The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-10-30

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! Court did not last long on Tuesday
There was one case set down for the dav
that of William T. Lawlor VS.. The Tren
ton Street Railway Company Counse
reported having effected settlement, s
the jurors were paid for a day and sen
home.
Another session was held on Wednesday
The first case called was Jesse L. Luca
: VS.. Robert NJ Brock. 1t was reporte'
settled.
The court then took up the case of j
A. Davis, Jr., VS.. The Pennsylvania Rail
road Company The plaintiff lives a
Palmyra, and on the 10th of April, hi
little son, aged II months, left the yard at
tached to his fathers residence, which il
along the railroad, and wandered on t.
the tracks. A train came along and killed
the child. 1t was claimed that if the
engineer had been attending to his duties
he would not have killed the boy as the
view was unobstructed for long distance
The gate of the yard was left open by a
man who had been delivering coal and
that was the way the little boy got into
the street.
On the conclusion of the testimony for
the plaintiff counsel for defence asked for
a noRsuit, which was granted
Edwin D. Rogers vs. Alfred W. Lofand
was the next to take attention. This was
an action caused by the removal of stalks
from thefarm of Rogers, ON which Lofand
was tenant. Rogers also claimed that
he was prevented from harvesting his share
of the rye and that Lotland took the
entire crop away.
After hearing considerable testimony it
was decided that the only point in con-
troversy was the value of the stalks This
the jury decided to be SO and returned a
Sentence was suspended on John Mat
tbews, Jr., of Bordentown, for assault and
battery on Frank Medo, a boot black
Matthews was placed in charge of the
probation officer.
Constable Walter Curtis, of North Han
over, who was indicted for refusing to
arrest Frank McCloe, chicken thief, en-
tered plea of not guilty.
Bench warrants were issued for the ar
rest of Michael Riley for assaulting Ed
ward Conwell, of Chester, and Albert
Shinn for assault and battery on George
Linton, of Mount Holly.
Sarah A. Armstrong and Charles Gin
ton, of Mount Holly, pleaded not guilty
to charge of adultery.
A bench warrant was issued for Maggie
Robinson, of Chester, who failed to ap-
pear when her name was called.
Criminal matters engaged the attention
of Judge Gaskill yesterday.
Floyd w. Deacon and Simeon E. Brin
son, colored, of Burlington, both charged
with assault and battery. changed their
former plea to one of guilty.
Stanislaus Prunes, of Palmyra, indict
ed for assaulting Mrs. Mary Beck, made
retraction of his former plea of not
guilty and entered one of guilty. The
court imposed a fine of $25, which the
young man paid.
Maggie Robinson, of Moorestown, in
dicted for stealing marble top table. en-
tered plea of not guilty. Her case will
come up for trial tomorrow.
Harry Snyder, of Burlington, indicted
for cutting the rope attached to an arc
lamp, changed his plea to one of guilty
after he had been arraigned for trial.
Theodore Cole, colored of Burlington,
indicted for attempting to kill Frank
Strickman with a revolver which he bor
rowed from his intended victim, was tried
and found guilty.
Judge Gaskill will sit at the Court House
next Monday for the purpose of register
ing persons entitled to vote on the follow
ing day. And he will also sit on election
day for the purpose of settling any dis
putes that may arise in connection with
the election. An order of the court in
these dispute cases is in the nature of
mandamus, and election boards have no
discretion in such matters, they being
obliged to obey the order of the court.
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