Bridgeton pioneer., 1890-05-08
CUMBERLAND COURT.
OPENING OF THE MAY TERM
YESTERDAY.
Fist of Grand Jurors: "a Number
Applications for Hotel
Licenses.
TUESDAY MORNING.

morning at precisely 10 O'Clock. Judge
Alfred Reed presiding; ; Judge Hoag-
land, and Lay Judges Hendee and
Stratton on the bench.
Without any delay the court pro-
ceeded to business by calling and swear
ing the Grand Jurors, who are
THE GRAND JURY.
John Smalley, Howard CARL, Con
stant Albertson, Geo. w. McOowan,
William o. Johnson, Joseph W. Shaw,
Samuel B. Dunham, John W. Newlin,
Horace L Iuiler, John Ackley, Sam
uel G. Parker, Samuel G. Batten,
Charles G. Phillips, Lehman Garrison,
Chafles Haley, Josias M. Cobb, Henry
Buck, Joseph o. Heritage, j. Howard
Sharp, Thomas Herman, Charles w.
Sharp, Jonathan Lore.
Judge Reeds charge was simply the
| announcement to the Grand Jury that
there was no special matter to which
he had to Call their attention, and they
would therefore select their officers
eeAo lAC dIhdo oSAOcSSN
Constable Levick.
Judge Reed announced that all mo
tions in regard to business before the
Orphans Court and Court of Common
Pleas, would be heard on Monday next.
The following applications for hotel
aud tavern licenses we're presented
and no objection wasrnade at this time
Thomas NJ Sharp, Port Elizabeth
Geo. H. Bates, Sea Breeze: Lehman
Garrison. Fortescue; Frank Deemer,
Port Norris; Henry d. Paullin, Dor
chester. Also Fred. Young, of Hope
we'll made application, without objec.
ton, for wholesale liquor license. Mar
tin Maddin, of Deerfield, presented his
application for tavern license, but Mr..
G. E. Sheppard had tive remonstrances
i. against the licensing of this hotel. The
remonstrances will be heard on Mon
day the 10th inst.
The list of causes were called, and a
number of appeal cases and one Su-
preme Court issue were found to be
ready for trial.
The first case for which a jury was
impanelled was that of VIM. G. Shaw
against the Woodbury. Glass Works, a
Supreme Court issue. The lawyers in
this case We're ex-Judge John W. West
colt, of Camden, for the plaintiff and
Lewis Starr, of Woodbury., and Col.
W. E. Potter, of Potter & Nixon, for
the defendants.
This is new trial of a case tried
and verdict rendered several terms
ago and which was fully reported in
the PIONEER.
The case was opened by Judge West
cott, and VIM. Shaw, the plaintiff, was
placed upon the stand.
His testimony showed that the suit
was to recover wages for work that he
never performed, because, after being
engaged by the manager of the works
he was not given place to work and
therefore lost a seasons work. He
sued to recover for this lost time. The
previous suit had been decided against
him.
This casewill consume all the fore
noon and perhaps longer.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
When court convened in the, after
noon, Judge Reed, with some length
of detail, reviewed the case of Shaw
against the Woodbury. Glass Co., as it
now stood, and gave it as the opinion
of court that contract had not been
shown to have been established was
much, as it was doubtful if the plain
tiff could have been sued under what
had been shown to be the conditions
of hiring had he been, in any event,
the defendant A non suit was there
fore granted, and the jury dismissed.
The next case called was that Of
William B. Newcomb against David
b. Daniels and others, the lawyers be-
ing Messrs. Potter & Nixon for plain
tiff, and Mitchell and VanSycke for
the defendants. This was an oyster
case, and Supreme Court issue.
Captain William b. Newcomb sued
Captain David B. Daniels, Henry
Moore and others for damages for
making a raid upon his, Newcomb's,
oyster grounds, and carrying away,
converting to their own US 5000 bashs
els of Chesapeake oysters which he
had planted there, and in damaging
his oyster beds.
Captain Daniels runs the oyster
schooner Maggie Daniels, "and these
oysters were planted, some of them as
long as four years ago. They were
stolen, it is claimed, in 1885, Captain
Newcomb, who owns the oyster
schooner, Hannah and Ida," lives in
Newport.
Col. Potter, the famous manager O