., in case. j. W. Westcett; Grey &
Grey.
CIRCUIT COURT ISSUES.
L. William G.. Peterson VS.. Pennsgrove
Pier Co., in tort. Clymer & Summerili;
C. II. Sinnickson.
?. Joseph Tillman VS.. George Watson,
and ais, in tort. r. M. Ware; A. II.
Shape.
3. John @. Adams VS.. Chas. B. Plat,
game and fish warden, in certiorari. J. L..
Vansyckel for plaintiff.
SALEM QUARTER SESSIONS.
John Kennedy, appellant VS.. John Nc
Donnol, Overseer OF the Poor, East Ward,
Salem, appellee. Justices, Casperson and
Tuft. Jno. W. Acton; Chas. Mecum.
oMMoN PLEAs
1. Christopher F. Westcott, appellant,
VS.. John G. Edmunds, appellee. John W.
Wac+aatt. r NJ Ef+ahpar ;,,r+;an
2. Empson Atkinson, appellant. VS..
Ernst Becker, appellee. E. S. Fogg; N.
d. Dickinson, justice.
8. E. 3. Humphreys & Co., appellant,
VS.. Triest & Co, appellee. E. s. Fogg.
j. W. Acton; w. r. Casperson, justice.
4. Hiram J.. Shoemaker, appellant. VS..
Jon. Bee, appellee. Jno. w. Acton; John
w. Goforth, justice.
5. Isaac Pedrick, appellant, VS.. Samuel
Pedrick, appellee. John w. Acton; ".
X. Casperscn, Justice.
6. Smith r. Banks, appellant, VS.. WIN.
Lawrence, appellee. Robt. S. Clymer;
Geo. H. Elkinton, justice.
Z. John Hannah, appellant, VS.. Amanda
Coles, appellee. Jno. w. Acton; VIM.
Avis, justice.
The first case noted for trial was No. /
of the Circuit Court issues, VIM, G. Peter
son VS.. the Pennsgrove Pier Co. The ae-
ton is one of damages brought by the
plaintiff for injuries sustained at PENIS
grove by the breaking down of the pier,
while it was being repaired, $4,000 being
the amount asked for. The testimony and
summing up occupied the greater part of
Wednesday, and the jury brought in q
verdict of 500 for the plaintiff, which
throws the costs of the suit upon him.
Numbers two aud three of the common
pleas causes were by consent declared off
for the term.
No. 8, under the same head, was tried
on Wednesday, and decision was reserved.
What disposition has been made ofthe re-
mainder of the cases we have been unable
to ascertain.
The Grand Jury completed its labors on
Tuesday, bringing in three bills of indict-
ment, as follows:
State VS.. Nancy Hance, Edward Brown
and John Sworden, assault and battery on
Glenn. Hapce.
State VS.. Charles Morris, larceny of
clothes.
State VS.. David Thomas and Vim. Fau-
yer, larceny of s12 from Chas. Valentine.
Criminal business was entered into on
Thursday, the first case on the list being
an inuietHfeht aSai4sh AlpHcus MIN
and j. j. Hase, for keeping a d~isorderly
house in Claysville, found at a former
term of court. The case was in the hands
of the jury as our reporter left Salem.
The trial of the State VS.. John Ray, an
indictment found at the last term of court,
was in progress when court adjourned last
night.
The case of Kennedy VS.. John Melon
mol, in the Quarter Sessions court, will be
tried this morning.