The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-01-12


Arrested on a bench warrant Constable
Charles II. Gallagher brought Johar
: Moung, of Roebling, into court. Thu
fellow pleaded not guilty to the illega
! sale of liquor in Florence township. HI
, was surrendered by his bondsman ant
, locked up.
Cornelius W. Booker, colored, of Bur
lington, convicted of rape, asked the
court to be as lenient as possible. "Youl
case is particularly aggravating one, al
most like a fable, remarked the Judge
at seems atrocious to the court, as there
was no provocation. The punishment the
girl suffers will last for life. The sen.
tence of the court is that you be confined
in state prison for a period of fifteen
years"
Michael Coddar, assault, $25 fine.
BENJAMIN Bassville, colored, atrocious
assault and battery, committed to the
state reformatory.
Margaret Graham, keeping disorderly
house at Palmyra, six months in the coun-
ty jail
Alfred Joy, of Medford, assault and
battery, six months in the county jail.
Asa Krusen, colored, assault. Prose-
cutor Atkinson said it was question If
Krusen had been indicted for as high
crime as he ought The statement made
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with Mrs. Cline for months had been In
vestigated and disproven by her friends
and neighbors Krusen has criminal
record and the people in Shamong are
i afraid of him.
Judge Horner said he felt satisfied that
Krusen intended to take undue liberty
with the woman and sentenced him to two
years in state prison.
Eta Frazier, of Trenton, keeping a
disorderly house at Burlington, was given
nine months in state prison.
Judge Lloyd sat yesterday to hear cases
on the Supreme and Circuit Court lists.
| V. Claude Palmer, representing North
hampton Township, presented the f1nal re-
port of the commissioners that had been
examining into and reporting back taxes
due in Northampton Township, and asked
for confirmation of same. There being no
objection, the report was approved.
The question of compensation for the
commissioners was then considered.
Franklin B. Lewis, on behalf of the
commissioners, John w. Harris ], j.
Fenstermacher and Joseph Huff. told how
voluminous their labor had been, and
asked for an allowance of $500 each.
Mr.. Palmer said the Township Com
mittee requested that the fee be made
$500 each.
Judge Lloyd fixed the fees at $500 each
for Harris and Fenstermacher, and $500
for Huff, who had acted as secretary.
The report shows the amount of unpaid
taxes unearthed is 81, 448 A, to which is
added a lot of costs and other expenses
levied against the properties amounting to
81, O93. 80, making total of So, 541.79 due
the township.
The cost of the work has been as fol-
hoe hmm
ETC., 81 ,653. 81; allowance to commission
ers, 81, 300; total So, 952.91.
/ The first case moved was Constant LIE
Due against l. W. Garwood. This was
an action to recover the price of a carload
of cranberries sold to GarwoOd.
In November, 1906, Garwood called at
LIE Dues cranberry house, inspected the
crop then being cleaned and packed there,
and made a contract for the purchase of
all the berries at $7.15 per barrel. The
berries were to be cleaned. assorted and
packed in barrels, and delivered on cars
at Chatsworth at the price named.
One car was loaded as per contract and
shipped by Garwood on November "a,
1906 A short time later defendant sent
checks covering the cost of that carload.
The second carload was not sent until
about a month later, as Garwood wrote
wanted them held until better prices pre-
vailed. LIE Due finally got letter from
Garwood to load the second car, which he
did after again going over the berries and
removing 8 few bad ones. The second |
lot was covered with hay, after being
placed in the car, to safeguard against
freezing. These berries, LIE Due and two |
of his employees testified, were in first |
class condition when placed in the car. |
This car was shipped from the station by |
order of Garwood. The entire transaction |
covered 372 barrels at 81 10 per barrel. |
LIE Due brought suit to recover the value
of the second shipment, with interest.
The defence claimed that the second |
carload was not frst-class fruit; that the |
berries arrived in Milwaukee in bad con. !
dition, and had to he sold at sacrifice. |
Efforts to produce testimony In that direc- |
ton were objected to by plaintiff on the
ground that the contract was completed |
when the berries were placed on the car
at Chatsworth, and that the testimony |
showed they were then In good condition. |
Henry Hollingshead, Jr., and Joseph |
Il. Gaskill represented plaintiff; George |
M. Hillman and Samuel A. Atkinson ap- |
peared for defendant.
A deposition taken at Milwaukee by a |
man who examined the berries after their |
arrival there, stated he found they had |
settled from six to twelve inches in each |
barrel, showing very poor packing, and
many of them were decayed. The berries /
had to be recleaned and repacked, shrink |
ing to 112 barrels when again ready for
sale, and had to be sold at considerably |
less price.
Edmund Braddock testified that If pro-
perlv cleaned, assorted and barreled, |
4 I'LL In
for two or three months. They should |
not settle in the barrel or become decayed |
within that time, If first.class when ship |
ped. A settling of 6 to 10 inches would
Indicate extremely poor cleaning and pack |
ing. -. a.
The jury rendered verdict for $1051- 05
the full amount of the claim-with |
$131. 80 interest, in favor of LIE Due.
The following cases were reported
settled: j. Gibson McIlvain & Co. vs. |
Burlington Chair Co.; William N. Maths |
VS.. G. NJ Sleeper and A. NJ. Ellsworth;
Thomas J. Leyden VS.. Wilbur F. Sadler,
receiver.
The next case was that of Arthur Tay- |
lor against John O'Leary, Jr., to recover
the value of 10 acres of rye.
TAYLOR rented farm in Southampton
township from Aaron Harker, represent
Ing the 1olTS VI b0S hdIhCA CobdbC. AC
farm was sold to O'Leary, and Taylor had
TO yacate on March 25 last He had sowed
10 acres of rye on the farm and claimed
he was entitled to go on the place and
cut it after O'Leary was In possession.
When Taylor made demand for the rye
or the value thereof, O'Leary refused,
stating that he had bought it with the
farm.
On cross-examination Taylor said when
he made settlement fer the rent due Har-
ker, the latter allowed 800 rebate to cover
the value of the rye in case it could not
be collected from O'Leary.
The case will be concluded this morning.
George NJ. Hillman represents Taylor;
Eckard P Budd appears for O'Leary.
Judge Horner held court upstairs. The
case tried was that of Charles FL. Ma
gowan and Elizabeth M. Mcgowan, his
wife. against constables w. r Fleetwood
and w. A. Mccormick, an action to re-
cover damages for illegal ejectment from
farm.
Mcgowan had been occupying the farm
of James Haines, at Deacon's Station, at
salary of $12 so per week He claimed
his agreement with Haines was for three
years employment. The agreement was
not made in writing. The products of
the farm were to be sent to Haines, who
is butcher and green grocer in Philadel-
phia. to dispose of. Haines could judge
from the receipts If the tenant was
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