The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-05-22
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The jury in the case of William Painter.
charged with assault and battery on Mrs.
Rowl at Hainespert, failed to agree and
was discharged.
Don Sanford Williams, eolored man,
was next tried for robbing the residence
of John H. Leech, at Riverside. He was
defended by John G. Sims, Jr., who moved
to quash the Indictment, on the ground
that no date was mentioned and as he pro-
posed to prove an alibi this was an i'm
portant matter. The court refused the
motion. The jury failed to agree. II
stood 10 to 2 in favor of conviction. The
judge said he thought it would not be
right to keep the jury out, as there was
some question whether every fact to the
benefit of the defendant had yet been as
certained. He therefore discharged the
jury and appointed ex Prosecutor Budd
to defend the prisoner.
Jennie Ridgway was to have been tried
on Wednesday, for an assault and battery
on her her-in-law, Caleb Ridgway, of
on account of the illness of Mr. Ridgway
Prosecutor Atkinson expects to try the
case this term, but it is doubtful if the
complainant will be able to appear
On Wednesday the court heard the re-
monstrance against the application of
James F. Walsh to keep hotel in Vim
centown. Jerome B. Grigg appeared for
the remonstrants, and the applicant was
represented by E. P Budd and Martin L.
Haines.
The testimony that the law had been
violated was very direct, in fact the appli-
cant admitted it. but he claimed he had
not been at fault. He had placed a man
named Croasdale in charge of the place.
and the latter had been too easy or care
less, and allowed things to run in very
loose manner. AS soon as Mr.. Walsh the
proprietor, heard of this, he took charge
of the hotel himself and there had been
different order of things ever since.
Judge Gaskill said there had undoubt-
eddy been violation of the law which the
court could not overlook. He would al
low the applicant to withdraw his petition
and would hold the case under advise
ment until September. In the meantime
the hotel is without a license.
The application of Margaret Birming-
ham to keep hotel at New Gretna, was
the next to be heard. Mrs. Birmingham
is widow and the house she wants to con-
duct is the same that was occupied by her
husband during his lifetime. Charles K.
Chambers represented the remonstrants
and was ready to proceed, but the appli-
cant, whose case was looked after by
George M. Hillman, did not seem to be
particularly anxious to get to work. After
a consultation with his client, Mr.. Hill
man announced that he would like to
withdraw the application, with the priv
ilege of renewing it at the September
term. This was granted.
On Thursday Judge Nixon heard the
case of Elisha A. Hancock, trading as
Hancock 6 Co., VS.. Stacy S. Pancoast, of
Delanco. The plaintiffs are stock brokers,
having an office in Philadelphia. Pan
coast speculated, through the firm, in
wheat and the venture did not prove to
be paying one The loss, when footed
up, reached nearly $4,000, and Pancoast
gave his notes for the amount. AS the
obligations were not taken care of when
they became due, the brokers waited
reasonable amount of time and then sued
At the conclusion of the testimony for
the plaintiff, counsel for defendant moved
a non suit on the ground that such debts
as this now in suit can not be collected
in New Jersey. He quoted decision by
the Court of Errors and Appeals, in a
similar transaction, where the court had
held speculation in stocks to be gambling,
and had decided that money for such
pebts could not be recovered in this state
even though the transaction was legal in
the state where it took place. Judge
Nixon granted the non suit
On Friday the court was occupied with
case from Moorestown, which involved
the parentage of colored child. The
jury failed to agree and was discharged.
Yesterday was given up to the trial Of
appeal cases.