, 1905-04-26
APRIL TERM OF
CAPE MAY COURTS
DAMAGE CASE TRIED
All Old Applications for LIQUOR
Licenses Granted and Sew
eral New Applications.

County Courts commenced at Cape
May Court House yesterday, April 25,
at eleven o'clock in the morning. SUI
preme Court Judge Francis j. Swayze
and Common Pleas Judge Harrison
IL. VOORHEES, presided. County Clerk
julius Way and Sheriff w IL. Bright
were also present to perform their
official duties. Prosecutor of the Pleas
ii. s. Douglass being absent in the
west the Court appointed his brother,
Joseph Douglass, Jr and former Proc
cutor E. G. Cole to act in that capacity
Sheriff Bright called his second
Grand Jury as follows.
Edmund l.. Ross, foreman; Lime
aus Il. Swain, j. Clement Foster, Leon
ard Hand, Fnrman L. Ludlam, Reu-
ben w. Ryan, George Sayre, Anth ny
B. Smith, Charles Bohm, Morris l..
Bayard, Benjamin G. Abbott, elias
w. Forcum, Barclay schellinger, Sam
uel A.. Buck, Benjamin F. Barker,
Douglass Robinson, Richard b. Sites,
Stephen Wilson, Joseph G. Champion,
Joseph Brown, Frank Rutherford,
illiam S. Kimble, John n. Reeve,
Joseph w. Pincus.
Mr.. Reeve was not in the Court
room when his name was first called
and he being the Oath man to APP ear
was excused. The Grand Jury con-
sists of % men, an odd numher, twen-
ty-four men are always called by the
sheriff and n of their number excus-
ed, usually the last mai called.
Judge Swayze called the attention of
the Grand Jury to the subject of the
hours for holding Court, S ating that
complaints had come to his notice of
the delay in public business occasioned
by The existing conditi ms and Gus
toms. He sail that be knew it would
be difficult to remedy thee conditi Ms
owing to the existing train service,
and called upon thu Grand Jury to
make recommendations along tbs
line. No other matter was brought to
the attention of the Grand Jury by
the Court. After selecting Walter
Hurrell aud John w. Candy as con-
stables to attend the Grand Jury that
body retired to their room. All day
was spent in exami ing a large num-
Der of petty criminal co nplaints.
In the supreme Court list of issues
there we're a number from Five Mile
Beach. The first was the Slaughter
case for damages against William
Knabe, which vas reported ready fr
trial.
1t was sho wn that DIR. Cohen's case
against the West Jersey Electric Com
pany was not listed for trial within
the time required by law and judge
Swayze insisted that it must go over
until next term, and he So decided
This suit grew out of an incident in
DR.. C"hen's drug store when The d c.
tor elected George Wright, an en-
ployee of the electric company, from
his drug store about a year ago. After
this trouble the company refused 10
supply electric lights to DR.. Cohen's
residence and drug stores, hence the
suit. DR.. Cohen's lawyers are John
w. Wescott and Lewellyn Hildreth,
while French & Richards, of Camden,
represent the Electric Company.
The case of G. A. Sailing and son VS..
Bernard Benson, on contract was not
ready for trial and went off for the
term, as did also Reed & Company VS.
Bernard Benson, and William e. Glib
SOL VS.. Bernard Benson. In these
three Supreme Court cases the plain
tiffs are represented by Assemblyman
Hildreth and the defendant, Mr.. Ben
son, is represented by Clarence Golden
berg, Esq.
In the Circuit Court list the cas- of
the Five Mile Beach Lumber Com
pany VS.. John Smedman, owner, and
William T. Garrison, builder, on me-
chanics' lien, vas not ready and trial
was postponed until the September
term of Court. Henry F. Stocked,
Esq, represents the lumber company
and Assemblyman Hildreth the de-
PENDANT. A similar cast in which the
lumber company is complainant VS..
Mary E. Friday, owner, and VIM. L.
Garrison, builder, went off for the
term. The case of Benjamin S. Cur
tbs VS.. David NJ. Hess, on contract,
was also postponed.
In the Common Pleas the case Of