The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-10-30

William ii. CneekSs lnQlcJeu lot bIedl-
ing 1910 from John r. Gaskill, was taken
into court ON Tuesday. He refused to
plead until he had seen his father-in-law,
so the court ordered a plea of not guilty
entered. The next day Cheeks changed
his mindaand pleaded guilty to the count
charging breach of trust. He was sent to
the state prison for two years.
Prosecutor Budd did not think the tes-
timony against Charles Stewart, charged
with assault and battery on Joseph Kins-
Ter, of Mount Laurel, would secure con-
viction, so be abandoned the case.
John E. vansciver, of Burlington, was
convicted on Tuesday of assault and bat
terry on William w. Horstman, who was
roughly handled. having his leg broken.
Vansciver was fined 800 and costs.
The small boys charged with getting
into a watermelon patch at Browns Mills,
pleaded guilty, and their counsel, NJ f.
Matlack, made statement in their be-
hall. The court gave the boys some good
advice and suspended sentence
Frank Allen and Susan A. Miller, con-
victed of adultery, were sent to the coun-
ty prison for six months.
Albert Bishop, convicted of robbing
house at Indian Mills, was given IS
months in state prison. Mrs. Bishop, who
was also convicted, was released, SEN
tence being suspended.
On Tuesday Edward Burk, of New
Hanover, was acquitted on the charge of
stealing bride and fynets. Samuel A.
Atkinson defended him.
On motion of Samuel A. Atkinson,
Frank Smith was released from custody.
there being no evidence to hold him on
the indictment charging breaking and en-
tering the house of Patrick Rowe, in Sha-
monR.
George Finnessey, of Palmyra, pleaded
guilty to assaulting Joseph Beaudry, of
Florence. He was fined $3.50 and costs.
But for the fact that he had always borne
good character and that this was bis
first offence. George would have gone to
state prison.
On Friday the court sentenced Peter
Wagonburger, for assault and battery on
Caleb SaCer, New Hanover. The prisoner
and Sager got into an alteration, and
Wagonburger struck Sager, who started
on run and did not stop until he reached
a Justices Office. Wagonburger has been
in Jail since August H. and the court i'm
posed sentence of three months in the
county jail from that date.
Jacob Dennis, for bigamy, was fined
500 and costs. This defendant escaped
imprisonment because of mitigating cir
cumstances. Dennis and his wife lived
apart for some time, during which period
the woman assumed her maiden name
and wrote letters under It, This and
other circumstances led Jacob to believe
that he was single again.
Henry Adams was fined $50 and costs
for illegally selling liquor In Bass River
township. The court stated that it pro
posed to make the punishment in such
cases so heavy that the business of illega
selling would not be profitable and the
penalty would hereafter probably be Inn
prisonment.
Daniel Bonner, Of Burlington was fined
1926 and costs for assault and battery.
1t is a great shame that the Jury
fixers" cannot be detected in their meta
rious work. Some of these days they
will be hauled up quickly. Detectives
were employed last week to watch thu
movements of parties suspected OF THU
kind of business.
The trial Of Sidney Plummer for muir
der begins to-day
Jacob @. Hendrickson, counsel for DIR
Hollingshead, talks Of carrying the case
to a higher court. The prevailing opin
, ion ia that the verdict is a Just one. TIL
iury was unanimous on the opinion tina
, damages should be awarded, and it onl.
REQUIRED three ballots to fix the amount
I Judge Miller, of the Circuit Court, sa
' in chambers at Camden, Saturday morn
h ing, and took under advisement tw
4 cases. Jerome d. Grigg, in the case 9
b Asher B. Kirby against Frank Banks, a