Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1893-10-05
CUMBERLAND COUNTY COURT

Ringing Charge of Judge Reed
Against the Excise Commits
siOners-.They May be In
dicted.
The October term of the Cumber-
land County Courts convened Tuesday
morning, Judge Reed presiding, with
Law Judge Hoagland and Associate
Judges Hendee and Ludlam on the
bench.
Court was opened with the familiar
"Oh yea'' of veteran crier Young.
The list of constables were called and
then the following Grand Jurors answ-
cred to their names and were sworn.
THE GRAND JURY.
Morris Bacon, foreman, B. T. Bright,
Lehman Garrison, George L. Moore,
W. g. Hislop. Walter Dawson, Elias
Jones, William Harvey, Ephraim Shell
don, Somers L. Irwin, John Lippin-
cott, Charles Moore, John Ogden,
John Paullip, John Rainear, R. D.
Sheppard, A. B. Lamb, H. 8. Robbins,
George Chester, H. P. Beakley, George
Robinson, Robert Dubois, William
Robinson.
II have but little generally to say
gentleman except to call your atten.
tion to your oath" were the beginning
words of Judge Reeds charge. =
He continued that the Grand Jurors
were part of the Court, and their
conclusions were based yn sworn
testimony. Even Grand Juror who
gave testimony must do so under oath.
The matter of keeping secret their
action was largely dwelt upon by tn e
Judge and the reasons for this secrecy
were given.
The matter of the County Board OF
Excise Commission was prominent
factor of the Judges charge. The
Judge made specific charge In rela
tion to communication in the papers
embedding the statement of gentle
man charging bribery, and he said 1t
was subject to come to the notice of
the Grand Jury.
If any member of the Board holds
out menace by which money outside
of the license fees is solicited it is ex.
tortion and II money Is paid 1t is brib.
cry, and the Board is indictable.
There were $50 complaints to come
up from Magitrate Courts, the Judge
said he had been informed, and many
of them were based upon very fimsey
causes. If this was 80 the Grand Jury
should scrutinize the evidence very
carefully.
The charge was short but explicit.
The Grand Jury, at Its conclusion, re
tired under the care of Constables R.
F. Ayars and William Bryant.
The petit jurors were then called.
Col. Potter made a motion to .quash
certain indictments lately found
against the Cumberland Glass Mfg
Co.
The indictment not being at hand
the motion will be heard later In the
term. The list OF appeal cases were
called by Judge Hoagland.
Charles T, Jones presented an
plicatton to keep an inn and tavern in
Greenwich. Chas. E. Sheppard said a
remonstrance would be presented and
asked for delay. Remonstrance must
be filed by Friday morning, Judge
Hoagland said.
Judge Hoagland in reply to petit
ton by Orestes Cook for the laying
out a road In Hopewell township, stat
ed that the commissioners. would be
appointed during the day.
The first case called was the circuit
court issue of Martha A. Sheppard, a
widow lady, against Lafayette Elmer,
administrator of her husbands estate.
The suit was to recover the sum of
$292, which she claimed was her per-
sonal money, which the administrator
seized as belonging to the estate of her
husband. A jury was empanelled and
the case was begun, Col. Potter ap-
pearing for the complainant, and J. L..
VanSyckel for the administrator.
There is likely to be interesting work
in the Grand Jury room, and Prosecu-
tor Logue will give these gentlemen
plenty of employment.
The Court proceedings Tuesday
afternoon terminated with the case of
Felix Ferraris against the Italian Ben
eticial Society of Vineland on trial.
The Jury In the case of Mrs. Martha
A. Sheppard against Lafayette Elmer,
administrator, came In after the ad-
journment of Court, rendering ver-
dict In favor of Mrs. Sheppard for $2S2
the amount she claimed with interest.
All the Jurors excepting those on
the two cases now trying are dis
charged till next Tuesday.
The business of Court began Wednes-
day moraing with the presumption of the