The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-21
FIRST WEEK OF COURT
Grand Jury Charged On Hand
ling of Public Moneys.

ling of Public Moneys.
Case of Patrick Kennedy Against D., L.
and w. Railroad Co. Covers Three Days
Verdict of S9. 500 for Damages-Review
of Causes on the Civil Calendar-Inns
and Taverns ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for
Hotel In Morris Township-FulI Courts
News to late.
Tuesday marked the opening of the
regular January term of the Morris
county courts before Presiding Judge
Chief Justice Magic and Law Judge
Cutler. the term promises to be short
one, but the first day saw the court room
packed to overfiowing with lawyers,
Iitigants, jurymen &c. The first busi-
ness done was the calling of the Grand
Jury, which is composed of the following
gentlemen: John Fl. Capstick, foreman;
James g. Porter, Carnot B. Meeker,
Samuel Swackhammer, Charles E. Shell
ley, Henry B. Powell, George Fl. Ross,
Joseph Van Dyke, Theodore Brown,
Robert H. Thompson, John B. Budd,
John Shippee, Abraham Ryerson, Edwin
j. Ross, Robert T. Smith, Oscar Cort-
right, Milton J. Black, John N. Young,
Matthias T. Welsh, Phillip S. Young,
William 81. Smith. Messrs. Ellis G..
Myers. Louis NJ. Noe and William G.
Bates failed to respond to the call of
their names.
The courts charge to the jury was a
brief one, calling attention to the laws
concerning the handling of public moneys
by public officials, defining the laws gov
erning this class, and directing the
Grand Jury that in case complaints were
before them to investigate them thor
oughly and if proper, to return indict-
ments against guilty parties.
After the Grand Jury had retired, the
civil calendar was taken up pre-emptor-
lily, and the following cases were dis
posed of:
Supreme Court.
Kate Camisa VS., The Morris County
Electric Company; In tort. No response
from counsel.
Madaline Camisa VS.. The Morris
SOu4by IlOCJIlC LII lCIbs NO
response from counsel.
Andrew j. Slingerland VS.. Thos. A,
Gillespie ct al: In tort. No response.
Andrew J. SlingerIand VS.. The East
Jersey Water Company; In tort. No
response.
Aletha B. Slingerland VS.. The East
Jersey Water Company; In tort. No
response.
Melvina P. Staples VS.. Thomas 0.
Bullock, on contract. Of for term.
Circuit 5urt
George Richards VS.. Leopold D.
Schwarz ct ais; In ejectment. Off for
term.
Rose T. Headley VS.. Joseph Hinch-
man, admr. of Isaac A. Garfield, decd;
On contract. Off for term.
William H.. Baker, ct al VS.. The
Delaware Lackawanna & Western r.
r. Co.; In tort. Settled.
All the other cases on the calendar
were reported as being ready for disposi-
tion and they will be taken up in their
order.
Common Pleas.
In the Court of Common Pleas, the
following applications for license to
keep inns and taverns were considered
and granted by the court:
Clarence G. Brown, Roxbury; John
L. Allen, Jefferson; George Brooks,
Rockaway Borough; Oscar Scheer,
Roxbury; William E. Search, Rox-
bury; Thomas Bright, Jefferson; Robert
Reicks, Madison; George s. Beavers,
Mendham.
The application of David w. Pratt to
keep hotel in Morris Township. was
laid over until Monday, it being new
application.
The following is list of appeals in the
Common Pleas, the name of the ap-
pellant being given first and appellee fol-
lowing:
Julia R. Cutler, executrix of A. w.
Cutler deceased, and Ronaldo & Co.;
William Murphy and Mary Mccall; the
State, John Luke and Monroe Hill; the
State, John Luke, and Monroe Hill;
Sarah B. johnson and William 81. Mes
lar; Michael G. Day ct al, parteners &c.
and Joseph R. Miller ct al, partners &C.;
Patrick Mulhall ct al, partners &c. and
the Morris County Crushed Stone Co.;
Matthias Early and Barney Martin;
Maria L. Jones and Joseph w. Coe;
Helen E. Frost and Philip G. Yawger;
Henry Warnemundie, and Albert M.
Bnrney, M. Gray Smith and George
Burnet; Irving E. Schwarz and Mayor
&c. of Dover; John Chapman and Alonzo
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