The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-02-23
Court.

! 1t matters not whether Thursday Il
the regular criminal day in court or not
there is seldom a time when Judge Lip.
plncott is not called upon to pass on
matters of that nature. Thursday was
no exception. The first thing brought
to his attention was the case OF William
Morrison, of Riverside. William had
been before the court on the previous
Thursday, charged with violating the
provisions of his probation. 1t was
claimed that he had been using intoxi-
eating liquors after having been warned
by the court that he must desist. He
denied the charge but the evidence pre-
sented was SO overwhelmingly against
him that he had to give up. Complaint
had been made to probation officer
Slaughter that William had strayed
from the path laid out for him by the
court and had become intoxicated and
had assaulted his wife. The latter has
been conducting a boarding house to
support herself and William was allowed
to enjoy the comforts of a home as long
as he behaved himself. He did yery
well for a time, but finally he got the
habit" again and that settled it.
His wife was called to the witness
stand and told that William had begun
drinking and had abused her. In ex-
PLANTATION of a seal on his nose William
said it had been put there by one of the
boarders who had no business in "but-
ting i'm. Mrs. Morrison, however, gave
a different version of the affair and said
she had administered the blow which
left the scar and that William was SO
drunk that he did not apparently know
what was doing. Judge Lippincott de-
cided that any kindness in allowing
Morrison more liberty would not be well.
so he sent him to the county jail for
four months. William will still get the
comforts of a home" but rather differ
ent than what he. had been ENJOYING
under probation.
Truant Officer Gaskill had Mrs. Reba
Alcott, of Monroe street, before the court
to answer TO the complaint Of mol COM
plying with the law compelling her to
send her daughter to school. The
woman had been before the court before |
but she did not seem to fully understand
the situation. She said her daughter
was not a strong child and that her
health had been responsible to some ex-
tent for the absence, and in some cases
the child was kept home to get clothing
prepared. The child was / n court and
there was no doubt about her being
delicate, s o further consideration OF the
case was deferred until the 18th of
March.
Robert Peacock made a motion that
the Joseph Stackhouse insolvency case
be laid over until March 18th. A judg-
ment had been secured against Stack
house for damages lone by his automo-
bile colfiding with that Of William A.
Jones. Mr.. Stackhouse says he is In !
and wants the debt wiped off the
Ii
During the proceedings a rather novel {
was discussed in an informal man. :
1er. Carl Miller, a resident Of Beverly, !
arrested some time ago for non-sup- 9
port of his family. He was taken be- !
a justice of the peace and q friend '
deposited $500 as cash bail to keep Miller
tut of Jail until he had a hearing. Mil :
er was found guilty and was ordered to q
oay 81 a week for the support of his Z
amily. The party who had put up the :
money for bail, thinking the obligation t
been cancelled by the action in the 9
court, wanted the cash bail re- =
urned, but it was discovered that the I
nan had defaulted in his payment of !
he weekly support and the justice had =
,een using the cash bail for that purpose.
robert Peacock is engaged in the case 3
md he intends to bring suit against the 3
ustice unless the money deposited for 6
vail is returned. Y