The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-12-02
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that of Norman BOZarth, who wa
charged with stealing watermelon
from the farm of Louis Schroeder, @
Indian Mills. After it had been show
that the defendant was caught in tn
patch by Schneider with a melon is hi
possession, Bozarth accepted advic
given him and pleaded guilty.
The facts in a trolley car riot wer
then heard, the complainants bein
Herbert Brown, conductor, and Johl
Murphy, motOrman, who were assaulte'
last summer, the allegation being tina
they were attacked by William Sweeney
Charles MacAllister, Frank Green an,
Charles Challender, Jr., of Florence
After being out all night the jury return
ed on Wednesday morning with a VeT
dict convicting Sweeney, but they coult
not agree as to the other defendants.
The court asked the jurymen if Their
was any point of law bearing upon tn
case that they wanted to be enlightenet
upon, when one remarked: mot for me
We have agreed to disagree" The
were ordered upstairs to further deliber
ate and were sent for after the nool
hour, when they brought the same re
suit. ''Well, remarked the judge, ''thi
is undoubtedly an honest opinion anon,
honest men. You are discharged for tn,
balance of the week. AS there was n,
evidence against Challender, he was dis
charged before the case was given to thu
jury.
Joseph Rogers, indicted for arson il
setting fire to the hotel property of Will
lam H. Jennings, of Lumberton, on th,
night of April 9th, last, was then PLACED
on trial for the second time, the first
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of the jury.
The defendant was represented by
Robert Peacock, who was assisted by V
Claude Palmer.
Prosecutor Atkinson showed that
some hay had been placed against the
rear portion of the structure. and 3
match applied after the place had been
saturated with gasoline stolen from the
Reid store near by.
n. Eckard Austin, who was opposite
the hotel at the time and who rang the
fire bell, saw man run out of the hotel
yard when the flames appeared, but
could not identify the person. Neither
could Hannah Bakeley who spoke to a
man from her bed room window who
was running toward the home of Rogers
at the time the fire was in progress.
The flames were eXtinguished by Jen-
nings, Austin and few friends who ar
rived on the scene.
Jacob Greenwald, the constable who
arrested Rogers on suspicion and brought
him to Jail, gave some damaging testi-
mony against the prisoner The officer
returned to LumbertOn with the shoes
worn by Rogers that night, and a hole
in the right sole and protruGng nails in
the left heel, correspondent exactly with
the imprints found in the sand leading
to the home of Rogers. These imprints
began when Austin saw a man running
from the hotel yard. The correctness of
the imprints was confirmed by Henry
Warrick, William A. Jones, Elton War
rick, George Parker and Charles Pea =
cock.
The defence attempted to show that
Rogers was at the fire house that night
and from there went home at eleven
o'clock and remained there. On reach
ing home the dog barked but stopped on
Rogers, who sat on the porch
for sometime smoking cigarette. While
thus engaged the fire bell rang and he
ran to the hotel 81 told Officer Green
valid that he had no right to arrest me
on suspicion as | had nothing to do with
the fire.
On taking the stand Rogers denied
the conversation as related by Green
valid. On cross-eXamination he admit
ted having pleaded guilty to an arrest
for gambling, and for being caught in a
raid on a house of questionable character.
Mrs. Rogers said she heard a person
enter the front porch and run down town
when the fire bell rang. She only sup
posed that it was her son, as she did not
see him.
Former Surrogate Charles b. Balling-
er, William Bartlett, Caleb Reid, Morris
Haines, Charles Coles and George Reid.
gave the defendant a good character for
truth and veracity, peace and good order.
The jury remained out until ten
O'Clock at night when they returned
with verdict of guilty.
Friday was the day set to try the in
dictment against Ernest Madden, of
Burlington, charged with assault and
battery on his wife. The jurors had been
brought back to hear this, the last
case, but when Madden arrived
he seemed to have changed his mind on
the subject and thought it would be
better to plead non Vult, and that plea
was accepted. There not being any
thing else in sight for the jurors they
were discharged until the court saw fit
to call them together.
Sentences were then imposed upon
several defendants.
Albert KruSer who committed an as
sault and battery on his father-in-law,
at Riverside, was fined $50 and costs.
William Sweeney, assault and bat
terry on trolley conductor, near Flor
ence. Assemblyman Peacock asked for
clemency for this young man because he
was in liquor at the time of the occur
renee and had been taught such lesson
that he was not likely to get into trouble
again. Judge Horner was not disposed
to look upon this case lightly. He said
the court was determined to break up
this practice of disorderly conduct on
trolley cars. In this instance the car
was held up over a half hour and the
passengers were terrified at the acts and
language of the defendant. If the court
could bring anything to bear to aid in
preserving order it would do all in its
power to make trolley cars safe for men,
women and children at any hour of the
day or night. Sweeney had been before
the court on another occasion and there
did not seem to be anything to call for
leniency now. The sentence was four
months in the county Jail and fine OF
$50.
John Ogburn and Frank Cheeseman,
for stealing potatoes, were sent to the
county Jail for go days.
Ellis Reed was indicted for assaultine
his brother, using a gun which was dis
charged but fortunately the shot did not
do any damage. The defendant was al
lowed to plead guilty to an assault when
he might have been convicted of more
serious charge. He was sent to the state
prison for not less than one year and nc
more than three years.
Herman Hetfreck, lad of II wears
was called upon to stand up for sentence
for attempting to administer carbolic aciC
to girl. Judge Horner said this seemed
to be case of too much puppy love
dime novels and moving pictures.
Numerous letters had been sent to tn,
court, telling that the boy had Away
had good reputation and his father haC
promised to keep a stricter watch on hin
hereafter, SO the Judge let him 90 il
charge of the probation officer.
Joseph Rogers, convicted of setting fire
to the Lumberton hotel, was sentenced
to not less than three years nor morethaI
Is years in the state prison.
Samuel Heller, of Mount Holly, wa
called up on a charge of assault and bat
terry on his wife, Mrs. Heller testified
that liquor was responsible for all tn
trouble in her family. Judge Horne
told Heller he had been given fai
chance. When before the court som
time ago he made solemn promise t
let rum alone. This was on Thursda,
and the very next night the Judge wa
on trolley car and Heller was there a
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