The Mount Holly news., 1915-03-30
Court.

Court.
: Thursday was criminal day in cour
i and Prosecutor Atkinson was In chars
J of the first portion of the session. q
called several prisoners to plead.
One of them was Raymond stoddarc
. who pleaded guilty to stealing som
| clothing from q man in Lumbertor
The circumstances were that q Polande
} had been working for Mr.. Borell, but ha
gone away and his employer thought h
had left for good. In the room he occu
lpied were some underwear and collar
and with the idea that the man was no
coming back, Stoddard. who took th
room, appropriated the articles. Their
was also pair of trousers and Stoddar,
had pair almost the same as the other
and he took what he thought was hi
own property. The Polander returned
some time later and called for his goods
which had gone. The trousers which hat
been left, although not his. were almos
as good, SO that the actual loss was very
small. If Stoddard had been tried it il
doubtful ifhe could have been convicted
and on this ground the judge suspended
sentence and placed the man under the
probation officer for three years.
Peter F. Heisse pleaded guilty to ma.
iicious mischief committed in Pember.
ton township. He became intoxicated
and entered the house of Joseph Grover,
and broke some dishes. Grover demand
ed that Heisse pay $40 for the damage
done and that he also pay the costs. De-
fendant demurred to this as being out of
reason. A witness who was present said
he went to Growers home and saw what
had been broken and thought Is cents
would pay for all damage. Judge Lip
pincott placed Heisse under the care of
the probation officer and told him he
must refrain from drinking for at least a
year, and must pay the costs as well as
the price of the broken dishes. The
Judge told the defendant II he could not
reach satisfactory conclusion with the
owner Of the dishes to report to the court
and the matter would be adjusted.
Walter Griffith pleaded guilty to de-
sertion OF his wife and baby, the latter
being seven weeks old at the time. Grit
nth said he and his wife had dispute
resulting from the fact that they were OF
different religious faiths. He left and
went west and tried to get work. He
wrote to her several times but she did
not seem to care to have him return, He
came back few weeks ago, and was
arrested. Prosecutor Atkinson said the
wife was willing to have her husband
come back to her. The woman was in
court and on being questioned said she
was willing he eshould come and live with
ner as soon as he was able to take care of
ner, but she did not want him to 20 over
the old life again. She did not want him
to be sent to state prison, but it appeared
to those who were watching the case that
she was not over-anxious to have her
husband home again. He was put under
the care OF the probation officer for three
years and ordered to pay the costs.
Judge Lippincott gave the woman some
good advice and told her that it was as
much her duty to preserve the peace of
the household as it was that Of the hus-
band.
Walter Frake was placed on probation
Tor three years and told to keep from
drinking liquor for one year and to pay
the costs within six months. This was
. case of assault.
William Taylor, . boy who was in
court the previous Thursday, on the
charge of breaking into a house and
stealing watch, was brought lin. He
was much improved in appearance. hay
ing had his hair cut and giving evidence
bnat some attention had been paid to
him by the prison authorities. Judge
had made inquiries respect
ing the boy, and found that what he had
told the court the week before was sub
'tantially true. Detective Parker said
The boy could get work at Riverside and
Judge Eppincott decided to let him 90
on propauon, but told him he must pay
small sum each week from his earn.
Ings to pay the costs OF prosecution. 1t
IS likely the boy will be offered position
IN farm in another part of the county,
where he will be removed from his old
Elizabeth Jackson was brought into
,ourt on complaint of the Board of Edu-
,ation of Northampton township be-
,ause her son, Norman, persistently re-
uses to go to school. Mrs. Jackson was
surprised when the school
'egister was read and she found the boy |
lad been absent so many times. She
promised to see that he attends more
'egularly in the future and was ordered !
% report to the court at the session two
weeks from date.
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