The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-10-31
Court


in Burlington Ia August. Robinson wa
engaged at the wharf in loading a wagon
Carol Mays, the man who lost his life
was an employee on the steamboat JOIN
A. Warner which was loading truck. Dur
ing the trips to and fro the steamboat tn,
two men came in contact with each other
and fight ensued. Mays struck the frs
blow. Robinson seemed to brood for
minute or two over the affair and ther
made a lunge at Mays with a knife. Thu
latter retreated to the edge of the whar
followed by Robinson. Mays fell into thu
river. When the body was recovered Thu
man was dead. There was wound il
his side close to the heart
The defence was conducted by Judge
Charles E. Hendrickson and Franklin G
Woolman. They commended that Mays
death was not the result of the stab bu
that the man was drowned. That he was
cut there was no doubt, but it was claim
ed the assailant was compelled to use {
knife to defend himself as Mays was saw
agely attacking him when he made the
lunge. Robinson, in telling his story tc
the jury, said that Mays had more thar
once threatened to do him injury and at the
time he cut Mays the latter was trying tc
kick him in the stomach
In rebuttal of this witnesses were
brought by the state to show that Robin.
son, after the alteration with Mays, had
said he would get even with the other man
if he had to go to his heart after him.
The jury rendered verdict of guilty.
On Wednesday appeal cases were heard.
The first was Lucille G. Cox VS.. Elwood
and Barzillai Mount. Robert B. Kerlin
gave mortgage on some property to Ell.
wood Mount and the paper finally fell into
the hands of Mrs. Cox, who foreclosed it,
buying the property in at Sheriff's sale.
The place was rented to Elizabeth Souder
for year In the meantime Mount tried
to buy the property from Mrs. Cox, who
refused to sell to him, but did agree to sell
to another party. Mount then went to the
place and removed barn, and Mrs. Cox
was compelled to take 5000 from the pur-
chase price.
The defence claimed that the barn was
not on the property owned by Mrs Cox.
When the mortgage was given to Mount
by Kerlin piece of ground in the rear OF
the property was leased, orally, to Mount,
who built barn on it. This building was
destroyed by fire and was rebuilt. This
building, Mount said, was not on Mrs.
Cox's land, but was his own property.
The jury remained out all night, return
ing with a verdict for Mrs. Cox.
The suit of U. s. Culinary VS.. Theodore
Phillips, which has been tried several
times without reaching a conclusion, was
again heard on Thursday and verdict
rendered in favor of Culinary.
This case dates from 1897 Culinary
was engaged In the business of repairing
roofs He did some work for Phillips,
which amounted to nearly 800. Phillips
acknowledged the debt, but said that Col
mary agreed to take the amount out in
horse hire. The latter denied this and said
he did have horse for nine days while
one of his was sick. For this he was tc
pay dollar a day, but Phillips insisted
that he should pay $21 for the horse In
Foot 4bio &c about all fhara 1,voe 70 +Io ooso
and the jury gave Culinary verdict fol-
his claim, with interest, less the SO which
he was willing to pay for the horse hire.
John Mount was called before the court
to answer to the charge of stealing a boat
at Edgewater Park. Mount had pleaded
not guilty and was ready for trial Pro
secutor Budd said he hardly knew what
to do in this case. There had been severa
participants in this theft and every tim.
one of them was brought before the cour
it seemed as if the wrong fellow was il
custody. The court decided to releas,
Mount until the next term of court.
On Saturday, on the application of G
K. Chambers, Walter B. Borden, Josial
M. Chafey and Charles K. Chambers wer,
appointed commissioners to divide prop
erty of John W. Platt, deceased
Sentence was passed upon Amos N
Robinson, convicted of manslaughter il
causing the death of Carol Mays at Bur
lington. An earnest plea for clemenc,
was made by Franklin G. Woolman ant
Judge Hendrickson, who presented pc
titions from citizens of Burlington, ask
ing that the sentence be not too severe
Judge Hendrickson still held to the theor,
that the death of Mays was due to drown
ing and not to the stab inflicted.
Judge Gaskill said he fully felt the del
icacy and responsibility of his position
Nothing in his official acts caused hir
more anxiety than when called upon t
pass sentence. He had carefully inquire
into this case and he thought the sentenc
he was about to impose was one that tn
safety of the public demanded. He the
sentenced Robinson to seven years in tn
state prison.
Jacob G. Hendrickson made an able Pile
in behalf of Samuel Anderson and En-
Emilicke, the two chicken thieves froI
New Gretna. Mr.. Hendrickson asked tn
court to either suspend sentence or impos
a light fine. He said he believed that /
short time it would be proved that thes
two men had been unrighteously convic
ed. Judge Gaskill replied that he ha
also looked into this case and was unab
to discover anything that called for lei
iency. He sentenced the two men to ii
state prison for two years.