The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-03-02
Court.

| Court.
Thursday was criminal day and al
usual Prosecutor Atkinson had some
thing to present. 1t seems hard for q
month to pass without violation OF
the law.
William Boileau pleaded guilty to
stealing four bottles Of beer from the
cellar of the Fieldsboro hotel He said
he had been drinking and it was his
usual custom to get intoxicated every
Saturday evening. On the evening of
the theft he had not had sufficient drink
and being out Of money to get any more
he went into the cellar and took the
beer. He formerly worked at the hotel
and knew where the drink was kept.
The price Of the beer was small-only 20
cents-so the court decided to suspend
sentence and place the man under the
care of the probation officer for one year,
with instructions TO retain from drinking
during that period. AS 1t has been
Boileau's custom to fill up every Satur-
day evening, the latter part Of the SEN
tence is the one that will work the great
est hardship
Arthur Hoff, John Malone, Howard
Lamberton and Lester Lamberton were
brought up on charge of breaking into
the railroad station at Maple Shade. Hoff
is IA years of age and Howard Lamber-
ton is 10. They pleaded guilty. The
two others pleaded not guilty. The
story told by the party was that the four
left their homes In Red Bank, stealing
ride on freight train which landed
them at Bridgeton. There they stole
another ride to Camden and walked out
to Maple Shade with the intention of
again boarding q train to get back to
their home. They said they were look
ing for work.
Judge Lippincott went into the circum-
stances Of each case. He found that
Howard Lamberton had worked for
different people at Red Bank and had,
apparently, led fairly respectable life.
The judge took the names Of the persons
by whom the boy had been employed
and said he would make inquiries on
that line. In the case OF Hoff it was
shown that the lad had been In the
Jamesburg Reform School four times,
the last sentence being for II months,
having been released last December.
He admitted that he had been connect
ed with several robberies at Red Bank.
The story Of the Maple Shade affair
was that the party were In the woods
and as 1t was getting cold, the two
younger ones Of the party went TO the
station and broke open window to get
in where 1t was warm. The evidence
showed they had forced their way into
the ticket Office but had not stolen any,
thing. The boys denied this. saying
the door Of the Office was open. There
was nothing to show that the two others
who were before the court had anything
to do with the affair 50 they were dis
charged and the boys who had pleaded
guilty went back to jail to await further
investigation Of their previous records.
Michael Horney signed waiver of in
dictment charging him with keeping q
disorderly house at Roebling, and the
case was at once taken up and tried by
the court. The evidence presented by
the state was that Horney rented build
ing which had cellar or basement and
that many people, mainly foreigners.
congregated there and created much dis
turbance, drinking, singing and making
q nuisance of themselves generally. Ons
of the constables of Florence went to the
house on Sunday, February 7, and found
q crowd there dancing and drinking
He did not see any liquor sold and wher
he told the party they would have Il
stop, the musicians put their instru
ments away and all went out in al
orderly manner. Other witnesses testi
fed that this particular Sunday was no
the only occasion Of the kind, but tina
|. it was an almost daily occurrence.
i The defence was that there was moth
ling to show continuous disorder,
house. The occasion that had beef
: brought out by the evidence was tn
: celebration Of wedding Saturday even
!, ing and the celebrants kept up tn
! gaieties until Sunday. When the office
) told them they were annoying the neigh
. bors and were not doing right they di
not offerIany resistance butimmediatel,
e quit. 1t was also shown that Mr.. Hol
4 nv, x,,as not oft home while the dauc
|, vas going on. At the conclusion Of til
!, states case Judge Lippincott decide
e that the charge had not been sustaine
It and the defendant was discharged.
J. The case Of administrators Of Roga
It against the city OF Burlington, und
n the employers liability law, was col
Itinued until the 18th OF March.