Litchfield enquirer., 1879-05-29

A number of criminal cases were disposed of in the Superior court last week, the court adjeurning Saturday morning:
 Wm. J. Parmlee, of Warren, was tried on Wednesday, for an assault with attempt to kill one Johnson, at that place. Before the evil dence was all in, plea of guilty of simple assault was accepted, and the prisoner got three months in jail. Graves and Kilbourn for Parmelee.
 Pardee Lockwood, of Cornwall, pleaded guilty to having shot at man, in the house with whom he was living in that town, and was sentenced to three years in State Prison.
 Geo. Williams, of Goshen, pleaded guilty to stealing $100 from Ethan Whitney. at that place, and was sentenced to two years in State Prison. This man was in State Prison on former sentence for horse stealing, till about six months since, when he returned to relatives in Goshen
 Henry Freeman (colored), and Eliza Smith, totos Brown, Glias Freeman (white), were tried 'on separate informations for the same offence, to wit, for burglariously entering barn in Norfolk and stealing two bullets. The jury found them guilty, and the judge gave Free man two years in State Prison, and Mrs Smith, ohas Brown, ahas Freeman, one year in State Prison. Kellogg defended Mr. Free man: Kilbourn, Mrs. Freeman, ahas Brown, uttas Smith. Poultry seems to be specially costly in Norfolk also, miscegenation
 Edwin Ryder, Sharon boy, 19 years old, pleaded guilty to burglarious entry into the store of MT. Stockbrdge in Morris few months since. He was sentenced to two years in State Prison: The boy had sustained 8 good character till recently. when he was led astray by scamp with whom he was con- cerned in this and other criminal proceedings
 Horatio G. Sperry Jr., was tried on charge of malicious injury to property of Geo. c. Hitchcock. The jury disagreed. Kellogg with Huntington for State; Graves for the accused.
 James Carey, of Litchfeld pleaded guilty totheft from Eugene Phelps, and was sentenced to six months in jail. He has since escaped.
 Horace Ball was tried for stealing sheep m Salisbury from one Clark. The chief testi- mony relied on was that of one Winters an accomplice who had pleaded guilty Ball and his wife testified in his defence, but were both impeached. The jury found him guilty, and he was sentenced to pay fine of $1O. Rora- back appeared for the prisoner
 Charles Constantine, who pleaded guilty to an assault on Hugh Gaffeny in February last at Warren, was sentenced to three months in jail.
 Jacob Segur pleaded guilty to burglarieus entering of the store of Levi E. Curtiss, on the 4th of September, 1876, and was sentenced tc three months in jail.
 William Kearney and Edward Drew were tried for an assaulten Walter Traver in jail, or the 11th of February last. They claimed that Traver had assaulted them with razor ane that they acted in self-defence The jury found them guilty of an assault, and they were each sentenced to four months in iail.. Kel logg for prisoners.
 John Q. Bowers was tried for stealing money rom the person of Charles Powell, in Thom. aston on the Eth of last March. The only witness against him was Powell himself. The two had been on tour of observation in tbe s'no license" town of Thomaston which deve oped at least two places where liquor was on sale. A $5 bill somehow got out of the posses sion of Powell into that of Bowers; as the lat. ter claimed, by gift, while the fsrmer asserted that it was stolen from his person. A record