The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-02
Court.

Thursday was the date for hearing o.
criminal cases and Prosecutor Atkinson
had 1.-The right of way" He began
operations by calling Nathaniel Strouse
and William McKim, two men from
Burlington, who waived indictment and
pleaded guilty to stealing robes and
some other articles from automobiles
standing near the Grange Hall, in Bur-
lington. The men tried to explain that
this was case of not knowing what was
going on because of too much liquor be-
ing in CONTROL but the explanation did
not explain. Judge Lippincott said the
offence was serious and one which need
ed attention. He said it was great
pity that persons owning private con-
veyances could not leave them on the
street for short time without danger of
having their contents stolen. He sent
the men to the state prison for terms
not less than one year nor more than
| three years.
Harry Joy and Christian West were
next brought forward, They pleaded
guilty to stealing a bicycle from the
public school in Bordentown. After
taking the machine the boys came TO
Mount Holly. They, tried to sell the
bicycle but they made a mistake in
selecting a customer. They went to
Policeman Myers and he concluded
there was something wrong, SO he land
ed the boys in jail.
A sister of West appeared and had a
conversation with Judge Lippincott who
suspended sentence and placed the boy
under the care of the probation officer.
fal in a GO
of Joy, but not until the father of the
boy came to court and was given a lee
ture by the Judge. The man has no
wife and has three children at home, the
youngest being eight years old, the boy
under arrest being Is years old, and
daughter year or two older. The latter
takes care of the house. Joy is not
vicious boy but is likely to go wrong if
he gets into bad company without the
proper home restraint. This case SEEM
ed to be the result of such condolences.
The father was plainly told what he
ought to do and he promised to look out
for the boy. Judge Lippincott told both
lads that if they came before the court
again he would have to send them to
some institution where they would be
kept under restraint.
Nichola Bernardo waived indictment
intent to kill and the court tried the case.
The principals and witnesses were near
ly all Italians and the services of an in
terpreter had to be resorted to. The af-
fair occurred in Medford. The complain
ant told story how he and three others,
one of whom was the defendant, met at
house on the outskirts of Medford and
had good time during which consider
able liquor was disposed of. Bernardo
had gun which he brought into the
house and threatened to shoot Vanataro,
the complainant, but the latter took the
weapon from the other man amp broke it,
Then Bernardo secured a revolver and
fired bullet into the breast of Vanataro.
The wound caused him to be laid up for
several days.
The testimony was not such as to
show contemplated murder or an as
sault with deadly intent. The defence
declared that the entire affair was a
drunken row and that Vanataro was the
aggressor. During a scuffle which en-
sued the gun was taken by the latter
and broken and in another mix-up the |
revolver was accidentally discharged. |
The court found the prisoner was not
guilty.
Atwood Denning, of Delran township, |
was arraigned on charge of violating |
the compulsory education law in not |
sending his son to school. The evidence
was conclusive and Denning was fined |
So and costs.
Walter Hartman, of Chesterfield, |
pleaded guilty to assaulting his wife. |
There were circumstances connected |
with this offence which caused Judge |
to suspend sentence and |
place the man in charge of the probation
officer.