The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-02-10
Court.


not seem to be an over-zealousness O
5 the part of litigants to 60 ahead.
: The first case to be called was that {
: Josephine B. Flynn, of Bordentown, VS.
| the Public Service Company for iniurie
5 received while riding on a car on tn
: Riverside traction division of the com
, pany. Miss Flynn is a stenographel
, She was jolted from car and had hi
, dislocated. Her injuries were not pei
lament, but she was disabled for fiv
months. A jury was drawn, but afte
consultation between Harold b. Wells
who represented the plaintiff, and JOSEPH
Coult, Jr., of Newark, on behalf of tn,
trolley company, it was announced tina
a settlement had been reached. 1t il
said that $500 was the amount on which
the case was settled.
Another suit for damages was that o
Maria Colavita, of Burlington, who suet
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company fo
injuries received by falling from traiI
at Riverside. The plaintiff was getting
when the car gave a sudden jerk, throw
ing the woman to the station platform
The child was not hurt. At the time Of
the accident the woman was conducting
a boarding house at Riverside, and she
lost considerable money by not being
able to keep her work up, and was also
compelled to support her five children.
The railroad company contended that
there was no unusual motion OF the
train to throw the woman to the plat
form, but that it was through her own
carelessness that the accident happened,
as she left her seat before the train came
to full stop. The jury awarded YER
dict for $780,
In the suit of James ID. Foulks VS..
Charles W. and Christian Bergman, to
recover on promissory note given in
connection with the rental of a farm,
the court ordered verdict for the full
amount of 1854. The defense was allow
ed a rule to show cause why the verdict
should not be set aside.
Selag Baskevitz, of Philadelphia, sued
Elwell Davidson, of Medford, on horse
deal. The suit was to replevin a horse
that Davidson had and which Baskevitz
thought should be in his possession.
The court decided that this contention
was correct, and ordered the horse turned
over to Baskevitz, but directed the latter
to pay Davidson 1925 for board of the
animal.
The suit of Seth McElven against "
Mcclellan Fulton, trading as the f. NJ.
F. Camden company, was set down for
a hearing at Camden on February 16.
This is an automobile case, McElven
having at one time been the E. NJ. F.
representative in this section.
On Wednesday Judge Horner heard
the common pleas case of Jervis S. Eel
ley, of Mount Holly, against William
Grovatt to recover a balance of rent and
interest due for about three years prior
to 1918 on Mr.. Zelley's farm in Spring
field township. After the accounts had
been gone over and all allowances made
it appeared that Mr.. Zelley was entitled
to recover S234.46, and a verdict was
given in his favor for that amount.
Judge Homer had a busy day Thurs
day, and when the prisoners who were
to be arraigned were brought into court
it looked as if Sheriff Jordan had de-
cided to clean house.
Harry English, who was caught in the
Birmingham station by Sheriff Jordan
and his aids, who made quick auto
mobile trip to the place, was called to
answer the charge of breaking and en-
tering. He pleaded guilty. Prosecutor
Atkinson said the man probably thought
he saw chance to get warm place to
sleep, and there was no evidence of rob-
berry. The court imposed a sentence of
two months in the county Jail,
William Brown pleaded guilty to as
sault and battery on Thackara Frazier,
at Moorestown. Both men are colored
and they had been attending a party
There was some drinking, and Brown
and Frazier got into a dispute which
they decided to settle by having a fist
fight. They went outside and Brown
said his opponent agreed to fight fair,
but did not do so, as he used a pair of
brass knuckles. This was more than
Brown could stand so he heaved a large
stone at Frazier and knocked him out
For this the defendant was sent to the
county Jail for four months.
Leonard Foresman was called to plead
to charge of bigamy. He acknow-
legged his guilt, but his counsel made a
statement in which he said that Fores
mans first wife had left him and h&d
again married, so he thought he had
right to do the same thing. He has be-
gun proceedings for divorce and if he
succeeds in getting 1t he will remarry
his second wife. The case was laid over
until the 10Th of this month.
George Faithful and Molly Carter
pleaded guilty to adultery. Henry H.
Savage represented Faithful. He said
the man had been boarding at the home
of Mrs. Carter, and in the house there
was step sister who insisted upon being
allowed to entertain her gentlemen
friends as she saw fit. To this Mr.. Car
ter objected, and the sister then began
to circulate stories about Faithful and
Mrs. Carter. So strong did she make
these stories that the husband upbraided
the wife, who denied the allegations, as
did the man. But the sister persisted
that they were true, and finally the
woman left her home and was followed
by the man. They went to Pennsyl-
vania where they lived together for a
time, and were recently located and ar
rested. Mr. Carter, in a forgiving man
ner, offered to take his wife home if she
would promise to keep away from Faith
full. There are four children who need a
mothers care. Mr.. Savage felt the best
thing to do would be to impose fine on
Faithful and suspend sentence on the
woman. The former, he said, had prom
Used to keep away from the woman and
there would not be any more trouble on
| that score.
Judge Homer spoke in feeling man
ner on the subject. He said the children
were the pivot on which the case hinged
But for them he would send the man
and woman to the state prison. The
stepsister, he understood, had left the
house, so there would not be any trou