The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-08
Two Convictions for Railroad Ticket

In the Cape May County Court of Quar-
ter Sessions last week, Judge VOORHEES,
sentenced Alexander II. Gordon and
Michael H. Kerns for the illegal traffic in
railroad tickets Both the men are resi-
dents of Cape May, and the prosecution
was instituted by the Prosecutor under
the New Jersey statute to prevent fraud
upon travellers. The men had been en-
gagged in selling the return portions of ex-
cursion and special tickets with long re-
turn limit.
The evidence was conclusive, and upon
arraignment both men pleaded guilty. In
passing sentence the court made the fol-
lowing pertinent remarks:-
Mr.. Gordon and Mr.. Kerns, you have
each been indicted by the present grand
jury, separately, however, for the illegal
sale of railroad tickets, generally known
as ticket scalping. The Legislature of
this state has made that offence misde-
meanor and has fixed quite severe pen
atty 1t is within the discretion of the
court to send you to states prison or i'm
pose fine or both. But the court has
carefully considered this matter, and so
far as the knowledge of the court goes,
this is the first time in this county that
any person has been indicted for a similar
offence. The fact that you have pleaded
guilty, the Court takes into consideration
in mitigation of the sentence; and the
court, this being the first time that you
have appeared here upon Indictment of
this character, will not resort to the eX-
IRENE penalty; in fact, it is not going to
resort to fixing term in states prison,
but will simply impose fine. But in
doing that | shall make statement here
which the Court hopes will break up the
ticket scalping business in Cape May
county. | say it as word of warning,
not only to you, but to others who may
have an inclination to engage in the same
business; in other words, it will not be
permitted in this county. If you should
come back again upon a similar indict-
ment, the court feels free to state now
that the sentence will be something more
than a fine, and it wants this to be under
stood, not only by you, but by others
'"The sentence of the law is that You
each pay u fine of $50 and costs of pros
ecutiOn."
Under ordinary circumstances the sen
tence would have been much more severe,
but at the intervention of the officials of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, whose tickets
had been involved, the clemency of the
court was extended, since the prosecution
was not intended so much as a punish
ment for this particular case as warning
to others who might be tempted to engage
in the illegitmate traffic.
1t is evident that he court intends to
see that the practice of ticket scalping
shall be stamped out in Cape May county.
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