The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-06-18
Affairs at Court
On Thursday Judge Lippincott heard

On Thursday Judge Lippincott heart
) number of criminal cases.
Edith Baird and Esther Skillman
both colored, pleaded guilty of fornica
ton with soldiers at Camp Dix Anns
Holmund, Of Jacobstown. pleaded
guilty to the same charge.
The Baird and Holmund girls were
charged with having committed the
act while being afflicted with ven
ereal disease, which makes the crime
more serious under the laws of New
Jersey. They both were committed tc
the woman's home at Clinton, where
they will be compelled to live moral
and correct life for at least a year.
This evidently was more severe than
the Holmund girl had been expecting,
for she gave shrek and collapsed in
a faint after the court had pronounced
sentence. She was carried from the
room by two officers present.
Sentence on the Skillman girl will
be imposed next Thursday.
| ANTHONY Paccilio, of Riverside. en-.
tered plea of guilty to a charge of
adultery. He has been living with a
woman in Riverside for number of
months. He has wife in Italy, to-
ward whose support he has contributed
nothing. The defendant had been
told, he alleged, that he had right to
live with another woman in this coun-
try. He was fined SIS.
Howard Smith, aged 10, and Will.
liam Wedell, aged IA, both of Mount
Holly, were charged with breaking in
to the bungalow of Prof. James P.
Lichtenberger, on the upper creek, and
stealing watch, pocket knife and
other articles. Prof. Lichtenberger
stated that his and the Turner bunga-
low, near by, had been entered num-
Der of times and various articles stolen.
Both boys pleaded guilty.
Wedell, who has been under proba-
ton for larceny committed about two
years ago, was committed to the re-
form school. His mother had informed
the court that all efforts to control the
boy had been fruitless.
Smith was placed on probation and
costs of prosecution were imposed, to
be paid at the rate of one dollar a
month.
Arthur Horner, aged II, pleaded
guilty to charge Of breaking and en-
tering the public school building at
Delanco and stealing some pencils and
clock. In the course of the examina-
ton of the lad it was learned that he
previously had committed two other
acts of petty larceny.
He was placed under probation for
two years and sentenced to paw the
costs of prosecution at the rate of one
dollar month.
This concluded the criminal business
for the day.
The Judge then heard a civil suit
Mrs. Clara Bouton against the Adams
Express Co., an action to recover dam
ages.
Last December the plaintiff sent a
sewing machine, properly Grated, from
New Egypt to Mount Holly by express.
When it arrived here it was damaged
SO that she could not use it. She mott
fed the local agent and he inspected
the breakage. A claim for damages
was made, but action was delayed in
the manner that is usual in such cases.
Mrs, Bouton finally sent the machine
to New York by express and had it re-
paired. The cost of the repairs was
$10.25. She brought suit for that
amount and also for loss of work as
dressmaker for twelve weeks at the rate
of SIS per week. She said she had been
unable to rent machine to take the
place of the damaged one until it could
be repaired.
The judge reserved decision.
William A. Slaughter represented
the plaintiff, Herbert S. Killie appear
ed for the company.
Clayton Foster, aged 20, pleaded
guilty to fornication with girl in New
Hanover township. 1t was learned
that he had been suffering with a We
nereal disease for year past. He has
been employed as a waiter in restau
rant at Wrightstown. He was COM
mitted to the Railway refor ma tory.