Bridgeton pioneer., 1891-05-14
CUMBERLAND COURTS.
THE PRISONERS ARRAIGNED
AND ENTER THEIR PLEAS.
The Criminal Business Under
Way. Nearly All the Dis
orderly House Cases
Plead Guilty.
THURSDAY.

Plead Guilty.
THURSDAY
With the exception of the Grand
jury there is nobody doing anything
about the Court House to-day. The
Court room is entirely desertee aud
Judge Reed has hidden bis associates
good bye until the eightee0th, when
he will hear case. He left the room
Yesterday and notified the Clerk to
take the verdict of the last jury which
went out.
The Grand Jury is pegging away.
1t will without doubt return a larger
number of bills than any Grand Jury
that ever sat in Cumberland county.
Prosecutor Logue is presenting great
patches of work and there is more
coming in all the time.
The Grand Inquest is diligently in
quiriEg into all cases which comes be-
fore it. Foreman F. B. Minch is said
to be very expeditions and is the right
man in the right place. The Secre.
taryship has been given to DR.. @. G
Phillips, of Deerfield, and he is very
capable.
Attorney Sheppard who desired the
Court to refrain from licensing an inn
and tavern in Downe township, or
rather Dividing Greek, until he could
learn whether or not there was re-
poorckroroA inforvooI T,lNo uooo
land yesterday that the people of that
locality did not wish to present any
remonstrance, and the license will
probably be granted. There is no re-
monstrance, probably because the
township is one of the $4,000 license
fee sort of localities.
All the Circuit Court Causes have
been disposed of for the term. Only
three of ten were tried. Five cases
went over for the term, and the re-
mainder settled without trial.
The case of Smith M. Shaw against
the Cohansey Glass Company for dam
ages, Supreme court issue, will be an
interesting cause, and will be heard by
Judge Reed on Monday, the 18th.
Shaw, who is suing for SIC, 900 damages
caused by injuries sustained, will be
represented in Court by Hon. T. w.
Trenchard, Of this city, and ex-Judge
John w. Westcott, of Camden, while
John s. Mitchell. Esq. will look after
the case for the company.
The Supreme Court issue, Arthur Y.
Wilson, VS.. Edward G. Vanneman, will
be heard by Judge Reed in his cham
bers in Camden, some time next month.
Bergen & Bergen, of Camden, for
plaintiffs, and Potter and Nixon, for
defense.
The work of yesterday afternoon,
which was most tedious, follows:
Atthe conclusion of the Davis Cotton
case, the replevin case of Henry A.
Cotton VS.. Edward Hoffman was
moved. R. P. Tuller represented the
plaintiff and N. H. Stevens and T. w.
Trenchard looked after the interests of
the defendent.
Henry Cotton testified that he pur-
chased a phaeton at auction and took
it to the shop of Hoffman, who is a
wheelwright, and it was repaired. He
valued the wagon at $1OO.
Saml. Creech, Constable, testified to
serving demand for the wagon upon
Hoffman.
The defense put Mr.. Hoffman upon
the stand, and he said the phaeton in
very delapidated condition was
brought to him by Cotton for repairs.
1t was repaired at an expense of $a2.
During the progress of this case, the
jury in the Davis Cotton case returned
verdict of $l45 SO, for the plaintiff.
The replevin CASE then branched off
by the plaintiff introducing an account
OF materials furnished Hoffman as an
eHset for the buggy bill. The plain.
.in .nen TOOK their innings and showed
that such an account did not exist
The articles mainly charged to the ell.
der gentleman being materials furnish
ed his sons.
While the plaintiff was on the stand
the books of his business were nro.
duced. Tue old gentleman was asked
to read the ccount against Cotton.
item by item, but he said he could no
read the ratching after 1t got cold.
Lawyer Stevens attempted to read
the account, but he was almost baffled
at times, and fell back on ''somethio 90
so CENTS" II guess this lie, no it is:
well, something 40 CENTS" etc.