Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-09-23

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pared for college at the Mount Holly
Academy, and entered Princeton Col
lege in 1874, being graduated with the
class of '78. He studied law at Mount
Holly, N. j., and at the University OF
Michigan, at Ann Arbor. He was ad-
mitted to the bar of New Jersey as an
attorney in June, 1881, and as a coun-
selor in June, 1884. After being ad-
mitted to the bar he located at Jersey
City, and has practiced law there until
his appointment to the bench under
the firm name of Black & Dayton. He
served for five years as a member of
the Hudson County Board of Regis
tration under the Ballot Reform Law.
He was appointed as a member OF The
State Board of Taxation on March FL,
1891, for a term OF five years, was re-
appointed for another term in 1896,
and again in 1901. He was again APP
pointed in 1904 for a term of five
years. Mr.. Black has made valuable
additions to the literature of the law
in his proof and Pleadings in Acct
dent Cases." New Jersey Law of
Taxation" and Law and Practice in
Accident Cases." Mr.. Black was the
Democratic candidate for Governor in
1904. He was appointed a member of
1.-The Equal Tax Commission" by Gov
ernor Murphy. Governor Stokes nomi-
mated him on March 80, 1905, as a
member of the new Board of Equali-
cation of Taxes, and he was at once
confirmed by the Senate. He served
on that Board until he was appointed
a Circuit Judge by Governor Fort, on
January %, 1908, to succeed Judge
Minturn, who was appointed to the
Supreme Court. The justice was APP
pointed on June 13, 1914, by Governor
Fielder to a vacancy in the Supreme
Court caused by the death of Justice
Voorhees,, which occurred on June list.
He was nominated for a full term in
1915 and was unanimously confirmed
by the Senate. His circuit comprises
the counties of Atlantic, Cape May,
Cumberland and Salem. Population,
1877, 02O. His term will expires in 1922.
The trials of the members of the
Cape May County Board of Freehold
ers drew a big crowd of people to
Cape May Court House or Monday,
September 10, 1921, when they were
called to answer indictments made by
the April Grand Jury, charging va
rious offenses, from malfeasance in
Office to bribery. Supreme Court JUS
tice Charles C. Black, of Jersey City,
presided, with County Judge Henry
H. Eldredge on the bench with him.
Assistant Attorney General William
Newcorn, of Plainfield, was specially
assigned by Judge Black to assist
Prosecutor E. C. Cole in prosecuting
the cases. Counsel for the various
defendants included former Attorney
General Robert McCarter, of Newark;
Walter H. Bacon, a corporation law
yer, of Bridgeton; John Harris, of
Camden; former Judge James M. E.
Hildreth, of Cape May; former Senator
Lewis T. Stevens, of Cape May;
Charles A. Bonnell, of Cape May
Court House; Lewis Starr and Rushing
S. Leap, of Camden. The first case
moved on Monday was No. "a, against
Otto Koeneke, of Wildwood, and Hope
W. Candy, of Tuckahoe, on the charge
of conspiring to cheat and defraud
the County of Cape May, while serving
as members of the Board of Freehold
ers. Both defendants are members of
the board today. Court convened
about 1890 A. NJ. daylight saving time,
but long before that hour the court
room was crowded with people, so
great was the interest manifested. 1t
took all day Monday to try this case.
Attorney Bacon attacked the indict-
ments as prepared by the prosecution,
claiming that they were vague and in
definite, and on these grounds asked
that they be quashed. Judge Black
promptly denied the motion of Mr..
Bacon and instructed the court off
GERS to call the jury. Many of the
jurors were challenged after taking
their seats, among them being Rev.
l. II. Fisher and Mark B. Reeves, of
Wildwood. 1t took an hour to get a
jury satisfactory to the defense, and
when complete was made up as fol-
lows: William Stuart Thompson,
farmer. Goshen, foreman; Mrs. Olive
McAllister, housewife, South Seaville;
Frank Hebenthal, merchant, Cape
May; John B. Mcpherson, butcher,
Cold Spring; Fred cambridge, re-
tired, Beesley's Point; John Morton,
carpenter, Rio Grande; Allen E.
Grace, merchant, North Wildwood;
Oscar Huebner, musician, wildwood;
Alex Edwards, barber, Rio Grande;
Aaron Robinson, carpenter, Green
Creek; Alonzo Brosius, farmer, South
Dennis; Sherman s. Sharp, contractor,
Cape May. The first witness called
was Irving Fitch, Mayor of Sea Isle