The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-10-30
Court Affairs

Court Affairs
At Thursdays session of court Judge
Lippincott disposed of some criminal
and Orphans court matters.
John Hickey, of New York city, who
had pleaded guilty to stealing bicycle
from Semers c. Fenimore, at River
side, was sentenced to four months in
the county Jail. He said he had been
drinking and did not mean to commit
theft.
Hickey, who is 25 years of age, was
registered in New York city for mill
tary draft. He was summoned to APP
pear for examination, but could not
respond on account of being in Jail.
The local board then was requested to
conduct the examination and did so.
He passed and was certified to as being
qualified for military service. At the
expiration of his Jail sentence he no
doubt will enter the service.
Fletcher Stone, colored, was put on
trial for stealing meal tickets valued at
$40 from Irwin & Leighton, contractors
at Camp Dix, The evidence was in
sufficient to convict so the defendant
was discharged on motion of his coun-
sci, Robert Peacock.
Testimony was heard on motion to
admit to probate and prove the will of
Christiana Perkins, deceased, of
Moorestown. The will had been acct
dentally destroyed.
Mrs. Annie ID. Caldwell and her son,
Oliver p. Caldwell, testified that they
witnessed the will but that the testa-
trix did not Ideclare it to be her last
will and testament She merely told
them that she desired them to witness
paper to dispose of some things"
The court decided that the will had
not been properly executed. Letters
of administration will now be taken
out.
Application was made to allow John
w. Stone, hotel keeper at Roebling,
the privilege of selling whiskey under
his wholesale license.
AT recent session of court Judge
Lippincott announced some new rules
in relation to excise business, owing to
the proximity of Camp Dix. One of
these restrictions was that where
man holds both retail and a whole
sale license, he shall not sell any whis-
key by wholesale, the object being to
minimize what is known as the bottle
business.
This rule, it is claimed, produced a
bad state of affairs at Roebling MIR.
Stone has been quite careful in the
conduct of the wholesale license there,
and has run the business in a manner
satisfactory to the RoebIing Manufac
turing Company. Since he has been
debarred from selling whiskey, the
men employed at the wire works go to
Trenton for their supply of liquor.
The same excise rule is not in effect in
Mercer county.
The result has been that the men
have obtained whiskey without re-
straint and in larger quantities than
usual, and there has been considerable
and disorder.
Mr.. Stone offers to open a wholesale
place separate from his hotel, if that
will solve the problem, or will have
the wholesale license transferred to
some other person.
Decision was reserved.
Yesterday was the time set for the
trial of the persons indicted for the
murder Of Henry Rider, but v. Claude
Palmer ounsel for Mile Demarco, is
still con ped to his bed and Gould not
be present. DIR. harrington inform
ed the court of Mr.. Palmer's condi- |
ton and it was decided that the trial
should not proceed. 1t was set down
for the tenth of December Justice
Kalisch announced that it must pro-
coed on that day and that if Mr.. Pal
mer was still sick another lawyer
must be substituted.
Judge Carrow opened the circuit |
court and called the list of cases. The
first one ready for trial was that Of
William B. and Emile R. Goddard |
against the Manhassett Hotel Com
pany cor in the alternative" The
Manhassett Company and others.
This alternative" was for the pur-
pose of covering several points and
not letting anything escape.
Former Judge Gaskill and his son,
Thomas L., represented che plaintiffs |
and the former opened the case. The
suit was to recover in money damages
sustained by the neglect Of the de-
PENDANT, for injuries sustained by
Mrs. Goddard while a guest at the
Manhassett hotel at Seaside Park.
Two verdicts would be asked for, one
to compensate Mrs. Goddard for the
injuries, pain and suffering, the other
for the expense her husband was put
to for medical attendance, as well for
the loss of her assistance.
The Manhassett hotel affairs seem
to be pretty well mixed, as Judge Gas
kill said that he expected to recover
damages from Mrs. Turner, wife of
the man who leased the hotel, as she
was the actual operator of the place.
Mrs. Goddard entered the elevator of |
the place. Mrs. Goddard entered the
elevator of the hotel and was thrown |
to the floor of it, sustaining injuries |
which will leave her cripple for life.
1t would be shown that the elevator |
was out of repair, but this was not
known to Mrs Goddard. The man
Who had been running the elevator all
the season gave up the job on Labor |
day and boy was brought from the
ice cream saloon to continue the work. |
On the day of the accident the eleva-
tor stopped at the floor where Mrs.
Goddard stood. Before entering she
asked if everything was all right, and
was assured that such was the con-
ditiOn. Her idea in making this in
quiry was because there was boy in
charge where man had been operat-
ing.
She stepped inside and the elevator
fell at least foot and half, throw
ing the woman to the floor of the lift.
On the opposite side from which she
entered there was an open space be-
tween the side of the elevator and the
wall. Seeing this and fearing that
che Yo;orb+ he coYio,s1v in i,1rad Mrc