The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-06
Court.

Court.
Lawyer Fred A. Rex, of Camden, wa
in attendance at court, on Saturday. III
, made application to have the license nov
held by Max Chilinski, of Jacksonville
transferred to John FELTON,, of Camden
who had purchased the hotel property o
Chilinski.
In making the transfer Judge Gsskil
called Felton's attention to the stringen
manner in which hotels are supposed to b.
conducted in this county. You mus
not even give liquor away on Sunday, ant
you must be careful about minors ant
selling to drunken men" said the court
Judgment was entered against Mrs
Nora Lesson in the sum of 5000, tbs
amount of bail In the case of Charles G.
Binck, Of Burlington, fugitive from jus
tice. She is the mother in law of the de.
PENDANT As she is unable to pay much,
If anything. the court offered to settle the
case for $25 cash.
There was another case of bail forfeit
ture, caused by Richard Moss, of Atsion,
leaving for parts unknown. Ulysses G..
Delete and Abraham Sordon went his
surety for $780, They had spent about
800 trying to apprehend Moss, but with
out success. A judgment Of 800 and
costs of forfeiture we're entered, and the
men were given until the first Saturday in
March to settle
Robert s. Gaskill was informed that no
account had been filed in the Quicksall
estate. He was anxious to have that mat
ter attended to, as there may be some ex-
ceptions filed. Mr.. GaskIll accused the
executors of being negligent or utterlyiin
competent. He said they were unable to
make out their own account and had
placed the matter in the hands of their
lawyer. Samuel A. Atkinson. The latter
said that In view of the johnson murder
trial he would like to have four weeks in
which to complete the work, but he
would finish much sooner If possible.
Judge Gaskill said that special court
days would be on the first and third Sat-
urdays in each month, but he will come
on other days in the week to suit counsel
in matters of importance.
Harold B. Wells was granted an order
to show cause why the real estate of Ellen
Barrett. deceased, of Bordentown, should
not be sold to pay debts.
John Buzby, colored, of Evesboro,
waived indictment and trial by jury to a
charge preferred by John Sharp, of as
ssult with intent to kill; also to charge
preferred by Hannah Sharp of criminal
assault. The prisoner pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to serve five years in the
state prison.
Raymond Stoddard pleaded guilty to
assault and battery on Benjamin Powell,
Of Pemberton. The case was laid over
for further investigation.
Harry Forker and William Peak plead
ed guilty to robbing the house of Mrs.
Margaret Assay. near Arney's Mount.
Garfield Haines pleaded guilty to steal
ing chickens from Cecilia Benedict, of
Pemberton township. The case was laid
over as his companion in crime was out
on bail.
The bail of $500 was renewed in the
case of Joseph Donate, of Palmyra, who
is to appear In court on March 8. He for
merly pleaded guilty to stealing wire
from the American Telegraph Company
JOHNSON INDICTED.
The desire to a glimpse of Rufus
Johnson, yesterday morning, attracted
many people to the jail and court house.
1t had been arranged to rope off the inside
walk between the two buildings, but the
idea was abandoned, as the fifty deputies
summoned for the occasion had the stu
alton well in hand.
Judge Hendrickson opened court at the
usual time. the only business requiring
his attention being to charge the grand
jury, which body soon brought in an In
dictment charging Rufus johnson with
the murder of Miss Florence w. Atkinson.
Following is the charge as delivered by
Judge Hendrickson:
Gentlemen of the Grand Jury
You were all sworn or affirmed at the
December term of the Grand Jury in this
court, but you have been recalled to con-
slider an indictment coming out of an of
fence which occurred since you were
gathered together and since the time of
your adjournment. Of course we all must
regret the occasion that calls you back to
consider further an offense or crime, and
especially one so very serious in its char
at ax,1 H. l. Is
known to you and to us all generally, and
now the Prosecutor of the Pleas will pre-
pare and present to you the evidence
which he has gathered to prove the death
of Miss Florence w. Atkinson, of the town
ship of Chester, in this county; that she
met her death at the hands of an individual.
and that her death was caused by strang-
ling or choking, and the mode or cause Of
death.
think that the evidence presented to
you, may show that the perpetrator of the
deed had hidden himself in the barn or
stable, and that while there Miss Atkinson
came into the barn to attend to the feed
ing of her horse or cow, whatever it may
have been, and there at the time or short
ly afterward when she had returned that
he seized her for some purpose, possibly
to stop her screams, or to prevent exposure,
and grabbed her by the throat and checked
her to insensibility; she afterward was
restored and she was; seized again, it
seems. by the perpetrator of this crime.
and again choked, whether to her death or
not you will learn by the testimony as it
Is presented. Afterward to make sure of
her death, think it will appear, strap
was put about and drawn tightly around
her neck so that when she was found life
was extinct. That is about the substance
of the evidence that will be presented to
you and no doubt in greater portion than
/ have shown to you.
In this state the law is that If any per.
son causing the death of another in com
hitting or attempting to commit any rob-
berry, burglary or rape, or any unlawful
act, by means likely to produce bloodshed
or death, the crime is declared to be MUIR
der. so that if evidence such as / have
told you is presented in this case, think
you will have no difficulty in reaching a
determination as to the crime upon which
your bill of indictment will be found, and
that is the crime.o murder. The indict
ment of murder under this statute found
by the Grand Jury does not settle the de-
gree of the murder, but that becomes the
duty of the petit jury.
In this state indictments are found for
what is called common law murder, but
the statute prevents the defendant in such
a case from pleading guilty to the indict-
ment, and there must be a plea of not
guilty entered. A trial ensues, and the
facts stating the murder are set forth, an d
it becomes the petit jury's duty, under
statute, to say whether the murder is In
the first or second degree.
will not detain you gentlemen with
any explanation of the different degrees