The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-12-19
THE WINTER TERM OF COURT.


with Judge Herr presiding, Justic
Gummere did not appear owing t,
sickness The supreme Court ease
are as follows
SUPREME COURT.
l. Henry Race vs.. Eastou and Am
boy Railroad Company Tort Viii
liam c. Gebhardt -McCarter, William
son and MeCarter.
> Henry and Ada l.. Race vs.
Easton aud Ambov Railroad Company
Tort VIM. c. Gebhardt McCarter
Williamson and McCarter.
,. Nathan A. Conover vs.. Central
Railroad of New Jersey. Tort VIM
/ c. Gebhardt john L. Cenoyer.
4. Henry IT, Carter vs.. David Law
she. Contract. O. 7. Chamberlin
Q. L. Blackwell.
) Mary ]. Thornton w. William +.
Arney. admir- of Jonas j Warmau,
deceased. Contract. g. \. Skillman
L. II. Sergeant.
The Grand Jury WAS sworn in.
Judge Herr called the special atten-
ton of the Grand Jury to some matters
which are better stated in his charge,
which was in the following language.
Gentleman of the Grand Jury: Yen
have taken upon yourselves an eN-
ceeding solemn obligation, by the
terms of which you are to keep the
secrets of the state and Your own III
violate; that is, YOU are not to reveal Ia
any person, except those who are en-
titled To receive the Information any
| thing that occurs i'll the grand jury
room. The law requires yon to keep
| that oath strictly Whether You think
| it Will do any harm or not You are not
to reveal TO anyone anything that oc-
| ours i'll the grand jury room. 1ou are
not to tell anyone what witnesses came
| before YOU, nor reveal to anyone what
| they say, unless ii is to the Prosecn
| tor, or the court or by order of the
court. neither while you are i'll session,
| or after the session ia concluded. The
| law protects witnesses who appear be
| fore the Grand Jury, III that par,icu
| lar, aud il is exceedingly important
| to the State TINT TINT part of Your OBJ
| legation should I've strictly observed. a
great many grand jurors of tins coun-
| ty have forgotten TINT pnrt of their oh
| legation heretofore, and 1t has not been
difficult to find out on the streets what
has taken place before the Grand Jury.
1t il Your duty TO hear only one side
of the case: you are Ia consider the
evidence TINT IL presented by the Pros
ecutor, and vau ARE not TO decide
whether or not the party IL guilty or
not of the offence alleged. 1t IL Yonr
duty 10 say whether, from the cyl
dence produced before You, there IL
probable cause Ii you conclude from
the evidence produced before You on
the part of the state, that there IL
probable cnuse, it is Your duty to in
diet. If Won think there is not proba
BILE cause 1t IL your duty not to indlct.
II Is scarcely necessary to call your
attention to tho fact that You are to
allow nobody 10 speak 10 You, under
any circumstances whatever, nS To
what ~ occurring before Yon, or nj
tempt TO influence Your action IN any
respect Anyone who approaches n
grand lurymnn is immediately guilty
of contempt of Cnnrt, and, not only
that, but guilty of crlme rs we'll, and
IT Is your duty to call the attention oil
the court to amy body who approaches
Won IN regard to anything TINT occurs
before Won, or il likely 10 come 10 Sonr
notice in the Grand Jury room, and If
anyone does 50, the court will deal
very severely with them.
There are TIVE matters that the Pro
secutor has CHILLED my attention 10 tins
morning that You probably need special
instructions about lie saYs that lot
teries and rallies have become quite
prevalent in the county; 80 much 80
TINT they nre n public evil Anything
That partakes of the nature of II draw
ing, or Lottery or rattle, IN which, by
paying II small amount of money, one
takes chance of getting It larger sum
III rctur -, by d." sf+'at5 " luolt'f ''"'nhor'
is a lottery. and Is indictable, that is
the law, md whoever does it is guilty
of IA misdemcanor, aud if evidence of
anything Of that kind is brought To
vonr attention, and Won think there
il probable cause for believing that
parties have been guilty of acts, IT ~
your duty to indict them.
The other matter is this: The Legs
lainre in 1898 passed the following act
1t IL found in the Session Laws of
1898, page $40, sec 1859. ANY officer
ofany city, township, village, borough,
ward or county Of TINS state, who shall
hereafter obtain, or counsel, aid, assist,
person or persons, corporation or cor
porations, any sum OF sums Of money,
notes. bonds, scrip, security, or other
valuable thing, from any such city,
township. village, borough, ward or
county, or from this state, not lawful
ly and Justly due to snid officer, or to
such other person or persons, corpora
ton or corporations, at the time of
al tha atall lao emily al
high misdemeanor.
1T has been charged publicly, and
the Prosecutor has called my ntten
tion to il this morning, TINT large
sum Of money has been unlawfully
obtained from this county through
malfeasance on the part Of the Board
Of Freeholders of the county II Won
are satisfied that that is the case; that
is, if the Board of Freeholders Of this
county, or certain members thereof,
have voted for the payment of illegal
sums to any Of the county officers, they
are guilty of misdemeanor, and 1t rs
your duty TO indIct them believe
that is the whole case. GOu are the
Judge Of the facts, of course, and II IL
your duty to say whether there ~ pro
bable cause for Indictment, IN cnAe
of that kind, or not.
The court will he ready at all times
to give the Grand Jury any counsel or
any assistance that they may desire.
The list Of causes in the Circnit
Court was given as below,
CIRCUIT Court.
] James f. Lyman Va. Almira s.
Mathews. Contract o =. Chamber
lin-Charles A. SkilIman.
.. Winfield S. Black ys George w.
Sharp. Contract. VIM. G. Gebhardt
William II. Johnson.
After reviewing the jury list, licenses
were granted to wit Thomas De
Gator, White House, fee, $3.50; Geo.
c. Ball, caIifon, fee, 800; Jesse W.
Weller, Stockton, fee, $50; John NJ.
Krout, Franklin Township, Wholesale
license, fee, 800.
The Conrt next took mp the first case
on the Circuit list James +. Lyman