The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-02

Court.
70 The spring term of court convened G
" Tuesday. The business before the gran
At jury was quite limited and the jury WI
ia through it's work before noon of Wedne
Is day. Judge Kalisch said there We
Is nothing which called for special charg,
l. On Thursday the regular weekly Sci
Ie sion of the court was held and ProsecI
d tor Kelsey finished some business this
1t was left over and had one new case
o present.
q The first to be heard was the charg
II against James Winchause for assault
d and battery on his wife. The coupl
t live at Cookstown. The wife is smal
s woman and has been married since sh
+ was IL years of age. She told of her hus
: band meeting her in Cookstown an,
t after some words between the two b
: struck her in the face. The woman ad
g mitted that she went with coIored PEG
: pie frequently and that her association
4 with Fred Sharp, a colored man, wa
the cause Of the dispute between he
husband and herself. She had attend
ed harveEt home with him and haC
stayed aIl night at his house. She de
MED neglecting her child or home and
said she never went with colored people
except at the suggestion of her husband
who, when going away to be gone some
time, would tell her to go to the homes
of the negroes and stay until he return
ed.
The husband told a very different
story. He said he provided good home
for his wife and child but that she did
not take any interest in either. She
allowed the child to go ragged and filthy
while she spent her time with colored
people. She seemed to prefer the COM
pany of Fred Sharp to that of her hus-
band, and neighbors told him of the FREE
quency with which she sought the com
pany OF the colored man. This angsred
the husband and he decided to make q
change. He took care Of the child and
put it to board with a family in the
neighborhood. His wife left him. He
said he had helped his wife's family who
were quite poor and had sent them
vegetables and ether things. The man
did not attempt to shield himself but
told straight story, admitting that he
had struck his wife but said he did not
administer very hard blow
John Hancock, a justice OF the peace,
said he knew the husband and wife.
The latter does not bear good character
and seems to prefer the company of col
ored people to that of her own race. The
justice saw the child when the father
first took charge of him. The baby was
dirty, poorly clothed and had the appear
ance of being nearly starved. The last
time he saw the child was Wednesday
evening and one would hardly know
him for the same boy. The father is a
good, hardworking man and had always
had the reputation of trying to do right.
After hearing the case Judge Lippin-
colt decided to discharge the defendant
and suspend sentence He asked the
man if he pay the costs and was told he
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gets 500 month and after he pays his
board and that of the child he does not
have much left. So the costs were not
imposed.
Edward Keough was the next man to
be considered. He was convicted last
week, of assault and battery on Edward
Burns. This was the case which the
court designated ''three-cornered
| fight" In imposing sentence Judge
Lippincott said if he could send all
three of the men to Jail he certainly
would do so but he seemed to be able to
sentence Keough only. BY the testi-
mony presented it was apparent that
the prisoner was in frame of mind to
strike the first blow in this instance. 1t
also seemed certain that he possesses an
ugly temper that only needs the match
to cause the flame. Keough was put
under the charge of the probation officer
and was ordered to pay the costs. He
was also warned against going where he
would be likely to run across the other
| two men as such an occurrence would
undoubtedly result in fight. u
| In its return to the court the grand
jury reported in favor of putting county
| Jail prisoners at work on the roads and
on the farm at New Lisbon. Thiswould
mean the establishment of werlshouse
and conducting it in connection with
the Jail and almshouse. This is not a
new suggestion. 1t has been considered
by the Board Of Freeholders but no
action was ever taken to put the scheme
into operation. While it was shown
that such a move would be financially
beneficial to the county many of the
members of the Board of Freeholders did
| rrNf hn Ian st laff
patronage they controls ! in the way of
engaging workmen slip through their
fingers. What will be the result now
that the grand jury has taken the matter
up remains to be seen. Ii is certain that
/ there are at times prisoners in the Jail
who might as well be, earning some
thing toward their keep as to live in
idleness at the expense of the taxpayers.
The resolutions adopted by, the grand
| jury are as follows:
Whereas, Numbers of prisoners are
confined in the county jail of the county;
and,
Whereas, The roads of the county are
in many cases in sad need of repair and
much labor is needed on the county
farm at New Lisbon;
Resolved, That the grand jury of the
county of Burlington favors the employ
ment of such prisoners on said roads and
said county farm under proper guard
and supervision;
Resolved, That copy of this resolu-
ton be filed and be forwarded to the
clerk of the Board of Chosen Freehol-
ders of Burlington county to be present
ed to such board.
Resolved, That the Board of Chosen
Freeholders Of Burlington county be
urged to give attention to the above
matter.
| When the report was made in court
ON Wednesday morning Judge Lippin-
colt made few remarks about the SUBJ
ject and there was no doubt that he was
in favor of trial of the plan. He did
not hesitate to say that he believed it
would be good thing for the prisoners
as well as the taxpayers.
| The grand jury returned fourteen in
dictments but in accordance with the
usual custom only few were allowed to
be published. Those released by the
Censor, together with the pleas made by
each, when called to the bar, were as
| follows:
| Stanislaw Witchewic, Beverly, assault
on Alex. Sczubelek. Not guilty.
Charles Jordan, Chester. township,
stealing six chickens from George Muse
and breaking into MUSES. house and
stealing So and q razor. Not guilty.
Alfred Haines, Woodmansie, assault
with intent to kill William P. BRYAN.
Not guilty.
Nathaniel Luce, alias William Burk,
robbing John Blum, of Palmyra, of