Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1895-01-10
CUMBERLAND COURTS.
..PEAKEASIES ARE PASSING
! THROUGH GREAT TRIB-
( ULATIONS.
Much Business Being Rushed
/ Through.

Much Business Being Rushed
Through.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
When Court convened In the after
noon, Judge Reed announced that, In
The case of Pyne and Crockett against
VIM. E. Fowler, Ool. Potter having
moved for non-suit, on the grounds
let forth In his motion, the non suit
vas granted.
This ended thst case, and the case
II Henry F. Camm against Henry
Buck and Edward G. Hall. the Fairton
butchers, was called and jury i'm
lssnelled.
This case is suit for SIC, 600 damages
Or the loss of hand while In the en-
,loy of the defendants.
John 8. Mitchell appeared for the
,laint'ff, and Col. VIM. E. Potter was
counsel for the defendants.
Mr.. Camm was running steam lard
hitting machine, and his hand was
drawn into the machine and so badly
Nut by the revolving knives that am
eouts ton of the forearm was necessary,
And for this accident he claims dam
k3ges In the suit brought.
Mr.. Camm said that he had worked
Tor the defendants some ten years; he
had charge of the engine as we'll as be-
Ing the boss butcher. At the time of
hhe accident he was feeding frozen raw
lard meat into cutting machine. The
lmeat got caught In the machine so 1t
would not feed through; he took a
meat hook to pull the meat out of the
machine, when the hook got fast, and
in his efforts to free, 1t his hand was
Ncaught and drawn into the knives and
Soadly cut.
| The defense was that Mr.. Camm was
head butcher and engineer and had
Sull charge of the machinery, and If
che accident was the cause Of any neg
EigereB, he himself was the negligent
one. az
Mr.. Camm was kept long time on
che witness stand to explain how the
accident happened, and he was zorro.
borated by Mr.. McChesney, John
Buck, Frank Taylor, Charles Bishop
and others.
Mr.. Buck was put on the stand in
defense.
THURSDAY MORNING.
A big attendance was present In
Court this morning when Judge Reed
and his associates took their places
upon the bench and Court Crier
Young musically opened the various
Courts.
All the evidence in the Oamm-Buck
case was In last night. The meat cut
ter which had caused the damage was
brought into the room, and placed be.
! ore the jury.
Col. Potter, for the defense made an
argument of considerable length for
: his clients, and was followed by John
3. Mitchell for the plaintiff, and was
followed by the charge of Judge Reed.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
Court ma tiers moved along smooth
ly yesterday afternoon. The next
civil case on the list following the
Hampton-C Chambers suit was set down
for Tuesday next, and all jurors but
the panel In the box were discharged
until Tuesday morning.
While the Hampton.C Chambers
case was going on, the Camm.Buck
Jury came In and announced that it
had agreed upon verdict, and found
for the defendant.
Circuit Court Issue No. 6 was substl
tuted In place of No. 4. to convenience
OK Judge Pancoast, who was interest.
ed with Walter II. Bacon In the de-.
tense of the case, which was Henry
Hampton VS.. Anthony Chambers, for
damages. John 8. Mitchell and Jos.
oliver represented the plaintiff, and
Mesers. w. b. Bacon and David j.
Pancoast the defense.
The case is not one that can or
should be given verbatim publicity.
It is sad story Viewed from the side
Of the plaintiff.
!. Down in Eldora, Maurice River
township, there dwells an aged gentle
man named Henry Hampton. He has
. daughter. and as she appeared In
Court she seemed to be an innocent,
trusting, rather unsophiscated girl,
nineteen years of age last August.
In her arms she carried little baby
born last May, the young woman said.
The father of the child was said to be
Anthonu Ghamhara and tha fofhor