Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-04-05

7 JUSTICES Will SlL 2t supreme tuAahh go
sfons in Trenton Francis J. Swayze,
lanes f. Mfnturn and Samuel
Kalisch.
Another phase in the matter OF Sc
curing a foreign jury developed this
morning when it was learned that
Sheriff Edward F. Houghton named
only sixty of the 500 list from when
| the petit jury for the April term was
drawn. and that former Sheriff Ap-
pIeby and Jury Commissioner Fred
Cox drew practically the whole 500
The motion of the attorney gen
eral for a foreign jury was based
entirely on the fact that the o00
names composing the panel from
which the petit jury for the April
term was selected, was drawn by MI;
! Houghton, an interested party, and
| Mr.. Cox, the other jury commls-
sioner. However, this point was not
/ brought out at the hearing. Nheh
( Mr.. Houghton was asked this morn
ing what he thought Of the justice S
decision to allow foreign jury ne
said that he had no comment 10
make. When asked how the petit
Jury for April wah drawn, which was
objected to by the attorney general
i he explained the point that. was over
looked at the hearing. He said that
before he took Office last fail that
500 names of prospective ]urymeh
were drawn by former SherlH Ap-
: pleby and Fred Cox, forming the
iury commission at that time. de
said that from this list sixty names
were drawn by lot for the December
, term. None of the 500 had beer
named by Mr.. HOughton. When INK
time approached for drawing the
kADril petit Jury it was found neees
lsary to name 100 men to make III
j the complete panel of 500, origl
= nally drawn by Wr. Appleby and Mr
= Cox. Mr.. Houghton said of this lO'
8 he named probably sixty In othe
], words, of the 500 names from whicl
e the April petit jury was drawn Nh
i HoughtOn only named sixty. Jus
n ] whether any of them by chance wer
o drawn on the petit jury Mr.. Hough
t ton this morning said he could no
5 tell.
2 Selections on Sides of Raritan.
: Mr.. Houghton said that it had bee
J his uolicv to select names to make u
n ldefectfons in the 500 list, from whic
" the petft juries are drawn, from tn
e New Brunswick side of the Rarita
[. river and that Mr.. Cox made all tn
selection on the east side Of the rive
+ Including Perth Amboy, Rooseyel
-e Metuchen, ste. He said that the SKI
IS men that he named he had tried
name men of the highest standin
81 He said that he and Mr.. Cox desire
III to place men on the list Of such u
= tegrity that no reflection could
4, made on any murder jury draw
~ ~ from the petit jury which would
Ie selected from the standing list
soc names.
-. The main argument on Waleh I
5efenes would base an appeal tro
- the decision of Justice Bergen Salu
~ dav would be the point Mr. Strlek
-, brought out before the justice at [
=, argument in Elizabeth on that da
- that is that the law permitting [
- drawing of foreign juries eontel
:, mates the decision TO so draw su
sf foreign jury to be made by the Whf
of supreme court, and not by one j
tice Mr.. Stricken said that heIC
an application is made for torel
oh Jury that the indictments would I
~ cessarily be removed to the suprei
~ court. He read from the statute
=, which it stated in part: 'WheneN
ha lin their opinion a fair and impart
! n trial cannot be had, etc., and eonteI
20 cd that the statute obviously eonte
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