The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-12
Affairs at Court.


suit of Thomas Plunket against the
Public Service Railway Company
Last December Plunket was driving q
truck near Maple Shade. The condi.
ton of the roadway was such that the
truck had to go astride the trolley
tracks. A trolley car approached him
from the srear and before the truck
could get out on the roadway it was
struck and the man accompanying
Plunket was killed. The jury render.
ed verdict of $4,000 in favor of the
plaintiff.
On Thursday morning the suit OF
the Mechanics National Bank of Bur-
lington against Henry Walter, of Riv-
erside, was begun. The late Rev. Theo-
philus Goth, of Riverside, gave notes
in the bank, on two of which collater-
al had been deposited. On third
Henry Walter was the accommodation
endorser. When the first two became
due the collateral was applied to their
payment. Father Goth died and his
estate was declared insolvent. After
tie collateral had been sold and the
two notes had been paid the balance
was turned over to the estate of Father
Goth. This left the note with Mr..
Walter on unprotected, and the bank
sued him to collect the amount he had
made himself responsible for. 1t was
held by the plaintiff that Mr.. Walters
endorsement was entirely separate
from Gthe collateral transaction. The
defence claimed that the bank did not
avail itself of the opportunity to dis
pose of the securities at the time when
they were at fair market value and
when they could have been applied to
marking off the entire Indebtedness.
The case is still on.
Judge Lippincott held court upstairs
Thursday and listened to criminal
cases. Four women who had been be-
fore the court two or three times were
brought in, but Prosecutor Kelsey was
not ready to move the cases. Counsel
for one of them insisted that the charge
against her be taken up at once or else
that the woman be discharged. Mr..
Kelsey replied that he thought he had
proof of another crime against the wo-
man, but counsel claimed if that was
the case he should make separate
charges. The woman was before the
court on specific charge and if the
prosecutor could not prove that he
should drop it. Mr.. Kelsey had been
directed by Judge Lippincott to have
all his evidence on the second charge
in court on Monday of last week, but
it was shown that he did not send
telegram on the matter until Monday
evening. The woman's counsel claim
ed that the.prosecutor had not shown
due diligence in this matter, as the de-
PENDANT had been in custody four
weeks. Mr.. Kelsey Indignantly denied
the charge that be had been negligent,
but the fact remains that he did not
comply with the courts order to have
certain facts in last Monday. Judge
Lippincott said he thought the matter
was one for the grand jury to consider,
and the prosecutor said he intended to
present it to that body on Friday. If
he did take such action the grand jury
evidently paid little attention to it, as
the woman was not indicted
All the women were sent back to Jail
with the understanding that the par
ticular case referred to must be dis
posed of on Thursday of this week.
The grand jury was in session on
Friday. 1t finished its work that eve
ming and returned three indictments,
only one of which can be made public
now. That is against Eugene Harri-
son for assault and battery on William
J. Frazier, of Bordentown city.
The principal business for which the
grand jury was called is said to have
been the investigation of case at Bev-
erly, where there had been some doings
which were below the moral standard
set up by the authorities. From what
can be learned there was nothing in
the charge. At any rate the jury did
not find a bill.
The grand jury made the following
recommendations
First-As to the court room. Our at
tention has been called to the worn
out carpet within the rallied enclosure
at the front of the room and around
the Judges bench. This carpet is com
pletely worn out. 1t is unsanitary and
in filthy condition. We recommend
that it be removed at once and replac-
ed with proper floor covering.
Second-As to the Jail. We have
inspected the basement and find that
a portion of the Hoor is made of bricks
which are now completely worn out.
1t appears to be impossible to keep
this part of the Jail in sanitary con-
dition and give it the proper cleaning.
We recon- mend that this brick floor
be removed and a floor of cement be
put down in its place at once.
Third-Also as to the Jail. We find
that only cold water runs to the bath
tubs and we believe it necessary for
the proper care of the prisoners that
each tub be connected with the hot
water supply. We urge that this be
, attended to at once in order that the
jail itself and the prisoners may be
kept in healthy condition.
We find that these changes in the
} Jail were recommended by the Grand
Jury at the term for December, 1917
but that no steps have been taken tc
carry out the recommendations We
urge that all these matters be placed
before the Board of Freeholders al
, once. We further suggest that unless
these changes be attended to then thai
I the matter he laid hafora tho ,ovt