Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-04
EXTRA PANEL OF JURORS AS
RELIEF IN DELAY OF CASES
Trials Held Up Half Day Some times Because Of Drawing Of
Jurors in Other Actions

jurors before it's days work can be
begun.
Practically all of this delay could
be obViated by the drawing of two
separate panels of juries. The jury
law provides, so the writer is in
formed, that separate panel of
jurors can be drawn for each of the
county courts. BY county courts, in
this instance is meant the two courts
of common pleas, presided over by
Judges Martin and Osborne. re-
spectively.
With panel of seventy-five jurors
drawn for service in each of these
courts. practically all of the delay
that now clogs the wheels of Justice
would be done away with, and 1t
would not be necessary for one court
to wait on the other, as Is the case
now with a single panel Of l25 Jurors
for service in all the courts. The
Jurors not serving in the criminal
courts would, of course, be eligible
for duty in the Supreme Court cir
cult and Circuit courts.
1t has frequently been the case at
the Court House when murder trials
are being started for the civil courts
to be held idle, waiting for a jury,
during practically all of the morning
session. When murder case is on
the calendar for trial the court In
which 1t is to be held gets the first
call on the services of the panel OF
jurors then In service.
II is very seldom that q jury In a
murder case Is obtained in less than
one hours time More often 1t is
nearer two hours. In a few instances
in the past five years the entire morn
ing session from 10 o'clock to l, has
been taken up in obtaining q jury in
murder trial.
held as possible talesmen in muir
der case, of course, all the other
courts in the building are in idleness,
causing congestion to the calendars,
loss of time and money to lawyers
and litigants, and causing mischief
| in general.
Two panels of rs jurors each instead
of one panel of 1875 as drawn at now,
would solve the difficulty and 1t is
believed that the time is not far dis
tant when this plan will have to be
| put into effect.
Miss Josephine Blaha, who was
made a citizen-or should it be citi-
zeness-in naturalization court by
Judge Martin last Tuesday, was be-
| ing examined as to her qualifications
| Ivy j. C. F. Gordon, of the depart
ment of commerce and labor. She
answered all the questions satisfac-
| torily and as Il final one, Mr.. Gordon
asked this: How Is the president
of the United States elected?" Be-
fore Miss Blaha could reply, Mr.. Cor
l a asaf4
have anything to say about the cleo
ton of the president. but you should
know how he is elected"
Miss Blaha answered the question
and then smiling at Mr.. Gordon said:
| maybe before very long women will
| have something to say about the
electing of the presidents"
"Suffragette?" queried Mr.. Gordon.
81 didn't say So" promptly replied
| the witness.
Miss Blaha in getting her citizen
change her last name to Blake. Old
name ticl1led her tonsils when she
pronounced 1t, she said.
The telephone operator at Market
Col had a busy day on Wednesday
April Fools Day, answering call:
from persons who called up anC
asked to be allowed to talk to MIR
Mutt" What's the answer? Simply
this; Market 651 happens to be tn,
telephone number of the Essex Coun.
ty Hospital for the Insane at Cedar
Grove. But the hospital operator hat
nothing on two workers the writer
could name in a down town office
who had lot of persons calling III
Market S505 and asking for mir
Cole" Market S505 is the Fairlie-Wil
son Coal Company. Yep, the writer
was one of those who fell for it ant
tried to talk TO MIR. Cole"
When the contractors who are put
ting additional ventilating facilities
in the Court House get through theii
work the Court House will be a fine
looking building-not While it is n,
fault of the contractors, the hug,
wrought tin shafts they have beer
forced to place in the rear corridors
so that they jut foot from the wall
will not add materially to the beaut,
of the building. Neither will the nu
| merous openings, some large anS
| some small, they have been forced t
make In the walls OF the court rooms