Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-16
iSuurnA 2tI0 Goatisr.
TuegdaY, October 16, 1sss.
Excitenaent at Foxen.

A Number Of Persons Arrested for Sabbath
 Breaking Last sunday-What was
 Done With Them.
 police force consisting of F. M. Sperry, Henry Palmer, John Palmer, Frank Bailey and two stone masons who are boarding at Constable Sperry's house got together last Sunday and arrested fourteen persons in the Foxen district of East Haven for violating the following statute:
 MEvary person who nhalI do any secular business or labor except works of nsCe,sty or meESyor keep chanical establishment, or expose any property for between sunrise and sunset, shall be nned not more than $4 less than $1 but haywar rds may perform all their official duties on said day."
 The 'ssport and recreation" in which the parties who were arrested engaged was pick ing up chestnuts, walnuts and apples. The arrests were made in order to check if possi- ble the Sabbath breaking and depredations upon property of which the Foxen people have been complaining for long time. But it does not appear that the arrests were very wisely chosen in all cases. The names of those who were ar rested were A. J. Gould, J. B. Gould, 96 Blake street; Michael Downey, sos East street; H. l.. Babcock, III Greene street; John Dunlap, 3O5 Chapel street; Daniel hel- ley, 305 Chapel street; Charles Derby, Woel- sey House; Rockwell A. Linsley, Water street; John Foley, 14 Haven street; Will liam Killoy, 67 Haven street; Charles Daley, 361 James street; Peter Galligan, AS Haven street; Peter Weber, 222 Pine street; Thomas
 Driscoll, 83 Monroe street. Some settled with Mir. Fowler yesterday, paying $6.94. At the impromptu court which was organ
 ized in East Haven last evening, Lawyer Grove J. Futile presided and dispensed what seemed to some of the prisoners peculiar quality of justice. Of course those who settled in this city in the day time yesterday did not appear and two others who had been released on S5. .OO bonds forfeited them by their non-appearance. Only one or the prisoners answered ':net guilty" The rest paid their fines, $7.Oo. Michael Downey was armed with lawyer and plead ''not guilty" He said that he was in buggy with two companions. They drove by the fatal road andstopped where the chest nuts lay. One of the party got out. It was admitted by the constable who appeared against him that Downey was not the man uho got out. Didn't sit in the buggy while the other fellow gathered the nuts ?" said Downey. ''Yes, but it makes no differ ence, you were one of the party, so you are found guilty and are fined $10," said tho judge Some of tho prisoners asked if there was no appeal to higher court, but were told there was none The decisions of that court were absolute and not appealable. When asked what was done with the ladies who were arrested, one of the constables replied, "We're not trying ladies today" So was justice appeased and wrong righted in the East Haven court, and once more were the bIue-laws triumphant. Those who were arrested feel much aggrieved at what they consider an abominable outrage. There is no doubt that the citizens of FoXen
 have suffered from Sabbath breakers, but il is perhaps questionable if they have set about in the right way to right them.