Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1915-09-30
SUIT FOR
AUTO DAMAGE.
Moses T. Peacock Against
VIM. G. Sutton.
SERIOUS INJURY.
Accident Happened a Year Ago
and Peacock's Injuries
Were Serious.

Yesterday the Supreme Court issue
of Moses T. Peacock against William
G. Sutton was moved before Judge
Howard Carrow.
Walter H. Bacon and Walter H. Ba-
con, Jr., for plaintiff, and J. Hampton
Fithian for defendant. A jury was
empanellel.
This is an action to recover dam
ages for injuries received in an acci-
dent on North Pearl Street, near the
gravel hole ON October 18th last.
On that day, or the evening of that
day, Mr.. Sutton was coming home from
a collecting trip, in his automobile; !;
the defendant was coming down North
Pearl Street on his motor cycle and
suffered a rear colllsion from Sutton
automobile, by which he was thrown
on his machine and received broken
leg, between the knee and thigh-the
femur.
DIR. Glendon was the first witness
called. He said he was called to as
sist in attending Peacock. Several
weeks after the accident-near Christ
mas. At that time he found the frag-
ments of the broken bone had not
united. He assisted DIR. Sewall tc
reduce false union of the bone.
The bones had to be sawed off-the
end of each bone, and they were fast
ened together by six inch plate
fastened by six screws. Saving of
the bone made the leg-the right one
One inch shorter than the other and
he Will be lame for life, though there
is now a complete union of the bones
Drs. Cornwell and Sewall testified
as to their treatment of the injured
leg.
The defense as outlined by Mr.. Fifth
ian, was no negligence on the part Of
Captain Sutton, but that the negli.
gence was on the part of Peacock
that Peacock had no light on his mo-
torcycle and was in such position, on
account of the darkness, that Sutton
could not see him, ordid not see him
until the instant before the collision
occurred.
Following DR.. Sewall, Miss Emily
Bowers, a nurse in the Bridgeotn Hos
pital, was called. Her testimony simp-
ly showed that the records of the hos
pital showed his temperature at $50
on the night of his admission to the
hospital.
Moses T. Peacock, the plaintiff, was
called to the stand and told of his ride
out towards the Seabrook's farms F.:
said he was returning home; further
than that he could not tell anything
could not tell what had happened; the
first he remembered was finding him
self In the hospital on Sunday morn
ing.
Charles P. Seabrohks testified to
coming along in his automobile on his
way to Bridgeton, and was held up
by Mr.. Sutton and another man, who
asked him to take the injured boy to
the Bridgeton Hospital, which he did
Wednesday Morning
The trial of Moses T. Peacock
against VIM. G. Sutton, was resumed
before Judge Carrow this morning. DR.
Glendon was called to the stand to
describe the injury to Peacock's leg.
The case drags on this morning
without the defense showing it's in
tention; but gathering from the trend
OF cross-questioning, it seems to be
that the defence will maintain there
was no negligence on the part of the
defendant, but that the plaintiff, Pea
COCK, was negligent, it appearing from
his admissions, that he had no light
on his motorcycle, and had stopped
ms machine in dark place on the
road, near some woods.
thousands Of gallons of nure swaej