The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-11-07
Court.

On Wednesday the court was engaged
with the case of Charles Morasky, charged
with having in his possession several
hundred pounds of iron stolen from the
cars of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany at Burlington. The evidence wa
very conclusive, and when the State had
got all of 1t before the jury the counsel for
the prisoners asked that the indictment be
quashed because it had been proved that
the iron was the property of the United
States Pipe Company. and not the railroad
company, as alleged. Prosecutor Atkin-
son read statute which gave him the
privilege of amending an Indictment, and
the court upheld him.
Counsel then moved for an aequittal on
the ground that the value of the goods
and the ownership had not been proven.
This was also refused. The defence then
set up an alibi which it proceeded to at
tempt to show, and in which they were
successful, as the jury returned verdict
of not guilty.
Prosecutor Atkinson then called the in
dictment against Lena Cornell, who was
mixed up in the affair with Morasky.
Mrs. Connell, according to the indictment,
had stolen several hundred pounds of iron
and had been found with large amount
of iron known to have been stolen by
others. Several witnesses testified to buy
ng iron from Mrs. Cornell, who always
told them she had found it in various
places. The defendant denied selling iron
to any one, but said her children had sold
scrap iron to junk dealers. The jury was
out all night and came into court next
morning with the announcement of their
inability to agree. They were discharged.
Judge Gaskill disposed of some criminal
cases on Saturday morning. John Kearns,
of Mount Laurel, who was convicted of as
sault and battery upon George Thorn,
was fined $50. He is rs years of age and
his counsel made an eloquent appeal in
his behalf, asking for suspension of SEN
tence. but the prosecutor called attention
to the fact that the defendant had put
the county to the expense of trial.
John Parker, who had stolen bantam
rooster, was called up. He was another
candidate for suspension of sentence,
but his record in Ocean county, from
whence he halls, is bad, so the judge sent
him to state prison for six months.
Mrs. Lena Cornell, of Burlington,
charged with the illegal sale of liquor
in Burlington, was next brought forward.
Through her counsel she requested to
change her plea of guilty to not guilty.
This was denied and then her counsel
spoke in favor of having a light sentence
imposed. The reasons given were that
the defendant was the sole support of a
large family and that she had always borne
good character. Prosecutor Atkinson
took exceptions to this last assertion.
He said he had been trying for some
time to get evidence against the woman,
who was running a joint. but 1t was
only lately that he had been successful
This woman, he said, has one of the vilest
tongues imaginable, and she had intimi
dated the States witnesses in this case
There were two counts in the indictment
against her for Sunday selling and on thes,
Z she was fined $780, which she promptly
paid. Two other counts were held owe
: her. and II she ever comes before the cour
again she win be sent to state prison.