The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23
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trial of indictments. Ralph Wilkie was
called to answer the charge of assaulting
August Hotter, of Florence. This trouble
arose over disputed right of way. Hotter
had purchased piece of land and in order
to get to and from it he was obliged to
drive oyer land which Wilkie claimed
was his private property. Hotter refused
to discontinue crossing this strip and
Wilkie took the law into his own hands
and tried to stop the action of Hotter by
force of arms The verdict was guilty.
Frank Baier was tried for the larceny
of metal from the works Of the Riverside
Metal Company. 1t was claimed that
Baier sold the goods, but the defence was
that the metal was in house into which
Baier moved and the latter got tired of
seeing it around so he sold it. Verdict,
guilty.
Evan Alloway was the third man to be
brought forward. the indictment against
him being that he stole $40 from the sta
ton of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany in Vincentown when the agent was
not looking at him. The main evidence
against the young man was that he paid
man SIS soon after the money was missed
and that prior to that time he had not
been able to raise a cent. The money
stolen was said to be two s. bills. The
defence was an entire denial and the jury
believed the story of the young man and
acquitted him.
On Wednesday the court was occupied
in hearing the evidence in the case of three
Polacks-Ignatius, Vincenzius and John
Spivak, who were indicted for assault and
battery on Frank and Joseph Gogle, at
Riverside. The evidence for the state
was to the effect that the three men were
engaged in fight with the Goggles and
had drawn a revolver. blackjack and
knife, all of which were freely used. The
defence exerted its efforts to show that
one of the defendants was not guilty in
any way, and that the others were more
sinned against than SHINING. The verdict
was guilty.
On Thursday the courtroom was crowd
ed by an audience interested to see what
would be done with Thomas Carey, who
was to be brought up for sentence. Judge
Horner kept the crowd in suspense for
long time while he attended to several
matters in the Orphans court. Finally he
called Carey to the bar. George M. Hill
man spoke on behalf of the prisoner. He
said that Carey was embarrassed by his
past record and he feared that sentence In
this case might be influenced by that
record He felt that the newspapers had
done much to create feeling against his
client, as they had every time he had been
arrested, "given the man all that was
coming to him." He also felt that the
reports were exaggerated, and he was
surprised when he heard the records read,
as he had expected they would be very
damaging, while as fact they did not
show anything very serious. In the case
of assault upon one Hughes, it was shown
that the latter was a tramp farmer, and
he was of such little account that the
Prosecutor thought it necessary to keep
him in jail as witness. The people whom
Carey had been accused of assulting were
''of no standing" Mr.. Hillman thought
it would be about right for the court to
show great leniency in this case
Senator Robbins also spoke for Carey.
He said he did not feel that he would, as
counsel for the man, be doing himself or
his client justice unless he spoke in behalf
of the latter. He referred to the mans
unfortunate habit of drinking too much
once in awhile, and said he had many good
characteristics Coming here poor boy,
he had, by hard work, accumulated some
property. In that respect he had been
a model citizen. To send him to prison
now would be a hardship, for it would
mean that his business interests must be
entrusted to others, not always profitable
procedure. The main difficulty with
Carey was that he has passionate nature
and allows his temper to get the better
of him. Senator Robbins wanted 1t under
stood that he did not excuse the crime Of
wife beating, but he had understood that
Mrs. Carey was not entirely free from
blame, as she, too, INDUCES In drink. II
the matter of the assault on the officer thu
latter had for some time been particularly
aggressive and had shown illfeeling to
ward the prisoner.
At this point Judge Horner interrupted
the speaker. He said he was particularly
impressed by the testimony of one witnes
in the case for assaulting an officer Thi
young man was over 100 yards away an'
/ he saw the occurrence; saw officer Gilber
trying to show Carey the paper and say
, the latter striking at the constable. Thi
witness was in no way prejudiced agains
: Carey and his testimony bore the impress
of truthfulness.
! Resuming, Senator Robbins hoped tn
e court would not, in fact he knew tn
, Judge would not, be influenced by tn
past records in making up the sentence
8 If Carey could be sent to the county jai
e on one of the charges and have sentenc
. suspended on the other he thought
l WOulQ DC SuLuCkcub puulSuACAb-
fl Prosecutor Atkinson said he could nc
8 see where the defendant had any claim fo
: leniency. He had been a persistent Law
e breaker for years, and so bad was hi
reputation that his name was not held
: scorn alone in the community where
/ lived. but he was known all over th
:. county as dangerous man. He was no
before the court at the present time will
e out full knowledge of what might happier
e for when he appeared before Judge Ga
t kill the last time, the latter had told Care
a he was tired of seeing him at court and
l. he ever came again he might expect to G
e to the state prison. If such a warnin
e would not prevent him from commitin
it crime-and it apparently had not-wh
wouldf The Prosecutor claimed thu
|. Carey stood before the court the same
N any other criminal. The fact that he be
a accumulated property aggravated the cas-
If he knew enough to gain competent
le under the law he should know enough
/. respect the law, and if he had not suf
'e cient intelligence or respect in that dire