The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-04-21

Court.
Lunacy cases first engaged the attentit
} of Judge Horner at session OF court
Thursday.
Applications presented to the court f
commitments to the county insane as
lum contained the names of Mary Har
ilton, an inmate of the almshouse;
Frank.Davis, Chairville; John Camera
Fairview; John S. Butterworth, Moul
Holly; Annie NJ Allen, Lewistown, Il
latter being a private patient. Toll
state hospital at Trenton: Arlie Coope
Springfield; A. Lincoln Jones, Moul
Holly.
William A. Slaughter, probation office
brought two delinquents before the cou
for violating the rules under which the
were paroled. The first was Edward Nj
Closkey, of Beverly. He said he was OF
of work and in this way he got behin(
The court gave him thirty days in whic
to pay his indebtedness to the county.
was stated that there would be somethin
doing if settlement was not made at tn
expiration of that time.
Charles Cole, on whom sentence wa
suspended on a charge of assault an
battery and who was paroled, had pal
part of the costs and reasonable caus
was shown why he had not paid in full
His time was extended to September 2.
Salo Luprets, Polander arrested 70
the illegal sale of liquor at Florence, di
not plead and his case was put over.
Alonzo Heater was placed on trial. 81
was charged with stealing five turkey
from Henry B. Wright, of Westamptol
township. When arraigned sometime ag
the defendant pleaded guilty, but later re
tractea that plea and entered one of no
guilty. and testimony was taken to ascer
tain the truth of the matter. The Grim,
was committed on Saturday night, Feb
ruary 90. The turkeys were sold to Harry
Leeds, a poultry dealer, at Rancocas, who
secured the mans name and address anC
later a warrant was issued. The fowls
were easily identified, as two of them had
deformities caused by broken legs.
Harry Leeds said he had his suspicious
at the time and asked Heater several
questions. The latter said he had been
unable to sell them in Mount Holly and
that was found to be true Leeds paid the
young man with check on which Heater
did not realize anything, as it was taken
from him when he arrived at the jail.
George Heater, aged ii years, but no
relation to the defendant, saw the turkeys
on DIR. Adams farm, where witness and
the defendant lived. That was on Sunday
morning. They were confined in the grain
cry and Heater took them away.
Eli Heater, who operates the Adams
farm, saw the turkeys. He did not know
where they came from or who brought
them there. Heater said they belonged to
a man In Burlington who was expected to
call for them.
Constable Robert Myers, who assisted
Constable Throckmorton in making the
arrest, said that when the officers went to
the house Heater tried to escape by jump
ing out of window, but was stopped by
Myers drawing his revolver.
Heater said he lived at Kingston, N.
Y, where he had been arrested once for
stealing. He said man by the name OF
Fogel stole the turkeys and that he got
them from Leonard Dubell, not knowing
that they had been stolen Heater said
be jumped out of the window because he
could not see his way out. He called to
Eli three times to bring lamp.
Judge Horner sentenced the prisoner to
one year in the state prison.
You got off easy" said Blanchard H.
White to his client, as the latter got up to
pass out of the room.
Eyes, but what would have received if
I had stolen the whole lot of turkeys II
came the rejoinder.
Heater was very angry over his SENTENCE
On the way to Jail he asked the officers
not to be in hurry about taking him to
Trenton, as he wanted to ''do something"
before be left these parts.
William Jackson and Jesse Lamberson,
colored, lived at the home Of Mary Rob-
erts at New Albany, in Delran township.
Miss Hunter charged that on February
8 these defendants stole seven of her
chickens, and that on February 10 four
more were taken. She had followed their
tracks in the snow from her hennerY d.
rect to the door of Mrs Roberts home.
She did not go in to see if the men or
were there, because Mrs. Rob
erts is quarrelsome woman who threat
ems peoples lives" On their second. visit
she tracked the men almost to the house.
She did not lose any chickens after the de-
PENDANTS were arrested.
Mary Roberts said that the men we're
not out of the house on the night OF the
9Th.
Motions for the discharge of the de-
'endants because Of lack of evidence were
lenied
Lamberson took the stand and said he
lid not steal the chickens. On February
, he was home with his wife and did not
20 out that night. In this particular the
witness was corroborated by his wife. He
lenied having been convicted for stealing
/ watch.
William Jackson said he went to bed
lfter eating his supper. He had seen no
chickens in the house except the one Mrs.
Roberts bought at Palmyra for Christmas
Inner.
Judge Homer declared the defendants
not guilty and they were discharged. The
court said there was justification on the
part of Miss Hunter in preferring the
charge.
James Jackson, colored, pleaded guilty
to the theft of two cushions from
a house at Riverton which had been
by fire. The case was laid over.
William Sharp, Of Mount Holly, was
charged with assault and battery on his
wife. From an investigation the court
found that the defendant was as much
sinned against as SHINING. Sharp was
placed on parole and given six months in
which to pay the costs. The couple were
to drop their differences and
live together peaceably in the future.
Lewis Garron, tramp, who was ar
rested in Mount Holly by Deputy Sheriff
Fleetwood, pleaded guilty to stealing
wearing apparel belonging to pupils at
the Haines Preparatory School at Bur
liz .ton larron aaid he was DRINK of the