The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-07-11
SOLOMONIC
JUDGMENTS
Good for the Parties Interested
but No Fees for Justice.


police court, showing how persons
are apt to take a very selfish view of
matters and would invoke the aid of
the law to get even with some one.
1t is a common occurrence to have
attempts made to have parties hailed
into court ON criminal warrant in
order to collect debts, which. of
course, is illegal Another custom
seems to have prevailed of Justices
writing letters for people, and charg-
ing them for it. threatening persons
with whom the party of the first part
may have had difference or trouble.
The writer has found by experience
that 1t frequently happens that the
peace of neighborhood can be pre-
served by writing letter or two,
but it is always gratuitous service
and not infrequently happens that it
requires letter to be sent to the
party making the complaint
Within a few days a number of
curious cases have come up. A wo-
man made complaint against her hus-
band for disorderly conduct. claiming
that while she had left him for good
reasons he continually accosted her
on the street. Before the warrant
was issued it was found that the ac-
costing consisted in offering her
money in quiet and orderly way
for the support of their six children
and when it was refused asked to
take bag of candy to them which
was refused OF course no warrant
was issued.
A colored woman made complaint
against an Italian boy for beating
her son, both being about ten or
twelve years old. The boys father
wanted to make a charge against
the colored lad for stealing twenty
seven cents from his boys clothes
while swimming, and admitted that
his boy was trying "to lick the money
was not the way to handle cases of
that character, and informing the
woman she could have the boy fined
| for disorderly conduct, and the Ital-
ian that he could have the other boy
held for the juvenile court, the matter
was settled by the money being paid
over and both BOYS Jte receive "a good
trouncing.
Two Italians became involved in 81
fight over the throwing OF water
from the second floor by one of
them, his sink pipe not working.
4 While fighting, the wife OF the ag-
\ gresor ran to him and gave him a
huge butcher knife. Wbereupon a
bystander, with c0mmenaable zeal
raped the man with the knife over
the head with a club and also on the
arm to disarm him. Each wanted
to make a charge against the other
| 1t was explained that the man who
commenced the fight and attempted
to use the knife could be held for
the grand jury with probability of
going to state prison, while the others
could be held for disoEderly conduct
only. They finally concluded that
each had got about what was coming
to him and went away satisfied
Four boys were brought into court
by the police, on complaint of citi-
zen who saw them matching pennies
in back yard. They were told very
emphatically that no games of chance
bor money were permitted in Morris
town except bridge. And after a
lecture on the dangers of contract
ing the gambling habit they were
sent home with the promise that they
| would cut it out in the future.
Two young men with two ladies,
summer residents of the Tabor camp
meeting grounds, were standing ON
the walk opposite the police head
quarters, waiting for a trolley car
when they were greatly surprised
by having a young woman rush up
TO them and charge one of the fell
lows with calling her a name, not
offensive in itself, as she passed by.
He denied the charge and she COM
planned to the police who asked the
young men to come into the court
room. There 1t was admitted by the
young woman that she did not know
the name of the young men, but had
seen them before, but could give no
reason why they should say anything
to her. The young men said they
were at a loss to know why she
should charge them with such an
action as he had been in town but
a few times and had never seen her
before. The complainant said If they
would apologize to her, she would
let the matter drop They declined
to apologize for something that had
not occurred. She them proceeded
to give them a tongue lashing but
was stopped, and told to make an af-
fidavit to charge if she wanted to
but declined, as she did not want her
name In the papers. She then in
formed the young man that he must
never say ANYTHING to her and he