Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-12-14
PETER HAUCk, JR.
THE FOREMAN OF
NEW GRAND JURY
No Matters of Extra lmpor-
tance to Necessitate Special
Reference from Court.

In place of Chief Justice William
S. GuFnmere, who is in South Caro-
lima on O short vacation, Justice
James Il. Minturn, of Hoboken, pEe-
sided at the opening of the December
term of the Essex County Courts to-
day. He appointed Peter Hauck. jr,
connected with the Home Brewing
Company of this city, foreman of the
grand jury, which was indneted into
office and charged on its duties.
Besides the chief justice, two other
Essex county judges were absent at
the opening ceremonies. Judge Nelson
Y. DUNCAN, of the Circuit Court, was
presiding in the Hunterdon circuit
and Judge Harry Z. Osborne, OF the
Court of Common Pleas, was Ill at his
home in South Orange, Judge Os-
borne arrived later and presided In
the Court of Common Pleas with
Judge Martin.
Justice aIinturn told the grand Jury
that he was informed by the prose-
eFtcr that there was nothing of suffi-
cient Importance TO require Lne court
to charge the inquest upon. He ontr
lined the duty Of a grand jury. laying
particular stress upon the obligation
of the jurors to keep secret the hap
penings in the jury room. 1t was I'M
portant, he also said, that the jury
take up first the cases of defendants
in jail in default of bail, so that #
guilty they may sbe speedily punished
and If innocent they may be set free.
With the justice on the bench We're
Judge Frederic Adams, of the Essex
County Circuit Court: Judge William
p. Martin, of the Court of Common
Pleas, and Judge Patrick ]. Dolan, OF
the Juvenile and Domestic Relations
Court. Justice Minturn directed that
the supreme Court cases be tried this
term by Judge Adams. The latter
called the Supreme and Circpit Court
calendars in his court room after the
preliminaries were over.
Selecting the Jury.
The twenty-three members Of the
grand jury were selected from the
first twenty-four names drawn on a
panel of thirty-ive two weeks ago.
Sigmund Liebstein, an iron merchant,
of Hillside place, the twenty-third
man drawn on the panel, was absent
today, and in his place the twenty
fourth man, Fred l.. Eberhardt. was
picked Those not among the first
twenty -four were excused.
The members OF the jury. besides
the foreman, Mr. Hauck, are as fol-
lows:
Newark--Otto C. Fischer, under
taker, Merchant street: Edwin S.
Fancher, artist, "a Farley avenues;
John Calm, retired, 257 South Eighth
street; Robert Kuebler, real estate,
752 De Graw avenue; Achille Bippart,
manufacturer, 78s South Tenth street.
Stanley J. Jarmicki, manufacturer, 442
South Twelfth street; DR., William
Dimond, veterinary. s27 De Graw
avenue; Charles J. Allen. secretary
State Board of Tenement House Su-
pervision. 70 st. Paul avenue; Otto
E. Traudt, insurance, 204 South Sixth
street: Henry H. Grossnan, insur-
ance, 81 Springfield avenue; Louis
Schlesinger, real estate, "a Clinton
avenue; Frank J. Schmidt, retired,
525 Clifton avenue; Leopold Freuden-
thai, cigars, 1886 South Eleventh street.
and Fred L. Eberhard, manufacturer
II Hillside avenue.
Outside of Newark--William II.
Jones, cigars, 36 Rhode Island ave
nue.. and Michael Loprete. contractor,
3S9 Amherst street. East Orange;
Gustav Kunz, undertaken, S5 North
Center street, and John ]. Braeken.
surveyor, AZ Elm street, Orange;
George Hummel, coal, 81 Benson
street, Bloomfield; Charles A. Nut
ting, real estate. Mountain avenue,
Caldwell; Judson w. Parker, super
intendent, Claremont avenue, Verona,
and George w. Usher. glazier, 147
Bloomfield avenue. Montclair.