The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-07-20
Court

). The first man to be called was Chancel
M. Vansciver. He was charged wi
! stealing pair of trousers from a sto
:. in Beverly. Francis ]. Smith defend,
, him and asked that he be placed und
the care of the probation officer. Pros
cutor Kelsey objected to this. He sa
the man had been suspected of 9th
thefts, of which there had been many i
Beverly, but this is the first time he ha
been caught with the goods. The pros
cutor seemed to be the city marshal, til
woman from whose store the trouse
were stolen not caring to push the cas-,
The court said the marshal was pc
fectly justified in bringing this case [
court, but the Judge would not allov
any testimony to be introduced shown
that Vansciver had been suspected &
thefts. So far as the marshal could sa
the mans character was simply that c
drunk" against whom people had sus
piclon without anything to tie to. Prose
cutor Kelsey felt that this man shout,
be given some punishment, not becaus
OF what he had been supposed to do, blu
to serve as warning to those who seen
to be in the business of thieving a
Beverly. Judge Lippincott decided tina
the man was to be punished for what h,
had been caught at, and placed him il
the hands of the probation officer with
the usual admonition to abstain from
the use of liquor.
Harry Cores pleaded guilty to stealing
some clothing. 1t was shown that this
fellow had committed forgery and was
sent to the western penitentiary in
Pennsylvania and is now out on parole.
His case was laid over until the author
tiles from the latter state could be heard
from.
James f. Cannon, who was before the
court last week, on the charge of desert
ing his family, was brought in. He said
he would very much like to be released
and that he would go to work and sup
port his family. In answer to sugges-
ton by the Judge, Cannon said he had
no intention of leaving the state, but
the court thought it would be safer to
have this matter made secure by requir-
ing the man to furnish a bond in the
sum of $500 that he would stay in New
Jersey. Until he can do this he must.
in jail.
Yesterday morning Judge Lippincott
was on the bench to attend to all
matters that might be presented, this
being the last session of court until the
oath of August
Prosecutor Kelsey had some criminal
matters to offer. -Four small boys were
up on lcharge of larceny. They had
been going to moving pictures and had
become enamored of the exploits of
Elaine. They took several articles from
homes in their neighborhood. The boys
frankly acknowledged their guilt.
Their parents. with one exception, were
in court, and said they had never known
The boys to do anything wrong before
and that they were much surprised
when the true state of affairs was
made known. Assemblyman Peacock
was asked to look after the case and he
said the boys deserved some kind of
punishment. The goods had all been
returned, but the boys needed lesson.
Prosecutor Kelsey alluded to other
Ihefts in the neighborhood and intim-
ated that these boys might be implicated
n them but Mr.. Peacock promptly OBJ
ected and said they could not try the
except on the charges before
she court, position in which he was
sustained by the court. The boys were
sent over to the jail until afternoon that
hey might have time to reflect.
In this case the Judge suspended SEN
'ence and put the boys under the care of
ihe probation officer, with the instruct
on that they were to pay the costs at
'he rate of 25 cents per week, and Judge
told them to go to work and
earn the money with which to pay the
,osts.
Edward b. Waldeck was called to
plead to an indictment charging him
With theft of money from the safe of
stones restaurant in Burlington. Wal
ieck is deaf mute, and the Prosecutor
lad to write out the charge for him. He
waved his hand in an indignant man
ler to show that'he pleaded not guilty.
The court assigned Clifford Powell to de-
lend the prisoner. Captain Stone took
,he stand and told that he had placed
5he money in the safe the night before
5he robbery and that it was gone the
next morning. ''The short combina-
ion" was put on the safe and the only
persons who knew it were the prisoner,
Captain Stone and his wife. There was
10 evidence to connect Waldeck with
he theft and the court ordered his dis
charge. Mr.. Powell wrote the result on
| sheet of paper and the man showed his
by waving his hands and
hen he sat down. Mr.. Powell wrote
linn another note to get for home and
shook hands with the LAWYER
ind went out with smiles all over his
ace.
Frank Goodwin pleaded guilty to as
'aulting his wife. He said he commit
ed the deed while under the influence
Of liquor. He went home one night and
MS wife would not let him in, but hit
him over the head with rolling pin.
1t was shown that the couple frequently
had family jars. Judge Lippincott said
he was of the opinion that the wife did
about right when she used the rolling
pin, to which the prisoner replied, "Well,
agree with you" Goodwin was placed
in charge of the probation officer with
instructions to pay the costs.
Harry Toner, who had pleaded guilty
to larceny, acknowledged be had broken
his parole at the Western Penitentiary
of Pennsylvania. The Judge suspended
sentence on the man here and there was
an officer from Pennsylvania with
papers which placed Toner in his charge
and the prisoner was taken back to
Pennsylvania.
Serafino Olivetta ands Jennie Pomona
pleaded guilty to receiving stolen goods.
They live at Beverly and all sorts of
articles were found in the house they
occupied. Prosecutor Kelsey said he
could not fix the theft on the two, SO he
accepted the plea of receiving stolen
goods. The prisoners told of buying the
articles from man who brought them to
the house in suitcase. They did not
know who he was. Among the things