Litchfield enquirer., 1861-11-14
Superior Court, Nov. Term, 1861
 JUDGE CARPENTER, PRESIDING.

The Grand Jury of Inquest met on Ihursuay last, and after receiving their charge from Judge Carpenter, took up the case of Lucius J. Wood ford bound over to this term of the Superior Court for the killing of Jas. Futile The Jury presented him on the charge of murder and then adjourned, after passing a vote of thanks to Judge Carpenter for his able, lucid and per tinent charge.
 The trial of Woodford has been put over until the next term of court which meets the fourth Tuesday of January.
 Our readers may remember the case of Ro- maine Stevens, copied from the N I. TriIuHc, in this paper, who was arrested under peculiarly distressing circumstances, just as his term of imprisonment in the Sing Sing Prison, N. Y., had expired, upon a previous charge of stealing.
 Romaine's conduct was most exemplary during S his confinement in the State Prison, and he had resolved to lead better life His wife and children had moved up to Sing Sing village to be near him to comfort him during the long weary months of his confinement, and by dint of hard labor his wife had succeeded in finding some employment by which he could lead a respecta- ble life when the prison door should be open when, as we have said, his term having expired, he was re-arrested on the moment by Deputy Sheriff Yale of Norfolk in this County an old charge of stealing from his form,r emp oyer ia North Canaan, (not New Canaan as the Tribune represented) and he was immediately brought to Litchfeld and committed to the Jail here for a trial, without even being able to see his wife who has since been almost heart broken.
 Wm. K. Peck, Esq. of Norfolk, was employed as counsel for the prosecution, but having seen Romane, heard his pitiful story, and being con- vinced of his sincere penitence for the crime, which antedated by some years that for which he has already suffered long term of imprison- ment with the consent of the State's attorney concluded to enter nolle in his case, and open tho doors once more to an honest and honorable life. We have never seen more happy man than Stevens when on Friday he was once more free. He gave his note for the amount which he had stolen, and which we are sure he will pay if hc lives, and he then started of on foot to Bethel wherc his father, very respectable man, lives.
 The story of his life is a touching ono, but which we cannot give the publicity of print He is about 26 years of age and has very in teresting wife and two children.
 Such arc sometimes the romantic circumstan- ces of crime, and such the ups and downs of the ways of even the penitent transgressor. Tho notorious Dr. Osborn of Bethlem has been released on $500 bail. He was arrested some time since on suspicion of malpractice and will now probably give leg bail from these parts. We hope so.
 PLEAD GuIIrr.-Joseph D. Adams of Sails bury, on Friday, plead Guilty to malicious mu. tilation of COWS and was sentenced to twc months imprisonment in the County Jail- Jabez Hitchcock, Jr. plead Guilty to the crime o1 | having in his possession bogus coin, with intent
 of passing it. Sentence deferred. Geo. s. Da
 wis plead Guilty to the crime of horse.stealing
 and sentenced to State Prison for two years.