Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-05
Court Notes.

Walter Harrison was charged in the City court yesterday morning with stealing two dollar skirt from E. M. Cans, on State street. The accused thought he must have been in- sane at the time, but Judge Deming thought
 differently and fined the accused $7 and costs. He went to jail for lack of funds to settle.
 Mary Ann Maxwell was before the City
 court for stealing dollar bill and watch from two Danes. Sho told fair story and
 begged to be released, but Judge Deming
 thought she might meet with bad associates
 and so sent her to jail for sixty days.
 On the eighteenth of May last William H.
 Stratton, then paymaster of the Second reg
 iment, hired 9 saddle horse from George
 Botsford, the livery stable keeper on Grown
 street. MT. Stratton hired the horse with
 the intention of riding only to the Quinni-
 pisc rife range and return, but instead of
 going directly there he called around at Kim
 berly's coal yard, and while drivin g through
 the gate the horse stepped upon
 something in the roadway whereby one of it's legs was thrown badly out of joint. MT.
 Botsford claimed $10O damages, but MT. Stratton thought he ought not to be obliged to
 pay as the accident was one which could not
 be avoided; he had exercised what he con- sidered ordinary care and precaution. Mir. Botsford finally brought suit to recover the | $1OO claimed and the case came up before
 Justice of the Peace George A. Tyler in his office yesterday morning. 4 number of | witnesses were produced on each side. Ex-
 Judge Blydenburgh appeared for MT. Strat- | ton, and s. R. Hull for MT. Botsford. The case will be finished to-day.
 w. H. Baldwin was before the City court yesterday on 8 charge of using indecent and | insulting language to respectable Fair Ha- ven lady who wRs passing him. Judge Dem | ing in his cross examination of the accused
 brought out the fact that he (Harrison) ob- | tained liquor at ''Blair's" saloon on East Grand street last Sunday. The case was con- | tinued until October 4, with the evident pur- pose of using Baldwin as witness against | Blair for a violation of the Sunday liquor | law.
 Samuel Jackson, fruit peddlsr was before
 the court for defrauding George W. Good l sell The accused obtained fruit from Mir.
 Goodsell and gave as security bill of sale ot
 the horse and wagon. It turned out that he
 did not own the property. The court fined
 him $1O and costs. He was also fined SIG
 and costs for similar transaction at Thorpe'R | fruit store on George street.
 l The case against G. B. Bunnen for insult | ing conduct towards Mrs. Maria McGee on a l train of the Consolidated road last week WAS
 continued until Saturday in the City court yesterday morning at the instance of Attor- ney Cable, who had not been able to secure | the attendance of all his out-of-town wit nesses. MT. Bunnell and Mrs. McGee were present in the court building. Attorney | Blydenburgh, who represented Bunnell, made | no objection to the continuance of the case. MT. Stssdwell, of Stamford, has sued the | town of Pelham, N. Y., laying damages at 1 $2O, 900 for injuries received in an accident which occurred while driving down Prospect hill. He claims that the accident was due to
 the defective condition of the highway.