The Penn's Grove record., 1906-09-21
County Court
The September term of Salem County
Court convened in Salem On Tuesday.
LUDGE -TRENCuARD PRESIDED.

| hon. 1nOIlaS w. 1T6Hc1dIu, WIZ Was
recently appointed to this circuit to sue
coed Justice Francis j. Swayze, presided
for the first in Salem and made a most
favorable impression. He is very easy
in his manner and courteous to all With
whom he has business.
Mr., Trenchard was appointed to sue
coed the late Justice Dixon. He is a
native OF Salem county, being born at
Centreton in 1868. His father WAS Will
liam B. Trenchard, for many years Clerk
of the County Of Cumberland, and as a
surveyor known throughout all of South
Jersey, having surveyed the famous
"Walker tract in Atlantic county.
Judge Trenchard entered the public
schools of Bridgeton and was graduated
at the age of 10 years. He then entered
the South Jersey Institute and was grad
uated from there in 1882 He read law
in the office of Potter & Nixon, and was
admitted to the bar in 1886, and licensed
a counselor-at-law in 1889. He located
i'll Bridgeton and met with signal success.
In April 1899 he was appointed Judge OF
the Common Pleas Court Of Cumberland
county by Governor VOORHEES,.
He served one year, 1899, in the House
of Assembly, and was the youngest mem
Der, being at that time only "a years OF
age. He served as City Solicitor of
Bridgeton from 1892 until 1899 when he
was elevated to the bench.
He was one of the organizers of the
Cumberland County Bar Association and
has served as its president, and is a mem
Der OF the Society of the Sons OF the Rev
olution.
Judge Trenchard has always been a
Republican and has worked zealously for
the success of the party. In 1896 he was
chosen one OF the presidential electors
and represented his constituents by cast
ing his ballot for Mckinley and Hobart.
GRAND URo
After Crier Dixon opened Court Sheriff
Allen called the following gentlemen 10
serve as Grand Jurors:
Samuel A. Ridgway, ~Pilesgrove.
Benjamin B. Westcott, Salem.
Charles Richman, Upper Pittsgrove.
Shirley S. Durham, Alloway.
William d. Clayton, Woodstown.
Clayton Wistar, Salem.
Albert Steiner, Salem.
'Linboyd B. Hickman, Upper Pittsgrove
John Robinson, EIsinboro.
T. Archer Shivler, Alloway.
Joseph Sailor, PENIS Grove.
Harry NJ. Green, Oldnlans.
Firman WentzelI, Elmer.
Geary Flanagan, Upper PENIS Neck.
r. Lee Sailor, Oldmans.
w. IL. II. CARL, Lower AlIoways Greek
George Elk, Quinton.
Charles S. Bassett, Quinton.
Benjamin A. Carpenter, Warrington.
Richard Ware, Warrington.
Philip Cromwell, Lower Penn's Neck.
Edmund shrimp, Lower Alloways Creek
Ellsworth ~Irelan, Lower Penn's Neck.
Lemuel S. Parvin, Pittsgrove.
Lemuel Parvin, the last gentleman call
ed, was excused because the Grand Jury
can be composed OF only % persons.
Judge Trenchard made a brief charge
to the Court in which he said there was
no special matter before them; that they
were not to try cases but to hear COM
plants, and if there be sufficient evidence
you shall indict.
The jurors were discharged until
day.
The Grand Jury went out at IL o'clock
and returned at :, having examined
t%wenty-nine cases and found ten indict-
ments.
John Mason, negro, atrocious assault
on Charles L. Frisby. Plead not guilty.
Horace Johnson, negro, larceny of
chickens from John Peacock. Plead not
guilty.
Joseph Hayze, abusing and over driy-
ing a horse, the property OF Ellsworth
Hinchman, OF Woodstown, plead guilty.
Jennie Reynolds, wife of William Rey-
nolds, of Pleasant Hill, assault and bat
teey on Myrtle Myers, Of Alloway, plead
not guilty.
Joseph Heishon and Max Heishon, of
Alliance, assault and battery on Joseph
Sidon, plead not guilty. Case put off for
the term.
Martin Snyder, assault and battery up
on his wife. plead not guilty.
William Gammerouse, a negro, larceny
of a wagon and horse from William and
Thomas Lyons, plead non vult.
Howard Fisher and John Peterson,
negroes, breaking and entering and lar
ceny Of money from the store OF John E.
Watson, at Yorktown, plead not guilty.
Harold Forman and Howard Fisher,
negroes, larceny OF bicycle from Edward
Spencer, not guilty.
Harold Forman, a negro, larceny of
bicycle from William Davis, not guilty.
A Remarkable Family Social
Mrs. Maria Turner, of Swedesboro, has
been spending a few days with her son
Edward d. Turner. Last Sunday an ex-