The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-16
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attitude toward the public as the court
You can know neither friend nor foe
Your duty is plain. You should recog
nize all as equal before the law, and if the
law has been violated it is your duty tt
either present an indictment or retire from
the grand jury"
The constables in attendance are:
Barzillai L. Thompson, Medford.
George H. Armstrong, C-innaminSOn.
William A. Mccormick, Burlington City.
A. Elwell Gaskill, Northampton.
William H. Thompson, Pemberton.
James J. Tones, Palmyra.
Wesley Shumard, New Hanover.
William H. Lewis, Bordentown.
Thomas c. Mckinney, Evesham.
Harry Kriner, Beverly Township.
George Parker, Lumberton.
In the ejectment suit of Lucille G. Cox
VS.. Charles II. Deviney, a motion was
made by Clarence T. Atkinson for a non
suit on the ground that notice of trial had
not been given within the statutory time.
Jerome B. Grigg, counsel for plaintiff,
acknowledged he had been remiss in the
matter, but he was ready and anxious to
have the case disposed of. To put off now
only meant delay as the suit would GER
tainly be commenced anew. The motion
for nonsuit was refused.
An application to lave an execution is
sued on a Judgment in the suit of estate
of Mahlon Hutchinson VS.. Charles B.
Holloway, was postponed until Saturday,
to be heard at Camden. The Judgment
is over six years old.
Alfred L. Haines, administrator of Su-
sauna Haines, was given until July l to
settle his account.
The first suit tried was that of Frank
Austin VS.. Frederick Kline. The parties
live at Riverside. Austin was employed
in Lamberts shoe factory, and was stand
ing at a window of the factory when Kline
pointed a shot gun at him and fired. The
shattered glass struck Austin's eye and
permanently impaired the sight. There
was no defence and the verdict was $4,000
in favor of plaintiff.
On Thursday Judge Miller heard the
case of William j. Mum VS.. John w.
Rippel. In February, 1898, the plaintiff
was at work on one of the machines in the
Stanwick Carpet Mills. His hand became
%entangled in the machinery and three fin
gers were so badly injured that amputa-
ton vas necessary. Rippel agreed to pay
all expenses of Nunn's, owing to the in
jury.
After the conclusion of the plaintiff S
testimony the Court granted a n~onsuit.
On Friday morning the suit of Frank
Earl VS.. the borough of Pemberton was
was called. Earl was the supervisor and
engineer on the stone road which was
built through Pemberton. He claimed
the borough was indebted to him in the
sum of about $65 for his services. After
the county had contracted to build the
road the borough determined to extend
the width on the streets Of the town. As
Earl was already engineer on the road he
continued in the employ of the borough.
Tho cnpfro ofOr uuoc Maid IN hio A ~, ar1
measurements. There was no specific
agreement about wage and Earl put in a
bill on the same basis as the charges made
to the county-two per cent. on the con
tract price.
On cross-examination Mr.. Earl said he
was first consulted on the work by Mayor
Seamon, who called at his house to talk
the matter over. Mr.. Earl admitted that
he already was in possession of figures
and measurements mades for the county
and the conference with the Mayor was to
prepare a statement to be presented to a
town meeting to discuss the advisability
of extending the street. When that was
decided on Earl went right on with his
work, although, heIsaid, he had already
placed his stakes and made his calculations.
Members of the Council frequently came
and witnessed the work and at the sugges-
ton of some of them changes were made
in the grade. Notwithstanding all this
Mr.. Earl was unable to show any special
contract with the Borough.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Earl's case,
Jacob G. Hendrickson, counsel for de-
fence, moved for a n~onsuit, which was at
once granted. Judge Miller remarked
that action of members of a body of pub
lie officers would not be binding unless
made in regular session, by vote.
Josiah II. Mason VS.. jeremiah H. Dea-
con was next tried. Mason purchased
from Ridgway s. Deacon a 'sgrandfather's
clock" for which he paid 800. The clock
was at the residence Of Jeremiah FL. Dea-
con and when Mason went there for it, he
was refused possession. Mason then went
a second time, taking a constable with
him, but he had no better success. He
then brought suit to recover the clock.
The defence was that the clock did not
belong to Ridgway S.. Deacon, but was
the property of the daughter Of John r.
Deacon, to whom it had been willed.
The jury returned a verdict to that effect.
The grand jury presented its findings on
Wednesday. Eleven bills of indictment
were found. The following prisoners
pleaded:
OOHJdu1lu - Ou1ibu, JI., anu SudIICS
Dixon, Medford, assault and battery on
Albert Weston. Not guilty.
Louisa Nichols, alias Joyce, Southamp-
ton, bigamy with Harvey Joyce. Not
guilty.
Fred Wood, Bordentown, assault and
battery on Mary E Shinn, and breaking
and entering. Guilty.
John Coston, larceny in Moorestown.
Not guilty.
Jason Archer and Albert Jones, stealing
chickens. Not guilty.
Lydia Jacques, assault and battery on
George Wildes. Not guilty.
Harry Mount, larceny of boat from
Blair Ferguson, Edgewater Park. Not
guilty.
Nathan Vansciver, assault and battery
IN officer Hamlet Ghaul, at Burlington.
Guilty. He was at once sentenced to the
state prison for the term of three years
and six months.
Benjamin Williams pleaded guilty to an
indictment for stealing from Stephen
Dunn, at Mount Laurel. In this case the
complainant did not wish to press the
| charge, but the evidence was so positive
the grand jury was compelled to return an
indictment. There were circumstances
connected with the case, however, which
leu INC jury W auoPG d IeSoluIlon dsklug
that the court act leniently in the matter.
Against this came a letter from a former
employer of Williams, who is but a boy,
stating he had served a term in a reform
school, so Judge Gaskill deferred consid-
Grafton of the case until he learned more
of the facts.
The following licenses were granted:
HOTELS.
M. S. Butterworth, Mount Holly, $sO(
Benjamin W. Zelley, " 3W
Charles G. Coles, MOorestown, 900