November 1887: An elderly woman appeared as a witness in Newark’s First District Court. The Law Journal correspondent reported: “After she had submitted to being examined and was about to leave her seat beside the judge, she said … ‘I have never been in such a place before, and I hope I never shall be again.’ And when the plaintiff’s counsel said, ‘Don’t you find it a very respectable place?’ she replied, ‘Yes, a good deal more respectable than I thought it was.’”
100 Years Ago
November 1912: New Jersey’s failed experiment with voting machines left it with an inventory of about 360 units, worth $500 each when purchased. The Legislature directed the State House Commission to sell them, but Custodian John Weseman was having a hard time fetching a good price. The best bid he secured was $100 apiece for a limited lot of the machines. One, for sure, could not be sold: It was at the bottom of Budd Lake, having been stored in a lakeside hotel that burned to the ground.
75 Years Ago
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