The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-04-04
LIPP|NCOTT'S
CHAIN SHOT,
Sunday Liquor Selling, Pol
icy, Green Goods, Harrison
Pool Rooms and Gam
bling on Race Tracks
Denounced.
FIRST CHARGE TO
THE GRAND JURY,
The Thompson Race Track
Laws Declared Invalid
From the Bench.
SANCTITY OF THE OATH.
Jurors Urged to Obey Their Con-
sciences Dictates-Munic-
ipal Affairs.

The April term of Court opened this
morning. Judge Lippincott took his
seat upon the Bench at ten minutes past
eleven o'clock. He was accompanied by
Judges Hudspeth and Hoffman. 1t was
estimated that fully one hundred lawyers,
great and small, were scattered about
the Court room.
The Court officers demonstrated their
appreciation of Judges Lippincott, Rof-
man, Hudspeth and Kenny by presenting
to them two magnificent bouquets of
Easter lilies. roses, hyacinths
and other choice flowers. The
flowers occupied conspicuous positions
on the desk of the Court. The fret busi-
ness to occupy the attention of the Court
was the hearing OF common motions The
Suprem Court calendar shows that
there are 90 cases listed. In the Circuit
Court, there are 104 cases, besides 20
cases listed on the Justices Appeals Cal
ender.
The criminal calendar Is made inter-
esting by two cases. The first is that of
John Heslin. who murdered Adolph
Schmidt. and William Olsen, who caused
Woods death IN Bayonne. These cases
will not be moved until Prosecutor
Winfield returns from his Southern trip.
COUNTY ROAD APPEALS.
The one hundred and thirty-eight
cases OF County Road appeals in which
ex-Mayor Collins and fifty other lawyers
are interested, will be tried singly with
as much rapldity as possible before
struck juries. These cases will occupy
the attention of the Court on or about
the 14th inst.
THE GRAND JURY.
These cases mad been disposed of when
Sheriff Stanton entered the Court room
with Foreman Edelstein Of the Grand
Jury leaning on his arm. There were
but three members of the jury
absent. The others were sworn
and the Court in charging the
jury. called particular attention to
Sunday liquor selling, policy playing.
suppression of green goods men, book
making at Harrison. and. incidentally.
race tracks.
The charge TO the jury was as follows:
g Gentlemen of the Grand jury
ssThe general duty is enjoined upon the
Court to give you in charge such matters
of criminal import. as are proper in law
for you to consider, and to make plain
reference to such local objects. events
and concerns as fall within the jurisdlc-
tion of the Court; and as seem entitled TO
notice. In this Office which we are to
perform 1t is our duty to discoun-
tenancs and denounce all forms OF vice
and crime, to the end that the laws be
impartially admins tered, good govern
ment subserved, and the welfare OF the
public promoted. The Court in doing
this makes no attempt to correct the laws
to make them conform to our ideas OF
right and wrong. Laws are enacted to
be executed, an d upon you and upon tne
Court this duty Is imperatiyely imposed.
"Upon the Grand jury, primarily, Is
deyoived the duty of the protection OF the
public peace, the protection OF life and
property and the enforcement Of the pub
tic laws against criminal offenders. so
long as violat0rs of the criminal laws
exist there can be no public oody
or tribunal whose action is so i'm
portant and far reaching for good or
evil as yours. Upon your action depends
the maintenance OF good government ana
the welfare of the public: without your
action in the rigid enforcement OF the
criminal laws both public and private
interests are at the risk of being sacrificed
or destroyed, property and life bscome
insecure, the public peace violated, tne
reputation or the citizen jeopardized, and
the criminal offender of whatever degree
remains unapprehended and unpunished,
aud society unprotected from his ravages
tYo prompt and just action results
in the maintenance of law aud order;
without such action the community often
becomes demoralized and the law held in
contempt. So long as Offenders can oeIy
the law because OF the want OF lndict-
ment so long will bad government. pre-
vail, SO Iong will contumeiy and dis
grace rest upon the county
whose laws you are to execute,
and whose good order you are TO main
tain It is your duty to prevent, so far as
the faithful performance of your func-
tions can prevent it, such consequences;
thu strict, impartial and rigid enforce
| ment OF the law by your action will pre-
serve the public peace, the morality OF the
people, and protect the reputa-
tion, property and life Of the individual.
without action of this character on your
part, 1awlessness will prevail, demoraliza-
tion ensue, the criminal offender becomes
bolder ana more defiant, and the reputa-
tion, property, and the life OF the citizen
becomes more and more insecure.
ssI.et me say to you that is is your duty
to enforce every pubits law refnaining
upon the statute book OF this State, ir-