The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-16

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might be done in the case of Thoma
Carey. who was indicted on two charges
This is not the. first time Carey ha
faced the court but he has been very for
tunate in escaping punishment and 81
well known Is he throughout thu
county that interest in his trial was wide
spread
Before drawing jury Judge Hornel
called some defendants to the bar tC
either be sentenced or given good advice
George Walker was the first. He is q
colored resident of Bordentown and was
indicted for cutting white man. Judge
Horner said he had looked into Walkers
record and found he had been arrested
and imprisoned in Camden for thefts.
This Walker strenuously denied. A
Camden policeman was present and ident-
flied Walker as man he had arrested but
in spite of this statement Walker still
declared he had never been arrested be-
fore.
Judge Horner said the only things in
favor of Walker were that he had pleaded
guilty and had been in jail for some time.
He felt that the prisoner was not at all
truthful and the only thing to be done
was to send the man to a safe place for
some time. Walker was sentenced to one
year in state prison.
John Nick, convicted of stealing horse
radish, was the next to stand up. The
Judge told Nick that he had no more
right to go into farmers field and steal
than he had to enter bank. Another bad
feature in this case was that he took his
young son with him on his thieving
expeditions. Nick denied the latter
allegation, saying that the boy went out
to set muskrat traps. Sentence was sus-
pended on Nick and he was placed in
charge of the probation officer, being
given one year to pay the costs of prose-
cution.
Frank Helberson, charged with assault
ing Frank Hansburg, trolley conductor.
was next called. The conductor was
present and said HENDERSON got on his car
on the night in question. He behaved
in an Objectionable manner, and when
Hansbury told him he must be good or
get off he threatened to knock the block
off" the conductor. The latter there
upon put him from the car and blows
were struck on both sides. Helberson
said he only had one drink of wine during
the evening, and the court thought if one
drink would make him act that way,
Helberson had better be put where he
could not get drop. Under the circum-
stances, however, the court felt like sus-
pending sentence, and did so. Helberson
was profuse in his thanks and shook hands
with the Judge before leaving the room
Honey Bird pleaded guilty to stealing
cider from John B. Tilton, of Wrights-
town. Sentence was postponed.
Sheriff Worrell then drew jury to try
Carey on the charge of atrocious assault
and battery on his wife.
Prosecutor Atkinson conducted the case
for the state. George M. Hillman, and
William Early, of Merchantville, repre-
sented Carey Considerable time was
consumed in getting jury, the defence
taking its entire limit of ten challenges,
the state using seven of its ten.
The Prosecutor said he would show
that Carey came home on the night in
question, after his wife had retired.
The house adjoins that occupied by
Constable Gilbert. there being but thin
partition between the two houses. Gill
bert heard much commotion and finally
found that Mrs. Carey was compelled to
90 to the barn and remain until morning.
Not being able to get to a justice she sent
for Gilbert, and Squire Slack went to
Hartford and took the woman's COM
plant. She was very severely injured.
Charles Gilbert, constable, was the first
witness On the fifth day of January he
lived ON the east side of Thomas Carey,
the other side being occupied by the lat
ter. The house is frame with thin par
tition, and conversation on the other side
could easily be heard. Gilbert had not
gone to bed when Carey came home, and
he heard noises which sounded like blows
and falls. Gilbert heard Mrs. Carey cry,
Tommy, don't" to which Carey replied,
D you, get it." The next morning
Mrs. Carey was at the house and beck
oned to the constable to come to her. Her
face was SCARED and her nose was skin
ned. She told the constable how she re-
ceived the scars. Gilbert telephoned to
Squire Slack, who went to Hartford and
took Mrs. Carey's complaint. This was
between eight and nine o'clock. Mrs.
Carey told the Squire how she got hurt
Mrs. Murphy was right at her side. Dr.
Stroud was also present.
The witness saw Carey that morning
The latter called the constable and said
he and his wife had spree the night be-
fore, and if the constable heard anything
he was to let Carey know.
The cross-examination was to show that
there was ill-feeling between Gilbert and
Carey, and that he had said that he would
never rest until he saw Carey in the state
prison. All of this Gilbert denied. The
conversation was supposed to have taken
place about five years ago, but it was
shown that Gilbert had been witness in
Carey's behalf since then.
Richard J. B. Slack, justice of the
peace, went to Hartford on the sixth day
of January He first went to see Gill
bert, then to Carey's residence. He saw
Mrs. Carey. She was scantily attired.
Her cheeks were bruised and covered
with dirt. She was complaining, and af-
ter talk with her, took her complaint.
This paper was shown to the justice and
he identified it as the one signed by Mrs.
Carey. DIR. Stroud made an examination
of the woman while the complaint was
being written.
DIR. F. G. Stroud, of Moorestown, ex-
amined Mrs. Carey. Her nose was skin
ned, face bruised, nasal bone broken, two
ribs broken. DIR. Stroud attended Mrs.
Carey from the 9Th of January until the
22d. The visits were made at the home
of Mrs. Murphy.
Cross-examination showed that DR..
Stroud was in Hartford on the day fol-
lowing the assault, and was called upon
by Constable Gilbert to attend the wo-
man.
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