The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-29
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Court.

On Tuesday morning jury was com
panelled to try the indictment against
Leander Eckert for assault and battery on
Andrew Dennis. Both parties hail from
| Pemberton township. The story told to
the jury by Dennis was that as he was on
his way to Browns Mills one day last
month he was accosted by Eckert and the
latter without any propagation assaulted
Dennis twice, knocking the latter from
his bicycle and raising quite a lump on
his face. In this he was sustained by two
witnesses, and this was the size of his
case.
The defendant, however, claimed that
he was the aggrieved party. Dennis had
called him liar and had added injury to
insult, having struck defendant in the
face. The first was bad enough but the
blow was more than any self-respecting
man could endure and he retaliated.
Prosecutor Atkinson evidently did not
think the case was worth talking about, so
he proposed it be given to the jury with
out argument and it was done. The jury
rendered verdict of not guilty.
The next Indictment called was that
against Morica Masculio. She is Pole
and is a member of the colony Of that
nation located at Hainesport. The com
plainant was female neighbor OF the
defendant and the trouble all appeared to
have been caused by that frequent distur-
Der of neighborly relations-chickens
After listening to the evidence, most OF
which had to be interpreted, the jury de-
cided there was no guilt attached to any
one.
Lewis and Catharine Benjamin, two
colored citizens of Mount Holly, were
then called to answer charge of stealing
Goods from J. Earnest Dillon. When the
latter married he took into his home his
wife's parents They did not appear to
be able to live happily, so they decided to
separate Later they saw the error OF
their ways and there was reconciliation.
They concluded, however, that they would
fare better in a home of their own and
they went to housekeeping, taking with
them several pieces of furniture from the
Dillon home. Son-in-law became incens-
ed at this act and had the old folks arrest
ed for stealing, but Mr.. Benjamin produc-
ed evidence to show he bought the goods
and had paid for them. The judge direct
ed the Jury to return verdict OF not
guilty.
Edwin Ryan, who had pleaded not
guilty to charge of stealing bicycle
retracted and pleaded guilty. He said he
was under the influence of liquor at the
time he committed the crime. He was
sent to the county Jail for 60 days.
This concluded the criminal business.
with the exception of the trial OF Harrie
Baxter, which is printed in another col
umn
The case of j. L. P. Eckman VS.. Allan
tic City Lodge of Elks, which has been
on the Supreme Court list for five years,
was disposed of on Friday before Judge
Nixon. This was an action for 81, oO0 dam
ages for a fractured leg, the result OF an
accident received by the defendant IN
defective building occupied by the Elks'
At the time of the accident Mr.. Eckman
was member of Jennings ThirdRegi-
ment Band of Camden, which was play
ing three days engagement in Atlantic
CITY at the national convention of Elks,
held there that year. On one of the
evenings the band was taken to the Baltic
Pier Casino building, where there was an
evening session of the convention One
selection had been partly played through
when the lights went out, causing. much
CONSERVATION. They came on again, and
the chairman of the convention started to
introduce the speaker of the evening,
when the floor gave way and hundreds
were dropped to the floor below Mr.
Eckman was one of these, breaking his
leg. For this he sought damages. ; A.
Atkinson appeared for the plaintiff the
defendant being represented by Judge )
W. wescott and Samuel 4;,d g. i Perry Gfysnt a
City were subpenaed as witnesses and
gave their testimony on two points for
the plaintiff that the building was d.