The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-05-22
Court Affairs.

OOuTt AIIalrS.
Last week was busy time for th
criminal courts. Tuesday was occr
pied in trying the Indictment agains
Giuseppe Buananni charged with re
ceiving stolen goods. The man live
at Bordentown, where he conducts
barber shop. Four boys were recent
arrested for stealing chickens and wer
sent to the reform school for commit
ting the crime. The information the
gave when they were before the cour
resulted in the arrest of Buananni
Three of the boys were brought from
the reform school to give evidence Oh
the trial on Tuesday. Two of the lad
said they did not do any of the sellin,
but sent companion into the shol
and when he came out he always haC
money. This boy, whose name is JOY
said he did all the selling, but he neve
got more than so cents for chicken
He thought he had sold IA. His frs
sales were made to man who moved
from Bordentown and then the prison
er said he would do the buying.
The defendant said he had purchas
ed the chickens but did not have any
reason to believe they were stolen. He
knew that the boy from whom he
bought was employed by junk dealer
and as he travelled over the country he
had opportunities for buying different
articles and the prisoner did not be-
lieve there was anything wrong.
The story told by Buananni was
plausible but the jury thought the
man had not exercised the proper pre-
caution. The mere fact that boy
was constantly offering chickens for
sale should have aroused the SUSPECT
ons of the buyer, and he should have
made some inquiry where the boy was
getting the goods. The verdict was
guilty.
Wednesday was the date set for the
trial of William Tribolet, indicted for
arson in firing the building of John
Worth, on the road from Mount Holly
TO Rancocas. The jury had been
drawn, stenographer had been engage
ed and the witnesses were present,
when it was discoveredthat the defend
ant could not be convicted under the
indictment as it had been framed. A
conference between the court, prosecu-
tor Kelsey and Robert Peacock, who
Tribolet, was held in the
Judges room, and the fact that the in
dictment could not stand was made
apparent. Mr.. Peacock wanted either
a mol pros, or to have the indictment
quashed but prosecutor Kelsey would
not agree to either proposition and
when the matter was brought up in
open court he simply said he did not
intend to go on with the case, so Tribo-
let is still under bail and may be prop
erly indicted at the October term. The
jury was discharged and an order was
given that the county pay the expenses
of the stenographer. The cost to the
county for the error in framing the in
dictment was about SIS.
On Thursday John Maylon was
brought into court on the charge of
setting fire to woods and cranberry
Dogs in Medford township. The prose-
,utor said to the defendant that he had
signed waiver of indictment, but be-
lore the prisoner had time to answer
Judge Lippincott called Mr.. Kelsey's
attention to the fact that the man had
pleaded not guilty and that he would
nave to retract that plea before any
hing else could be done. This proce-
lure was followed and Maylon pleaded
guilty. His first plea was that the fire
vas an accident but on Thursday he
pleaded guilty without any explana-
ion. He was sent to the state prison
or term of not less than one nor
more than three years. He should
nave been sent to the Vineland Home
or feeble-minded, but as the court
,annot compel the Home to admit
criminals there was nothing left but to
'end the fellow to Trenton.
Harry VanAmburg was called for
sentence for committing a rape at
Riverside. Prosecutor Kelsey asked
hat the sentence be such as not only
% punish the prisoner bat to protect
,he community. During his remarks
Mr.. Kelsey said this was not the first
lime the prisoner had been guilty OF at
east attempting a similar crime. In
April, 1915, there had been a complaint
before the grand jury that VanAm-
burg had seized young girl and had
attempted to assault her, being fright
sned away by some boys who happen
ID to be near.
Mr.. Peacock, who represented Van
Amburg, objected to the prosecutor in
reducing anything into this case
which was not part of it and was some
which happened two years
ago. To this the prosecutor said he
had right to show the previous record
of the prisoner at the bar and said the
grand jury dismissed the complaint
because the young girl in question was
about to be married and did not want
TO get notoriety. Mr.. Kelsey said he
was prepared to prove the assertions he
made and that he had the evidence to
convict VanAmburg if he had been
indicted in 1915.
To this Mr.. Peacock replied that
Kelsey had not done his duty as q
sworn official if he allowed a case Of
that character to go UNPUBLISHED when
be had the testimony to convict. Mr..
Peacock said he knew of the case in
question and he was able to show
that the defendant was home in bed at
the time it was alleged that the offence