The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-01-30

| After the grand jury retired on Tues
day, Charles K. Chambers was granted an
order to sell real estate Of John Wesley
Platt, deceased, to pay debts.
On Wednesday, the suit of the Kill
bourne Construction Company VS.. John s.
Collins, was concluded. In 1898, the
plaintiff took the contract to construct a
cold storage plant for the defendant. near
Pensaukin, in which to store pears and
other perishable fruit, and were to receive
for their services ten per cent. of the cost
of the building The plant cost about
ST. 700, which was at least $500 in excess
of the bid of another company, but Mr.
Collins wanted good job, and decided
to pay the difference, as it was represent
ed that the Kilbourne Construction Co.
was all right. When the plant was COM
pleted and put in operation the defendant
alleges that it utterly failed to come up to
the guarantee, which was that it would
cool the fruit to temperature of 80 de-
grees. Instead of that it was found inn
possible to get it below 80 degrees in con-
sequence of which a large quantity of the
fruit stored there was spoiled, and it was
necessary to employ some one else to put
the plant in shape. The plaintiffs claim
was $40, against which the defendant
filed an offset of 81 900 for damage to the
fruit. Joseph Fl. and Nelson B. Gaskill
were counsel for the plaintiff; Samuel K.
Robbins and Mark R. Sooy for the defense.
The jury rendered verdict for the plain
tiff for $320.79.
The grand jury returned IS bills of indictment
on Wednesday, and were discharged until next
sellers will be taken up.
The prisoners were arraigned by Prosecutor
Budd, and pleaded as follows:
Peter Kavelaris, attempting to burn his store in
Burlington in order to defraud the insurance com
pany Not guilty.
Thomas Brown and George Cure. stealing two
bicycles from Z. Kirk Loveland at Bass River
Guilty.
Patrick Monahan, burning two barns on the
Brown farm at Mount Laurel. Not guilty.
George Kellock, larceny of goods from Saltzman
q Kline, Mount Holly. Guilty.
Alexander Steele, assault on Michael E. Horner,
Pemberton. Guilty.
William Butler Morris co1ored adultery with
Rebecca Smith in Mansfield township. Not guilty.
James Lemon, two indictments for resisting
constables William II. Thompson and Samuel ].
Sharp in southampton township Not guilty.
Courad King. larceny of 81 from Brose E. Smith
II. j Foley, two indictments for forging the name
of G. w. Groves to check on the Mechanics bank
at burlington, Not guilty
On Saturday, the following additional
prisoners pleaded to indictments found
by the Grand Jury, most of them having
been out on bail.
Rebecca Smith, colored, charged with
adultery Not guilty.
Linford D. Prickett, of Medford,
bigamy. Guilty.
John ]. McCloskey, of Beverly, assault
and battery on Samuel Way, Pennsyl-
vania railroad conductor. Guilty.
Harley Fowler, of Cookstown, stealing
chickens from Watson N. Emley Not
guilty.
H. ]. Foley, charged with forgery, re-
tracted his plea of not guilty and pleaded
guilty.
Jacob Quilliam, colored, of Moorestown,
was put under bail until the next term of
court. He was arrested on charge of
feloniously assaulting ffteen-year- old
girl; but as she is confined in a hospital at
New York and was unable to appear be-
fore the Grand Jury, the action of the
Prosecutor was made necessary.
Judge Hendrickson asked for post
ponement of the hearing of the charge
against Peter Kavelaris, the Greek candy
man, who was indicted for ARISEN in at
tempting to burn his place of business at
Burlington, stating that he thought if the
case was postponed until the May term of
court the defendants partner, Spero Scan
damis, who is at large, might be captured
and then they could be tried together and
the county saved considerable expense.
Prosecutor Budd said under ordinary
he would have no objection
OF the postponement, but as he would re.
tire from office before the May term he
did not think it courteous to turn over
any business of this nature to his sue
cessor.
The court said he would relieve him of
any feeling of responsibility in the matter
and granted the request of defendants
counsel.
James Lennon, indicted upon two
charges of assaulting county officers, re-
tracted his plea of not guilty and pleaded
guilty.
The following licenses were then grant
ed by the court:
HOTELS.