The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1914-01-20
DR.. j. W. FARROW is
GRAND JURY FOREMAN
Dover Man Appointed Inquest
Head by Justice Parker.


the January term OF court IN Morris
county this morning, selected the fol-
lowing grand jury from the panel pre-
sented by Sheriff Whitfield b. Gillen
DR.. j. Willard Farrow, Dover, fore
man; Richard II. Dempsey, Charles H
Foa,et and Frederick W. Sn.lrt, OF
Morrstown; S. Eiting Young, Rock
away borough; John Finnegan. Rock
away borough; Richard W. MeEwan,
Hanover; c. Arson Stephens, Mt.
Olive; Arthur Blanchard, Boonton;
Thomas X Wilkinson, Roxbury; Harry
Edwards, Dover; Dimour G. LaI.on,
Boonton; George e. Lum, Chatham
borough; Moses n. Tucker, Ran
dolph; Edward Camusat, Chatham
township; Fred w. Dusenberrv Chat
ham borough; James Dell, Netcong;
John Milledge, Montville; William E.
Baldwin, Hanover; John Bum, Wash
ington; John v. Corbet, Madison;
Peter S. Ham, Dover; Cyrus G.. Force.
Roxbury.
In charging the grand jury Justice
Parker rehearsed the rules for its
procedure and then touched upon two
important cases to come before it,.
One, homicide case, he said, was
that of an italian woman who had
shot a fellow-countryman who, it is
alleged, tried to force his way into
her home for an immoral purpose.
The justice defined the rule regard
ing justfiable homicide and told the
grand jury it should decide whether
the circumstances surrounding the at
Tempt by the man to enter the wo-
mans home justified the belief in
her mind that it Was necessary to
protect herself from him.
The other case, one of an alleged
criminal libel, was brought against a
newspapers article reflecting upon an
unnamed person. 1t referred to a
claim agent" of trolley company
and the justice explained the law re-
garding such publications and said
the grand jury, he thought should not
refrain from an Indictment if the per
son making the complaint could be
reasonably meant by the article.
The action was brought by John w
Roberts, claim agent of the Morris
County Traction company. against the
editors and publishers of the Morris
County Educator"
The grand jury selected for its at
tendants Constables Pierson anG
, Leonard.
In behalf of the Morris County Bal
association President Guy Minton pre-
sented to the court resolution passed
by the association upon the deaths oi
four of its members, Alfred Mills
Frederick H. Beach, Charles F. AK
tell and Charles Stilwell. Justice
Parker ordered the resolutions en-
tered upon the circuit court minutes.
Justice Parker spoke of his ac
quaintance with Mr. Mills and Mr.
Axtell, referring in particular to the
latter's service to the county fol
many years as justice of the peace
trying many of the small causes be-
fore the district court was instituted
with regard for all the legal points
involved.
Willard w. Cutler addressed the
court feelingly in regard to the four
deceased lawyers and Joseph Hinch
man read a personal tribute to Mr.
Mills.
Justice Parker called the supreme
court list and Nos. 2, 3, 4, 8, 8, 10,
IL, IL were reported ready and Nos
/, 5, 6, Z, 13 and Ia off for the term.
OF the circuit court list Nos. 10, 20,
21, %, 23, 25, 26, 28, 20, 80, 81, 80,
33, "a and 36 ready, and Nos. 27 and
35 off for the term. No. "a did not
respond.
Judge Salmon called the common
pleas and No. l was reported ready.
OF the appeals Nos. /, 2,3 and were
reported ready. Upon solicitation OF
b. w. Ellicot and consent of Richard
Fltzherbert a new case was entered
ON the list, Myer Katen versus Jo-
seph Smaida.
Listed on the calendar are two
suits against the Morris county board
of freeholders growing out of the Mt
Hope mine strike and the Wharton
strike riots last May. The suits are
brought by the Empire Iron and Steel
company, owner of the Mt. Hope
mine, and the Mt. Hope Mineral Rail
road company. An aggregate of $751;
600 damages is asked from the coun-
ty. But the suits, it is understood,
are not to be tried this term but
VIII go over until the May term. This
is because there is now pending in
the courts of the state an action
brought by the Wells-Fargo Express
company against the city of Jersey
City to recover damages for property
destroyed and time lost by mob vi
olence and as the same principles of
aw are involved the Morris county
suits will wait until the Jersey City
suit is settled.
Another case of interest on the
calendar is suit brought by John
w. Roberts, claim agent of the Nor
rls County Traction company, against
James H. Bolitho, William H. Mat
thews and Charles p. McFall for $10,-
900 damages for an alleged li!belous
articles that appeared in the Morris
County Educator" socialist paper
published in RockaWay and for which
the three men are said to be re-
sponsible. The article complained of
related the alleged methods of a
claim agent for a certain trolley com
pany but did not mention any names.
Mr.. Roberts has alos instituted GRIM
inal action against the three men
and their cases will be investigated
by the January grand jury.
There are only fourteen cases listed
on the supreme court docket and on
the circuit court list are eighteen.
Only one common pleas case is listed
and the list of appeals aggregate four
Judge Salmon will begin the trial
of jury cases in the common pleas
and appeals from justices on Monday,
February End. Court appeals will be
taken up for trial on Friday, January
23rd. New applications for liquor
licenses and old applications where
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