The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-01-02
Court Affairs.

IuS SiaHu Jury maOo ltS report or
Wednesday afternoon. Ten indict
# ments were returned, among them
e being the following:
Frank Arlington, larceny of shoes
and clothing from Rev. A. W. Bost-
a wick and Alice Lehman. He is charg-
with committing the act while at the
, Vincentown hospital, feigning illness,
and then suddenly left with the goods
mentioned.
DIR. Martin w. Curran, of Chats
worth, criminal libel in an article he
furnished to this newspaper relative to
fire that destroyed the property of
the Chatsworth club. The complain
ant is Frank P. Berry, owner of the
buildings destroyed.
Mary johnson, larceny in Chester
township from Ewalt Hates, Oscar
Bush and Emma r. Darnell.
: Ellsworth Johnson, OF Willingboro
township, failing to file statement of
election expenses.
Ras nus c. Hensen, embezzlement of
81, 275 from Adams Express Company,
at Bordentown.
Steadman Bishop, William Bishop
and Joel Mutt, assault on Agnes NJ
Bishop.
n Announcement was made that the
trial of Thomas Davis, colored. charg-
ed with numbering his wife, will take
place on January Is; Edward Cook,
same charge, on January %, and the
Italians charged with the murder Of
Henry d. Rider, at Atsion, on Febru-
airy 26.
William w. Worrell, Of Mount Holly,
Charles B. Ballinger, of Lumberton,
and Henry P. Thorn, of Medford, were
appointed commissioners to assess
damages in condemnation proceedings
instituted by the Lumberton township
board Of education to secure land for
the erection of public school build
ing.
Judge Carlow, of the Circuit court,
heard some civil actions.
The case of Laura V. Wills, known
also as Laura V. Peterson, against the
estate of William B. Wills, deceased,
was settled by agreement between
counsel. and formal verdict by jury
was rendered, on Wednesday, in favor
Of the complainant for $4,000. She
claimed to be the wife Of Wills, and
that right is recognized as far as the
estate is concerned. This settlement
covers her dover claim in the Wills es-
| tate.
James NJ. Davis represented the COM
plainant; V. Claude Palmer the heirs,
and John G. Horner the Burlington
County Trust Company, executor.
The suitof Joseph 8. Butterweck, of
Moorestown, against Henry ]. Steiner,
of Camden, was an action to recover
1925 for services in a real estate trans
action. The plaintiff was engaged to
secure a factory site for Steiner, which
he did, at Marlton, and the defendant
approved of the same. Afterward, !
Steiner got q place in Camden and |
then refused to pay Butterweck for the
Marlton transaction.
The jury rendered verdict Of $25 in
favor Of Butterweck.
Joseph r. Rowen brought suit
against Laura Bowen, both of Moores-
town, to recover $145.54 for alterations
made to her residence. Rowen is a
building contractor.
The defense claimed that the work
was agreed to be done by contract for
800; also that some of it had not been
done in workmanlike manner. Rowen
denied both these allegations.
The jury returned verdict for $l12.7O
in favor of Bowen.
On Friday Judge Lippincott granted
the following hotel and wholesale Ii
quor licenses:
VIM. c. Lands. wholesale. Bridgeboro 500
Geo " Mount R nGss. ssyerly Twp I ioo
Josiah Wallace, hotel Palmyra l75
wholesale " 100
Catherine Heating, hotel, East Riverton l25
John b. Miller, hotel, MedfOrd $50
+" wholesale 100
Chas. ii. Kern, hotel, Palmyra l76 4,
Helen Eastburn, hotel, Bridgeboro 125
F" " wholesale 100
John 2. Jones. hotel, Marion lbs
Thos. A. Reeder, Crosswicks is
Brose E. Smith, Wrightstown 100
Geo. V. Bozarth, Chatsworth 100
William H. Ryan made application
for license for the West End hotel,
Moorestown. A remonstrance had
been filed against the granting Of this
license, and January 10 was fixed for
hearing Of the case.
Judge Lippincott stated that at the
October term, 1915, this application
had been refused on the ground that
the necessity Of the license had not
been established. He gave notice that
necessity will be the sole issue again
this time.
Several persons indicted by the grand
jury appeared and entered pleas, as
follows:
DR.. NV. Curran, criminal libel, not
guilty.
Steadman Bishop, William Bishop
and Joel Mutt, assault and battery, not
guilty.
Ellsworth Johnson, failing to file
election expense account. guilty. John
son was candidate for constable in
WIllingboro township and was defeat
ed. He said he had spent no money
and did not know that defeated candi-
dates were required to file any state
ment. He was fined S..
Douglas Fisher. confined in Jail on a |
charge OF assaulting his wife, was or
dered released because no indictment |
had been found against him by the
grand jury.
Mount Holly Bowling League.
In the bowling league contest on
Tuesday night the Holly Club took
two out of the three games from the
Elks. In the second game the EIks
rolled up $50 pins, tieing the Juniors
for high score, who, the previous week
rolled the same score. The scores:
HOLLY CLUB
Cain 1853 213 1872
Blind 142 148 Ill
Elberson 1877 157 las
Moen 1913 100 1856
F. Claypoole 144 124 125
Totals 715 8O2 679