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2nd Street extends north-south between Front Street and 3rd Street, running parallel to the Delaware River until Mechanic Street. In the early 1970s, several buildings were cleared on the east side of North 2nd Street below Mickle Street to make way for the Royal Court townhomes and Mickle Tower senior citizens apartment building.
Judge Vroom sentenced policy writers Walter Garwood, Harriett Smith, William Parker and Washington Ketline despite Harry S. Scovel's plea for leniency, and refused Joseph Swing of 509 Taylor Avenue and John Cochran as Ketline's bondsmen.
Judge Vroom of the Quarter Sessions Court gave policy sellers the full penalty of the law on May 24, 1895, sentencing Mrs. Harriet Smith of 750 Federal Street to one year in the penitentiary despite Lawyer Harry Scovel's appeal for clemency.