The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-02-22
Court.


e One of the first things done in court
= Thursday morning was the revocation
? of the license of the lotel "Browns-Mills-
/ in-the-P Pines" Whn the license was
applied for in January the Governor had
3 issued his proclamation declaring the
; forfeiture of charters pf corporations that
had not paid the annual tax. Among
them was the hotel in question, conse-
quently it did not have any standing or
existence. That fact was overlooked
, by all who were interested and the only
thing taken into consideration was that
the license had to be renewed at the
January term. Judge Mppincott said,
on Thursday, that he could easily see
how the real facts might have been over
looked and that the entire affair was a
mistake was apparent, but, under the
law, there was nothing left ior him to do
but to revoke the license. The counsel
who represented the hotel said that
duplication would be made later for q
license under another statute.
c. Franklin Murphy asked to be dis
charged from liability for damages in
the suit brought against him by Arthur
Phillips. This was the civil suit which
grew out OF the action of Murphy and
Francis Tracy Tobin in alleged false ar
rest of Phillips. A verdict was rendered
for 50, 900 against the defendants and as
Murphy could not pay he was COM
mitted to Jail from which institution he
was released on bail. He showed the
court that he was practically penniless
and the order to release him from the
debt was granted.
Sheriff Stecher was directed to sum-
mon IS jurors to appear on Wednesday.
Albert Jobes signed a waiver of indict-
ment on the charge of having commit
ed serious crime against young child.
The boy showed signs Of mental defects
and the case was laid over for further
Investigation. He prisoner was SEN
fenced to the Railway reformatory.
John Miller was brought up on the
charge of stealing watch from man
in Riverside. When asked to tell his
story John ratified off at rate that had
Billy Sunday left at the post. He fire.
quently addressed the Judge as ''Mr.
Lippincott, and when asked if he had
ever been in trouble of this kind before,
he said: INC, Mr.. Lippincott; l know
you and your brother, and lots of other
people who know l have never dene
Tn hn
Judge thought it would not be bad
idea to let John stay in jail for about
three months.
James and William Arnett, last week,
signed a waiver of Indictment, and
asked to tried by the court. The charge
against them was breaking and entering
the store of Maurice Garwood, at Med
ford, and stealing certain articles. Mel
son w. Peak, constable and special Off
Ger at Medford, told Of seeing the men in
that town on Saturday evening, January
8. They hed both been drinking. He
told them to go home. Early the next
morning he was informed that Gar |
woods store had been broken into. For
some reason he suspected the Arnetts
and he went toward Taunton where the |
men lived and on the way stopped at
the cabin of two men named Cameron. /
There he heard that the Arnetts had left /
a can of fish and some tobacco the same |
as was sold in Garwoods store. At the !
home of the others some matches of
particular make were found in possess
sion of the men.
The clerk in the store testified that the !
tobacco was some that had been in stock !
for about five years, and the matches !
were some that we're sold exclusively by |
Garwood. He stated that the defend
ants had been customers at the store
for some time.
The defence was that the Arnetts had |
been in the custom of buying goods
at the store and had made a purchase
on the morning of day that the rob-
berry was committed. They testified
they had bought tobacco and matches, I
as we'll as fish, the same as was shown
to have been stolen and they denied
having committed the crime with which
they were charged.
The states side of the case was cared
for by prosecutor Kelsey. Charles A.
Rigg appeared for the defendants and
the verdict was not guilty.
Yesterday Vincenzo Barbo, alias
James Barber, pleaded guilty to stealing
S1o0 worth of copper wire from the
Farmers Telephone Company. SEN
tence was deferred until Thursday.
David F. Warren was then called for
trial before the court as by agreement
through counsel, Warren being repre-
sented by Robert Peacock. Prosecutor
Kelsey was assisted by Maxwell Pestcoe,
a Philadelphia lawyer.
The state claimed that, on June 10,
1914, Warren hired AGAR from the Auto
Transi. Company and made an agree
ment with that corporation whereby it {
was understood that the car was only
hired, Warren to pay certain sum
for four months, the car then
to be returned. Warren paid one month,
and sent checks which were returned to {
him. The company demanded the re-
turn of the car, but Warren did not {
comply with the request, and would not
tell Of the whereabouts of the car. 1t was
he put chattel mortgage on !
the car. The company used every
effort to get it back. g |,
The defendant told OF going to the /
GOrson Auto Company and wanted to !
purchase car. In pay ment he offered
300 in cash and another machine
valued at 5000. He was referred to the
Auto Transit Company, as they were
agents for the other company. The
Auto Company demanded Judgment
note for 5000 and he agreed to pay cash
later, and did pay $50, making $3.50 in
ALL The defence claimed that the Auto
Transit Company did not own the car.
At the conclusion Of the testimony Mr..
Peacock said he was willing to submit
the case without argument, but the
Philadelphia lawyer would not agree to
that procedure and he delivered a long
at the conclusion of which Il
Judge Lippincott decided that the state
had not made out case and directed
that the defendant be discharged.
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