The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-11

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F. S. Carter has zone to Jamaica for a
short trip.
Mrs. W. A. Hewitt, who has been visit
ing in Providence and New York, has re-
turned home.
Rev. G. W. Harrod, rector of ST. Bar
nabas' Church, has been called to a
charge in another diocese, but has refused
to accept.
Samuel Hollembaek, son of the late DR.
Henry Hollembaek, died at his residence,
Union and Stacy streets, on Saturday af-
ternoon. The deceased was veteran of
the 81 65 war and had an extended cir
Gle of friends and acquaintance.
While walking in the yard at the home
of his son-in-law, WINS Petit, of South
High street, William Schuyler was taken
with fainting spell Wednesday night
and falling on the hard ground severely
cut his face and knocked out several teeth.
His injuries are not serious but he is still
confined to his bed.
While walking down High street Fri
day afternoon, Mrs Herman A. Stees, of
Beverly, dropped her pocketbook. Miss
ing it few minutes later, she turned in
time to see it picked up by two men. She
commenced to follow them but they were
in as big hurry as she was, SO when she
reached Bowen's she turned the job over
officer Gusrang, who very soon collared
them, near Dubell's restaurant When in
Justice Smiths Office, the man who had
picked it up denied the charge, but soon
broke down and confessed. He gave his
name as Charles Smith of Newark, and
said it was because he was hungry that he
had kept the money. Mrs. Stees did not
appear against him and he was discharg
ed.
A despatch from this city, published in
some of the Philadelphia papers, to the
effect that notwithstanding the protests
of the Good Citizenship League of this
city, liquor licenses were granted by the
Excise Board to certain persons who were
recently arrested for violations of the law,
aud charges against whom were ignored
| by the grand jury, is misleading and I'M
| just to the Excise Board, to the Good Cit
izenship League and to all concerned. 1t
fails to state the important fact that the
licenses were granted only upon conditions
acceptable to the League. The Excise
Board received the Leagues protests with
every consideration, and invited the pre-
sentation of the evidence upon which they
were based. The Leagues witnesses were
all present and prepared to testify, but
their testimony was not needed, because
the accused liquor sellers, by advice OF
their counsel, appeared before the Board
and admitted their guilt of the charges
preferred by the League, with the except
ion of one item in one case, which was
waived by the Leagues counsel, and fur
thermore admitted that they would have
pleaded guilty before the court if the
grand jury had indicted them. This actor
on the part of the offenders was accepted
by the League as fully justifying the in
vestigation and prosecution in which they
have been engaged. The League, how
ever, commended, through its President
that the offenders should be made to suf
fer a money penalty for their violations O
law if the Board decided to issue the Ii
censes The Board did so decide, in ex
ecutive session, and also imposed money
penalty in the shape of an increase o
license fee, which was entirely satisfactor,
to the League, which, therefore. made NJ
further objection to the granting of thu
licenses.