The Penn's Grove record., 1900-05-18
County Court.

; AuOo1cJ AAVauih8s 1Ous QooI86Cs u
low. Justice Of the Supreme Court, pre-
siding, and Hon. g. H. Sinnickson
Judge OF Common Pleas, on the bench
The following gentlemen compose
the Grand Jury.
Clark Petit, Warrington.
John Tyler, Salem.
Smith Bacon. "
Thomas Roberts, Salem.
Phineas B. Headley, "
9: Hildrsth Reeves, Qointon.
James Colder, Pittsgr0ve.
Henry K. Dubois,
phineas Smith. L. a. Creek.
Richard Grier,
William Robbins. Pilesgrove.
Edward w. Lippincott,
Jacob House, Alloway.
Charles Dixen,
Charles E. Atkinson, L. r. Neck.
George Fowler, L. F. Neck.
Clement B: tanning, U. T. Neck.
James s. Dubois,
james B. Nicholson, Eisinboro.
Thomas Y. Hackett, U. Pittsgrove.
Isaac johnson.
Joseph H. Cochran, OIdmans.
Edwin e. S0mers,
The list Of Causes presented for trial
were as follows:
SUPREME COURT ISSUES.
Thomas Roberts ct VI. trading as the
firm OF Thomas Roberts & Co. VS.. Chas.
johnson and George w. Pierson. trad
ing, &C.. as johnson & Pierson. Charles
Mecum, Atty for Plaintiff; ]. w. Ac-
ton, Atty for Defendant.
Howard Shultz, vs.. Eugene Dupont,
trading as E. !. Dupont de Nemours &
Co. j. w. Westcott, Atty for Plaintiff:
]. F. Sinnickson, Atty for Defendants.
Charles E. Hires Company. vs. At
lantic City Railroad Co. Howard Car
row, Atty for Plaintiff; j. Willard
Morgan, Atty for Defendent.
Isaac E. Hires vs.. Atlantic City Rail-
road Company. Howard Carlow, Atty
for Plaintiff; j. Willard Morgan, Atty
for Defendant.
APPEALS TO COMMON PLEAS.
5. M. Bassett Glass Company, Appel
liant; ads. Archer Riley. Appellee.
Walter H. Bacon, Atty for Appellant;
Francis Laffsrty. Atty for Appellee.
Clark C. Turner. Appellee; VS.. Harry
s Barber, Appellant. John B. Hates,
Atty for Appellee; D.. Y. Summerill.
Jr, Atty for Appellant.
LICENSES GRANTED
Judge Sinnickson in the Common
Pleas, granted the following licenses to
keep inns and taverns:
Phebe j. Murphy. at Elmer. Fee 500.
John Ryan. ut Pole Tavern. Fee 500.
Matthias Leaman, at Centreton. 500.
Samuel French, at Woodst0wn. Fee
$500.
Joseph French. at Penn's Grove. Fee
5000.
Geo. Burminder, at All0way. Fee 500.
Margaret j. and Thad. A. Acton, at
Pennsville. Fee 500.
Charles Kern, wholesale, at Pitts
grove. Fee 500.
The Court refused the following ap.
plications for license ana declined to
listen to arguments: F. H. Furbank, at
Pennsville; Walter, Shape, at PENIS.
Grove; Jos. Muscovitch, at Norma.
The Grand Jury finished Its work on wednes.
dav, having found only six true bills Of indict-
ment. They were: Isaac Counsellor, assault
and battery; Harry Richards, colored, assault
and battery and atrocious assault; Henrietta
Thomas, col0red, larceny of q; Clarence Sayres
and Leslie Wood, assault and battery; william
Carrie, for selling liquor without a license.
The case Of Howard Shultz against the Du
points was put off until q special term in Sep
TENDER.
The trial Of Isaac Hires for damages from the
Atlantic City Railroad Go. was finished Wednes.
day and the jury gave . verdict OF 81, 900 for per-
sonal injuries. A verdict for $al3 was also given
the Charles E. Hires Company, whose team
Hires was driving at the time 1t was demolished
by a train and he was seriously injured.
On Thursday the first criminal ease called
was that of Leslie Wood for assault on VIM.
Dolbow at Penn's Grove. It was J. Forman
SinnicksOn's first case as Prosecutor and Jon.
w. Actions first case since leaving the Prosecut-
ship. 1t was one Of the most trivial indictments
ever made by . Grand jury and that ever oc
cupied the time OF q court.
D0lb0w and W0 cd are rival liyerymen. Wood
is agent for the WI. Express Co. and had aere
ed to cart the baggage Of . drummer, when Dol.
bow stepped up and offered to take them for
nothing. While wheeling the baggage on the
station platform D0lb0w crowded Wood with
truck made faces and whistled at Wood to tant-
alize him, wherein Wood hit him with the ex
press book. Dolbow. who had been employed
as special officer at tie hotel only when Mr..
French wanted him and paid him, showed his
badge Of presumed authority, arrested Wood
and dragged him to the Mayors office TO lock
him up.
AN ARBITRARY RULING.
The testimony went to prove these facts until
Hilderth Turner testified that Dolbow and
Wood had had an alteration on the wharf last
fall. When agent Springer had told Wood to
take charge of q horse and Dolbow took it and
knocked Woods feet from under him. This
was in rebuttal to D0lbow's testimony that he
had not spoken to Wood nor had any trouble
with him for over a year. Judge Sinnickson
objected, while Mr.. Acton insisted that it bore
on the case to show the aggravation that Wood
had enduredto cause him to fear Dolb wv. The
Judge said he did not intend to be insulted by
an attorney while Mr.. Acton said he did not in
tend to be insulted by the court. The Judge
said he might leave the case ii he could not pro-
coed according to his ruling. Thereon Mr.. Act
on took his hat and left the court room,
The Judge request the att orneys in the bar to
take the case, but they refused. He then sent
for Mr.. Acton to return and after a few words
OF explain alton the case proceeded.
The Prosecutor also objected to the testimony
that Mr.. Dolbow was not an officer Of the Bor-
ough, had not been appointed by the Mayor nor
confined by the Council.
Mr.. Acton in summing up ridiculed the idea OF
an assault by the disparity In size and age Of
Wood and D0lbow. DolbOw weighs $50 pound.
Wood III Dolb0w was using the badge of pre-
sumed authority to further his own interest and
had aggravated an assault under the badge Of
law. Prosecutor Sinnickson stated that DolboW
was an acting officer in good faith, and that the
book vas not an ordinary book but had steel
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