The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-01-15

| Maud Bishop said they had dinner at
O'Clock and she did not know just wha
time it was when Boyer got home tina
( afternoon.
George Atkinson. Cora Douglass an
Alfred Moore saw Boyer pass through
Monroe street at nearly o'clock.
| Of Alfred Moore Prosecutor Atkinson
asked this question: did you not make
statement to Harry Glass to the effect tina
but if you could do him any good you
would do so ?" The witness denied thi
and also denied saying to Moore in tn,
witness room, on Wednesday, that he wa
going to lie to help Boyer. The witness
and defendant worked together at tn,
Wissahickon Manufacturing Company
factory
| Both Sic then rested. In addressing
the jury esinsel on both sides occupied
two hours Judge Horner made brie
charge and in less than fifteen minutes tn,
jury returned a verdict of guilty Or
Friday afternoon Boyer was sentenced b,
Judge Horner, to serve fifteen years il
state prison and to pay fine of 81 900.
On Friday morning Percy Cato, colored
of Trenton, charged with receiving stoler
goods, was placed ON trial.
This case had peculiar element in it
because the parties at interest had settled
the matter for IS, and an order was given
to make no service of the warrants. o.
course the settlement was purely Illegal
The trouble grew out Of the fact that
Frank McCloe, who worked on the farm
of Edward Finley, in North Han ovel
township, and which is run on shares by
ia mes Pierce, had stolen about 15C
chickens from his employer. They were
q q oh he nd ho tor oh ,s.-I,+
For this crime McCloe was arrested and
he pleaded. guilty. Later on he turned
States evidence against Cato, who is his
brother in-law.
Cato lived on Wood street, Trenton,
with his mother. When McCloe took the
stand the latter said he took some chickens
to Cato's house and put them in the yard.
He did not see Cato, the latter not being at
home and he did not even know that McCloe
was coming. Witness said that Cato
brought them back the next day in an
open wagon, saying he did not want them
as he had no place to keep them. McCloe
said he saw Emley and Pierce and made
up with them.
Branson Lamb and Thomas DeCamp,
farmers, stopped at McCloe's house, and
while there they saw Cato cover something
in the wagon, and they heard chickens
chirping.
Theodore Ebert, of Crosswicks, who
had known Cato fourteen years, said he
brought the chickens to his home to keep
tor few days and that McCloe would call
for them. This was done because McCloe
told Cato that some of the chickens be-
longed to him, and that if Emley saw
them he would take them all. Cato told
Ebert some of them were stolen chickens
and that McCloe would come and take
them back. This was the first time Cato
knew that the chickens had been stolen.
Finally Cato made MeCloe take the
back to Emley
By the testimony of Cato it was shown
that under no circumstances did he want
The chickens, and that after learning that
they had been stolen he did what he could
TO get them back to their owner He
loaned McCloe the So to settle the matter.
On cross-examination Cato admitted
having served eighteen months in state
prison. While with some friends he got
mixed up in an assault and battery case
Cato was cOrroborated by his mother,
brother and sister.
E. G. Hill, of Trenton, who disposed of
lis extensive catering business to the
Company, and a representa-
i've OF the latter firm, gave the defendant
4 good character. One of them was his
0ondsman
The jury returned a verdict of not
guilty.
On Saturday special jury was drawn,
md before Sheriff Norcross damages in |
he sum of $3.50 were assessed against
Charles N. Eayres, of near Medford. On
he fourth of last July, while guarding |
he barn of the defendant which had |
vice been set on fire, Eayres shot Allen
1ovett, who was one of the volunteers to |
protect the property. When Eayres fred |
he thought Lovett was a stranger, and re-
using to pay bill of $78, to cover medi-
;al attention and loss of time, Lovett |
brought suit to recover $500 damages. |
Having lost by default for failing to APP
bear when the case was called, it was then |
'nly necessary to assess the damages.
The appeal case of John s. Bozarth, of |
Mount Holly, VS.. the American Telegraph |
md Telephone Company, was tried yes
erday. 1t was a suit to recover 5000 for
he killing of horse, as the result of
lick by another horse, while in the custo-
ly of the defendant company, who hired
he animal through Harry Mullen, and
because of that fact the company claimed
hat it was not liable to Bozarth. The
ccident happened at Jacobstown last
uly. The jury awarded Bozarth $3.50.