The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-30

jury. Several surprises were made pub
lie. One of them was the very short tim
1t took to hand in the presentments. I
was thought that the jury would have
session lasting portion of the morning
but there was nothing to do but to report
All the cases had been settled the previou
Friday, and the recess taken was for tn
purpose of giving the Prosecutor time tt
draw the papers, otherwise he would hay
had to work until midnight Of the day thu
jury ended its deliberations, keeping thu
members waiting all that time.
Another surprise was the number Of In
dictments found and the fact that som,
people who had not even been suspected
came under the censure Of the inquest
In one of the cases, at least, the finding
was the result of the accident. On th'
Friday that the jury met for final adjust
ment, some of the youthful witnesses, or
reaching the court house. did not get of
the trolley, but suggested that as they hao
done SO well in Burlington they go tc
Wolfrom's and see what could be done
This remark was overheard by some Of
the grand jurors and when the boys came
to the court room it was not hard to gel
testimony from them that was sufficient tc
indict the Mount Holly men. But for this
he would not have been caught as nc
effort was being made to look into his
business.
In the afternoon Mrs. Carey was brought
before Judge Horner. She had waived
indictment on the charge that she had
committed perjury at the trial of her hus-
band, and pleaded guilty. William Early,
her counsel, spoke in her behalf and call
ed attention to the fact, already known to
the court. of the complete mastery held
over her by her husband. Counsel claim
ed that after Carey was arrested he sought
his wife and so worked on her feelings
and fears that she was afraid to do or say
anything that would be used against him.
While in reality guilty, Mr.. Early claim
ed that the circumstances In this case were
such as to entitle the woman to mercy
Prosecutor Atkinson did not object to this
procedure and Judge Horner granted the
request
On Thursday another attempt was made
to pass sentence on the Poles who were
convicted of assault and battery at River
side, but only one Of the defendants was
ON hand, SO the matter was again post
poned.
An appeal case was tried on Thursday,
L. Ely Harris VS.. Alexander Harris, and
was to recover the price Of some shingles
and lath sold by the late Charles Gaskill,
Jr., to defendant, the latter claiming that
he had paid cash for the goods in the pre-
sence of witness, although the books
showed otherwise. Decision was reserved.
The indictments returned by the grand
jury were as follows: Two against Joseph
Schafer, of Palmyra, for selling liquor
Illegally. Defendant is a wholesale dealer
and his offence is said to consist In allow
ing liquor to be drank on the premises.
Three indictments were returned against
Joseph Graham and Elijah McCullY. They
are drivers of 6chafer's beer wagons, and
it is alleged they have been conducting
illegal business over the county for some
time.
Two indictments for selling liquor to
minors were returned against the follow
ing Burlington men: John j. Conroy,
Atkinson Brothers, Dennis Callahan, John
s. Conroy, James E. Cunningham, George
L. Garwood, Ghaul Brothers, Irons &
O'Neill, James Mannion, Mount & Floody,
Fred E. Pfeffer, Clifford s. Price, Howard
W. Shinn, Nathan F. Smith and Aubrey
Vansciver.
This morning a large audience was
drawn to the court house, interest being
taken by the knowledge that those indict-
ed for the illegal sale of liquor were to
plead. The first business was the draw
ing of jury for the April term of court.
The following names were called:
Harvey HammeIl, Pemberton borough
Albert Watson, New Hanover
William Harmon, Burlington City
Samuel Carter, Chesterfield
Elmer e; Anderson, Burlington City
James w. Stokes, Chester
Thomas Pope: Pemberton ownship
Joseph G. Dudley, Springfield
Thomas 7. Buzby, Wilingboro
Richard H. Lytle, Chester
Charles Ellison. Southampton
William B. Jones, Chester
Richard Hansell. Wili1n gbOrO
Joseph Colby, Eastampton
Richard A. Warrick, Mount Laurel
Isaac b. Grain, Tabernacle
David Budd Glading, Beverly township.
Furman Dubell. Westalnpton.
George Woodward, North Hanover
Jacob Thatcher, Palmyra.
Alfred M. Mullen, Pemberton borough.
william w. Atkinson, Northampton
Edward d. WiIlitts Medford.
Frank Butterworth, Pemberton borough.
William Mclean, Burlington city.
Everitt III. Ha1nes, MedfOrd.
John Harvey Darnell, Mount Laurel
Henry q. Perkins, Chester
Aaron Robbins. BOrd0ptOWn city.
Barclay Hampton, Pemberton township.
Edwin A. Holt, Riverton borough.
Winsdor Williams, Florence.
Ezra c. Engle, Mount Laurel
Josiah w. Evan. Northampton.
Joseph McCue, North Hanover.
benjamin Clark Brick, Medford
Chester Emmons, Florence.
Charles Moser, Florence
John W. Rose, southampton
Orvfile Evans, Evesham
Albert N. Dobbins, Mansfield
John r. Adams, Bass River
William Bartlett, Lumberton
Caleb Ridgway, Mansfield
William II. Brown, Shamong
Stewart M. Mcfarland, Eastampton
william c. Jones, Burlington City
Ellis II. Scott Burl1n ton City
This proceeding being completed Pros
ecutor Atkinson called the following:
Albert Wolfrom, two indictments sell
ing liquor contrary to law, pleaded guilty.
George and Samuel Greenwald, two in
dictments-one for keeping disorderly
house, the other for illegal sale of liquor.
Before the plea was entered ex Prosecut-
or Budd said he desired to have permits
sion to withdraw the plea pending an ex-
animation of the indictments. The de-
PENDANTS then pleaded not guilty.
Pleas of not guilty were entered by
Joseph Schaffer and Elijah McCullY,
three indictments for illegal sale of liquor
from wagon. Joseph Schaffer and Joseph
Graham, four indictments for the same
offence. Two more against Schaffer for
habitual illegal sale. These defendants
live at Palmyra
There are two indictments for the illegal
sale of liquor against Burlington dealers,
all of whom pleaded not guilty, as fol
lows: Fred E. Pfeffer, George L. Gar
wood, Clifford s. Price, David and Mark
Atkinson, John ConrOy, William 81. and
Hamlet Ghaul, James E. Cunningham,
Nathan F. Smith, James Mannion, James
Conroy, Howard W. Shinn, George w.
Mount and, W. Floody, Aubrey G. Van
solver, Dennis Callahan, Irons q O'Neill.
Judge Horner directed Alfred Wolfrom
to enter bail In the sum of $500 to appear
on the 22d of April for sentence. He
said that the fact that Wolfrom had
pleaded guilty would be taken into con.
sideration when sentence was pronounced.
The court then asked when the Pros
ecutor would be ready to try the liquor
indictments. Mr. Atkinson said he would
be ready to try the liquor indictments
next week.
MIR. Budd objected to 80 early trial as
he would not be able to get ready in that
time. The Prosecutor he said was In pos