The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-10
CLEAN out.
Judge Lippincott Says All
Encounters With the
= Dukes" Are
Illegal.
THE LADY AND THE TIGER
DiscrderlY Houses and Policy Gam
bling Resorts Censured-
Indict the Police.
THE LADY AND THE TIGER


The usual array of lawyers of greater
or lesser calibre. attended the opening
Of the December term of Court this
morning. The court opened promptly
at ten o'clock with Justice Lippincott
and Judge Kenny on the bench. The
Court had the list of causes read off
and marked them ready or not ready,
as the lawyers on either side ~nounc
There are ~twenty-elght damage suits
against the Consolidated Traction Com
pany. and eight suits against fle North
Hudson County Railway Company.
These do not include the suits which
were left over from the last term.
One of the interesting suits on the calen-
Oar is that of Edmund A. st. John. OF
Brooklyn, to recover $4,000 from Charles
S. Bloomfield for the alienation of Mrs.
st. Johns affections.
Among the conspicuous. lawyers pres
ent Nas Miss Mary Philbrook, who has
the distinction of being the first woman
admitted to the New Jersey bar. She
sat modestly in a chair inside of the
Enclosure. scanned the printed list OF
causes Just the same as all the other
lawyers present, and was apparently
obvious of the attention she attracted.
The Grand Jury flied in headed by
Sheriff Toffey, and Justice Lippineott de-
livered his charge.
From observation there are clear indl-
GATORS that crimes of a certain char-
acter are increasing in this County.
Poolseliing and b~ookmaking upon the
results of horse races in other states,
races. seems to have revived ~sporadical-
~ in this County. understand tnat
bills for this. offense, and then TOR some
reason reconsidered them and did not
make presentment to This Court. Il may
have been that the evidence was lnsuIn-
Gent. but it would appear that II cyl
dence sufficient was presented, IN order
to find a true bill. there ought to nave
remained suficienf reason for the pre-
septation of the indictment or lndict-
ments. ~. NOT
ter. The Court must see to it that these
practices be not revived, and sucn as now
exist must be vigorously stamped oul.
of the term that your duty in TINS re-
spect has been fully performed, ana It
is a matter which it. is .hoPea +i Wll n ne
i attention of this Court has been
sailed to the se,tS Sop5eie es OF of re Hob dallnre and ID
Jersey City. and perhaps some other
places in the county, to suppress dfS-
orderly houses. concert saloons in which
obscene exhibitions and conduct are
permitted and carried on, and lotteries;
such as gge policy pla of fbis T Goun Geuf have 0e
f-AnRTal SESSO4tS III liz -
with c~omnlendable zeal en,leavoreI 70
suppress those things. and the complaint
Is nat ii is not aided by the police
authorities. It is tile duty OF the CEta.i
Jl,-y If evidence Is presented 20 laeli,
o. II evidence can be obtained by TIE
Grand Jury. 10 promptly indict the Of
fsrders S,he:e should be no hesitation
ysffaternr of the Grand Jury 70 act
promptly in .his matter: It is the DUTY
II the Grand Jury 10 break I'D these
places. suppress tacse practices. and IN
dict ti,cse Who thus offend ~asainst the
Ia Srs ana nothing but the utmost vigil
e1seo on tl,o oart Of the authorities and
- Cra.;S .Tflries sill maintain a suppress
sion Of these crimes: certainty anG eel
Gritty Of p:inisiinaent are the my iaeallss
sithd ped and Kept n subsection sao
af4y relaxation results at once IT. q
revival and an increase ol these czss-,t
This class ce offences should be kept
x,,-,nresSed Is the ordinary police atlticr:-
fiSs If CIR cities in this coEnty. The
Ycrsorraance Of duty en- their fsart would
IA everv community of ..ne n~ss.i'4rtjal
rreeence OF trese law breakers. r. these
sfsfboritics lie people have da.sFated
fr.ir ropgers fnr the protection o fn9
r,1,.,lic- VFho is ti.afe to defect crime, and
lanish offcnaers, but the police adtfiorit-
ics who are eelccted paid Tor this
b.,~srf<s ly The p=o3le. They a;~ sworn
"a do It. IT IS t.aair duty and Il gan
fa said t5lat with cr1inars diiisence me
*as. coIli be accomplished BY tAssn,
ana ;f il IS not done = IS because they
I'D g.se.aa5se Ger such regloct. The
nnlicc aaltftofsTiec to answer that they
ras,fcs discover TIE cfse1CGFs End ere
nat able to anpTefsatl is. 10 say the least
fiic cvscge ri inefsicfency. but it Is p1osc
than that. Il il @iif.il neglect or ctsy,