The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-01-10
brother AWAY,

brother away.
Fairfield Johnson, younger brother.
gave corroborative evidence in support of
the testimony of the johnson family.
George Walker was passing the Carey
house on October 2S with team, and he
saw Mrs. johnson and daughter in the
yard. He heard Carey say. "Get oct
of here" and then Leon johnson ran out
of the yard. Witness saw Carey knock
johnson down with the rail. Mrs. Carey
was there and there was general mixup
of the people. When Leon got up he
started down the road.
Peter Beatty, Moorestown constable,
failed in his efforts to serve subpoena on
George Williams, who was working on
the Carey farm on October %.
The state then rested.
Samuel K. Robbins. in opening the de
fence, called the jury's attention to the
fact that Carey is a strong-willed man
which has gotten him into trouble before,
and which the court had warned him to
keep out of. Counsel alleged that this
charge of assault with intent to kill, and
of which the Prosecutor said he would
only press for verdict on the second
count, one of assault, was a trumped up
charge. Mr.. Robbins stated that the
actions of Carey resulted from his efforts
to protect his wife from harm.
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he hired johnson to do some husking.
After working five hours the latter asked
witness if he would get some more help
and Carey told him to put his brother to
work, but he did not know that the
women were to be engaged. Carey said
he would give Leon some cider if his
brother and sister would tie up the fodder.
Carey was surprised to see Leon coming
up out of the cellar with some cider.
What are you doing there ?" asked
Carey and then he ordered Johnson to
get out. Carey did not leave his porch,
did not kick johnson nor strike him with
a rail. Leon did not ask for any money.
The latter and his brother each had
piece of fence rail and one of them struck
Mrs. Carey and hurt her. Carey then
went for Leon but did not strike him with
a rail or iron hinge. Mrs. Johnson did
not take hold of him. Mrs. Carey said
the blow did not hurt very much, and she
asked her husband to come into the house
and keep out of trouble, knowing it
might be bad for him to appear before
the court again.
George Truxton, of Camden. lived at
Mount Laurel in one of Humphrey Har-
vey's houses last November. At that
time he worked among the farmers. On
October %, he went to Carey's after job,
and saw the colored men in the field,
where they had several quarts of cider in
milk can, stating that they got it at the
house. Witness saw johnson go down
cellar after cider without having any per-
mission to do So He soon heard Carey
tell johnson to get out. Witness said he
did not see Carey strike anybody and he
did not see any wagon pass the house.
Margaret Carey, wife of the defendant,
corroborated the evidence given by her
husband. She was quite dramatic and
considerably excited in telling of the facts
about the case. She said there was no
spigot In the barrel and the cider was
drawn with siphon. The cellar door
that day was fastened down with tarred
rope, which was found to have been cut
after johnson came out of the cellar.
The record of convictions against Mr.
Carey for assault and battery was offered
in evidence by the Prosecutor.
After being out for short time the
jury rendered verdict of not guilty.
The petit jurors were discharged until
tomorrow.
On Saturday morning Stephen Irapharo,
a tramp, was formally committed to the
state insane asylum.
William Prout and Henry Haley were
sentenced to six months in the county Jail
Elijah Wood, colored, who assaulted
Allen Hines, of Burlington, stated chat
he armed himself because Hines had
threatened to kill him. Hines boarded
with Wood, and the latter is said to have
become "sweet" on Mrs. Hines. A re-
volver taken from the prisoner was pro
duced in court, which Wood said he has
purchased to defend himself In construc
ton it is the most peculiar ever seen in
court, and was an object of much curios
ity Il think man carrying that kind
of weapon said Judge Gaskill, fought
to go to state prison for year" WOOD
didn't think so, but he must go up the
J road just the same
, Walter L. Low, whom the court thought
had no intention of doing wrong, wal
, fined 81 without costs.
Harry L. Brown, Of Vincentown, il
order to escape punishment for abusing
J his father, and who was arrested on com
plant of neighbors, took the pledge
which, together with bail, must be re
newed from month to month until the de
PENDANT has chance to make man o.