The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-01-05


The grand jury held another session
on Wednesday. True bills were returned
as follows:
Frank Clark and Harry Davis, alias
Phebe Davis, burglary at home of Annie
r. Borton, at Moorestown, goods taken
valued at $439, and at home of Samuel
b. Lippincott, goods taken valued at
s120.
Rebecca Groce, Cinnaminson town
ship, adultery.
Henry Hoffman, Jr., John Hoffman,
Frank Laird and William G.. Laird,
F~ieldsboro, larceny of goods from Penn
~sylvania railroad freight cars valued at
1890
George Hesley, F~ieldsboro, receiving
the goods stolen by the Hoffmans and
Lairds.
On Thursday, Henry Hoffman and
William G. Laird pleaded guilty OF steal
ing gun shells, butter, feed and brandy;
Frank Laird pleaded guilty of stealing
feed, and John Hoffman, Jr., said he
was not guilty of the whole charge.
George Hesley pleaded guilty Of receiv-
ing the goods without knowing they
were stolen.
David f. Warren, Mount Holly, en-
bezzlement while agent for the Philadel-
phia Life Insurance Company. The in
dictments charge him with appropriate
ing to his own use the proceeds of a
promissory note for $173 in Pemberton
township, and the ENLIGHTENMENT of the
following amounts: $50.49 in Solthamp-
ton township; 1884 in E~astampton
township; $73.46 and S22 in Mansfield
township; $36.14 in Cinnaminson town
ship; $96.01 in Northampton township,
and $159 in New Hanover township, all
amounting to $685. A He was also in
dicted on a charge of larceny as bailee
of a Krit roadster valued at $500 from
the Auto Transit Company, of Philadel-
phia. The matter has been before a JUS
tice and was believed by Warren to have
been settled at that time.
Warren was arraigned on Thursday
and lawyers Peacock and Palmer entered
pleas of not guilty to the indictments.
They said there would be a motion to
lquash the indictments, and this matter
will be disposed of on a date to be fixed.
On Thursday there was a very nov
ell situation when Samuel M. Roberts,
a member of the bar, was called be-
fore Judge Lippincott to answer the
charge of preventing witnesses from
going before the grand jury. There
had been a stabbing affray at Bever-
ly, in which the participants We're
5 mainly colored persons. Five witness
= SEES who had been subpoenaed to ap-
pear before the grand jury failed to
/ come and Prosecutor Atkinson, de-
1 sirous of having the matter investi-
/ gated, started an inquiry which re-
i suited in showing that lawyer Rob-
4 erts had advised the witnesses they
did not have to appear. The Prose
e cutor then had the witnesses come to
q court and he also summoned the law
yer to appear and explain. The lat
ter part of the proposition was not
easy. He said the witnesses had
t come to him for advice and as he un
/ derstood the complaint was not to be
pressed he told those who sought his
counsel that they did not have to "a
4 to court. The witnesses were placed
h IN the stand and they all gave excuses
a which, when brought to the fna.
, point, showed that they acted on the
! advice of Roberts.
Judge Lippincott was not at al
mild in his treatment of the case. He
said he was very sorry to learn that
{ there wa a member of the bar Of
/, New Jersey who would be guilty
through ignorance or otherwise, Of
giving advice which the most ordin.
airy layman knew to be incorrect. Ii
a reply to a question of the Judge
u whether the lawyer did not know tina
d a subpoena to- appear before th'
grand jury must always be obeyed
le Mr.. Roberts said generally speak
d ing" it was, to which Judge Lippincot
le quickly replied that the lawyer hat
d better change the idea of general,
d speaking" to always" and advise,
,e Mr.. Roberts to reform his ideas will
It reference to the Importance of sub
lie poenas to appear before the gran,
N jury.
Prosecutor Atkinson was about a
rt indignant as the court was. He sal,
tie he had started out with the idea tina
II. the witnesses were in contempt bu