Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1904-10-06
OCTOBER TERM
OF COUNTY courts

Ihe October term OF the Cumberland
County Court convened Tuesday morn
ing, Judge Francis J. Swayze, Justice
OF the Supreme Court, presiding for
the first time here. The county bar
was in full attendance, and besides
these there were present former Judges
Armstrong and Carrow, of Camden,
and lawyers Semple and Hatzenback.
Judge Swayze is very pleasant
looking gentleman, dark complexioned
and dignified bearing. His manner OF
address is pleasant and his voice agree
able. He ordered the Court opened at
once, and ordered the calling of the
Grand Jury, and after this had been
done and the charge delivered the
Judge said he would reappoint D.
Bowen as clerk Of the Grand Jury.
The Grand Jury was as follows:
The Grand Jurors.
George Reeves, J. R. Elwell, Joseph
Steelman, Theoph. Woodruff, Frank
Ayars, Albert A. Ham, Henry Kim
BILE, Lewis R. Corson, DR.. NJ. B.
Chapman, Chas. Stanisics. Henry
Taylor, Thos. Mccoy, Sr., VIM. D.
Oliver, John O. Hand, Frank Bate
man, U. B. Hall, George Hertzog, H.
w. Schnitzer, Roscoe Davis, John B.
Garrison, Howard Riley, VIM. Cook,
George Carlisle.
The Judges Charge.
Judge Swayze charged the Grand
Jury, his charge dealing exclusively
with the shooting of an italian by
Philip Andrea, recently, who was in
the act of stealing grapes from An
drea's vineyard about midnight.
In the charge the Judge said that if
Andrea fired the gun with the inten-
tion of killing the thief, or even with
the intention of doing him serious
bodily harm, and the shooting not
having been justified, he should be in
dicted for murder.
1t had been stated that Andrea had
pulled the trigger of his hammerless
gun and the shell did not explode, but
subsequently the shell went off and
the man was killed as result. This
act was matter for the Grand Jury
to determine. Ii the death was the
result purely of an accidental dis
charge OF the gun-which the Grand
Jury should determine-then an in
dictment might not be found. But
the shooting was not justifiable sim
ply because the thief was stealing
fruit, and was not threatening bodily
harm to Mr.. Andrea.
From the Judges charge there was
but one chance-th of the accidental
discharge of the gun-for Andrea to
escape Indictment.
The Court told the Grand Jury to
select their officers and retire.
Constables Reeves ard Bullock were
the officers chosen
The list of causes was called and a
large number of the cases were found
ready for trial,
Judge T. W. Trenchard called the
list of the Common Pleas, at the con-
clusion OF which the applications for
hotel licenses of Chas. T. Jones and
JOS. Rachor were considered. There
being no opposition to either of these
applications, both licenses were
granted.
The first case called for trial was
the Supreme Court case of Clarence
B. Lummis against the Millville Man
ufacturing Company, for the loss of a
vessel load of grain in the Maurice
River.
Messrs. VIM. A. Logue and Walter
H. Bacon were the lawyers on each
side.
The Court laid down the rule that
challenges Of jurors must be made as
soon as the juror is called, and before
he reaches the jury box.
A jury was then empaneled to try
the case
Mr.. Logue, in opening the case,
stated this suit was to recover for two
cargoes Of corn, one Of which, how.
ever, amounting to $278. SO, had been
settled for, and was now out of the
case; the other cargo, valued at 81, =
1876. 81, was still due and unpaid. The
corn was purchased by Mr.. Lummis
in Baltimore amounting to something
over $500 bushel, and shipped to Mill
vile about April 28th last, arriving
in Millville May 5th. The corn had
been sampled, the cargo approved, and
check was given in settlement. The
company were not ready that day to
unload the corn, but ordered the cap
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