Evening journal., 1893-02-04
GENUINE DELAWARE EANS
First Meeting of the Bench
as Re-organized on Monday.
FULL BENCH AT FEBRUARY TERM


Was Family Possession Since VIII
Liam Penn's Time
AT the Court House next Monday all
the courts OF the county will meet,
namely the Court of Oyer and Terminer.
consisting Of Chief Justice Alfred p.
Robinson and Associate Justices lgnatius
@ Grubb Charles NJ Cullen aud David
I Marvel; the Court OF General Sessions
Of the Peace and Jail Delivery, consisting
Of Chief Justice Robinson and Judges
Cullen aud Marvel, aud the Superior
Court, also consisting OF the chiei justice
aud his two associates from tue lower
counties.
Capital Case of Peter Moran.
The only business so far as known be
fore the Court Of oyer and Terminer is
the trial Of Peter Moran for the murder
OF Daniel Reardon.
This case will probably come up for
tIlal on Wednesday, and It is the pre-
valling opinion that Moran will be
cleared He killed Reardon on the sup
position O. at the latter was a burglar,
having found him in his own bed room
with a vest in his hand. Peter l.. Cooper,
Jr has been retained by Moran's friends
in New Castle to defend him, and, as he
has already suffered weeks Of imprison.
ment, II is thought that the young law
yer has a good case
The Two Othor Courts.
Before the Court Of General Sessions
\ comes all the criminal business under the
grade of capital offences The Superior
Court will attend to the civil business Of
the county
DeIaware's Bench Reorganized.
As this is the first meeting OF the
bench as re-organized, much interest is
beii < manifested in the event, therefore
a brief sketch of the personnel, biogra.
ply and career of each of the judges,
will be found valuable, and II is a note
worthy fact that each Of these four
Judges come from the earliest colonial
families of Delaware.
Real Colonial Delawareans.
The frst TO be considered is of course
Chief Justice Robinson In appearance,
he Is about feet s in height; a rather
compact figure; Of vigorous health and
movement and q clearly cut resolute face
His genial manner and pleasant address
impress all who come in contact with
him
He is Just 81 years old and was born II
Georgetown, Sussex county, where b
no lives. His father was a member O
the Sussex bar and his grandfather Al
. sociate Justice Peter Robinson of SUISSE
lcounty. His great grandfather wa
Thomas Robinson, a LOyalist during th
Revolutionary war aud prominent mel
chant of Sussex county. The new chic
Justice was admitted TO the bar in 1856;
and has long been one of the most SUI
I. cessful and able lawyers Of SUISSE
county. He has been deputy attorney
general Of the state; delegate TO Oh
Democratic national convention, and
! 1891 was appointed by the governor on
4 of the commissioners Of this state Q
{ meet in convention with commissioner
y Of other states to secure uniformity ,
. legislation between the states, on var
y Gus subjects.
IS Senior Associate Ignatius c. Grubl
j. Next I'm Rank TO Chief Justice RobiI
J. sou and on bis right sits Judge lgnatiu
d Grubb. who is the Senior Associai
3 Justice for the State.
d When Judge Grubb FIRST sat upon tl
e bench, not quite seven years ago, h
+ distinguished associates we're ChancellC
y salisbury, Chief Justice Comegys an
+ Judges WOotten and Houston.
d Within this brief space of zine, all q
d these have passed away. Judge Houstc
Is by resignation and the others by the ga
c Of death Judge Grubb is a bachelo
the only unmarried man upon the sta
bench, about five feet seven inches
b height, with sineVy and well-kn
:, frame, aud endowed with exception
!, mental and bodily energy and aotivit
= He has brown hair and moustache, gri
= eyes kean features, an animated counter
!. ance. a courteous manner and expression
generally Of quiet determination al
a steadfastness of purpose In dischargir
i his judicial duties he Is habitually exac
n energetic and punctuaL
q He is 81 years of age snd was born
/ Grubb's Landing, Brandywine hundre
s Delaware, In the old homestead Of
N fsmily callen "Stockdales" which hl
?. been in the continuous possession Of h
Il paternal ancestors from the date OF q
IA original Penn conveyances His fathe
e grandfather and all his ancestors Of q
8 name were prominent and extensi'
Is land owners in Delaware and Pennsy
a vania, and were descended from job
q Grub, who came from Cornwall of a
q old English stock, still Of position al
r property in Englsnd, to Upland, (no
r. Chester) Pa, 1879, where he purchas'
m considerable land; as he also did
Of Brandy Nine hundred, where he SETTLE
lie prior to Penns first arrival in l6-
of From him are also descended those Of q
Mt name IN Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Judge Grubb is lineal descendant
q. his oloest son, Emanuel, who was m'
id of note in his day, and one Of the ear
X. colonial Justices appointed TO hold 9
of Courts OF Oyer and Terminer, Comml
ct Pleas. etc and who married &
he daughter of Otto Ernest Koch, who "
a secretary under the Swedish govern'
rio John Printz, at Tinicum in 1913, a
sw subsequently the owner Of that islam
NO Consequently Judge Grubb, through
nv Swedish and English ancestry, Is
re- the only English colonial origin Will
on by the inteTmarriage Of his ancest,
Is. with the Claytons Gilpins aud otl
ill colonial families, he also comes throu
We stocks whose descendants have adorI
he the bench of this state, as well as oil
high positions here and elsewhere.
1919 he removed with his parents
Wilmington, where, having completed
sra thorough classical education, be II
- law under his guardian, Victor du PO