The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-10-19
Court.


( The October term of court opened OF
! Wednesday, with Judges Kalisch an
: Lippincott on the bench. The gran,
l jurors were called and after those presen
: had answered to their names the cour
called the following % of the IS sum
moned:
Charles K. vansciver, Beverly township.
Il William E. Coe, Burlington township.
Frank j. Cutter, Burlington city.
Samuel II. Zeigler, Delran.
Albert Collier, Bordentown city.
Albert l.. Pancoast, Beverly township.
, James ID. Fish, Beverly city.
Louis F. Lowden. Riverton.
Firman Dubell, Westampton.
Burton b. Blair, Beverly township.
samuel X, Robbins, Chester.
! Richard p. Hughes, Florence.
John Holmes Longstreet, BordentOwn twp.
John q. SholB Burlington city
William II. Mckinney, Evesham
Caleb :. R1dgway. Mansfield
Burwood NJ. Haines. Westampton,
Paul j. Styer, Burlington city
Wilmer Chance, Northampton
Richard Mott, Burlington city.
George III. Wisham Tabernacle.
Davis Reed, Riverton
Louis r. Engel Florence
/ William A. Shreve, Bordentown city.
Judge Kalisch said it was his duty to
call attention to the fact that the excise
laws had been violated, and that the
prosecutor of the pleas would present
such cases for consideration. 1t was the
duty of the court to call attention to all
violations of the law, but the Judge had
not been appraised of anything out of
the ordinary. He would add word of
caution however, to every member of
the jury. Perhaps some OF them had
N ND
even if they had it would do no harm to
say that privacy was very essential in
the proceedings. Judge Kalisch did not
believe that any member of the grand
inquest would allow himself to be spoken
to about cases that might be presented,
yet such a thing might occur very inno-
Gently. Several persons might be talk
ing about cases and without thinking
that one of the number was a member
of the jury might make remarks that
would be out of order The court adj
vised the mem bers to be continually On
their guard against any such occurrence.
]. Holmes Longstreet, of Bordentown,
was chosen foreman, and the jury re-
tired
Fred l.. Sigmund, under probation
with orders to support his wife, rendered
a favorable report, and was told to come
before the court again in April.
In the case of the state against Rich |
ardson an application was made by |
Robert Peacock for commission to in
quire into the sanity of the patient, and |
Drs. Parsons, of Mount Holly, and Mac
Farland, of Burlington, were appointed. |
V. Claude Palmer moved to dismiss
the petition for recount Of the votes at
the primary election in Chester on the |
contest oyer the position Of chosen free
holder, in which Joseph L. Hilton was
victorious by one vote. Judge Kalisch
decided to hear argument in the judges |
retiring room.
Mr.. Palmer contended that the petit
ton was not in conformity with the law
in the case, as all parties in connection
with the case had not been summoned
to appear He held that each election
officer should have been cited to be pres
ent. He also held that the papers
should have been issued by the circuit
court and not by the supreme court.
These propositions were overruled, and
Judge Kalisch ordered the county board
Of elections to proceed with the recount,
which took place in the afternoon and is
noted elsewhere.
Friday was devoted almost entirely
to applications for license to sell liq-
uor. Before taking any of them up
Judge Lippincott gave the usual adj
monition to those who wish to be
granted the privilege of selling liquor.
He said his attention had been called
to the fact that holders of retail and
wholesale licenses had overstepped the
bounds and had sold liquor in guam
titles of more than a quart to persons
who were visibly under the influence
of intoxicating drinks. If reports
were correct the holder of wholesale
and retail license had refused to sell
to customer under the latter license
because of his being already carrying
too much, but had gone right on and
sold him under the wholesale privi-
lege. This custom will not be toler-
ated by the court. There have been
against those who conduct
what is known as a bottle trade"
The court said he had no control over
this trade but to those who have been
selling half pint bottles to be used off
the premises his advice would be to be
very careful. The entire difficulty in
the liquor trade is that the seller does
not use diligence in his business and
is not sufficiently particular to ac-
quaint himself with the character of
his customers.
The following licenses were then
granted: