The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-26

Ouelu. Tie nau nau all the morning to
interview his witnesses and the prose-
cutor admit I'd that he had not attend
ed to that duty. He was given until
two o'clock in which to try to get
his side of the case in shape.
Anthony JesseIl, of Maple Shade,
was brought in on waiver to answer
the charge of indecent assault on some
little girls but prosecutor Kelsey said
he had looked into this matter and he
did not believe there was any foun
dation for the charge and he asked
that the matter be dismissed.
Walter Danley was fined $50 and
sentenced to sixty days in the county
Jail for escaping from the custody of
the Sheriff while working on the roads.
He was told if he came before the court
on similar charge he was likely to 60
to the state prison.
MIR. Slaughter presented a writ of
habeas corpus which brought into
court Sadie Field. She had been
sentenced to thirty days in the county
Jail for statutory offence, in which
the justice did not have any jurisdic-
ton. Mr.. Slaughter asked that the
woman be discharged and it was so
ordered. The charge against the
woman was made by j. Fred Maloney,.
a government official and the justice
in the case was Andrew A. Dolan, of
Wrightstown. The commitment was
great piece of literary work and read
as follows:
Sadie Field did CONT Phornica-
ton with one Frank Robert Camp Dix
at the National Hotel at Borough of
Wrightstown at Which charge she
Pleaded guilty and therefore comit her
to the County Jail Mt. Holley for the
Period of thirty day"
John Hagaman, who had not paid
any attention to the conditions of his
parole, was brought in and was direct
ed to give the probation officer an order
on his employer for an amount to be
kept from his weekly wages until the
costs were paid.
Another case which the prosecutor
was compelled to abandon was that of
Florence Williams. 1t was discovered
that the offence with which she was
charged did not occur in this county,
SO there was not anything left but to
allow her to depart. AS there were
some incidents in connection with this
affair that make it possible for the
grand jury to consider the case the
court ordered her to enter bail on her
own recognizance to await the action
of the jury. AS the woman was allow
ed to depart it is likely this is the last
that will be heard of the case.
In the afternoon the trial of Louis
Shinn on the charge of larceny was
heard.
This was another of those cases VIII ere
a defendant pleads without having the
advice of counsel before Going so. In
this instance the man had pleaded
guilty, and one would naturally sup
pose that such action would settle the
matter and all that would be left would
be the pronouncing Of sentence. But
as is always the case, the defendant
was allowed to make statement, and
when he had told his side of the case
there seemed to be reason for counsel
to be assigned to him. Mr.. Slaughter
was given this task and he worked un-
der the disadvantage of the fact that
the man had pleaded guilty.
A Ford automobile which had been
purchased in 1918 was wrecked along
the road near Moorestown. 1t was the
property of Henry l. HoagIand and
was in the care of a driver who disap.
peared right after the accident and has
not been heard from since. Shinn had
been in the habit of going up and down
the road daily, and after the car had
been apparently abandoned Shinn
wrote to Robert Wills, of Marlton, and
told him the car was for sale. Will
went and took it, Hoagland, five days
after the accident, went to look for his
car and he found it completely dis
mantled. Going after the remains later
he found the car had been removed
and he sought the services of the chief
of police of Moorestown. They found
what was left of the auto in Camden
garage. The number of the engine had
been filed off, but Hoagland said he
knew it was his car. The clue thus Sc
cured was followed up and it was
found how the car got to the garage
and who was responsible for it's being
there. Shinn was arrested and ne
made statement to the chief of police.
The latter said he warned the defend
ant that what he might say could be
used against him and Shinn admitted
his part in the transaction.
This was the states case and at its
conclusion Mr.. Slaughter said there
were some points that he would like
looked into. He held that this was
more of a civil case in the nature of
trover and conversion than criminal
one.
Judge Lippinoott said there was a
fine point involved. If Wills bought
the auto on the information impaired
to him by Shinn the question arose
whether Shinn was not guilty. of
larceny. He asked the lawyers to look
up all points that might be involved
in the case and present them on FRI
day.
Yesterday prosecutor Kelsey moved
some criminal cases. The first was the
indictment against Robert Marshall,
charged with burglary at the Pig n
Whistle Inn, Browns Mills. The crime
was supposed to have been committed
on June last. A large number of ar.
ticles were stolen, the value of them
being 1916, but the prosecutor had moi
been able to get hold of any of the
stolen property except a gold-filled
watch which pawnbroker in Phila
delphia said had been taken to his shor
. by Marshall. Daniel Lennon testified
that on the night Of the robbery Mar