Litchfield enquirer., 1873-04-24
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LiTCHFlELD.
 1 The trial of Patrick Donnelly, of Vol cottville, for manslaughter, last week, re- suited in verdict of acquittal. Delowry.
 the deceased, had quarreled with his wife
 who hired house of Donnelly and lived apart from him. This made trouble be-
 tween Donnelly and Delowry and the lat ter had threatened the formers life. On the 7th of October last as Donne1ly was at work in the cellar of the house he had rented to De1owry's wife, the. deceased came along with 8 gun, and made an at tack on him. Donnelly succeeded in get ting possession of the gun, and struck Delowry over the head, driving the trig- ger, which seems not to have been pro
 tected by the usual guard, through his skull. The injury was not considered very serious at first, but, soon after, ow- ing to neglect the prisoner claimed, in- fammation set in and on the 16th the wounded man died. The real questions for the jury were whether the blow was l necessary in self-defence, and whether the negligence of the deceased after the injury had occasioned the fatal result. There ! was much conflicting testimony, especial 1 ly on the first point, and the jury gave the prisoner the benefit of the doubts raised by the evidence. Sedgwick and Welch for the State; Graves and Sey- 1 mour for the prisoner. l.'.'...
 An important liquor case was tried this week. It was prosecution against Mi chael Bulkley and F. B. Tucker of New | Hartford for keeping saloon i'll which liquor was reputed to be sold without license. The proof of the reputation was very strong, but the prisoners who were represented by Messrs W. ". Eaton of Hartford, and E.. w. Seymour of this place. maintained that the clause of the statute authorizing prosecutions of this description was unconstitutional.
 The judge charged the jury that to con vict they must find that the saloon was one where liquor was kept for sale, and that the prisoners were connected with the business, whether as owners or as employees. If they had license, it was for them to prove it. He cautioned the jury against undertaking to say that what is law is not law, and against deciding up- on the policy of the law. He denied that the new law sanctioned the business of iquor-selling it only extends the excep- tions of the old statute allowing sales The judge concluded with the significant enqui- ry, whether, after the Supreme Court had affirmed the constitutionality of this clause of the statute in recent case, they would follow that decision or some other light. The jury rendered verdict of guilty against both of the prisoners.
 !. Frank Hoag pleaded guilty to theft committed at the Chalybes depot in Rox- bury and was sentenced to six months in jail 'i e' .sla'...' a.
 Cad F. Peck, of Warren, was found guilty on two indictments for assault, fined $15 on one and $7 onthe other.
 Hiram A. Bennett, of New Preston, was tried for an assault and acquitted.
 The First Episcopal Society held their ualmeeting on Monday and made choice of the following officers for the coming year: " '.a1t.@ ? 7',-''- :.f
 SOCIETY TREASURER. o. s. Seymour.
 WARDENs:- S., Michaers, -Tomlinson Wells and F. W. Plumb; Trinity, -Albin Guild and E.. H.. Wright; s. Paars Lewis Hotchkiss and w E. Brown. M
 VEsrRYMEN: St. Mchaers.-E W. Sey~ mour, D. c. Bulkley, H. o. Morse, T. s. Sedgwick, F. R. Starr; Trinity, A. J. Beach, c. D. Wheeler, T. L. Jennings, W. w Bissell, Lucius Griswold; St. Poups,-E D. Weeks, Dorsey Neville, c. J, Landon, W. H. Palmer, W. L. Lan7 don. s-...f -..a ii s7.--rz., Ind .s.irss
 , DELEGATES: StT sAichaefs,-O.l S. Sey-s mour, F. R. Starr; T'inity,-T. l.. Jen- nings; iSf. Paurs-E. D. Weeks. ..St. Nichaels, ,-J Julius Deming, T. s. Sedgewick; Ttnity,-A.J. Beach; s. Paurs, l.. Landon. CLERKS AND TREAsuRERs: St. Michaers, 70. W. Hinsdale; 7rinity,-E. H. Wright; tH. Pauts, l.. c. Hotchkiss.
 The meeting was adjourned till Monday of next week to fix the time for the sale of slips. # l u.. -, t' .a ,a tSs
 The tower on the new Congregational Church, with it's four blank faces towards the North, the South, the East, and the West, seems to be making silent appeal to the generous-hearted children of Litch- field, near or far, to enable it to hide its faces with hands, and give it voice by a tower-clock. Who claims the privil- ege? At least $35O are required for the purpose. ......#. ...... .'- ...-..-..-
 Tt showed gently s'just once again" on Monday. In French village, recent ly, the populace rose on their clergy and maltreated them frightfully because they had not exerted themselves to stop some unsuitable weather that prevailed ! The physicians of the county had a meeting and di1fher at the Mansion House, Tuesday. l.iae e 7sH,5E Z 2. saz fg.
 Plymouth Sketches.-No. i34. Of those individuals aged over ninety : years, who were living in this town at the beginning of 1872, the..second oldest was Mrs. Benedict Bull. She was Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Darlington of Mil ford, and was born August 17th, 1779. She was married when about twenty, her husband being a sea captain, voyaging to China and other parts of the world. but subsequently,, for forty years or more, a farmer In or about the year 1874 the