Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-12-29
ADDRESSES MADE
BY BAR MEMBERS
Justice Thomas W. Trenchard Opens
December Session of the Cum
berland County Courts This
Morning Members of
Bar Present.
(From Daily Pioneer Tuesday, Dec 81,

(From Daily Pioneer, Tuesday Dec 27)
The Cumbellend County Court
House was this morning formally
dedicated with appropriate, impressive
and extremely simple exercises.
The program had been arranged by
special committee of the Cumberland
County Bar Association and met the
approval of the Supreme Court Justice
Trenchard. The program was as fol-
lows:
Opening of Court-Justice Trench
ard
Attention of Court directed to new
Court House by Prosecutor j. Ha1np-
ton Fithian.
Historical address-William A.
Logue, Esq, former prosecutor of
County.
Expressions of appreciation, by
members of the Bar.
Address upon behalf of the Cumber-
land County Board of Freeholders, by
County Solicitor Roscoe C. Ward.
Remarks by Justice Trenchard.
Charge to Grand Jury
Adjournment for the day.
The first session of the Cumberland
Courts was held this morning in the
new 100000 County building, the i'm
pressive exercises being held in the
large Circuit Court room.
The fact that this was the first ses-
sion of Court in the new atructure,
brought large number of people from
all parts of the County, and as the Bar
Association had arranged for the for
NAL dedication of the Court House.
practically every member of the bar
in the County was present, as were
many well known lawyers from about
the state, many of them having prac-
tised in the old Court House built in
1914 and which was razed in 1909.
Court convened in the Circuit Court
room, handsome auditorium Upon
the bench sat Supreme Court Justice
Thomas w. Trenchard, associating
p Tuller. Circuit Court Judge Allen
B. Endicott was unable to be present
Directly in front of the Judges were
the County Clerk and sheriff one on
either side of the desk, near the wit
ness stand was the Court Stenogra-
pher Claude w. Myrose, of Atlantic
City Members of the bar occupied
chairs upon the platform upon either
side of the bench, and in the chairs
within the rallied enclosure set apart
for the members of the bar at the trial
OF cases. The Jury box, which is on
the side of the room, was filled by
the men who will comprise the Grand
Jury for this term.
The Constables who had been called
for duty at this term were stationed
at Court room doors, and in the corri-
doris, and the people were directed
about the building without the slight
est confusion.
Immediately Justice Trenchard came
upon the bench, Court was opened in
the usual manner, and the Grand Jury
was called as follows:
Grand Jurors
Waldo F. Sawyer, Vineland
l. T. Nichols, Bridgeton
Elmer E. Davis, Maurice River
Walden Sites, Commercial
Saml. NJ Watson, Greenwich
Mortimer Campbell Downe
John M. Lissenden, Millville
Walter E. Turner, Vineland
j. Ellsworth Long, Bridgeton
Henry w. Schnitzer, Fairfield
Leslie M. Ogden, Lawrence
Lewis H. Rainear, Stoe Creek
Jacob Biddle, Stoe Creek
JOS H McKillup, Lands
Belford B. Ware, Bridgeton
Roscoe c. Davis, Hopewell
Charles Colbert, Landis
John w. Wade, Millville
Thos. H. Mole, Millville
A. S. LAWN, Bridgeton
Victor Durrand, Jr., Lands
Charles H. Fort, Bridgeton
Leslie E. Souder, Deerfield
Prosecutor Fithian called attention
of the Court to the notable building
now to be dedicated He said it was
proper that some ceremonial be taken.
Ceremony has it powers, he said, by
the inspiration given to higher and
loftier conceptions of devotion to the
j.