The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-09-21

= tut OrpnanS court, thursday, JuOgk
e Lippincott continued the hearing in the
. case of the administrator of Thomas
t Rogan against the city Of Burlington.
l Two weeks ago this case was begun and
it was laid over that more testimony
E might be given the court in connection
E with the shooting Witnesses were ex-
! amined to prove that occurrence and
medical testimony was presented to
. lprove the death of the policeman.
Ernest Watts, who represents the city of
Burlington, had filed a brief and had
, nothing further to offer. He had recited
, some cases which seemed to coincide
with the one before the court, but Judge
Lippincott said it looked to him as if he
was to be the first Judge to pass upon
the question whether policeman comes
within the employers liability act. He
reserved his decision.
i Criminal matters were then given at
tention. Julius Grass, who was put on
probation not long ago for assault and
battery on his wife, was brought up
for again falling from grace. He was
again put under probation with orders to
pay the costs of the last indiscretion.
John Strickland, another probationer
who had not lived up to the terms of his
parole, was treated the same as Grass.
Charles Nixon Sayres, James Buck
and Lewis jackson pleaded guilty to
assault and battery on Philip Bullock
As they are needed as witnesses, SEN
tence was deferred until after the grand
jury meets.
John HI. Bowlxer, of Browns Mills
pleaded guilty to assault and battery on
his wife. There were some extenuating
circumstances in this case. Bowker
intercepted letter that his wife had
written to another man and when he at
tempted to discipline her there was inter
ference ON the part of some of the neighs
bors and general row followed. Bow
ker was put in charge Of the probation
officer for three years
Albert V. Still pleaded guilty to an
attempt to break into the dwelling of
DR.. Stroud at Moorestown Sentence
was deferred.
Joseph Davis, of Shamong, pleaded
not guilty to threatening to kill Frank
Holmes. His case was laid over.
Albert Duncan pleaded guilty to as
sault and battery on Fred Stevens, of |
Crosswicks. Duncan is said to have cut |
the other man with knife. This case
was continued for investigation
Walter Brown, of Mount Laurel, plead
ed guilty to larceny of chickens from
Annie Donlin. Sentence deferred.
Peter Dolan was brought into court to
receive sentence on his plea of guilty to
receiving stolen goods. Peter had sign
ed a waiver OF indictment on this charge
and Judge Lippincott sent him back to
jail the. previous week because the case
was not as clear as he desired it to be.
The complaint sent down by the justice
of the peace was grand larceny, but |
when the waiver was read it was for re-
ceiving stolen goods. Judge Lippincott
held that the man should have signed
waiver on the charge on which he was
committed, but Prosecutor Kelsey con-
tended that prisoner might sign
waiver OF indictment on any kind of
charge that might be presented.
William A. Slaughter, who had been
assigned to look out for the prisoner
took exception to this idea He wanted
to consume half hour in arguing on
the methods on which. waivers of in
dlnfr1 ~ f-Ik
every prisoner should have counsel to
advise him before he signed waiver
The Judge said the last Legislature had
considered such method but had de-
cided not to adopt it. The court would
assign a lawyer to defend prisoner and
do all in his power to see that defend
ant received justice. In this present case
he did not think that Dolan was before
the court on proper charge and he al
loved the waiver to be set aside and the
prisoner was sent back to Jail to await
investigation by the grand jury. Prose-
cutor Kelsey, in his remarks on the case,
said that there were many waivers of in
dictment that came into court about
WAAOA A4C hACW AlOtiC u6 Lie OktcIl Qlu uOb
see the papers in the cases until the
prisoners were arraigned. This caused
wonder as to who received the waivers.
Frank Loveland had signed a waiver
of Indictment and asked to be tried by
the court on charge of stealing money
from Charles Austin. The latter's story
was that Loveland went to him on the
morning Of the 28th of June and said he
had not had any breakfast. Austin did
not have any money, but he had check
for S25 and trip to Mount Holly was
suggested The two men came to town
and Austin bought suit of clothes
which was sent to Masonville by trolley. I,
Loveland said he suggested this because
he thought Austin might get drunk and
lose his clothes. This proved to be a
wise idea for the two men went to get
breakfast for which Austin said he paid
and then there was rum bought and
both of the men got drunk Austin
said he did not have much of his $25 left
and he pinned it in his stocking Then
the two went to Masonville, according to
the evidence and Austin said he and
Loyeland went to sleep in the woods and
when Austin awoke his money was
gone.
1t was shown that Loveland had some
money on the day in question and he
had borrowed 81 from the woman with
whom he boarded. In support of this
statement the latter produced note
signed by Loveland for that amount. 1t
was dated June 25. The latter showed
where he had spent this money and how
much he had left on the 2Sth.