The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-01-16

for Thursday, but as the defendant fail
q ed to appear his bail of $500 was declared
forfeited. Japhet B. Nixon, the bonds
r man. was given bail piece, which EN-
f powered him to arrest the fugitive
r and take him to jail In case this is &C
: complished, the court wills remit the re
cognizance and only require the surety tt
pay the costs
l The case of Vennell was originally sci
E down for Wednesday. when he was in
3 attendance at court. Because of this
J fact Mr.. Nixon thought he was relieved
of all further responsibility in the matter
; The bondsman was considerably exercised
when his charge failed to appear the next
r day
The records show that Vennell has been
convicted twice for larceny
, Because the Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
has no interest in the thefts of pig iron
at Burlington, the indictments have been
amended making the United States Cast
Iron Pipe and Foundry Company the
owners, and the cases will be tried before
Judge Gaskill on Tuesday, February 81,
at which time Judge Endicott will hold
Circuit court. Until that time the petit
Jurors will not return unless otherwise no.
titled by the Sheriff.
After being out all night the Vansciver
jury came into court at TO- Is o'clock. The
prisoner looked anxiously at the faces of
the jury, which declared him to be guilty
of the second count of the indictment.
This charges that Vansciver was over 16
years of age, and that Rebecca was over
IL and under 16 years.
In pleading for the prisoner, Mr.. Hen
Erickson dwelt upon the frailty of human
nature, and referred to the fact that the
prisoner had some bitter enemies. In
view of the close question concerning
age, and the circumstances surrounding
the mans large family, the court was in a
position to deal with merciful considera-
ton.
Prosecutor Atkinson said he gave his
sentiments to the jury in his address. He
realized the embarrassing position of the
court Criminals must be dealt with &C.
cording to law.
In passing sentence Judge Gaskill said
"You have been found guilty of most
heinous offence on girl under 16 years
of age. The circumstances are aggravat-
ed because you took her as daughter In
your own home. The judgment of the
law and the sentence of the court is that
you be confined In state prison for ten
years"
Vansciver was moved to tears. Recov-
ering from his emotion he asked: Your
Honor, may l speak few words p
The request was denied and the prison
er was led back to Jail.
Board of Freeho1ders.
The Board of Freeholders held its mid
winter meeting in the Court House OF
Wednesday, with all the members present,
except Mr.. Warrack, the new member from
Bordentown city. As the term of Joel
Homer, Director of the Board, expired in
December, and he made his appearance as
a new member, 1t was decided to qualify |
him as director until the May meeting,
and this was the first business transacted.
The morning session was devoted to the
consideration of bills, and, as usual, there
were sufficient to engage the attention
of the members until the time to adjourn
for dinner
On re assembling the clerk read the re-
ports of the alsmhouse and asylum
At the conclusion of the former Mr. |
Woodward, member of the committee |
said he would like some information on the |
tramp question. Since the action of the |
grand jury tramps have been applying at |
the almshouse in great numbers to stay |
all night. Mr. Woodward said cit was
up to the board to give instructions.
The other members did not seem to agree
with him. and nothing was done.
The special committee to whom was re-
ferred the bill for printing the election
ticktes reported that after careful con-
sideration o. the subject they had agreed |
to report the bill for payment. The law
requires the clerk to have the tickets
printed, and they then properly become
an election expense" The committee
thought the manner in which the contract
for this work is given out might be i'm
proved, so they added recommendation
that hereafter the contract for printing
election tickets be given to the lowest
bidder, who must give bond in the sum
Of tha fast f,,l
of the work. This report was adopted.
The amount of the bill from the Mirror
for printing the tickets was $85725.
Mr.. Wilkins rendered report on a sub
ject left for him to look up at the last
meeting. 1t was the claim of Thomas
Evans, whose carriage was damaged by
defective bridge in Mount Laurel town
ship. The bill was for $40, but after talk
ing with the freeholder the claimant agreed
to cut off So, and the bill, so amended,
was ordered paid
The township committee of Northamp-
ton township asked permission to use suf-
fcient ground in rear of the Jail to erect
lookup for tramps and other offenders,
who are found on the streets after the JUS
tees have gone to bed, or who cannot le-
gally be taken to the jail.
A motion was offered to refer this sub
ject to the Committee on Court House and |
Grounds, with power to act, but Mr.. Ell
bert objected to this part of the motion,
and offered an amendment to have the
report made at the next meeting.
A letter was received from D. Harry
Wright, of Riverton, complaining of lack
of attention to matters in which he thought
he was much interested. One was the con-
dition Of certain roads in his neighbor-
hood, the other the indexing of the records
in the court house. This is in such bad |
shape that the Guaranty Trust Company,
with which Mr.. Wright is connected. has
declined to make searches of records in
this county. The writer suggested that
if something was not done soon steps would |
be taken to abolish the board of free
holders. The letter was referred to the |
solicitor
A long letter from the State Sewage |
Commission was read, in which the sani- |
tary conditions at the asylum and aims |
house were reviewed at length. There |
was really very little to complain of at |
the asylum, as the sewers there are of re- |
cent construction and are apparently |