The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-06
GRAND JURY CHARGE
Judge Lippincott Seems to
Find the County Well
Governed and Orderly.
THE MEADOW NUIsANcEs
A Fruitful Field of Summer Ac-
tivity-Theft of the Last Pre-
sentiment Censured.

Soutun6ub
The April term Of Court opened this
morning. Justice Lippincott and Judges
H~udspeth and MENUS were on the bench
and the space inside of the railing was
crowded with lawyers. Beautiful bou-
Quets, one for each of the Judges, were
standing on the desk. At 1910 the Grand
jury. headed by Sheriff Heller, filed into
court, and were sworn in BY Deputy
County Clerk Gritten. Justice Lippincott
delivered this charge
Gentlemen of the Grand jury
The astgGrand jury ina presentment
made at the close of their session, DE.
clared that there Was a notable absence
OF crimes of rviolencefin in this county, and
this becomes a0source of commentator
TO snt the ofaes sgss Of the lay and the n p1li &c
this respect BY the Grand Jury.
Inc moral sense Of the community, and
government and thus i%nciddentaslly at
there is perhaps not 50 much cause for
congratulation, although such offences,
by perseverance il, the courts ins their
been lessened to a great degree.
greatest t d / g'sss Of rightly ms!p'i IN the en-
VI ~ laws lAld IL"
moralizing offences can be permanently
suppressed. Such crimes always follow
the lines where the least opposition is
surely result in a renewal of these Of
fences. with Increased virulence.
l refer TO the offences of the sale of
lottery; tickets, policy business, green
goods business and gambling in its var
1ous forms, especially that which takes
ing and betting on horse races. + also
refer to the ope and notorious sale of
Intoxicating liquor on Sunday.
The Court must rely upon the Prosecu-
tor of the Pleas and the officers of the
law and the police authorities for in
formation as to such offences, for it is
tanned. and the Grand Jury must, in
most cases, rely upon evidence procured
by. the Prosecutor of the Pleas and laid
manner; but you are, to as great an ex-
9 n as it is possible under the law, an
i ING n1oc body. and can set in motion
every other step practicable and
se stn 6 to discover the ex-
discharge its duty of calling your atten-
ton to every matter of violation of law,
OF which 1t has any information, and in
strqct you as to your duty. To instruct
You under oath that it is your duty to
present every violation of public law which
IS a crime 1t is the duty of the prosecutor
is a crime. 1t is the duty of the Prose-
cutor, under the law. to use all reasonable
ana lawful diligence for the detection,
arrest, Indictment and conviction of often
ders against the laws. It is your duty
TO investigate every responsible charge of
CRIME You are from the body of the
county, CHOSEN as a body to inquire into
existence of violations of the law of
every grade You are selected from the
d1ferent parts of the county, from your
respective vicinages, and made a body con-
slSoing OF quite a large number of mem
ners, SO that your inquiry may be as
I6nT0llGh az TarGHfbln Va.. go h-,- x---f-
lot the existence of crime, to ssmake
dfligent inquiry for it, not to eyade. nor
TO snlrk or turn aside from it, but to do
1nst what your oath requires you to do.
AhoW me- to say that If you perform that
duty, with the aid which this Court with
ITS process is bound to give you and the
alu or the Prosecutor in the performance
OF his duty, under the law, there will be
ounty
It is not usual for the Court to adj
dress you oftener than uace a term upon
any given subject. The Court is not here
rom day to day to urge upon the Grand
jury IN any given direction. The Court
assumes that you appreciate fully and
soiemnly the position which you .occupy
under your oeths of office. and the re-
f fpo n which rest upon you to see
y II that crime is presented to the Court
IN such a manner that it can be punished
II guilt be established.
me court may from time to time call
70 your attention matters which arise
I LII eaIne 10 time, requiring your action
but navfng once spoken to you upon any
gwen subject the Court generally refrains
from further comment, unless the matter
assumes a new phase. Still, the Court
reserves Hs-gfght to instruct you ait any
sttHe-Ior the duty of the execution of the
faVHs odFht ~ to be relaxed. and upon
tne Court, and ollc1~A sn~,authordty. as well
= the Grand Jury. b imposes the duty of
sacn taxing upon himself the burden of
iife. 1 fhe nenaen ct the laws to protect
and reputation of the citizens, and that
tstered.
ca Ihe attention Of the Court has been
caiied TO some violations of law in differ
ent parts of the county. The Court has
put little information upon the s1,hiect
put such as is CLEANED from publication
otner OF an anonymous character. 1t has
peenz said that there are one or more
4lsorGerly places kept open on Sunday, in
the Township of North Bergen. where
exhloitions are given which are a nuts.
ance to the n~eighborhood, and some
complaints Of like character of similar
boken and other portions of the co,,nfv
Upon this class of o~ffenses it is neces-
sary to exercise the greatest watchful-
aess, IN order to preserve a decent con-
The complaint has also come to the
Court that a .poof1room, or gambling
ACpAA, vi horse races, is being maintain
Cd on the Passaic River, in the Town Of
Harrison. y lIg
It is said a pool room is in full blast
at the Old Ferry in Weehawken. 1t is
said in this place almost every form Of
gambling is carried. on. It is said that
until late, ifit still does not continue.
This business has been carried on at the
Hudson County Park Hotel. A response
pie newspaper lately openly charged the
existence OF a similar place in Jersey
City, in Henderson street.
The Court must leave these matters
to such inquiry you can make. with
the aid of the police authorities and the
officers of. this county having such mat
ters in charge The Court always takes
occasion sto call our attention at least
oncesa term to such Information as the
Court may possess. It is your duty to
investigate and determine whether Of
lenses exist and if SO to indict.
The attention ofethe Court has been
called to the alleged existence Of gam
bling insthe liquor saloons in the different
portions of sthe county. 1t has been