The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-25

q ings, on Thursday, from the fact that @
# that day sentence was to have been in
posed on Walter G.. Penhollow, the Bo
dentown school principal who was col
= victed of indecent assault on Haiti
= Aaronson, one of his pupils.
At the opening of court the defendar
and his wife were present; DR.. Willfar
), M. Kester, the formers bondsman; Rev
and Mrs. William Mitchell and Rev
u Thomas 81. Landon.
After considerable business had bee
transacted, Prosecutor Samuel a. Atkin
son was about to move for sentence In thi
I matter, when he first learned that at
q private conference it had been decided t,
e postpone the case for a few days, tn
court having suspended sentence In orde
that an application for new trial coulC
be made. This matter will be taken vi
by V. Claude Palmer, who will represen
/ Eckard P. Budd, who was compelled, OIL
account of his health, to take vacation
Should new trial be refused, 1t is proba
BILE that the case will be carried to thu
Supreme court on writ of error.
Having been permitted to depart from
the court after his conviction, Mr.. Pen
hollow naturally expected to enjoy tn,
same privilege on Thursday, but In thil
respect he was considerably disappointed
Believing that it devolved upon him tC
assume some responsibility In the matter
Sheriff William W. Worrell, who had
been notified by DR.. Kester to hold the
defendant If found guilty, conferred with
Prosecutor Atkinson and then de-
handed that the bail of $1,000 should be
renewed. After making diligent search
under surveillance of constable Robert
Myers, Mr.. Penhollow who did not know
that his bondsman had ordered his sur
render, learned that DR.. Kester had re-
turned to Bordentown. In the meantime
the court had issued an order that If bail
was not furnished by evening a capias
should be issued. But to his relief came
a new bondsman in the person of DR..
Landon, and Mr.. Penhollow was permitted
to return home.
Theodore Cole, Joseph Diggs and
Horace Turner, three young celored men,
having waived indictment and trial by
jury, pleaded guilty to having robbed the
department store of Lewis Hopkins, at
Burlington, on Tuesday night. when they
carried off valuable assortment of mis-
cellaneous goods, nearly all of which were
recovered at the home of Mrs. Harris,
living on Belmont street. She rents the
house for her son, who was reported to
the court as having served a term in
state prison. The mother was not aware
of the fact that her house was being used as
hiding place for stolen goods. In explain
alton of the robbery, Turner said he and
Diggs were walking down the street when
Cole asked them to help out on the job,
and they did so. Neither of these two
defendants have ever before been convict
ed of crime. They were committed to
the state reformatory. The same cannot
be said OF Cole, however, who has served
time in both the reformatory and state
prison, and he has been returned to the
latter institution for two years more.
After his arrest there was found on his
person knife, which was part of the
proceeds of another robbery he is alleged
to have committed at Burlington.
Perhaps there may have been some
inspiration for Cole to commit this rob-
berry. He had received love letter from
his girl at Baltimore, who had expressed
her feelings in verse She also requested
Cole to send her tailor made suit to cost
not less than 50. The store kept by Hop
kins was well calculated to furnish other
things which the girl wanted, but she is
not likely to get them now. Peculiar
patches on a pair of shoes which Cole
left in the store after fitting himself with
new ones led to his arrest. In this matter
the police of Burlington did some good
work, capturing the man who is believed
to be the ring leader of gang that is
responsible for numerous burgIaries com
mitted at Burlington recently.
Walter Stiles was then commanded to
stand up, and to him Prosecutor Atkinson
read the charge, stating that the accused
had signed waiver of indictment and
trial by Jury. The allegation is that Stiles
stole $50 from Joseph Elbertson, engineer
In the power house at Hainesport.
ITO this charge how do you plead p
asked the state officer.
The indifference of the young man at
tracted attention, as he never moved and
showed not the slightest interest in the
proceedings. After it was made known
that Stiles could not hear, there were
then closer relations between the Prose
cutor and defendant
II did not take the money with any
intention of stealing it, but as a joke"
replied Stiles, and that is all he would
say in regard to the matter, and at the
suggestion of the Prosecutor the court
ordered plea of not guilty to be entered.
Stiles was tried before Judge Berry on
Friday afternoon, because both men are
employed by the trolley company, of
which Judge Horner is the receiver.
The defendant was found guilty and
placed in charge of Probation Officer
Slaughter.
James E. Assay, of Mount Holly, was
called to the bar. He had been cited to
appear In court to show cause why he
should not be considered in contempt,
and he entered plea of not guilty. His
trouble arose in connection with a hear
ing of the remonstrance against a renewal
of license being granted to James Martin.
1t is alleged that Assay refused to receive
a subpoena and fees when he was sum-
moned as witness in the Martin case,
rendered him by Benjamin o. Herbert
On the ground of his objection to post
ponement, Judge Horner came near dis
missing the case because of the absence
of Mr.. Herbert, but the matter was al
owed to go over.
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