Morning journal and courier., 1882-10-18
SonruxI anb GOurier.
Wednesday Morning. Oct. IS, 1882.
The Court Record.
Superior Court-CivII Side-Judae San-

Superior Court-C1v1L Side-Judge Sam
 ford.
 This court came in yesterday morning at | 10 o'clock.
 The case of Thomas vs. Thomas was fin ished. Tho case grew out of altercation between two brothers, William and Hiram Thomas. Before 1872 William owed Hiram $1,oOO. He told him he would give him warranty deed of property on Houston street. Fair Haven, worth $2, 900, and take a note and mortgage back for the difference between the $1 ,00o and $2, 900. William went to sea and his ship was lost January, 1879. Hiram brought petition to the City Court for fore closure, and to get an order for the mortgage deed and to give Williams widow and chil- dren their amount out of it. The case came to this court and a decree was made, 1st, that Williams deed to Hiram was not absolute but mortgage deed, and 2d, that the widow should give up her $1,OOO note and release the mortgage on the property, and that Hi- rams mortgage should be foreclosed. Court adjourned until this morning at 10 o'clock.
 l Superior Cours-ur1minaI side--Juuge Culver. This court resumed it's session yesterday 1 morning at 10 o'clock.
 l Torrance Lyon of this city. charged with a ! violation of the Sunday liquor law, was fined ] $50 and costs. The case against Patrick Keefe, of this city, for an assault against a I Thursday.
 l Minnie Blackman, the recent inmate of | "Llze" Nurphy's establishment in Handsn, l was brought into court on 8 bench warrant charging her with stealing four dresses valued
 at forty dollars the property of Susie Brown, l another inmate of the same house. By ad-
 vice of her counsel the prisoner pleaded l guilty and sent te jail for sixty days. ] The grand jury summoned to hear the
 cases against Michael Connolly and William I Fitzpatrick, charged with raping Mrs. Milton E. Stewart on East Rock were next called
 and answered to their names as follows: Naugatuck-Thomas Neary, James Spencer North Haven-Stephen c. Gilbert, Henry B. Tow 1 Woodbridge = Samuel D. canheld. William W. Cowell
 Middlebury-R. B. Wheaton, Lockwood P Bsnham
 Prospect William E. Kimbal1, Philo D Hotchiisa southbury-Henry M. Canheld. l New Haven,H H. Thompson, Benjamin Beecher.
 Derby-John L; Lindley. George M. Treat. Bethany-W. H. French Charles c. Perkins. 1 His Honor instructed the jury as to their
 duties, after which they retired to the Su- preme Court room and heard the evidence of l Surveyor Charles A. Ferry, Mrs Stewart, I William Daley, Michael Brown, Patrick GrantIey, Patrick Bowling, George Wurtz,
 Philip Reilly and Patrick Corcoran, the wit l nesses for the State.
 Owing to the illness of Lawyer w. O. Case
 the cases against Patrick Willis, Patrick Kel ! ly, jr., and Thomas Kelly, for violation of
 the Sunday liquor law, were continued until next week Tuesday.
 The bond of $1Oo given by Thomas Rey- ! holds for Peter Cashion, charged with a yio-
 lation of the license law, was called and for. feited.
 1 George Higgins, the Rogowski burglar, was ] brought into court on a bench warrant for ! the purpose of being put to plead Hsasked
 for for continuance until Thursday said he l had written to friends and wished to consult ! them before pleading. Attorney Doolittle ! explained that he understood that the pris- oner intended to plead guilty, and for that
 reason he had been brought in on bench warrant; and also on that account there had }sbeen only one information brought against 1 him-that of burglary-for which the sen
 tence was four years in State prison. Judge I Culver informed the accused that he could plead not guilty yesterday, and if he SO wish
 ed change 1t to guilty after consulting with
 hls friends: Higgins then pleaded not guilty. 1 MT. Doo!ttle thereupon gave notice that he ! would bring in the additional charge of theft 1 against the accused.
 I Mir. Doolittle nolled the case against Mark ] Ryder, of New Haven, for an assault on the payment of $1O, and the case against James Duffy, of Meriden, charged with cruelty to 8 | horse, on payment of $36.31.
 The case against George B. Thomas for
 violation of the Sunday law vas nollsd on l payment of $3e.
 The $500 bond of Alfred D. Goodyear for 1 George M Prout of Guilford, charged with I forgery, was called and forfeited George Higgins was then put to plead,
 charged with the theft of Sb2,OOO worth ot property belonging to B. Rogowski. He
 pleaded not guilty.
 The case against Edward Cunningham oi ] Orange charged with committing a nuisance l by. carting manure through Orange, was { stricken from the docket
 The petit jury were excused until 10 o'clock
 this morning.
 At 4:12 the grand jury came in (Judge San l ford on the bench) and returned true bills l against Michael Connolly and William Fitz l patrick, charged with rape on Mrs. Stewart
 of East Rock. It was learned that the grand ! jury stood 17 to l. After the bill was re-
 turned the grand jury were excused for the l term with the thanks of the court
 Court was adjourned until this morning at 10 o'clock