The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-09-15
Court

Court.
/ With several cases in the Orphan
! court awaiting action, Judge Lippincot
. on Thursday, found time to give his a
T tention to some criminal matters.
John Lawton pleaded guilty to entel
: ing house near Burlington, while th
family was away to a funeral. For thi
offence John was sent to state prisonlfor
term not less than three and ha
years nor more than seven years.
Abram Studley, who was connecte
with fight in Mount Holly, Tuesday
was given lecture and his case wa
laid over until Thursday for further con
sideration.
William Morrison pleaded guilty t
assaulting his wife. AS usual the VIC
man did not want the husband prose
cuted She said he was unkind to he
only when drinking, and from her story
that seemed to have been a continuou
performance for the past nine months
William was made to pledge himsel
not to drink for at least year and wa
jput in charge of the probation officer.
Frank Lynch, who was recently ar
rested for fighting, was next brought up
Frank had been in charge of the proba
ton officer, but he told the court ht
thought his probation had expired anC
he would be at liberty to go on spree il
honor of the event. He was much sur
prised to find that the probation period
had been fixed at three years. He adj
dressed the court as boss" He said
BOSS, this probation is bum business
1t puts man on the blink. Everybody
watches him and says there goes fell
low that is being looked after. Honest,
boss, would rather move out of the
state than be in charge of the probation
man." This little address did not APP
peal to the court, who again placed
Lynch in charge of probation officer
Slaughter and made it plain that the
term was for three years. Possibly
Lynch will move from the state, in
which case there will not be any serious
regrets.
Solomon Relsky, who was caught
stealing from the cash register in Kap-
lan's store, Burlington, plead guilty.
He said he was stranger and had gone
to Burlington, where he was placed in
the city hall for nights lodging.
The next night he was without food
or place to sleep so he got into Kaplan's
store by back window and while tap
ping the register was caught by Captain
Shumard. The young man had been
prisoner in New York institution and
violated his parole. He went to Georgia
and warrant was issued by the New
York authorities for his arrest but before
it could be served Relsky had left
that state and arrived in Burlington.
His father, respectable looking man,
was in court, and said the boy had been
but he would like to have
him given one more chance. The father
was very much affected at the situation
the son was in. Judge Lippincott
tAC bCoO PidOC III OhC uClCAludAb
would be the Railway reformatory, where
he would be given chance to make a
man of himself.
A very interesting case was to have
been heard but it was postponed until
the first of October. The lawyers are
Harold B. Wells for the plaintiff and
Thomas Logan Gaskill for the defendant.
The case is that of Mrs. Lyons against
Hainesport Mining and Transportation
1t grew out of the death of
the woman's husband, who was murder
ed some tine ago on dredge in the Del
aware river near Bordentown. The
paintiff will claim that the company is
liable for the loss of the mans life under
the employers liability act. The defend
ant will take exception to this on a
general ground and will also claim that
the death did not occur in this state, the
dredge being closer to the Pennsylvania
shore. Against this it will be urged
that the decks of boat are the same as
the land where the vessel is registered
This particular boat has its legal home
in New Jersey. There will be some very
points to be considered and
the case will be well worth listening to.