The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-07-22
Court Proceedings

Court Proceedings
Judge Wells had eight young me-
before him on Thursday, charged witt
gambling. Crap shooting was tn
form of amusement they had chosen
They all pleaded guilty. In this cas-
it was claimed that professionals wen
to Florence and got young men t,
play. The stakes were high, some
times as much as $50 being in on,
chance. One of the professionals is re
ported to have carried $500 away witt
him, the winnings of one afternoon
Prosecutor Kelsey said that when the
games broke up the streets had the ap
pearance of factory being let out, Sc
many boys and men being in tht
crowd. The prosecutor said he did moi
think the defendants were habitua
gamblers but seemed to have beer
caught in this one occurrence.
The Judge said he was determined tc
break up gambling which appears
to be growing to an alarming extent in
this county. He did not believe it was
confined to Florence and it was quite
likely there would be something doing
in other places. II the principals who
conduct these games and appear to be
drawing others in are brought before
him they need not expect to get off
with fine. A more severe punish
ment would be given. He fined each
of the men before him $50.
Gabor Molner was another man
brought in on charge of gambling.
He had used cards in his business. He
pleaded guilty. He was fined $50.
Milton Endicott was placed before
the court by probation officer Slaugh-
ter. This boy was before Judge Lip
pincott, who allowed him to go on
parole in charge of his sister who lives
in Atlantic City. The boy has not
been doing well and the sister sent
word that she could not manage him,
The lad is 10 years Of age. His offence
when first before the court was break
ing into bungalows near Mount Holly.
Since he has been in Atlantic CITY he
has been in several small thefts. Judge
Wells asked the boy if he remembered
what was said to him by Judge Lip
pincott and the answer was in the af-
firmative and that he knew that he
would be sent away if he again faced
the court. He was sent to the State
Home at Jamesburg.
William Cover pleaded guilty to
keeping a disorderly house near Bever-
ly. Williams offence did not appear
to be very serious SO he was placed
under probation with orders to pay the
costs.
hurry Levine and Sol Shaefer, whose
cases were before the court the prev
ious week. were called up. Nothing
had been discovered to show that these
men had bad records. During the re-
cent fire at Wrightstown they took
some cigars and cigarettes which were
put on the sidewalk after being remov-
ed from one of the buildings. The
men said they saw others helping
themselves and they followed the ex-
ample not thinking that it was steal
ing, as the goods did not appear to be
in charge of any one and were thrown
around carelessly. A man for whom
the defendants worked gave them ex-
cellent characters and said he had often
entrusted them to collect money, as
much as $500 at one time, and they
had never shown a disposition to be
dishonest. They were at work for him
at Wrightstown when the fire occurred.
The man said he would gladly take
them back in his employ. They were
allowed to go on paying the costs.
Allen J.Grandy was arraigned for the
larceny of Sc. The young man was
not represented by counsel and his
uncle asked if the boy would get along
as well if he entered plea of guilty.
The Judge said he would not allow
plea of that sort merely for the purpose
of settling the case quickly After
consultation with the young man the
uncle said he would enter the plea of
guilty and put himself on the mercy of
the court. He said he did not steal
the money but it was an error in MAX
ing change. Judge Wells would not
accept this plea because the defendant
was charged with larceny and not with
an error in his account. So the young
man pleaded guilty.
Prosecutor Kelsey said the defendant
was employed in the exchange at
Camp Dix and as there had been sums
of money missing some soldiers were
given marked bills and went and pur-
chased some articles. The cash regis
ter was examined soon after the trans
action and it was found to be So short.
One OF the marked bills was found in
the drawer, the Others were on the per-
son of the prisoner when he was arrest
ed. Sentence was deferred for a week.
The case of George c.. and Mary L.
Gibbs, of New Gretna, who are being
tried under the child welfare act, was
postponed until next week. 1t is quite
likely this case will be brought to a
solution that will be satisfactory to all
and will relieve Judge Wells from per-
forming an unpleasant DUTY. 1t is
said that relatives will take two of the
children. This will leave the oldest
girl at home unless it is decided that
she will be better off elsewhere. The
oldest son, to whom was delegated the
whipping of the others, will be allowed
to stay at home.
Took Her Life.
Miss Hannah McElwee, who lived