The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-09-24
Court.

Judge Horner held special session OF
| court on Thursday. There was not much
business in any particular department to
be disposed Of
During SEES sion of the Orphans court
there was brief and pointed colloquy
| between Blanchard H. White and James
Mercer Davis. the two Republican candi-
dates for the nomination for State
Senator, but it ended as quickly as it
started.
Three prisoners were brought into court
and the first to waive indictment and trial
by jury was Lorenzo De LANCE, gray
haired man who has no particular resi-
dence. He pleaded guilty to burglary
and receiving stolen goods. His crimes in
this county consist of two robberies at
Gerber's clothing store, the residences of
Charles II. Folwell and Samuel FRYER,
Mount Holly; Alexander Bartlett, Bur-
lington, and Walter Moore, Moorestown.
The prisoner is man of commanding ap-
pearance, but crook with long criminal
record. He was remanded for further
consideration.
Howard Mathis, Jr., of Philadelphia,
pleaded gnilty to embezzlement from his
employers, Blackwell l. Co., of Trenton,
wholesale grocers. Sentence will be i'm
posed later.
Charles F. Webb. of Chairville, was
the next defendant. He is somewhat of
an old offender and was charged with as
sault upon his wife. He pleaded guilty
on a former occasion, but his wife wanted
him home. There was a warrant out for
him charging desertion last spring, when
he ran away.
Judge, my husband is all right when
sober, and l hope the court will have
mercy on him. He has supported me dur
ing his employment at Roebling."
II am not going to take any more
chances with you or him either, said the
Judge. you are a great hand to make
complaints against your husband, and
when justice is about to rectify matters
you come here and trif1e with the court
by your distress flag of sympathy for MIN.
l ask him to furnish bond In the sum
of $500 to keep straight, report monthly
to this court for three years, and place
him on probation, otherwise sentence will
be imposed" The prisoner was remanded
to jail, and will be given an opportunity
to comply with these conditions
Witnesses were present to give testi- |
mony In the case of Caroline Anderson,
living near Cookstown, there being de- |
sire on the part of some persons to have |
her committed TO the county insane asylum |
There was a protest to this proceeding, |
however, on the part of Mrs. Parker, who |
said her sister was not dangerous and that |
she was always willing to give her a |
home. THE reason she gets these spells, "
said the witness, " Is because she goes to |
the neighbors and they put her up to It, " |
1t was shown by other witnesses that the |
had suicidal mania.
Before laying the matter over for fur
Their consideration, the court made it |
known, after he had been shown some |
letters bearing on the case, that If Mrs. |
Anderson was committed, she would have |
to be maintained at private expense, as
she was in possession of some property. |
A session of court for naturalization |
was then held, and number of persons
who desired to become American citizens |
were present. Those to whom the oath |
was administered are as follows: William
Antoine Wallotte and Theodore
of Riverside; Frederick Neu-
mann, Moorestown; Michael Harvey and |
Lipstock Lajas, Roebling; Caspar Kaspar
Its, Rancocas; Michael Rabinovitz, Bor-
1entown; Gustav Bischoff, Lumberton;
Samuel Smith, Fieldsboro; Edward Allen |
DanetZ, Jacob Rosenfeld and Morris Mo-
gelosky, Burlington; Samuel Higginboth-
ana, Marion; Morris Fine, Vincentown;
William Kamm, Palmyra.
There were twenty-one applications In |
all. Two of them were laid over until |
the December term of court and three |
were refused.
Judge Horner Is holding court to day |
for the benefit of voters who want to Sc |
cure transfers.