Litchfield enquirer., 1833-07-18
An Ae, rela,inr ,o On,hs.

An Act relating to Oathss
 Be t enacted, Sc. Ta. the clerks of the several courts O1 probate within hs State, be- and they arc hereby empowered 10 administer "a'hs m all cases which may come before the courts Ot probate. Approved, June 4, 1885,.
 An Act in addition to aR Act entitled "An Act for
 constituting and regulating Courts, aud Tor app0'n-
 llDg the times and places 0f holding the same. .
 Sec. l. Be I enacted Grc That tn case ot the tall- ure tn re-appoirt any justice ofthe peace ny ;e uen era Assembly, al process, suits, matters ana which shali hate bceR begun been made rel9rna- hie 10 hefore the time of the expiration o ms oce' may be continued and proceeded with by, anu OeioTe said lds'ice, to nn judgment and execSo; hod completed in the same way as iE the sald Jus''co " been re .appointed and continued in oltlce' . t.
 Sec. 2 That whenever any writ, suit or cIvh pro c cess shalt he made reiurnabe before any Justice o tn peace and at the time app0inted for the trial o the same, said justice shall he absent from the town where said triai is to be had, sald justice may al any tune, within twenty days after said time for trai, proceed 10 try said canse, in the as he might have done at said time named for trial. Pr"vided that he shall give six days previous notice of the time N place of said trial the parties in said cause, in writing, to be read M the hearing of said parties, or true and atteate copy thereof be Jeff the usual place ol abode. Approved, June 5, 1883.
 An Act authorizing No,aries Public to administer
 Oatis.
 Sec. I. Be t enacted, Stc. That it shall he lawful for any notary public 10 administer oath and take dispositions in any case in which justice o the peace might administer or take the same, and also to take acknowledgment of deeds. ,s.
 Sec.2. That all grants, deeds of bargain and sale, and mortgages of land, executed by any grantor or grantors, resident iN my foreign State or country without tho limits of the United States, and acknow edged tube his their free act and deed. before any notary public or justice of the peace in such foreign Slate or country. shall be valid as # acknowledged before justice of the peace in thsStae. Provided, That this act shall n"t affect any suit now rending
 Approved, June ,, 1885, ., An Act to repeal an Act in addition to An Act ent-
 lied ss An Act for the regulaiion Of School Soce-
 ties, and for the support of Schools"
 Be a enaotod, &c: That the act entiled An Act
 for the of a es "d Gr s s hereby repea led. e- sE#.
 Approved, June 6, 1883.
 An Adueniure. AUery was on Fri day tried in the Court of Sessions, upon the charge of having abstracted thirty dollars from a lady's reticnle at church. The circum- stances were as follows. A young lady on entering St. Johns church, to attend a week day lecture, passed Avery on the inside, who immediately followed, closed her pew door with seeming politeness, and took a seat in the pew immediately back of hers. The af- fair was singular, and attracted the notice of the lady, but did not SO far awaken her sus- picions as to prevent her throwing down her reiicule upon tho cushion by her side, notwith- standing 1t contained wallet with thirty dol lars. After prayers, she was surprised, on opening the TeticnIe, to find the wallet lying on top of her pocket handkerchief, and turn ed to look for the gallant gentleman. but he had decamped. feeling no doubt quite sure of having obtained some good at church.
 UnFogtuHateIy for him, however, he had been too bong in setting his trap. A gentle ss, hs nolInrr h 4 rnfiRad hiua f.,w anvo ral weeks at church. and always following some lady and taking a seat behind her, as on this occasion. As he was stranger. and had no peculiar marks of praying man, the con stant repetition of the same ceremony exci- ted suspicion. As tfre congregation were standing, this gentleman sxw Avery. while leaning over and reading with apparent devo- ton, reach down and take soinethinS from the lady's seat, examine it, pass his hand to his own pocket, and then lay back what he had taken up. The gentleman interpreted the whole in moment. and came down at once to secure the stranger's arrest. But he was gone. A young lady in the opposite gal lery also had q full view of the whole affair. The gentleman had marked the appearance %f Avery, and three weeks afterwards saw and recognized him, and secured his arrest. On the triad, Avery managed his own cause with
 
 notwithstanding tho completeness of the testi- mony, and without offering any witnesses himself undertook to maintain his innocence. He appealed earnestly to the jury on the val ue of liberty, and besought them not to de- prive him of so great blessing to gratify the combination of fanatics which had been fOrm- ed for the ruin of an innocent man. But all in vain. The jury returned a verdict of gull ty, and he will gO--nst to church exactly. yet where he will enjoy one continued Sing Sing. Itis mentioned by the N. Y. Courier, that on Tuesday, Gardner G. Howland. Esq. upon proceeding to his residence, No. ', State-st. at the usual dining hour, was informed that some person was on the roof of his house, Proceeding np stairs to ascertain the fact. he threw open ihe scuttle on the roof, when he perceived man with quantity of lead upon his shoulder which he had stripped from a dormer window. He was called upon to de- sist, and for the purpose of enforcing the order. Mir. Rowland imprudently advanced towards him. when the man struck him a violent blow, which deprived him of recollection for the moment, and very nearly knocked him off the roof. Racosefing himself, however, and fearful of slipping rem his aRcertain foot hold, he returned to the seuttle, the man rap- idly pursuing him with every indication of a determination to throw him of. He had | scarcely time tO descend before the scuttis door was thrown down violently upon hi: head. In the cOurse 0f few minutes, Mr How land, who had determined npoa reilec. ton to purssie the thief, again returned to the roof. when he discovered the man retrcatins Oyer fha ro0f 0f an ndiOining hs,ildins in.