The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-07-14

Thursday was the date for criminal
: cases to be heard, but Prosecutor Atkin.
son had very little to offer for the con.
sideration of the judge. A small boy
with the name of Joseph Mittsch was
called upon to plead to charge of steal
ing watch and revolver from George
Mcintyre, farmer living in Burlington
township. The boy was without parents
or home and Mcintyre took him in
with the idea of providing place for
him. 1t was not long before the lad
stole some articles and after talk with
him he promised Mr.. Mcintyre that he
would be good and the matter was over
looked 1t was not long, however, be-
fore he took the watch and revolver and
then his employer decided he could not
keep him any longer. When the boy
was asked to enter plea he appeared to
be entirely ignorant of what was requir-
ed of him. He said he took the things
and when asked what he was going to do
with them he said he took them to CITY
hall, Burlington, where he gave them
up. That he is of very feeble mind was
apparent. Judge Lippincott was dis
posed to send him to the reform school,
but as the boy was reported to be over
sixteen years of age that was out of the
question. The case was laid over for
further consideration.
There being no further criminal cases
he took up the contest over the will of
Alice Ford, wife of Ephraim Ford, of
Mount Holly. The paper gave the hus-
band $40, and after another bequest had
been made, the residue of the estate was
left to Gertrude Marshall 1t was shown
that the will was drawn in the office of
J. Mercer Davis, the witnesses being
Robert Peacock and Lydia Baker. They
took the paper to the home of Mrs. Ford
and Mr.. Peacock read it's contents to her.
She said it was satisfactory and signed
the will. Its contents did not suit the
husband, who claimed that his wife was
OF unsound mind, having at one time,
been in an asylum, and he also charged
that the residuary legatee had used I'M
due influence in having the will made.
Decision was reserved
Yesterday the court heard some APP
peal cases. The first was that where |
Harry b. Ford objected to fine that
had been imposed upon him for letting
dog run at large contrary to law.
Harry NJ. Loveless was the game warden !
who was the complainant. He testified |
that he visited Bonaparte Park, Borden
town, after receiving complaints that
dogs had been chasing game in that pre-
serve. He saw two dogs, one of which
he captured, the other eluded him and
Loveless followed the animal to Borden
town and captured him. He afterwards
thought he discovered the owner to be
Mr.. Ford and had the latter arrested.
The defence was that Ford's dog was
seen in so many places at the time the
warden claimed to have noticed him in
the park that it was impossible for the
culprit to have been Ford's dog. The
on this point was so con-
elusive that the dog could not have
been in two places at once and there was
not any doubt about his being several
squares from the park when the warden
said he was in the place that Judge Lip
pincott reversed the decision below and
verdict of not guilty.
Another fish and game commission
case that was appealed from Borden
town justice was that of Albert Firth
and Matthias Chapman, who had been
convicted of illegally fishing in the Della
ware at White Hill. The evidence was
that the men used weights on their nets
in violation to the law regulating that
process. The defence, however, claimed
that the bricks, anchors and other con-
trivances on the net were not heavier
than the law allowed and Judge Lip
pincott reversed the decision below.