The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-18
Court.

The remonstrance against the applica-
ton of John Forbes for a renewal of his
license to keep saloon on Water street
was to have been heard on Wednesday,
but when it was called counsel asked per-
mission to withdraw the application and
the request was granted.
Herbert Haedrick, indicted for the
illegal sale of liquor at Florence. pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to pay fine
of 800.
William Hoyt, who was also indicted
for connection with Haedrick In this case,
was brought before the court. Hoyt had
acted as agent for Haedrick, and had
handed out the liquor to those whose
names had been given him as proper
recipients. He had been in jail for two
months and the court thought that was
sufficient punishment and allowed him
to go.
Arthur Cheeseman, a young man, was
brought in on the charge of assault and
battery on his wife. Cheeseman treated
his wife so badly that she left him soon
after she was married. Both were about
IS years of age at the time of the cere-
mony. The court had conversation
with the man and his wife and decided to
suspend sentence.
Frank Carletto, of Bordentown, was
placed in charge of the probation officer,
he having pleaded guilty to the charge Of
assault and battery on his wife.
Yesterday counsel for Patrick Dolan,
who wanted to get license to sell beef
at the Greenwald saloon on High street
application. In this case there was a re
monstrance and there had been some
testimony taken, but the court decided
that the application might be withdraw
Asks for Settlement.
Robert L. Harrison, of New York, a
sole acting executor of Mrs. Della T.
Parnell, mother of Charles Stewart Par
nell, the famous Irish leader, has filed
bill in Chancery asking the court to direc
L u
Mrs. Parnell, who was a daughter o
Rear Admiral Charles Stewart, u s. N.
died at Rathdrum, Ireland, on March 90
1898. She left her personal property t
be divided equally among her survivin
daughters, Mrs. Catharine Ricketts,, Mis-
Anna Parnell, and Mrs. Claude Paget, an
the daughters of a deceased daughter
Mrs Sophia McDermott.
The real estate was bequeathed in trul
for the benefit of all the children, who. i
addition to the daughters, included job
Howard Parnell and Henry Tudor Parnel
The personal property was exhausted
paying the debts of the estate, leaving
the hands of the executor the real estai
, held in trust.
e Mrs. Parnell's home was the old pro-
erty known as "Ironsides" at Bordentowl
i and now the site of the Industrial Soho
for Colored Youth. Besides this she hs
real estate In Philadelphia, all of whit
has been sold, leaving in the hands of Il
executor approximately $26, 900 to be di
tributed. A question has arisen as
J. whether, under the conditions of the wi
6 Mrs. Parnell did not die intestate as I
CARDS the final disposition of her re
estate. This at least is the advice Civ
by counsel to the executor, and as part
h the real estate was situated in New j
a sey and part In Pennsylvania, and {
! statutes of descent differ in the two STATE
4 the executor is unwilling to make any
/ tribution except upon order of the cou
! The proceedings, which are of friend
= character, are directed against all the he