The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-16
RATHER MIXED.
Tom" NoOnan and Justice
Aldridge in a Debt Col
lecting Transaction.

In the First District Court this morn
ing an interesting case was that of Law
yer Thomas F. Noonan, Jr., against John
Keating. an old gentleman, with whom
Noonan hal dealings. In the fall of 1889
Keating employed Noonan to collect from
Justice Thomas AIdridge sieO. which
] Judge Aldridge had collected from one
Peter kiemaD. Noonan received as re-
tainer s10 and endeavored TO collect
the amount due, but Aldridge
pleaded inability. Noonan dunned
him continuously aud succeeded in secur-
ing s35 OF the amount due. Keating was
anxious to 90 TO Ireland. and offered TO
sell the claim to Noonan for 500. IL is
on this point the contention arises. Keai-
ing says NooDan accepted and paid over
the sl00, aud introduces the check and
stub, dated January IL, 1870. the check
reading, lin full Of all demands TO date,
and stub reading. "Iu full for claim for
collection from Judge Thomas Aldridge." !"
AZ All events keating. on receipt OF the
<loO. was OF the opinion he was forever
done with the case, and was OF the opin-
ion he had assumed no liability.
Noonan contends otherwise, and intro
duees in evidence the following con-
tract
On the Goth day Of March next promise to
pay TO Mr. Thos. F. NoonaD, Jr.. one hundred
dollars, with lawful interest, az his ofice, upon
tain promissory note OF Thomas Aldridge. en-
dorsed by Geo. b. Fielder. made to the order Of
said Fielder dated Dec ., 50, payable three
months thereafter, and now held BY said
Noonan, be paid 10 him or his representative,
then this note to be void. JoHN KIERSAs.
The signature to the above document
Kiernan denies emphatically. but his
counsel says he might be mistaken.
Noonan also introduces In evidence a
promissory note from Judge Aldridge for
$l25, endorsed by George b. Fielder and
also by John kiernan. This signature
kiernan also emphatically denies.
Suit was brought by Noonan in May,
1890, against Aldridge and Fielder in the
name OF Herman. in which judgment was
entered against Aldridge, but in the case
OF Fielder, owing to Noonan's failure to
properly protest, he was nOn-sutted. In
this case Noonan claims the Court was in
error. He did not get here that day in
time for banking nours. but he orally
notified Fielder of the same and he was OF
the opinion Fielder waived protest and
would pay.
In the case of the agreement. Noonan
says emphatfcally that k1erEan undec-
stood that the 500 was paid to him as an
accommodation. and says he promised to
leave with Noonan his address in Ireland,
where he contemplated going. SO that
Noonan, IL he collected the money, could
send amount over Sl00, less proper ex-
penses, to Herman. IL case amount was
not collected Herman was to re enit the
800. This Herman denies. and says that
when he, offered to sell the claim to
Noonan for $l00. he (Noonan) said to
kiernan, "Wiu you be man enough TO
keep It to yourself and tell no onef"
Noonan, when he saw be could not get
money, asked Herman to go before the
Grand Jury and make charge of
embezzlemenr against Judge Aldridge.
Kiernan accompanied Noonan 10 the Of
nee Of the the Assistant District Attorney
to do so, but changed his mind and asked
a days delay IL was granted, and be i'm
medIately saw his lawyer, who evidently
advised him not 10 90 before the Grand
Jury, that he mad sold his claim and was
thus out of H.
The Court reserved its decision.