The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-03-28

person upon whom should be melted ou
proper punishment for keeping this dis
orderly house, and the defendants, as
serted Mr.. Budd, stand ready to repeal
their story in court if the grand jury
should find an indictment against Reeves
as Shinn and McCue are the victims of his
conduct, the place having become men
ance to the good morals of the commun
| ity. Mr.. Budd asked that sentence BE-
postponed unCil the case of Reeves, who
had been placed under ball. had been con
sidered, so that his clients case could be
better understood by the court.
Rittenhouse, who was not represented
by counsel, denied telling the men to put
the chickens in bed room, stating that
he ordered them to be taken away, as he
did not want to get into trouble.
Judge Gaskill told Rittenhouse that he
could be discharged under $500 bail, and
that the time he served in Jail would
count on his sentence to come later. He
was returned to prison.
/, III,
Gaskill said: cit is always my desire to
keep boys out of prison and give them a
chance. l will not pass sentence now,
but will ask the probation officer to look
after you, the same as those under parole,
and he will report to me at the opening of
the next term of court concerning your
conduct. l warn you that this is a turn
ing point in your life. You have chance
to become honest, industrious and to
make good citizens. If you fail in this l
shall come to the conclusion that you are
not worthy, and your fate will be state
prison, but don't want to take that
course. If you don't do as have stated,
the punishment will be of your own seek
ing"
In the Orphans court, Howard Elan
ders asked to have probated the will of
Mary Mcnamara, deceased, of Burlington.
1t had been held up by Surrogate Endi-
colt because of the absence of subscribing
witnesses. When the will was drawn two
persons were present to act in this capac-
ity, but they had no opportunity to do SO,
as the testatrix died after placing her
mark on the paper.
George A. Atkinson, Mayor of Burling-
ton, took the stand. He said he drew the
will according to instructions. 1t was
taken to Mrs. Mcnamara and she placed
her mark upon it She looked at him with
a glare, and failed to acknowledge, except
by slight nod of the head, this was her
last will and testament She then fell
back and died. The witnesses left with
out signing or seeing the will.
Mr.. Flanders was of the opinion that
the nod of the head was sufficient to
establish the validity of the will, and his
motion to permit the witnesses to afix
their signatures was denied. The court
then made an order refusing probation of
the will. But Judge Gaskill at once de-
cided to cancel all proceedings in the
case, stating that there are persons named
who will receive something which they
would not get under the intestate laws. He
was of the opinion that they should be
heard in court. In the meantime counsel
will apply for the appointment of an ad-
ninistrator pendente lite Mary Brown
IS named as the executor, and through her
counsel she must bring the matter regular
y before the court.
The Annie r. Wood will case was taken
up. George Gilbert. representing the
Guarantee Safe Deposit and Trust Com
Dany, of Philadelphia, named as the ad- |
showed by a witness that
watch, which had been willed to certain
person, had been given him by the decedent
,hree years before her death, which &C
counted for one of the several erasures
in the will Mr.. Gilbert con-
iended that all the erasures were made by
Mrs. Wood, and that the will had never
been out of her possession up to the time
Of her death.
Mr.. Budd, representing the contestants,
who are heirs of the deceased husband of
Mrs. Wood, commended in his argument
that the erasures were irregular and that
the trust company, being foreign cor
had no right under the laws of
this state to fulfill the duties assigned to
it. Judge Gaskill reserved his decision.