The Mount Holly news., 1919-12-16
Civil and Criminal Gases

q Common Pleas court, on Wednesday
n by Judge Wells and a jury Tn
e action was brought by Franklin w
! Dean, of Chicago, against John H
! Cameron. a Burlington druggist, Viii
liam N. Cooper, of Trenton, represent
ed Dean; Ernest Watts. of Burlington
appeared for the defendant.
The evidence showed that in June
1917, a representative of the Partin
; Manufacturing Company, of Chicago
made contract with Mr.. Cameron tc
furnish the prizes, literature, placards,
ETC., for voting contest to decide who
was the most popular girl in Bnrling-
ton. Customers making purchases at
Cameron's store we're entitled to nom-
mate and vote for candidates. The
number of votes was to be determined
by the amount of the customers pur-
chase. The scheme was held to be a
fine method of increasing merchants
business.
In payment of the prizes, literature
and conduct OF the contest, Mr.. Gamer
on signed six notes of $3.50 each. The
Partin Company was to furnish sat
isfactory bond TO guarantee that it
would fulfill it's part of the agreement.
Before the prizes had been received
or the contest put into operation, Mr..
Cameron learned that the scheme was
not conducted on the level; that some
contestants were announced by the
company, as the contest progressed, to
have received thousands of votes which
they did not receive, the purpose being
to keep five or six candidates neck to
neck in the race, in order to create
public enthusiasm and renewed efforts
by contestants to solicit votes
When the fraudulent nature of the
contest came to Mr.. Cameron's atten-
tions, he refused to become party to
it and notified the company that there
would be no contest at his store. He
did not receive the prizes from the
company, and the bond sent to him
was not satisfactory. as the Ohio bond
ing company issuing it was not auth
orized to do business in New Jersey.
Two of the notes given by Mr.
Cameron were assigned by the Partin
Company to Desbress, Bridges & Noel.
also of Chicago, in part payment of
prizes bought from the latter concern.
The notes were not paid and were pro-
tested, after which the Debress firm
assigned them to one of their employees
Franklin w. Dean, with instructions
to bring suit against Cameron. The
testimony showed that the firm did
not desire to appear in lawsuits of this
character, for fear of injuring it's busi-
ness, SO had such suits instituted in
Deans name.
A deposition of a government en-
ploye stated that warnings had been
issued that the Partin Company was
using the mails for illegitimate pur-
poses.
The fact that the notes had been trans
ferred to and accepted by the Desbress
Company in an apparently legitimate
transaction, made them, under the
law, immune from aJJacK.
By direction of the court the jury re-
turned verdict for the amount of the |
notes. with interest, totaling $34O.25,
in favor of the plaintiff.
On Thursday the court disposed OF a |
number of criminal cases.
Imre Kecskes, who had pleaded |
guilty to charge of stealing 5000 from
his boarding house mistress at Roebl-
ing, was called for sentence The de-
fendant claimed he did not know the /
money belonged to the woman, but |
thought it was the property of fellow
boarder who had left this country and |
gone to Europe. He made no attempt |
to escape with the cash, but remained |
at the house three months after the
crime, when he was arrested. The |
money was kept under a carpet in a
bedroom. The hiding place was shown
to the prisoner by little daughter of |
the boarding house mistress.
AS complete restitution almost has |
been made and the balance is to be 1
paid, and in view of the fact that the |
defendant has spent seven weeks in |
Jail awaiting the disposition of his case,
the court imposed fine of 800 and |
probation for one year.
Albert Troutman, Peter Morasky, |
Raymond Nitchman, George Mitch
man, George Gordon, Charles Tumb-
Ter, Andrew Fault and Ralph Beebe,
all Of Hainesport, ploaded guilty to a
charge of gambling for money. The |
specific kind of gaming in this instance |
was crap shooting. They were fined
$40 each.
Walter Morasky, aged Is, OF Haines-
port, pleaded guilty to charge of
malicious mischief. He upset and |
broke wagon belonging to Miss Lydia
M. Parry. 1t was stored in building,
which the boy entered The court sus-
pended sentence, imposed costs of
and placed the defendant
under probation for one year.
Isaac Pullen, charged with the lar
ceny of an OvercOat from John F. Mill |
er, at Bordentown, entered plea of |
guilty. He will be sentenced next
Michael Casey and Thomas Joyce,
both of Philadelphia, were fined 500
each for stealing brass castings from
the Wall Rope Works, Beverly. The
two men had been sent to the works
by Philadelphia concern to disman
tie some machinery which was to be
moved.
In tbs civil action of Harry c. |
Lounsberry against Almira Thompso n
for the recovery of 5000 for material
and labor. the judgment of Justices
court was reversed and a non suit
granted.
On Friday Judge Wells and jury
heard the case of Nicholas G.. Penni-
man, trading as the Baltimore Pulveri-
zing Company, against Albert Blank
and Geoage C. A. Jacoby.
This was an action to recover $609. .25 |
for fertilizers sold to defendants and |
used by them during 1918. The fertili
zer consisted of 60 sacks each of three |
brands-special potato. corn and grain,
and truckers choice. There was no
dispute as to the price or delivery of
the fertilizer.
The defence claimed that the differ |
ent mixtures did not contain the full
amount of chemical ingredients stated |
in the guarantee or marked on the
bags. They used the fertilizers on
peas, sweet corn, potatoes and toma-
toes on two farms on the road from
Rancocas to Beverly, and claimed that
all their crops were failure, due to the
inferiority of the fertilizers. They not
only refused to pay PLAINTIFF S claim but
asked damages for the failure of the
crop, consisting of IA acres of peas, 6
acres of potatoes, acres of sweet corn,
opd 7 oarac Of f0mafOac