The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-10-11
Court.

There was session of court yesterday,
Judge Homer on the bench.
Edwin Wescott, charged with assault
and battery, retracted his plea of guilty
and entered one of non vult contendere.
Howard Russ, who last week failed to
respond to subpoena as witness, was
fined $40 and costs of proceedings for dis
regarding the summons He was to ap-
pear in the case of remonstrance to the
removal of a hotel In Delanco. Mr..
Russ gave as a reason for his non-ap-
pearance that he did not desire to testify
against his brother, who was the appli-
cant for transfer.
Bertram Frank was placed on trial
on the charge of breaking and enter
ing and larceny. As the young man had
no counsel, James M. Davis was assigned
to defend him.
On September 9Th large tenant house
for cranberry pickers on one of Edmund
Braddock's bogs in Medford township
was entered, trunks torn open, beds over
turned, and a lot of money, watches, jew
elry, revolvers. shoes, ETC., stolen. There
are % rooms in the house and all of them
were ransacked. The robbery took place
before noon, while the pickers were at
work on the bog about half mile distant.
A number of Italians testified as to the
articles stolen from them, including $35
in money. Alfonso Fusco, of Moores-
town, acted as interpreter.
Constable Peak, of Medford, made q
search of the neighborhood to find the
thieves. He saw the defendant and took
him into custody. When searched at the
jail In Mount Holly watch was found
inside of Franks underclothes and ra.
zor in his shoe. The watch was identified
as being one of the articles stolen. The
defendant said he had found the watch
and razor along the road, near the boys.
Upon motion of Mr.. Davis all charges
were stricken out Of the indictment ex-
cept that referring to the one watch,
which Is valued at S..
| Bertram Frank, the defendant, said he
lives In Camden. He left that city on q
freight train on the night of September
4th. and alighted at Atco. While walk
ing to the residence of his cousin, Mrs.
Stephen A. Benedict, which is about q
mile from Braddock's bog, he found q
watch lying on the road. When witness
reached the house he learned of the rob.
berry from Mr.. Benedict and In company
with the latter went over TO the bog tC
learn about the matter. Soon thereafter
he was arrested for the crime.
The jury rendered verdict of guilty.
Georgeanna Baylor, charged with as.
sault and battery on Matte Baker, both
colored, changed her plea of guilty tc
non vult contendere. The affair took
place in Moorestown.
The next case was that of Alfred Pow.
ell, charged with assault and battery on
William H. Bozarth, at Pemberton, on
the night of August Goth. HaroldC. Wells
represented the defendant
William II. Thompson, constable, testl
fed that he witnessed tn assault, which
occurred after ten o'clock near the north
Pemberton station. Powell struck and
knocked Bozarth down with his fist Il
was hard blow, drawing blood.
Henry Pullen, Frank Andrews and Eu
gene Andrews testified that defeudan
struck Bozarth twice without any appa
rent provocation.
William H. Bozsrth, the complainant
said he had never seen Powell until tina
night; had had no quarrel OF talk will
the defendant. nor made any motion t.
strike him. Without any cause Powell
knocked witness insensible Denied tina
he had any grudge against defendant 0
had made threats against him.
The defence claimed that this fight wa
the result of plot to have Powell whip
ped and that the blows were struck
self-defence.
Powell testified that earlier In the ever
ing he had been threatened by one of tn
Andrews. boys and had been told ths
Bozsrth had been selected to fight wi
ness later that night When Bozarth di
;, appear after ten o'clock, in company wit
others of the gang, and made threat
witness struck In self-defence.