The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-06-20
Court.

Court.
Judge Lippincott held his weekly ses
sion of court last Thursday.
Orders were signed to commit two pay
patients to the county asylum-Anna
E. Pippitt, of Bordentown, and Mary E.
Dodd, of Maple Shade
In the Orphans court, the final ac-
count was allowed in the estate of Anna
E. Hassinger.
A caveat had been filed against the
probate of the will of Charles Fl. Patter-
son, who died at Florence on April %,
1916. Elwood X. Patterson, brother,
was the caveator.
Charles A. Rigg represented the pro-
ponent, William H. Absalom; H. S.
5coviH and P. Fl. Harding appeared for
the sole legatee, Oliver d. Headley, and
V. c. Palmer represented the caveator.
Testimony was taken as to the execu-
ton of the will.
Raymond E. Thomson and C. Stanley
Schuyler, both employees of the Me-
chanics' National Bank, at Burlington,
were the subscribing witnesses. They
testified that they and the testator
signed in the presence of each other and
that Mr.. Patterson declared the instru-
ment to be his last will and testament.
On cross-examination both witnesses
testified that the testator was not intoxi-
Gated at the time the will was signed.
The further hearing of testimony was
postponed until June %.
Criminal matters we're next in order.
Samuel Fenimore pleaded guilty to
taking and driving an automobile be-
longing to David B. Warren, of Mount
Holly, without the Iatter's consent.
Sentence will be imposed this week.
Six Polanders from Hainesport, who
had been arrested on Wednesday, on
charges of illegal sale of liquor and as
sault and battery, were brought in to
enter pleas, all having signed waivers of
indictment and requested to be tried by
the court.
Stanley Worble, John Casparovitz
and Joseph Rumahchaski were charged
with the sale of liquor without license
and on Sundays, and Alex Harubin,
Tony Vicorck and Alex Damuak were
charged with assault and battery on Jo-
seph Faltenslxi.
Damuak pleaded guilty; the others
denied the charges.
For some time past there has been oc-
casionaly considerable disorder and
drunkenness at Hainesport on account
of the presence of one or more speak
easies. On Wednesday one of these dis
turbances occurred, and the above ar
rests were made.
The assault on Faltinski was the re-
suit of drunken brawl. He was quite
severely beaten during the fracas.
Yesterday morning the court sat to
hear the Hainesport, speak-easy cases,
mentioned above.
John Casparovitz, who was charged
with selling liquor on Sunday and various
other occasions without a license, was
the first to be placed on trial.
w. A. Slaughter, counsel for the de-
PENDANT, claimed that the bill of partic-
ulars furnished to him by Prosecutor
Kelsey, did not state the time, place or
kind of liquor sold in the charge of
abitual sales.
The Prosecutor stated that the charge
he would move at this session was that
of selling liquor on Sunday, June 18th.
The evidence showed that the date of
the alleged crime was not June 18th but
May 28th. The June II charge against
the defendant, therefore, was dismissed
and Prosecutor Kelsey requested that
Casparovitz be arrested upon the May
28th charge.
Stanley Wroble was then placed on
trial, also on the charge of selling liquor
on Sunday, June 18th.
The evidence showed that beer and
whiskey were sold at defendants house
by his wife, but testimony of the states
witnesses was so conflicting that Prose-
Kelsey asked for the dismissal of all
three of the speak-easy cases. He stated
that owing to the untruthfulness and
collision of the witnesses it was impos-
sible to get conviction. Judge Lip
pincott therefore dismissed the charges
against the three defendants after
severe lecture upon the matter of illegal
sale of beer and whiskey.
Tony Vicorck, and John Grodowski
were placed on trial on the charge of as
sault and battery on Joe Faltinski on
Sunday, June 18th. The third member
of the trio that committed the assault
pleaded guilty. His name is Alex
Baunah.
The evidence disclosed that while
eight or ten men were congregated in a
small room in house at Hainesport, a
quarrel took place and the complainant.
Faltinslxi, was badly beaten and his face
considerably cut and bruised. The men
had been drinking beer.
The defendants denied the charge, al
leging that the entire party was intoxi-
Gated and that they did not participate
in the assault.
Judge Iippincott decided that Gro
dowski was guilty and he and Baunah
were fined $50 each. The other defend
ant, Nicarck, was found to be not guilty.
"Just Tickled"