The Mount Holly news., 1919-12-23
Civil and Criminal Court

Civil and Criminal Court
The jury in the case of the Baltimo,
Pulverizing Company against Alber
Blank and George C. A. Jacoby
} brought in verdict, on Wednesday
of one dollar in favor of the defend.
ants.
This, as published last week, was an
action brought by the company to re-
cover claim of 5000 for fertilizers sold
to the defendants. The latter alleged
that the fertilizers did not analyze up
to the standard, and filed a counter
claim for approximately S2,7OO for
failure OF crops due to the defective fer
tilizers.
Judge Wells and jury heard the
case of Amos Taylor against Jerome
Brewer. both of Mount Holly, an
action to recover for damage to and
loss of use of Ford automobile.
On August %. 1918, Brewer stole
Taylor's car from the garage at the
corner of Garden and Buttonwood
streets, and abandoned it at Strouds-
burg, Pa, after having driven it to
that city.
Taylor testified that he spent a week
in searching for the car, thereby losing
s44.24 wages at Camp Dix; that he
paid about $34 to have 1T repaired after
it had been returned to him; that he
had offered and paid reward of $50
for its return; that he lost SIS week
for four weeks from fares for carrying
other workmen to and from Camp Dix
that the car, on account of rough usage
at the hands of Brewer, had deprecated
5000 in value; that he paid $25 to the
man who drove the Ford from Strouds-
burg to Mount Holly.
Taylor said he had bought the car
about two months before Brewer took
it; that it was secondhand machine,
and that he had spent about 500 on it
for repairs and new parts; therefore he
held that it was worth s4OO at the time
of the theft.
The jury evidently did not overlook
any of the items of loss claimed by
Taylor, for the verdict was SAB in his
favor.
incidentally it may be stated that
Brewer, in addition to the above civil
suit was brought before the criminal
court for stealing the car. On Septem-
Der "a, 1918, he pleaded guilty to the
charge and was sentenced to the New
Jersey Reformatory. He has been
paroled, and is now working on farm
near Stroudsburg.
Judge Wells heard criminal and
Orphans court cases on Thursday.
Isaac Pullen, charged with the lar
ceny of an overcoat at Bordentown,
was sentenced to the county Jail for
three months. This was his second
offence of petty larceny.
NormanlE. Stowell, one of bunch
of Hainesport crap shooters. pleaded
guilty to a charge of gaming. He was
fined $40.
Tony Christinzie and Philip
Gallopi, each aged IL years. residing
respectively ON Shreye and Green
streets. Mount Holly, pleaded guilty to
stealing bicycle from one of the pub
lie school buildings. They were plac-
ed in charge of the probation officer
under suspension OF sentence.
Three boys, Thomas Gamble. Will
liam Donovan and arthur O'Brien.
who had pleaded guilty to entering the
residence of Stacy s. Pancoast, at /
Delanco, and committing depredations
therein, also were placed on probation
under suspension Of sentence.
Benjamin H. Sharp, colored, was
placed on trial for assault and attemt-
ed rape on Mrs. Margaret A. Funk,
white woman residing in Moorestown,
The act was committed on Hallowe' EN-
night, October 5lst last.
The case will be concluded to-mor-
row.
Robert Rhodes, --aged IS, an ex-
soldier, pleaded guilty to stealing
jewelry, etc., valued at 1853,
from the store of Solomon Alvo, at
Wrightstown. He was sent to the
state reformatory.
In the Orphans court the final ac-
count in the estate of Paul Ruff was
presented and allowed.
An order was granted to confirm la
sale of land belonging to the estate of
David NJ. Hess. Also an order
the completion of sale of
land belonging to the estate of Eva d.
Hancock, which had been in progress
before her death.