The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-11-26


plea of not guilty be entered.
Amy Miller, colored, charged with lar
ceny from Edwin D. Rogers, of near
Marlton, pleaded guilty. AS she had also
been charged with another crime the case
was laid over.
Patrick McGlynn. alias Joseph Brown.
assault on Charles A. Bovine. superinten-
dent of the almshouse Not guilty. This
prisoner changed his mind, as he came In
to court with the intention Of pleading
guilty.
Michael Edwards is the adopted name
of an Italian who is charged with shoot
ing Fred Reeves, of Atsion. He pleaded
not guilty.
Charles H. Burton colored, charged
with embezzlement from his employer.
Horace Roberts, of Fellowship. pleaded
guilty.
The cases of Amy Miller. Patrick Nc
Glynn, and Michael Edwards will be dis
posed of at session of court to be held
on December 8.
He leaned on the railing as If he expected
something to happen, and the court asked
him If he needed support. In view Of his
record, however. the prisoner Is harden
ed criminal, and only occupied position
made familiar to him by the many crimes
he has committed.
Burton was sent TO deliver a load Of hay
to Sitley & Son. of Camden, He sold the
hay to a hotel keeper for $50, left the
team with boy. and skipped with the
money. The hay was worth $43.
Judge Horner sentenced Burton to
eighteen months and not more than three
years in state prison.
To the police the prisoner is known as
Senator" His servitude includes two
terms in the Eastern penitentiary for horse
stealing. eighteen months at Baltimore for
burglary, eighteen months at Jamesburg.
Va. for burglary, nine months. at Harris
burg, Pa, for assault and battery, eight
cen months at West Chester, Pa, for
horse stealing. The prisoner thanked the
court for its leniency. and wished Judge
Horner a merry Christmas as he left the
court room.
George M. Hillman was appointed au-
ditor to sell the real estate and personal
property Of Frank s. Banks. of Florence,
an absconding debtor. This appointment
was made on the application of Robert
Peacock, in the suit of Frank Salvatore
and others.
Julia Seruby was then placed on trial,
and Francis ]. Smith. of Beverly, was as
signed by the court to defend her. The
charge against Julia was quite serious, as
she inflicted four stab wounds In the back
aud one In the arm of Sarah Smith. The
fight occurred on public street, and re-
suited from each woman calling the other
bad names.
Jesse Sheldon saw the fight. Julia had
came there after Julia. and later, when
the women met. there was fight. Both
were down on the ground and Sarah made
the attack.
Julia knocked her down, jumped on her
back and stabbed her. She did not strike
back and had no weapon. She denied
telling Julia she was going to get her.
The fight occurred before the home of
Jennie Conover. This witness swore Julia
made the first attack. She hit and stab
bed Sarah while sitting on her body.
"Have you got enough2" asked Julia, and
being answered yes. she let Sarah get
up. Mrs ConoYer said to Julia, Don't
cut her.
The defendant declared a woman had
been at her house cursing her. Sarah call
ed her terrible names, and was drunk at the
time. When Sarah struck the defendant,
and put her hand In her pocket to draw a
weapon, Julia stabbed her with pen
knife,
not approach Julia in a pleasant frame of
mind. 1t was six of one and half dozen
of the other. Julia was angry and excit-
ed, and went way beyond the limit. The
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to six months in the county jail.
Sarah was cautioned not to have any
more scraps on the street.
George Morley, aged ~ years, pleaded
guilty to stealing bicycle from the barn
of Henry q. Albertson, in Burlington
township.
A witness by the name Of Clark said the
boy was very bad. and he had reason to
believe George had stolen eggs from him.
He got away with two pigs once, and
after putting them on the railroad track
said the cars had killed them. The boys
reputation was bad.
Mr.. Albertson said he had no direct evil
dence against the boy. except In this case.
Before Squire Smith at Burlington the
lad denied taking the wheel, but later con-
fessed his guilt to another person. He is
very untruthful and won't go to school.
Judge Horner told the lads parents that
he did not want to send their son to the
reform school, He realized they had
bad proposition on their hands, and 1t was
up to them to keep the boy out of penal
institution. If he goes there 1t will be
the fault of his father and mother. in
whose charge he was placed, sentence
being suspended.
After having been continued several
times, Thursday was set for argument on
the rule to show cause why a new trial
shonld not be granted George Taylor, who
was convicted of assaulting Mrs. Mary
Parker, of Browns Mills, with rotten
eggs. AS counsel for the prisoner failed
to appear, Prosecutor Atkinson became
angry, and upon his suggestion Judge
Horner dismissed the application ON the
ground of hardness.
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