Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-06
MAY ASK JUDGES TO SIT AT
COUNTY PEN FOR SENTENCING
FreehoIders Suggest Plan if Offenders Are Removed
caldwel-od Records in Time of King George Show Jus
tees Started to Work at A. NJ

ficient person 10 keep Il publick houst
or entertainment the license il
| granted
At no place in the license permit 81
entered in the old record book is there
any record made of fee TO be pa by
the person obtaining the license.
The names of the justices for 1875 a;
given in the old book are Josiah Og-
| den. Joseph ,Bonnell, Samuel Alllng
| John Cooper, Johnathan Crane Ben
Jamin Bond. Robert Ogden. Samue
Potter and Joseph Crane. From the
manner in which their names appear
in the old book it is evident that al
times the justices sat In groups OF
| three in hearing of cases, while al
other times the full bench of nine JUS
tices would be named as sitting on
cases.
And in those days the justices OF
| judges did not get to work at 10 O'Clock
| in the morning and quit at 4 O'Clock
in the afternoon, for there are fire.
quent references at the end of the
| days hearing of a case, court adj
| journed at eight o'clock In the eve
| ming to meet again at eight O'Clock to-
morrow morning."
Once in a while o'clock would be
| named as the meeting time In the
morning, but generally 1t was 3 O'Clock
and never 10 o'clock. As far as could
be discovered no reference Is made In
the book to the location of the court
house at the time The old box was In
use.
Joseph Degner was an unwilling
witness In case in Orphans Court
before Judge William p Martin early
lie lad IN IN a.
plain why he had attempted to avoid
service of a subpoena on himself. 1t
developed that he had run away when
the process-server approached him.
i did not like the peculiar actions
of the man." he explained. He came
up to me and asked me II l was
Joseph Degner, and when l said |
was he handed mo a paper and
showed fifty cents into my pocket.
didn't know what he meant, so 1 ran
away"
Judge Harry v. Osborne caused a
laugh In his courtroom the other day
during the hearing of the suit of AL
bert e. White against the Lauter
Piano Company for compensation
John V. Laddey, as counsel for
White, had obtained an adjournment
of the case two weeks previously, and
Judge Osborne had forgotten the
reason for granting an adjournment.
desire to ask doctor some
questions" started Mr.. Laddey In ex-
PLANTATION, but he was cut short by
Judge Osborne, who laughingly said
sOh, yes, | remember now. gave
you two weeks time to frame q hypo-
thetical question"
A gentleman OF African extraction
walked into the Court House one day
this week and sought out Jimmy
FIaherty, of Superintendent Fred
Wagner's staff, and impaired to
flaherty that he was seeking the
engagement department" That was
q new one on Flaherty, so he aues-
toned the negro, and finally found
out that the aforesaid African had
become engaged to marry a dusky
damsel, but had quarreIed with her.
IND wanted to get aid In breaking the
engagement. He was told there was
no department in the Court House
nat could aid him.
On the same day a lady came to
elaherty seeking Miss Paula Lad.
icy. or the probation office. and in
fofmed Flaherty that she wanted to
see Miss Laddey, of the intelligence