The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-10-13
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At the opening of court, yesterday,
Judge Horner took up the application OF
Thomas j. Barrett for hotel license In
Florence township. Decision in this case
had been postponed from October 6.
The application was accompanied by q
petition signed by 400 of the 900 voters OF
the township, including the township COM
mittee, physicians, priest, manager of
large manufacturing concern, etc. No
remonstrance was filed. The petition
states that the house is necessary and the
applicant fit person to conduct hotel.
In view of this strong evidence of the de-
sire of majority of the voters of the
township, the court granted the license
and fixed the fee at $3.50.
Frank Pagone pleaded guilty to carry
| ing concealed weapon. His excuse was
that as foreman of number of laborers he
sometimes had considerable money on his
person to pay the men. On such occasions
he carried revolver for protection. He
was sentenced to three months in the
county jail
Abraham E. Kern, indicted for assault
on his wife at Palmyra on August s, plead
ed not guilty.
George Kellock retracted his plea of not
guilty and entered one of guilty on Con-
Stable Peak, at Medford. Kellock was
disorderly at ball game and assaulted
the officer while being elected from the
ground.
James Mullen, Pemberton township,
changed his plea to guilty of breaking and
entering.
Joseph Martin, charged with assault
and battery with intent to kill on Mrs.
Dora Myers, Burlington, was placed on
trial He was defended by V. Claude
Palmer. Mrs. Dora Myers, the complain
ant, resides at No. 6 Delaware avenue,
Burlington. On the night of September
26, defendant knocked at her door and in
sisted on being admitted to see Belle
Oliver, who has not lived there for about
year. While the alteration between
witness and defendant was going on,
George Myers, son, arrived home. He
pushed his mother into the house, follow
ed her In, and slammed the door in Mar
tins face. Some one shot a bullet into the
door few minutes later. No one else
was standing In front of the house when
the door was closed.
Charles Gilbert, constable, arrested de-
PENDANT on the ferryboat at Burlington.
Witness found revolver on Martin with
one discharged cartridge therein.
Martin Fitzpatrick. police officer at Bur-
lington, examined the door at the Myers
home. He found that bullet had pene-
trated the frame of a screen door and i'm
bedded itself in the front door. The bull
let was from 38 calibre cartridge, the
size of the revolver In defendants posses
sion.
The defendant said he frequently visit
ed the Myers house at night and was al
WAYS admitted. He went to see girls who
lived there On the night in question he
was In the house for some considerable
time, with a man friend. There were
several women there. They all drank
considerable liquor. Witness became so
intoxicated that he did not remember any
thing further until he awoke in cell in
city hall The revolver was not witness
1t belonged to fellow boarder. When
witness awoke he had $2.75 in his pocket,
early In the evening he had $40.
The jury rendered a verdict of guilty of
simple assault.
Five Italians-three women and two
men-indicted for larceny of pears from
Walter A. Barrows, at Riverside were
broughtin to plead. Three pleaded guilty
and two not guilty. The cases will be dis
posed of on November 9th.