Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1894-01-04
CUMBERLAND COURrS.
Justice Garrison. Of Camden, VINO
Heard the Great Lingo iris /,
Prestdes, IN Place Of Justice
Reed Who Is lll..The Grand
Jurors tor the Term.
TUESDAY MORNING.

TUESDAY MORNING.
The January t-rm If the Climber.
land Coun'y Courts for the year of
grace, 1894, was begun In the Court
House to-day. The bright morning,
and the unusual interest expected to
be developed In this term brought out
large concourse OF people, interest ed
and otherwise, from all parts of the
county.
The sickness of Judge Alfred Reed,
which caused the attendance of Su-
preme Court Justice Charles Garrison,
the distinguished judge who presided
over the long and wearisome trial of
the great LeConey and Lingo cases In
the Camden county courts, served also
to iLcrease the interest In the opening
day.
The county bar was represented by
apparently all the lawyers who wele
not deferred by grip from being pres
ent. Judge Garrison walked into the
bench. accompanied by Judge Hoag-
land and Lay Judges Hendee and
Ludlam.
'Oall the officers of the court" were
the first words Judge Garrison uttered.
"Call the list Of Grand Jurors" were
the next words and the following
names were called as the
GRAND JURORS.
Myron ]. K mball, Freeman 8. Hale,
Frank Bingham, q T. Rice, Newton
Elmer, Jona Elmer, Bloomfield H.
Minch, David P. Multord, N. P. How
ell, Reuben Cheesman, w. B. Monroe,
Samuel Berry. J. howard Willetts, j.
w. Oonglin, L. E. Yates, VIM. B. Pep
per, Chss. T. Ladow, D. w. Sheppard,
H., @. Trenohard, Samuel Tomlinson,
James Ewing, Tnos. Hunt.
| These were sworn by Clerk Trench
ard and the Judge delivered a short
charge to them.
| THE JUDGES CEARGE.
| After the Grand Jury had been
sworn, Judge Garrison said to them
! that he had been informed by the
State Prosecutor. that there would be
evidence given to them in re gard to a
homicide, which had occurred at a
place within the county. He narrated
the incidents connected with the case
of the Christian z lis murder, and said
that while the Grand Jury could in
dict for murder or for a lesser crime
1t would be we'll for the Grand Jury to
indict for murder In general, and leave
the determination Of the degree of the
crime to the trial Judge ana the petit
Jury.
There was another matter which
he was informed by the Prosecutor
upon which evidence would be laid be-
fore the Grand Jury.
When Judge Garrison continued to
show what that matter was, there was
distinguishable ripple of surprise
went through the Court room.
This matter was the illegal rule of
liquor which had been carried on by
persons who had been licensed by the
Board OF County Excise Commits
sioners. The law passed by the Leg.
islature, he said, creating what was
called the County Board of Excise
Commissioners, had been declared to
be illegal and licenses granted by such
Board were null aud void, and parties
who had persisted in or continued to
sell liquor under color of such license.
were indictable ; they were indiotable
even though the decision of the Su-
preme Court should be reversed.
These people who had persisted in
selling, did SO, knowing that the act
of the Legislature had been declared
illegal, and they were now invictable
This, the Judge said. compose the
extent of what he had to say to the
Grand Jury and they might select
their offices.
The list of petit jurors was then
called.
Judge Garrison said that he was
present in the absence of Judge Reed,
who was confined to his home by
rheumatism, but that the civil list
would not be taken up, as Judge
Reed expected to be here next Tues.
day. He therefore discharged the
petit jurors until next Tues sday.
The list OF causes WAS called and
those ready for trial were noted.
Judge Hoegland also called The list
of appeal cases.
Stacy 8. Lewis, W. ID. Hartshorne
and ID. @. Adams made application for
tavern licenses. The license of Mr.
Lewis was granted on payment of
licenee fee OF 800.
The two others were laid over till
Monday.
The rest of the session of Court was
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