The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-13
LIQUOR LAWS
ARE FAIR
No Reason for Their Viola
tion Says Supreme Court
Justice Parker.
NEW GRAND JURY AT WORK

"The liquor law is liberal enough
to the liquor seller and gives the pub
lie an opportunity to get liquor at rea-
sonable hours and in moderate way
and there is no reason for its viola
tion," said Supreme Court Justice
Charles w. Parker in his charge to
the grand jury at the opening of the
October term of court this morning.
He spoke of several liquor violation
cases to come before the grand inquest
and said there was public sentiment
aroused on both sides of the liquor
question in this state. The existing
law. he said, had been in force many
years and the provisions of the Bish-
ops law makes no changes in the sta
tute regarding the provisions against
Sunday selling or selling without a
license but is for the purpose of as
sisting in the enforcement of the ex-
isting laws. The screen provision
made the violation of the law behind
the screen impossible without the
general consent of the police and the
community.
The justice also touched upon the
recent homicide case, the body OF an
Italian being found in the woods with
traces of a struggle and with evidence
pointing toward one who had been
with the dead man.
You should bear in mind" said
the justice, +" the grand jury is not a
petit jury and does not try cases and
the party accused has no representa-
bion before you. Your function is to
see if there is evidence showing a rea-
sonable presumption of guilt. If the
members of the grand jury will pay
heed to the presise wording of their
oaths," said the Justice, they will
need no more instructions from me as
to their duties.
The members OF the grand jury are
as follows Edward Kelly, Dover, fore
man; Paul Witteck, ST., Butler Peter
q. Buck, Dover Mahlon Hoagland,
Rockaway Philip Jaqui, Morristown
Noble Fl. Adsit, Roxbury I; Orlando M.
Bowen, Morris; James Arthur, Rock
away Fred. r. Guerin, Mendham /;
Lewis A. Waters, Madison; William
A. Hopping, Florham Park; Anderson
NJ. Guerin, Morristown; Cyrus E.
Cook, Mt. Arlington Whitfield Sharp,
Mt. Olive; Nathaniel T. Meslar, Rox-
bury; Nicholas Thomas, Passaic |;
Fred. G.. Rogers, Wharton; John @.
Welsh, Washington; Robert Slater,
Pequannock; Jesse L. Baldwin, Mont
vile E. Halsey Ball, Hanover; Sam
uel G. Harris, Boonton and William
Dee, Chester.
The October term of the Morris
county courts opened this morning
with Supreme Court Justice Charles
w. Fowler presiding and Judge Alfred
Elmer Mills on the bench with him.
After the grand jury had been sworn
in and charged Constables Cornelius
Hally and MahlonHil were appointed
to attend it.
In the call of Supreme court cases
Nos. 3, a, 5, 7, s. 9, 10, IL, 13, IA. 15, 16,
II, 10, 20, q, %. %, 25, 27, 2S. 20, 30
and 80 Marsh VS.. Marsh, were ready.
Circuit court cases ready were Nos.
81, 3S, 80, 40, AZ, 43, As, 46, 46, 49, so,
81, 55 and 81, Ferguson VS.. Heschur.
Licenses were granted as follows
Hotels-Arthur Westervelt, Butler;
John Gormley, Butler; Alfred 81.
FIGHTER, Jefferson; Arthur Crate,
Jefferson; Luther Karn, Roxbury !;
Samuel NJ George, Rockaway bor-
ough; Bernard T. Johnson, Randolpha
Martha Zeliff, Pequannoc Frank
Kithcart, Netcong ! Frank ]. Lovely,
Netcong Frank l.. Schafer, Mt. Ar
lington; Michael O'Connor, Montville;
Oscar Rice, Montville ;<John B. Nc
Grath, Madison; John P. Heslin,
Wharton.
Saloons Thomas Shortridge, Net
cong William e. Jayne, Rockaway
borough Joseph Martin, Wharton
Wholesale Thomas Delany, Rocka-
way township; Stephen Hathaway,
Madison.
George HI. Ross, Thomas Dawson
and Philander B. Pierson were ap-
pointed as a commission to condemn
lands for the Board of Education of
Chatham township.