Litchfield enquirer., 1878-10-03


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 Superior Court.
 jStGte vs EIz05eth Lyon and Albert Baraaey was prosecution for stealing COW at New Pres tenon the 21st of November 1875. The COW be- longed to Mr.. Hill, strayed away from him on the day of before the alleged theft, and broke into Mrs. Lyons premises. The taking of the animal was not denied. Mrs. Lyon swore that she told Barney to put it in her stall that night and to stone it away from her premises the next morning, and that in the morning she repeated the order. She further swore that On the morning of the 21st Barney was gone good while and when he returned, she asked him if he had stoned the COW away, and he said he had killed her. Barney swore to the same facts and that he got one Tyrell to help him butcher the COW, and that while so employed he told Tyrell it was not their COW. Tyrell then went into the house and told Mrs. Lyon that he would not go any further unless she gave him writing to in- demnify him against prosecution. Mrs. Lyon admitted giving sucha writing. They then fin ished the job. Barney hid the hide and offal, carried the beefinto the cellar and salted it. and Mrs. Lyon swore that she gave all the beef to the poor within week or two. She kept the matter secret until last June, when she sent Geo. c. Hitchcock to the owner and paid him $1OO for the COW. She gave as- a reason for concealing the crime that she wished to screen Barney from punishment The chief defense was that the COW was not worth more than $50, and that therefore, the offense was one for which, by the statute, prosecution must be made within year after it was committed. Several witnesses were examined on this point and the jury brought in verdict of acquittal on the ground, we hear, that the property was not worth $50. Huntington and Hollister for State; Andrews and Seymour for the defense.
 iStote vs. Iractn J. Beardsley, was a prose cution for an assault alleged to have been made upon Geo. c. Hitchcock in the sheds of the New Preston Hill church on Sunday, the 18th of last May. Six prosecutions had been started by Hitchcock against Beardsley and others for alleged offences growing out of this matter: They all come to the Superior Court on appeal and four of them were no1Zed by the States Attorney. There has been serlous diff ficulty between Hitchcock and Beardsley for along time; and, on the Sunday in question, Hitchcock drove into Beardsley's stall in the sheds. Beardsley, coming up afterwards, dreve up to his shed, told Hitchcock it was his stall and asked him to remove his horses. Hitchcock said he should not do it for any d-d sheep thief. He further told Beardsley his father died drunkard and his mother an ignominious death. Beardsley then began to unite Hitchcock's horses and, as Hitchcock swore, struck him on the shoulder as he stood in the wagon with the butt of heavy whip. Nobody else saw such blow. Beardsley de- nied so striking Hitchcock, and Mrs. Boards ley swore that she was present and saw no such blow. Hitchcock offered the testimony of his wife and of servant in his family to prove that he had received a severe injury on the shoulder. from which his undershirts were stained with blood for two weeks after the af- fray. Several persons, alarmed at Hitchcock's loud talk and the crying of Beardsley's child, l came out of the church, while Beardsley was untying the off horse and Hitchcock following him with his whip raised to prevent it. Hitch cock then seized Beardsley and Birkins and Snarru tad Tn f4o ley got hold of Hitchcocks whip and inflicted several blows on his head and face with it. The prisoner offered Messrs. Samuel J. Averill, David Meeker, Sheldon Meeker, Stanley l.. Williams, Edward P. Barton, and John M Ford to impeach Hitchcock's character for truth, who all swore that it was bad. To sus- tain his character against this attack Hitch cock offered Messrs. Seth s. Logan, William Odell, Orestes Hickox, Henry s. Wheaten, Solomon Warehouse, and Joseph Watson, who all swore that they had never heard his char acter for veracity questioned The jury re- turned verdict of Mot Guilty" Hollister and Huntington for the state; Andrews and Graves for the prisoner.
 Judge Martin has sentenced Dwight J. Strong to three years in State Prison: Wm. Wood to two years in State Prison :. Eugene Bankerto three years in State Prison; Michael OMara to two and half years in State Pris- on; Frank A. Infancy to three years in State Prison; Frederick Bitstoe to months in jail; John Storey to one year in jail.
 The case of Dorsey NeUigse, ct al vs The LstclJield Co'ssage O., is on trial. f4 Russla forbids it's women doctors to practice 1 their profession, and the following curious reason is assigned for this action. seWomen doctors, it says, while studying at St. Peters burgh, are naturally brought into contact with the young male students and thus infect ed with the Socialist doctrines which prevail among them" This is just the opposite of what happened in place called Eden. some years since! This time it was man who fell l first, and then tempted woman into eating of the forbidden fruit. Suppose, at that time. only one had been expelled from Paradise, and that not the principal offender, what would Bob Ingersoll have said. People who object to anything written by our correspondents should not do so anony- mously.