The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-10-16
Pleas to Indictments and Other
Criminal Matters.

ing from the killing of children by
automobiles, came into court on Sat.
kurday, and pleaded not guilty. They
were Rev. A. w. Bostwick, of Vincen-
town, and Charles Coate, of Lumber.
ton township.
James Mercer Davis, who is to de-
fend the Rev. Mr.. Bostwick, asked
that an early trial be granted. He
said his client felt that the killing of
the child was accidental, and the de-
PENDANT did not desire to rest any long
er than possible under the imputation
that it was otherwise. No definite
date was named, but Prosecutor Kel-
sew promised to move the case as
speedily as possible, probably early in
November.
Mr.. Davis also requested that he be
furnished a bill of particulars as to the
charges against Rev. Mr.. Bostwick.
The indictment, he said, charged a
''criminal and felonious" act, and he
desired to know of what that consisted.
! The defendant claims it was purely an
unavoidable accident and is ignorant
of any criminal act.
The court stated that the request
would be given consideration later.
Other persons who were indicted en-
tered pleas as follows:
Michael Roache, assault and battery
on Lewis Abrahams, of Bordentown,
not guilty.
George Grant, obtaining money
under false pretences, guilty. He un-
truthfully represented that he had
been authorized to collect money for a
Beverly fire company and had OBJ
tanned $25.
Joseph Rosenthal, Samuel Rosen
thai and David Schoolman. larceny of
eleven chickens from Anna w. Satter-
thwait and from Browns Mills poultry
farm, pleaded not guilty.
Leslie Shorter, of Chester township,
aged eleven years, larceny and ma
licious mischief, not guilty. 1t is al
legged that he stole and destroyed water
melons belonging to Harvey o. Fry.
Fred Albury, larceny of an automo-
bile robe from Walter S. Lewis, of Bev.
erly, not guilty.
Joseph Shemeley, of Riverside, in
decent assault on Viola Brown, moi
guilty.
Leo Gilbert, larceny of automobile
tire from George R. Tees, of Palmyra,
not guilty.
George ]. Cooney, assault and bat
terry on George B. Parker, at Lumber
ton, guilty. The defendant stated
that he had repaired an automobile for
Parker and that the latter refused to
pay the bill. After several requests
had been made for the amount due,
Cooney concluded that he might scare
Parker Unto paying the money. One
day, after an unsuccessful demand fol
payment, Cooney gave Parker shak-
ing and struck him on the face with
his hand.
The court said there are legal
methods of collecting money without
resorting to violence. The defendant
was fined $50.
John Turner and John Burch, lar
ceny OF a Ford automobile from Ed
ward West; also for receiving stolen
goods, namely, the same car. They
pleaded guilty to receiving stolen
goods.
The two men have been in the EN-.
ploy of Irwin & Leighton, contractors,
at Wrightstown. One day they de-
cided to take a short vacation and
hired jitney to bring them to Mount
Holly. The driver of the car offered to
sell it to them for $3.50 and they ac-
cepted the offer, each man putting up
$95 to complete the deal. They then
decided to go to Philadelphia. The
drivers accompanied them as far as
Camden. He told them the law al
lowed them ten days in which to have
the car license transferred.
Neither of the defendants mad driven
a car, but Turner tackled the job. He
made out fairly we'll until he reached
the corner of Broadway and Market
street, Camden, where he stalled the
engine. After few unsuccessful efforts
to start, traffic policeman sauntered
over to see what the trouble was. He
noticed that the license tag contained
the number of car that had been re-
ported stolen and at once arrested the
two men.
They said they did not know the car
had been stolen; that they had made
no effort to change its appearance or
license tag, and that they never before
had been arrested for any crime.
The owner of the car, West, had re-
ported that when it was stolen it con-
tanned tire tubes and tools valued at
SOL. These articles were missing when
the sale was made to the defendants.
The court imposed fine of $50 each
and also required that the SCI be paid
This made the transaction rather ex-
pensive, as the entire deal cost the de-
PENDANTS 1851.
Other indictments, to which pleas
have not yet been made, are the fol-
lowing:
Joseph Schauerman, Chester town
ship, assault on Joseph Wechselberger.
Almond Volmer, Mount Holly,
breaking into and stealing three bags
Of feed from a freight car.
julius Handsman, New Hanover
township, larceny of chickens from
Harry Davis.
The G rand jury made recommend
alton that steps be taken for the pas
sage of law that would establish a
state constabulary, believing that such
an organization is necessary for the
proper protection Of the people in the
rural communities.
At last Thursdays session OF the
county court few criminal cases were
considered
Howard Archer and David Montrey,
both of Columbus, pleaded guilty to
operating penny-in-the-slot gambling
machines in their small stores. The
defendants claimed that they did not
know these machines were illegal, and
had heard that similar instruments
were in operation in other parts of the
county.
The court imposed fine of $50 each,
and directed the defendants to furnish
to the prosecutor the name of the man
who installed the machines.
Inhn Wesley. cnlnrad who was or.