Litchfield enquirer., 1871-09-28
LIToHFIELD.

In The case Of St1te vs. MdT5d JQcES0n for child murder, the jury acquitted the pris- oner. The doubt in the case seemed to be Whether the child was still-born, or wheth CT it was murdered after birth. The jury were not satisfied that the. latter was the case. ee
 Hardenburgh and Sedgwick for State; Seymour and Warner for prisoner.
 In the case of laate vs. Joseph P. Moore, of New Preston, for assaulting an officer, it appeared that suit was commenced against Moore to recover fifty cents due on the purchase of a base for tombstone. The indifferent person deputed to serve the process (and a very indifferent person he was, judging from his appearance on the stand) attempted to stop the team Moore was driving in order to attach the stone in question. Moore drove him off by force, struck him with his whip, &c. The prisoner was found guilty and the case goes up to the Supreme Court On law points involved. E~. f-..s.a ........
 Seymour and Sedgwick for the prosecu- tion; Andrews for the prisoner. +
 The case of Syate vs Joseph HiN for kill. ling Joseph Killson, an Indian, in the vil- lage of Kent, on the evening of July 4th last, was tried last week. Killson commenced the difficulty by throwing stones at Hill as he was about driving away. The latter fol- lowed the Indian into the yard near the Episcopal church and struck him two or three times with his fists, as he claimed, but beat him severely as other witnesses testified. The Indian died two days after wards, and a post mortens examination show ed no fracture of the skull, but cut through the scalp. The cause of his death was the rupture of small blood vessel in- side the skull, occasioned by the blow, which the prosecution claimed must have been given with stone. The jury found the prisoner guilty of manslaughter.
 Andrews and Sedgwick for State; Warner and Graves for prisoner. Ellen Hotchkiss of Cornwall was tried, Tuesday, on charge of burning the milk house of A. N. Dibble and acquitted.
 We are looking with some interest for the Democratic nomination for Town Clerk, this year. On the death of the last incumbent, the appointment of his success. sor devolved on the board of selectmen. Two names were presented-that of s. B. Johnson, recent immigrant from Corn. wall, and that of H. R. Merrill, now Judge of Probate for this District. The board was in a quandary; not regarding the poll. tics of the two applicants, for, they are both Republicans, but because their quail fcations were so nearly equal as to rende, decision difficult. The first selectman read out the entire Constitution of the United States (except the last amendments whict had not then been accepted by the Democ racy) without getting particle of light or the question. He then took up the nex highest Democratic authority-the treatise dred subiects-and read along till he struck the following maxim: "Whe" ." doubt l x,s-z - 7, a".v.'' Tho board frightened ul at once and the chairman exclaimed, ''. take it, gentlemen. that in this town tn, south half of the Brick Building il Trump" The board acquiesced and MT G. M. Woodruff received the appointment Last spring, as our readers may recollect there was somewhat remarkable contes in this Probate District The Radicals wh, counted in MT. Jewell in spite of the Con stitution, because he had the most votes also upset fundamental principle of Mir Hoyle-that trump takes any card of an other suit-and counted in MT. Morrill, The question now is whether that untowar6 result is to retain the present town clerl in office, and disappoint the just expecta tions of the gentleman from Cornwall
 On Saturday evening the proposed meeting of the school District was held $1O0 voted for repair of the present schoo buildings and committee appointed te ascertain the expense of purchasing, re moving. and fitting up the present Con gregational church for 8 Graded School house, to make other enquiries in reference to that project, and to report to a future meeting.
 | .The patent cases tried before Judg, Woodruff of the U. s. Circuit Court at thi place, last summer, have been decided il favor of the complainants. The defendant. in both cases are perpetually enjoined ani ordered to account. Judge Woodruff is now holding term at Hartford.
 l A borough meeting was held on Satur day afternoon at which after considerable discussion it was voted to repair and re paint the Park fences. The treasurer re-
 ported about $40 cash in the treasury. .ani balances to the amount of about $40 due for grass. An old bill of MT. Bulkley was ordered paid. es.
 On Monday, at about P. M., three prisoners escaped from the jail by saving off bar of the front window. Pursuit wa.