Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-18

would see that he would get speedy
justice, he would settle before the
action reached the court"
Jacob Klein.
Lawyer Jacob M. Klein was much
| in favor of the new proposition and
vouchsafed the opinion that all the
! lawyers would be as he said 1t
would save them Expense, and
time, the most valuable asset of
! lawyer" He stated that 1t would
| not be necessary for the county to
have two judges as the present jnd-
ges could alternate from the New
Brunswick court to this one In their
sittings. He pointed out the fact
that with the establishment of the
branch court a branch Jail would be
necessary. which would eliminate the
expense Of transporting the accused
from this place to New Brunswick.
"In regard to the legal aspect of the
case,'F he said, "a branch court
house would be instrumentFl in bring
ing more strangers here than any
other attraction; not only lawyers
but experts and other persons from
| all over the county" He pointed
out how this would be a commercial
/ DtuGDl IOE tAc Cilyy no II 10 ACi A'S'
Brunswick, where a large amount of
money Is left by people having bust
ness with the court" The lawyer
thought our location was more CEN
trail for a court anyway than New
Brunswick.
Relative to the large amount of
business which comes into the court
from Perth Amboy and vicinity, he
Is,tr .f rOp
the past two or three years were
closely examined in the District At
torney's office, unfortunately, the
ma iority of criminal cases would be
found to have come from Perth Am
boy and this part of the county. The
percentage of crime is necessarily
larger on account of the population
of the other end of the county, In
which we are overwhelmingly the
greater"
He thought that the lawyers
would work hard and earnestly for
the court and.that they might pos
sibly start a petition to that effect to
be presented to the Board of Free
holders.
| Thomas Christopher.
LAWYER Thomas Christopher
Thought we'll of the proposition and
brought out the point of the long
delayed and Inconvenience of the
New Brunswick court for lawyers
here. eff l have fifteen minutes
work in the court, 1t requires nearly
three hours of time to attend to 1t.
He thought Perth Amboy had CEN
trail location and is even better
adapted to for a county court house
than New Brunswick.
I. C. Moore.
T. C. Moore, former ex-president
of the Board of Trade and present
director in the reorganized Board or
Tra de, was of the opinion that Perth
Amboy's merchants would bene1t by
a branch court house. He spoke OF
the number of times merchant Is
summoned to New Brunswick as
witness and how much Of his time is
consumed In going to and fro. He
thought the citizens are entitled to
a court where they can get speedy
justice In suits that they bring them
selves He also spoke of how the
building could be utilized for public
meetings and many other purposes.
AS to the matter of expense he did
not think that it was too much, as no
more judges would be required TO
sit and thev could alternate between
here and New Brunswick, and that
practically the only expense would
be the original cost.
Business Mans View.
J. Charles Ross. of the Thomas
West Company. thought the proposi-
tion would appeal to every business
man, whom he believed would rind
that a local court house would save
them an unlimited amount Of time.
; trouble and expense. There are
very few Of Us that don't get to
court sometime he said. He thought
that the citizens should be protected
} against this loss of time and ex-
pense.
Aylin Pierson.
According to Aylin Pierson, of the
architectural firm Of J. N. Pierson &
Son. the city Is sadly In need Of q
building, we'll constructed and prom
inently situated, which would serve
aS an attractive monument to the