The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-07-28

The prisoner said he was drunk. Fl
didn't know If he had a revolver, an
didn't know If he used one or not. II
was sentenced to two years and six month
in state prison.
Lawyer James M. Davis spoke in behal
of John Alloway, of Vincentown, con
victed of burglary. He thought tn
testimony of Abner Rogers, an accom-
plice, could not be relied upon, as tn
man was irresponsible and did not realiz
the nature of an oath. What counsel salt
did not convince the court that Allowa.
should not be punished, and he was sen
fenced to four months In the county Jail
Harold B. Wells succeeded in gettini
an order releasing Charles South ant
Albert Simpson from jail under $500 bal
each. They are convicted chicken thieves
and have been in Jail five months, being
held as witnesses against person wht
has not yet been apprehended.
Probation officer Slaughter presented
letters from DIR. E. C. Disbrow and Cor
oner John Hagaman to show that the
little child of Ethel Phillips, of Toms
River, died from natural causes, and moi
from neglect and starvation as had beer
published. This is the child which the
mother tried to abandon in building al
Pemberton on May 20.
Court then adjourned until September 3.
In the Orphans court the account OF
Burlington City Trust Co., as admins
traitor of Joseph W. Taylor, deceased, was
approved. The amount for distribution
amounts to $500. In the estate of Han
nah Taylor, deceased, the amount for
distribution is $500.
The account of Henry L. Gregg, trustee
of the estate of II. Pauline Gregg, de-
ceased, was approved. The estate amounts
to $50, 900.
The account of Michael A. Cunning
ham, administrator of the estate of Will
lam Cunningham, deceased, of Borden
town, was approved. There is about 800
for distribution.
The account of the guardian of Kathar
inc Kroner, lunatic, Of Riverside, was
approved. The estate amounts to $3.50.
and an order was made transferring this
sum to G. Clarence Deacon, superintendent
of the county asylum, of which the woman
is an inmate, and it will be devoted to the
payment of her board there.
The account of Caroline s. Peter, ad-
ministratix of Frederick Peter, deceased,
of Burlington, was approved. The
amount for distribution amounts to $4,000
The trust account of William r. Lippin-
colt and Israel Roberts as strustees of
Clayton Lippincott, deceased, was ap
proved. The amount in the hands of the
trustees is $40, 1851.
The account of Harry B. Trout, ad-
ministrator of Christopher Trout, de-
ceased, of Bordentown, was approved.
The fund for distribution amounts to $3.50.
The account of Carrie H. Supple, of
Moorestown, as trustee under the will OF
James T. Sipple, deceased, was approved.
Evelyn T. Sipple, one of the heirs, has
just come of age, and will now be paid
her share of the estate, which amounts to
81, 78s.O7.
The account of Ellen E. Brown as adj
ministrator of Charles F. Brown, de-
of Florence, was approved. The
amount of the estate is 5000.
The account of Mark Prickitt as execu
tor of Clarissa NJ Allen, deceased, was
approved. The amount for distribution
is 1868. 80.
The final account of Annie E. Wood, of
as guardian of Walter Wood,
a minor, now deceased, was approved.
The estate amounts TO $40, 1854 Al, which
will be distributed among the heirs at law.
The account of Joseph Huff as admin
lstrator of Michael Mingen, deceased, of
was approved. In this estate
there will be nothing to distribute, as
some of the creditors were obliged to re-
duce the amount of their claims in order
to avoid the expense of having the estate
declared insolvent.
L Snowden Haines was appointed
trustee under the will of Joseph w.
Taylor, deceased, of Burlington. He was
ordered to give bond in the sum of
$40, 900.
William H. Reeves was appointed
trustee Of the estate Of Ants L. Shinn,
deceased, in place of Charles e. Hendrick-
son.