The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-10-26

dollar which ne won, ana Cnen deGecJlV
Parker nabbed him. Spodley denied tina
he made business Of going to fairs TO
!, the purpose of gambling and that he wa
only here one day. His business Is work
ing at unloading bananas from ships Ii
Philadelphia. He was given thirty day
in jail. The prisoner was pretty slicl
article and he can talk italian like {
native.
Herbert Bennett pleaded guilty to steal
ing $50 from Tylee White. of Pemberton'
but on being allowed to make statement
he said the sum was 80 cents. He said he
was employed by White to work at stand
en- the fair ground. He paid his way in
for two days and another fellow told him
he had better get his pay each day. In
stead of doing this, however, he helped
himself to two quarters. In view of this
statement the court directed that this case
lie over until it had been more thoroughly
Investigated.
Joe lack pleaded guilty to stealing
81, 155 from man at Columbus. Through
an interpreter he admitted his guilt, and
said he had returned all but $125 of the
cash. 1t developed that the fellow who
was doing the interpreting was the man
from whom the money was taken and the
Judge ordered the case to lie over until
another interpreter could be found.
Mayhart Eloski was called to answer
the charge of theft but he was Slav and
as nobody could be found who understood
that language he was sent back to jail.
Michael O'Malley was given so days in
the county Jail for assault on Charles
Marquette. This was simple case of
drunken brawl
Yesterday morning Judge Lloyd called
the list of cases and set days for hearing
the cases be tried.
There were two interesting arguments.
James W. Davis asked to have stricken
from request by George M. Bacon some
items that he thought did not properly
belong there. One request was that Mr..
Davis furnish the names of his witnesses
in case of SANDER. The latter lawyer con-
tended that this was unreasonable, and
that it did not make any difference to the
defence who the witnesses were. What
eyer the defence might be what difference
could 1t possibly make If the names of
witnesses were disclosed2 They would
appear on the stand and give their testi-
mony. In criminal cases the defence does
have to disclose to the state who will beput
upon the witness stand or what the evil
dence will be. The court ruled that the
names must be given.
The next argument was on motion to
have reviewed case in which damages
were awarded and which the plaintiff
thought were not high enough. The case
was one in which the plaintiff received a
broken thumb. Mr.. Woodbridge, of Tren-
ton, argued that $500. the amount award
ed, was not in accordance with the per-
injury sustained. He felt that
the jury got the idea that there was moth
ing to consider save the temporary pain
and annoyance, that the permanent injury
was not taken notice Of. F. s. Katzen-
bach, also Of Trenton, objected to any re-
view of the case. He said he thought the
damages were entirely commensurate. A
broken thumb or finger is not serious
matter and he felt that if higher damages
were given then there would be as much |
injustice as is now claimed by the plaintiff |
He felt that the matter should rest right |
where it is.
Judge Lloyd did not give decision,
but took the case under advisement. He
an opinion, however, that the
light damages awarded might have re-
suited from his charge and that the jury
had gained the opinion that the matter
was quite trivial.