Bridgeton pioneer., 1897-05-06
OPENING MAY TERM.
Great Concourse at the Court House
Tuesday Morning.
GRAND JURY SENT OUT.
Judge Ludlow Appears Upon the Bench
and the Work of the May Term Be-
gins-Spirited Session.


Sheriff Cheesman had made every ar
rangement for the comfort Of the many
who are obliged to attend Court, and
when Court Crier Clevenstine recited his
little piece he was looking into the faces
of an audience that completely crowded
every available space of the big audi
torium.
There sat in the seats outside of the
rail the fifty and four jurymen, the gen.
tlemen who will make up the Grand In
Inquest. Of course they were not known
before their names were called by Clerk
Trenchard. Witnesses were many, and
there was an unusual number of spec
tators.
Inside the bar were large number of
prominent lawyers from this section of
the state, prominent among them being
those interested in the railroad damage
cases.
The Grand Jury was called and sworn,
as follows:
Louis R. Corson, foreman.
c. W. Shoemaker.
Charles E. Mulford.
Jacob w. OFT.
Thomas s. Simmons.
D. Harry Chandler.
William H. Sheppard.
Matthew N. Neipling.
William Fl. Berry.
Charles Fl. Fox.
Frank Bingham.
William E. Riley.
Morris Davis.
John P. Richards.
l.. D. johnson.
Furman Sheppard.
w. D. Whitaker.
Brantley Ware.
Constance w. Hand.
Robert Dubois.
E. T. Bolls.
Henry Buck.
There was no special charge to the jury,
and they went out in care of two con-
stables.
The list of causes was then taken up.
and the first two went off for the term.
but the next fourteen cases were marked
ready. This includes the eleven un-
settled cases against the railroad, grow
ing out of the accident last summer at
Atlantic City.
The Circuit Court issues were mostly
marked off for the term. The damage
suits against Chas E. Sheppard, brought
by Walter H. Bacon and Hon. B. H.
Minch go over FIR the term. AS for sew
eral terms, Mr.. Sheppard made plea to
have the cases go off, his argument for
postponementth this time, being based upon
the TACT that his counsel, Judge Carrow
was i'll. Mr.. Trenchard for the plaintiffs
insisted that the cases should be tried.
Ihe plaintiffs were anxious for the trial,
and they had been hanging fire long
enough. Judge Ludlow refused to order
the cases on while counsel sill.
II all the cases marked ready could be
tried at this term, the Court would be in
session for more than month.
While the list of Common Pleas issues
was called. Judge Hoagland gave notice
that the Court would hold session of
Court the first Monday in every month
for the trial of Common Pleas issues and
Orphans Court business.
Judge Hoagland granted license for
hotel at Port Norris to Henry Deemer,
fee 500. Another to Mac Sharp, at Port
Elizabeth, fee $lOO.
Adam Young was granted license f,r
wholesale business in Hopewell. fee 500.
ii. ID Paullin, at Dorchester, was
granted hotel license, same fee.
An application was presented from
Herbert Garrison, for an inn and tavern
at Fortescue. 1t was passed over until
next Monday.
Mr. Logue addressing the Court said
that the committee appointed to prepare
resolutions in memoriam of the late Col.
VIM. =. Potter and j. Boyd Nixon was
ready to report, and presented excellent
resolutions, entirely fitting to the occa-
sion. Before presenting the resolutions
prepared by the committee, Mr.. Logue
made appropriate earnest remarks, and
then offered these resolutions:
Cumberland Circuit Court of the term
of May, A. D. 1897.
1t having been suggested to the Court
at the last January term thereof that since
the October term, to wit, ON the ninth
and twelfth days of November, A. D. 1896,
TWO OF the members of the Bar of this
county, William Elmer Potter and James
Boyd Nixon, had departed this life, it
was thereupon ordered that committee
be appointed to suggest to this Court ap-
propriate action in the matter and the
committee, through its Chairman, hav-
ing now made it's report and presented
resolutions appropriate to the occasion,
it is ordered that the following minute
be entered upon the records of the Circuit
Court and certified copies thereof sent to
their respective families.
WIN. B. TRENCHARD, Clerk.
Hon. T. w. Trenchard moved that
these resolutions be adopted, and Mr..