Bridgeton pioneer., 1900-01-11
CUMBERLAND COURTS.
The Indictments of the Grand Jury, and
Trials of Prisoners.
wednesday Afternoon.

Wednesday Afternoon.
Over at the Court yesterday things
went on in the same dry, uninteresting
manner. The civil cases are surely as
punk, and the lawyers and principals
seem to be about the only persons who
are taking any interest in the matter.
The first verdict was rendered yesterday
by the jury in the blacksmith damage
suit. The jury decided that Tove had
been damaged by being moved out of his
shop, and fixed the damage at S65.
Yesterday afternoon Circuit Court Case
No. 8. was called. 1t was suit on con-
tract. Isaac Allen VS.. John Mcmahon,
on contract" it appeared on the list
William A. Logue represented the plain
tiff. While Wheaton Berault looked after
the interests of Mr.. Mcmahon.
According to the claim of Allen, he is
or was strawberry grower, living in the
vicinity of Bradway Station. John Nc
Mahop, with his son Willard, were act
ing as commission merchants in Vine
lana. Mcmahon in 1898 started out to
corner the strawberry market in that
vicinity, making contracts with pretty
much all the berry growers about there,
TO buy the berries for five cents per quart
Allen claims that he furnished berries to
the value Of some $500 or 5000, and after
giving Mcmahon credits for money re-
ceived, there is still owing from Nc
Mahon 1925 25. Mr.. Logue called but
two witnesses and rested.
The defense was that Mr.. Mcmahon
was not liable for the money demanded
of him by Mr.. Allen. Mr.. Mcmahon
claimed that he was an agent for a Bos.
ton firm, and that he had taken every
precaution to protect the berry growers.
1t was shown that Mr.. Allen had dis
posed of his claim to somebody named
| Arnold, who was to collect the money
| from the Boston people. Mr.. Arnold had
since assigned his claim to another party.
| In this complicated manner the case
went to the jury.
The last civil case to be tried was put
on yesterday afternoon. Lawyers Alvord
and Berault Of Vineland, had couple of
cases that they wanted to get before iuries
this term, but could not get ready until
| to-day Judge Ludlow refused to allow
the cases to get out of their regular order,
and they were marked off for the term.
The concluding case was another bit of
legal strife that was of no particular in
terest to anybody, excepting those di-
rectly interested. 1t was a replevin case,
and was largely matter of legal argu-
ment, and not much matter of fact to
look after by the jury.
The principals were Thomas Reeves, a
farmer, and James S.. Harmau, of Deer
| field. James j. Reeves represented
Reeves, and Walter H Bacon conducted
the defense.
The allegation of the plaintiff was that
in 1895, Reeves leased farm of Harman
For three years Reeves continued farm
ing on shares, under the provisions of the
original lease. In 1897, Mr.. Reeves sowed
thirty-six acres in wheat. After the
wheat was sowed, Reeves left the farm,
and in July following Reeves went back
to the farm to harvest the wheat, under
the laws of husbandry. When he ar
rived at the farm, Reeves found that Har-
man was cutting the wheat, and Reeves
was ordered off the place. Later Reeves
had the Sheriff execute writ of replevin
and the wheat was taken from Harman.
Reeves had it threshed, and gave back
one half of it to Harman, under the stipu-
lations of thu lease.
The defense in the replevin case was
that Reeves was not farming under a
lease after the first year, and if he had the
with, therefore Reeves had no ownership
in any crops.
The Jury in the Allen Mcmahon case
returned verdict last night in favor of
the plaintiff for one hundred dollars and
costs.
After three days of hard work, the
Grand Jury concluded it's labors Thurs
day afternoon and returned thirty-seven
true bills of indictment against various
offenders.
The grand inquest has been busy one
Scores of witnesses were examined, and
while thirty seven bills were found,
many complaints were turned down.
Among those indicted were:
Nathaniel Madden, indecent assault.
Lewis Colyin, Alfred Moore, assault
and battery.
Belford Candy, illegal dredging.
Jacob Nelson, William Wilson, John
Foster, Samuel Hammers. r. G. Nicker-
son, illegal longing oysters.
John Camp, larceny.
John Mingin, larceny as bailee.
John Luptger and Edward Loder, three
| indictments each, for breaking, entering
and stealing.
Al. Stevenson. two indictments for
breaking, entering and stealing.
| Mrs. Thomas B. Bullock, larceny.
| John Schmidt, larceny.
| Glenn. Biggs, removing mortgaged
goods.
Samuel Housand, grand larceny.
Gus. Somerville and Mrs. Maggie
Housand, misdemeanor.
George Hunt and Mary Corson, larceny