The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-12-24
TUESDAY. ECEMBER "a, 1912
Court.


The first business disposed of was the
formal commitment to the county insane
asylum of Edward Danley, of Springfield
township; Alburtus Brotherton and Harry
Halloway, both of Burlington.
One of the string of prisoners brought
in from the jail was Walter Doyle. an ex-
convict. He signed a waiver. of indict-
ment and pleaded guilty to robbing the
Christy residence at Florence, where he
stole q number of valuable articles on
December IL. Some of the things were
found ON his person when arrested. The
balance was not recovered, as the defend
ant threw them away. Judge Horner
sentenced him to serve not less than eight
cen months nor more than three years In
state prison.
William Brady pleaded guilty to larceny
While employed or the farm Of Harry E.
Dubell, In Westampton township. the de-
PENDANT claimed to be i'll and went away.
After he left a razor and a pair of shoes
belonging to Walter Ralph could not be
found. The defendant has been Gem
mitted several times for drunkenness, and
he will spend the next three monthsi In the
county jail.
Thomas Blair was up for quite a serious
crime, being charged with breaking and
entering. larceny and forgery, to which he
entered a plea of guilty. The man was
employed or the McHenry farm near Vim
centown, where he broke open a trunk and
secured articles valued at 800. In addi-
tion to this be forged a check bearing the
signature of Alexander Harris and was
cashed at the store of Aaron r. Pitman,
tor the amount of $50. The.fellow was
arrested by County Detective Parker, af-
ter hard work, at Tunnelton. West Vir-
ginia. On the larceny charge the fellow
was given not less than eighteen months
and not more han three years IN state
prison, and for forgery a similar sentence
was imposed. These sentences are not TO
run coucurrently.
A good report was received about Mike
Edwards, the young Italian who shot Fred
Reeves in the leg at Atsion, and who had
previously been convicted. The court
learned that the defendant was a decent,
hard working man. He was given six
months In the county Jail and pay all costs.
Frederick Wagner came up for sentence
on his previous conviction for furnishing
q revolver while intoxicated at the Keesey
Hosiery Mill in Mount Holly. He Will
reflect over the situation while spending
the next three months in the county Jail
The court said that carrying guns has got
to stop, and intimated that in future cases
of this kind a state prison sentence might
be imposed.
George 8. Jordan, a former resident of
Bridgeboro, who broke out with excite
ment when first arraigned before the court
when he pleaded not guilty, was the next
person to be tried, and he acted as his W
counsel. The defendant was brought ip
with some other prisoners, and when taken
back to jail again for other business to be
disposed of he blurted out: Judge, you
promised me a trial On the 18th of Deem
Der, and l want you to understand that
am not going to wait around here for a
year." The fellow was pushed to the
door by Constable Shinn.
A hearing was given to the exceptions
taken to the account of Frederick G. Hau-
Der, administrator of the estate of Matilda
8. Hauber. deceased. 1t appears that he
kept 81, $50, money loaned by him to his
wife, who was q purchasing agent and
needed considerable money in December
Of each year. The administrator was q
horse dealer and it required most Of his
MONEY to assist his wife, who lost consider
able at her occupation. The court thought
this claim had been proven. but the law
yers will submit briefs to the court as to
other claims.
Ex-Judge Harrison H. Voorhees,, Of Cape
May county, was In court and succeeded
in getting the license held by Timothy j.
Donovan, of Riverside, transferred to Ed
mund L. Hoag. The court said the new
man would have a hard job to live up to
Donoyan's reputation.
The appeal case of John O'Leary, a
Vincentown farmer. against Frank Tom
lin, was heard. The trouble arose over
the transfer of some corn in payment for
fertilizer and potatoes, the price being
fixed at the time of sale. 0Leary was to
have the corn at so cents a bushel. and
when he went to get it, found the corn
crib empty, Tomlin having sold it for a
higher price. OLeary then had to pur-
chase other corn at 81 per bushel. Tom
lin claimed that the sale was a cash one
and that be had more than once offered to
pay O'Leary for what he got. The corn
was still In the crib and had never been
sold. O'Leary was given judgment by
the court.
Thomas q. Landon, proprietor of the
Bordentown Military Academy, held a
judgment Of SIT. 90 against William G.
Everette, for tuition fees for his SOD. Dis
overy proceedings were brought to make
him show why he did not pay. The de-
PENDANT Is a railroad engineer, making
about $125 q month. He seemed willing
to settle the matter and agreed to do so by
paying $5 a week.
His client having been refused a new
trial, Robert Peacock made a plea to the
court for leniency in the case of George
Taylor, convicted of assaulting Mary Par
ker, of Browns Mills, with rotten eggs.
but which the court did not consider with
much impressiveness. Counsel wanted a
fine imposed on Taylor Prosecutor At
kinson could not agree to such a PROPOSE
tion and said 1t was a case which merited
the full penalty of the law.
Judge Horner remarked that the matter
was an aggravated M being a pre-ar-
ranged and ~pre-concerted assault, and the
jury practically convicted Taylor of per-
jury. 1t would not be amiss to have a
whipping post in. this case The verdict
was justified by the evidence. Taylor,
you are a member of a syndicate who had
a grievance against Mrs Parker because
she was an informer. You need not ex-
pect any hope of reward should you tell
who was engaged in this plot" The
prisoner was then sentenced to three
months In the county jail, fined $500, to
stand committed until 1t is paid.
John Ansley and Lawrence Perkins. OF
Moorestown. charged with stealing a pair
of bicycle tires from the home of Charles
Brock, were acquitted on the testimony of
g stranger, who saw a man give the tires
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