The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-11-07

tlon. Reference was made to the fac
that Beswick had never been In court be
fore. He was man. of good standing i
the community and had never been i
trouble before. He had led an unhapp,
domestic life and the character of hi
daughter ought to be considered.
Before disposipg of the matter the cour
told Beswick that the crime he committed
was SO heinous that the less said about |
the better.
The prisoner was sentenced to serve no
less than Eve years and not more thar
thirty years In state prison. Beswick wal
released under 80, 900 bail. His case Is tt
be carried to the Supreme court on wri
of error.
Testimony was taken on a writ of ha
beas corpus issued by v. Claude Palmer
in the case Of Howard Jobes, of Florence
township, recently arrested on charge OIL
sodomy preferred by Joseph Smith, 8
farmer In that section. The court decided
that there was sufficient foundation fol
holding the defendant for the grand jury
and the rule was dismissed. Alleged per.
jury was the foundation for the issuance
of the writ, but Mr.. Palmer was not per
mitted to introduce his testimony along
this line after the state had made out a
prima facie case.
Judge Cole came to Mount Holly on
Tuesday to take up his court work
and the first case heard was the SUI
preme court Issue of Timothy j. Middle
ton, executor Of Mary K. Crider, de-
ceased of Lenola. against George 81.
to recover s422.05 as the value of house
hold goods alleged to belong to Mrs.
Crider's estate and now in the posses
sion of the defendant, who had received
them from Mrs. Orders husband before
bis death last year. 1t was commended
that Mrs. Crider owned the disputed
goods and the husband was not entitled
to give them away to the defendant,
his nephew, and for this reason the
claim was made. The defense stated
that the goods received by Crider were
not worth more than $50, several of the
most valuable articles mentioned in an
inventory never having reached his
possession, and it was also shown that
In Mrs. Orders will she had given all
Of her property to her husband, which
made him the sole owner. There was
never any demand from the executor for
payment of the amount mentioned in
the suit or any other amount. The
jury rendered verdict of no cause of
action. John ]. Crandall represented
the plaintiff and Ralph W. e. Donges
appeared for the defendant.
On Thursday Judge Cole heard the
suit Of James Devinney against Robert
McGuigan. both of Beverly, which was
an action in SANDER proceedings. The
testimony showed that after the death
Of McGuigan's son, who was found
at bis home suspended from baluster
with leather belt, during the latter
part of September, 1910, Devinney was
frequent visitor to the McGuigsn house
and his conversation and actions were
of such peculiar nature that McGui-
gan became suspicious, finally express
ing the belief that there might have
been murder at the hands of Devlnney
instead of a suicide at his home. These
conversations, carried on in the pre-
sence of people ia the house finally
reached the point where Devinney
made the positive statement that the
murdered and he could locate the
murderer. 1t did not take him long to
convince McGuigan that he probably
knew something about the case. even
going so far as to state that the balus-
ter would be just the place that he
crime, and during his period of grief
and excitement McGuigan said to
Devinney: "Yes, believe the boy was
murdered and you are the sucker who
did it." This statement soon circulated
throughout the neighborhood and
when it was noticed that Devinney was
showing an unusual interest in the
investigation being made by the
county authorities suspicion was
directed toward him. but not to the
extent of causing his arrest. After
Devinney decided that his reputation
had been injured he began the suit.
The jury rendered a verdict of 81 and
costs in favor of the plaintiff.