The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-10-19
rria1 of seyerns and ZONES

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i A large number of people from Lun
berton and Mount Holly went to Candle
yesterday to attend the trial of policema
John L. Seyerns and William Jones. VIII
drives hack between the two towns
The men had been indicted for perjury
| While the case was down as the trial
the two men, in reality it was an arraign
ment of the woman at whose instigatioI
the indictment was found, as the mer
were acquitted and she was severely
scorched.
The charges against the men were ar
outcome of an attempt by Mrs. Claire
Estelle Warwick, of Lumberton, to gel
possession of her child. Before the Vice
Chancellor, In that case, policeman Severni
told Of things he had seen which reflected
very much on the character Of Mrs. Claire
Estelle Warwick. Jones told that he had
seen her intoxicated. sBoth of these In
situations were stoutly denied by the
woman and she managed to get grand
jury In Camden county to go her way
of thinking, so the indictments were found.
In the the trial yesterday Mrs. War
wick told of what Severns and Jones had
said against her, and said she would show
to the jury that they lied. Judge Gaskill
and v. Claude Palmer were the lawyers
for the defence, and Mr. Palmer cross ex-
amined Mrs. Warwick. She admitted
that she had been intimate with her hus-
band and with at least one other man prior
to her marriage and she also stated that
the child over which there had been so
much contention was hers, but not her
husbands.
Mrs. Sarah Moxley, a resident Of Lum-
berton, was a witness for the state. She
said Mrs Warwick boards with her at the
present time. "What is her reputation in
Lumberton for chastity 7" asked Prosecu-
tor Scoyel. "Well," said the witness, ''it
is not very good" Mr.. Palmer did not
ask any questions. The witness left the
stand, and the Prosecutor held a cOnyer-
sation with Mrs. Warwick which resulted
n Mrs. Monkey being recalled. She was
again asked respecting the reputation of
Mrs. Warwick and she said she thought
the stories told about her were the result
Of prejudice and jealousy. '.'Well'', said
Mr.. Scoyel, "what is the woman's reputa-
ton p and the answer was II guess 1t Is
about as good as that of anybody in Lum-
berton." "Being asked what Mrs. War
wick's reputation was In Mount Holly,
the witness said she did net know any
thing about Mount Holly.
At the conclusion of this evidence
Prosecutor Scovel said the two women
were the only witnesses he had to offer,
and he would rest the case. Judge Joline
at once directed the jury to render YER
dict of acquittal. He said that it was
necessary, to convict of perjury. to have
at least two reliable witnesses who would
plainly prove the charge. The charge in
this case was wilful perjury, and the
Judge said there had not been anything
to sustain such charge.
The first indictment that was taken up
was that against policeman Severns, and
the jury, under the courts direction, at
once returned verdict of not guilty
Prosecutor Scovel then called the indict-
ment against William Jones and informed
the court that, as the evidence was the
same as In the former case, he would be
compelled to enter a nolle pros, and
abandon the charge. The court ordered
the record so made, and the two men were
set free and received the congratulations
of their many friends.
1t seems hard that the two men should
have been put In position to answer so
serious charge and to be compelled to go
to the expense of engaging lawyers and wit
nesses for their defence. That there was
no ground for the accusation has been
fully proven and 1t would seem to be
about time that the woman who has been
the cause of all the trouble should have
some sort of lesson taught her to pre-
vent her from causing other people annoy
ance and putting them to expense.