The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-01-03

of the December term of court, so far a
criminal matters are concerned, and Their
remains but little business in this line Il
be disposed Of. This condition arises from
the fact that during the two weeks pre-
ceding January 81, eighteen persons un
der arrest had their cases disposed of IL
special sessions, which saved the county &
large sum of money and brought leniency
to those who pleaded guilty.
After the grand jury retired on Tues
day, plea of guilty was entered by Cecil
Danley, charged with robbing Cowper-
thwait's store at Columbus.
Abner Coombs, of Pemberton, arrested
for stealing an overcost from the Office Of
Assemblyman While, also admitted his
guilt.
The next to plead guilty we're Stella
Herman, Harry Biting, Christopher Low,
Wilbur Pau, Joseph Fl. Tyson, Eugene
Prince. They admitted having stolen silk
stockings from Taubel's mills, at River
side, where they were employed. Each
defendant was sentenced to pay fine of
$40. They were placed on probation and
given one year in which to pay the costs
of prosecution.
The grand jury made It's presentment
on Tuesday. Of the eight indictments
found six are here given:
Frank DIlks, Chester, assault on James
Clifford Pitcher on November 25.
Joseph Thomas, Abraham Davis, Cleora
Heaton and Glover West. colored, relo-
NOUS assault on Ovid Feaster, of Jacobs
town, who was held up in Mount Holly and
robbed of $22 during the fair last Octo-
Der.
George B. Hammell and Clifford Rod
gers, of White Hill, employees of the road,
stealing thirty pounds of copper scrap
from the Riverside Traction Company
Joseph Sweet, Pemberton, indecent as
sault on Lou Scroggy.
Hettie R. King, Mount Holly, assault
on Maud Bishop.
Ralph Wright, assault with intent to
rape Mary Chamberlain, of Chesterfield.
On Friday morning Judge Horner had
a number of prisoners before him to hear
what they had to say and to pass judg-
ment upon some of them.
Nettie r. King pleaded guilty to a
charge of assault and battery upon Maud
Bishop. Both are residents Of Water
street and the trouble seems to have been
neighborhood squabble with a question
of who got In first. Nettie appeared to
have made the first touchdown, but the
court informed her that even if the other
woman did make faces at her aud threaten
to whip her that did not allow the injured
one to take the law In her own hand.
Nettie was placedfn charge of the proba-
ton officer. with six months in which to
pay the costs.
George B. Hammell and Clifford
Rodgers were indicted for stealing scrap
copper from the Riverside Traction Com
pany. They pleaded not guilty.
Frank Dilks pleaded guilty to assault
and battery on James Clifford Pitcher, of
Moorestown. The Prosecutor said that
Mrs. Dilks went into the jewelry store of
Pitcher to get some work done. Dilks
followed her and after applying some very
profane epithets to Pitcher, intimated
that he was about to assault him. Pitcher
had Dilks arrested. The latter was given
chance to make q statement. He ad-
mitted that he did not live with his wife
and said she had begun Divorce proceed
ings against him. He said he saw his
wife go into the store and he thought she
stayed too long so he went in after her
and, according to his story, instead of his
assaulting Pitcher the latter was the ag-
gressor. The court, after patiently listen
ing to Dilks' tale, and after asking some
questions, decided that the guilty man
was in court and imposed fine of $25 on
Dilks.
Joseph Thomas, Abraham Davis, Cleora
Heaton and Clover West were called to
plead to an indictment charging them with
assaulting Ovid Feaster and relieving him
of $22. The offence occurred during the
last Fair. All of the accused are colored
and Cleora is large enough to upset half
dozen men. They all wore look of in
jured Innocence and pleaded not guilty.
Cecil Danley pleaded guilty to the lar
cenY of $40 from store in Columbus. He
did not have any explanation to offer and
was sent to the county Jail for four months
Abner Coombs who preferred Assembly
man Whites overcoat to any other he had
seen was also sent to Jail for four months.
Darlington Carr, implicated in robberies
at Browns Mills, in which bicycle, rifle
and other articles had disappeared, plead
ed guilty and was sent to the Reform
school, at Jamesburg.
Charles Haines, who was in the same
robberies with Carr, was sent to the coun-
ty jail for four months.
Harry Bowker, of Pemberton, pleaded
not guilty to carrying concealed weapon
In the shape of a revolver. He said he
never owned such weapon. He said he
thought the matter had been settled as he
paid fine the night he was arrested, but
it was shown that the fine was for dis
orderly conduct.
Joseph Sweet, of Pemberton township,
pleaded not guilty to an indictment for in
decent assault
John Cavanaugh was called up for SEN
tence on charge of breaking and enter
ing the blacksmith shop of Robert Howell
and stealing tools. The mother and sis
tiers of the defendants were in court and
Judge Horner said he felt keenly for them.
The whole trouble with Cavansugh ap-
peared to be that he could not Withstand
the temptation of drink when In Mount
Holly. He was in the navy for some
time and his record there was good. The
Judge said he would send Cavanaugh to
the Reformatory at Railway, where he
would have a chance to make a man of
himself.
The most perplexing case that came
before the Judge was that of James Flora
aud Consiglia Page, who admitted the
charge of adultery The woman had a
little baby with her. Neither of the &C.
cused could speak English and the inter-
prefer told the court that the husband of
the woman abandoned her just before the
child was born. He then had shoemaker
shop but he sold 1t and everything else he
owned, even the bed on which the woman
slept, to his brother, who, in turn, sold to
Flora. The understanding. among the
entire party was that the wife was includ-
ed In the sale. Flora kept on with the
shop and lived with the woman. and. In