Bridgeton pioneer., 1891-05-21
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woods on Sunday in February. She
supposed some of the gunners had lost
the watch. Stephen Demby was pres.
ent when she found the time piece.
Stephen Demby a relative of the
defendant said he was out in the
woods with Mrs. Demby ou the Sun.
day In February, when she found the
watch. The witness said his aunt
gave the charm to him.
On cross-examination Stephen said
his aunt and Ae were hunting tea.
berries. which are ripe in February in
Hopewell township. This ended the
case' and after argument by counsel
and the Prosecutor, the jury went out
| for deliberation.
Judge Hoagland sent for the PAYNE
jury and the gentlemen came up. The
court asked if an agreement have been
reached and a negative answer was
given. The foreman also replied that
there did not seem to be any possibil-
ity OF an agreement being reached.
Judge Hoagland said the court
thought that the Jury should certainly
come to some agreement but inasmuch
as court was about to adjourn until
Wednesday, it was deemed advisable
to discharge the jnry and the gentle
men were released
A panel of eighteen jurors was then
drawn, from whom a jury will be taken
to decide the Supreme Court iseue
which is to be tried on Monday next.
before Judge Reed, ia which Smith
Shaw brings suit against the Cohansey
Glass Company for $4,000 for alleged
damages received while in the employ
of the Company.
This case wilt be highly intere sting.
Ex.Judge Westcott, of Camden, and
Hon. 7. W. Trenehard represent the
plaintiff, and John 8. Mitchell, Eso.,
the defendants, The jurors are as
follows:
Charles Garrison, Jr., Cbarles D.
Whitaker, Theo. B. Dare, Edward O.
Davis, Isaiah Williams, Elijah Hider
William r. Shaw. Robert Henderson.
Micheal Meyers, Enos. Laning. Daniel
Gray, Nicholas Scull, Thomas Howard.
Howard s. CARL, John Naglee, Chas.
M. Jordan, Charles Bowen, Theophilus
| Wailen.
| All other jurors were then DISCHARGED
| by the Court until next Wednesday
morning, when criminal business will
be resumed. There are several i'm
| portant cases yet to be tried, and
Court will, in all probability continue
during the entire week. Among the
issues are two or three disorderly
| house cases.
The Demby jury returned a verdict
last night before Judge Hoagland.
about eight O'Clock. The jury agreed
that Demby was guilty of petty
larceny.
| MONDAY.
Supreme Court Judge Alfred Reed
was upon the bench this morning
when Court convened, associated with
him was Law Judge Hoagiand, and
the lay judges.
The court room was filed with large
number, anxious to hear tie case of
Smith Shaw against the Cohansey
Glass Company for $4,000 damages.
1t was evident that it was to be a big
legal battle, as ex-Judge John W.
| Westcott, of Camden, and Hon. T. W
Trenchard represented the plaintiff,
and John 8. Mitchell, ESQ, the COM
pany.
Mr.. Trenchard opened the case for
the plaintiff. He made practically, a
| statement of his case, declaring that
on the 18Th day of July 1899 the Co.
hansey Company employed Smith
| Shaw, a carpenter, TO aid in the CON
struction of a tank furnace. While
thus employed the defendant directed
Shaw to pull upon rope -Lioh the
defense knew to be rotten and unfit
for use. While pulling, the rope was
broken, and he was thrown from a
wall and permanently injured. The
plaintiff then brought suit for 10000
damages.
Mr.. Trenchard then called DI. L. !.
Smith. He testified that he attended
Shaw after the accident. He found
that the knee had been dislocated.
and said that snch injuries generally
show permanent injurious results.
| He attended the plaintiff for oho,+
month The back of Shaw, the
! Doctor said, was strained.
Smith M. Shaw, the plaintiff, was
called by ex-Judge Westcott, who con.
Quoted the examination-in.c chief. He
began working for the company on
11th of July, 1889. He had been saw
ing off boards. On Saturday, the 18th.
he was called by James Conover to as
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