Litchfield enquirer., 1880-02-19
LITCHFIELD.

Mrs Samuel Brown has moved into the Weller place.
 MT. Charles Merriman has rented the Nal achi Tracy place.
 Fifteen cases of humps are reported at East Chestnut Hill School
 Mir. Barney has moved from West Street to place on Chestnut Hill.
 MT. Leonard has moved into the MT. Wm. R. Buel place.
 The great Horse Convention meets at the Mansion House on Thursday and Friday
 There was celebration of the tin we'd ding of MT. and Mrs. John Rewett, last week. MT. and Mrs. O. P. Peck have moved over to the county house.
 MT. Seth Pratt had car of horses come in, ca rly in the week.
 MT. Frank Beach of the Waterbury Amer ican was in town over Sunday.
 The tin wedding of MT. William Hall will evening
 The curiously element weather of the present winter continues in spite of the occa- sIonal threatenings of severe cold. The Teachers Association hold meeting on Friday afternoon at the Center District School house.
 The surface water has done good deal of damage below Meadow Street to the new 1rain lai hy ho horourh
 -M Mr. James D. Blakeman lost valuable horse in Brdgewater, last week. Its leg was broken in defective sluice. The family of Gov Andrews have return ed from Hartford. The Governor himself is back inHartford.
 MT. Wm. M P. Shelton has vacated the South street.
 ". l. S.-The next meeting of the fair association will be held at MT. w. H. Cross mans GU. s. HoteD Thursday, Feb. 18th at 8 o'clock p. m.
 The Superior Court closed it's January Term on Thursday morning last.
 Tuesdays session opened with the trial of a plea in abatement in the New Preston case of Gregory vs. BarI0ao. The defendant had originally pleaded misnomer and msdescrip- tion, and the plaintiff perfected his writ by amendment. Then the defendant pleaded again in abatement the fact that the copy left in servlce of the original process varied from the writ as amended. The Justice overruled the plea in abatement, and the same question came up in the Superior court on appeal Judge Hovey also overrued the plea, and gave the plaintiff his full costs in pursuance of statute provision. Kellogg, for plf. <; Turrill, for delft. Marg B. Barloao vs. F. ". Benjamtn, was the next case tried. It was an action for fraud in withholding property from attachment on another writ brought by the plaintiff upon a note given her by the defendant. At that time the defendant denied having any money on deposit in or out of the State, or any cash on hand. He said he had some real estate in Massachusetts but that it was heavily mort gagged and hehad noproperty to turn out on the attachment. The sheriff then attached his body on the writ in the present case. It ap- peared that, at the time the writ was served in Winsted on Dr. Benjamin, the defendant, he had a patent bath in use in Wetmore's BloclHwhch he claimed had cost him some $1 300; and that, some eight or nine months before, he had received $325O for some prop erty he had sold in Maryland. In reply he swore that with the proceeds of the Maryland property he had bought some real estate m Massachusetts, and had paid up two notes he owed his wife; that she had bought and paid tor the patent bath in Wetmores Block, and that he had concealed no property whatsoever from attachment. On Wednesday the plain tiff determined to suffer nonsuit in the case Graves and Roraback for pf. Fem, for delft
 The subsequent proceedings in the foregoing case, as we hear them reported are quite GU rious. The plaintiff, immediately on aban doning her suit, had attached the body of Dr Benjamin on a new writ. He was taken tt Winsted in custody of Sheriff Richmond, o North Canaan. While there, Benjamin ant the officer went into Fenn's office: Benjamin then stepped into back office, apparently for consultation, but slipped out of another door and drove away to Massachusetts before tn. officer could recov CT possession of the fugitive corpus.
 On Wednesday the case of GraUes vs John son was argued; decision reserved In :h, afternoon several motions were made, tn, most important being that for an erasure O the nonsut in the ley and Owen case which was allowed, and motion and counter motion in the three-times- tried case of Barne vs Plymouth. In that case Mir. Fenn movet for bonds which were allowed and given, t the amount of $100. MT. Graves then move, a change of venue to Fairfield county Owe this there was sharp skirmish, and grea difference of view developed regarding tn necessity of change to obtain fair trial The Judge reserved decision till he could con fer with one or more of the judges who has tried the case.
 Three prisoners were put to plead and sen tenced on plea of Guilty"
 John M. Wilson acknowledged stealing pocket book from Miss Caroline H. Sanford on Naugatuck train, but claimed to have beer drunk at the time He made quite fluen speech, expressed in very goud language, ii which he claimed to have been very cruell, treated in jail MT. Graves also made a state ment in his behalf from which it tappeared tha he had once been reputable man, for lonl time jallor at Bridgeport, and that he ha. oeen brought to his present condition by hab Its of intoxication. He doubted. whether h. had intended any theft. Mir. Huntington re piled stating facts which showed that Wilson must have knowingly taken the lady's pocket book, and letter from Winsted clergyman