Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-02
THE COURT RECORD.
The Supreme Court of Errors-Various
 Cases of Note to Come Before It.

The Supreme Court or ErrorB-V@r10us
 Cases of Note to Come Before It.
 The Supreme court opened session for the December term in the Superior court room yesterday morning. Among the cases which will come before this court at this sitting are several of note. One is the case of David Beaudet, charged with an attempt to murder Dr. Walter Zink of Rranford October 6, 1884. This is an appeal from Judge Stod- dard's exclusion at the time of Beaudet's trial if whether witnesses heard Robert Dougherty, a Branford man who was in sev- eral saloons the night before Dr. Zink was attacked, make any threats against Dr. Zink. Counsel also claims Judge Stoddard made second error when upon the evidence ad- dressed he charged the jury: "But the State does not rest its claims for conviction upon Dr. Zink's testimony to any large extent, but mainly on the facts which are not controvert- ed, mainly the persons to whom the accused made his subsequent ad- missions" It will be recollected that Beau det was sent to State prison for ten years for the offense. Zacher and Andrews, his counsel, appealed the case. Yesterday MT. Za- cher made a motion to correct his record in the case, but the court refused to hear him.
 The Evergreen Cemetery association vs. Hen C. 666CQ0f WQ6EO sociation asked the Superior court to appoint a commission to appraise and condemn a lot of land on Davenport av- enue in this city owned by Alex ander Beecher, for purposes of sepultu-e. The association claims to need the land for reserved to the Supreme court for consider ation and advice. To lend an additional funereal aspect to this case, Mr. Beecher has died since it was brought, in part, 1t is alleged, from worriment over the threat ened appropriation of his property. Early last month his wife also died She is the woman whose burial at one time it was thought the town would have to provide for, her interest in her husbands estate terminat- ing at her death. The children of Mir. Beech or summoned in as co-defendants are nearly all residents of western States. They are Moses s. Beeoher, A. Fl. Beecher, MT. A. H. Stears, Mrs. Edward Parker, Alvin A. Beech CT and Mrs. A. F. KeeshiIe.
 Another case is the familiar case of Hu- bert Todd vs. Hendrick H. Munson and wife, The plaintiff is the son of the late James R. Todd, of Fair Haven, and the defendant is his brother -in-law, MT. Munson's wife, Mrs. Emily Q. Munson, being the plaintiffs sis ter. The plaintiff states that Mrs. Munson holds deed signed by Mrs. Todd giving her (Mrs. Munson) the whole of lot of property on Peck, Lowe and Lombard streets, consisting of two houses and land,
 
 May 21 1885, and the plaintiff claims Mrs. Todd had for some time previous been sick of pneumonia, delirious and out of her mind, greatly enfeebled, and that her signature to the deed was obtained by undue influence and fraud, and that said deed is void. But the administrator, c. s. Bushnell, refused to apply to have the deed set aside, hence the suit Plaintiff asked the Superior court to set aside the deed, give him half the property and award him 5000 damages The defendants answer claimed the property to be worth not over $10,0OO, denied that Mrs. Todd had enough personal property to pay her debts, and denied all fraud or over in huencing In the defendants first defense it was claimed that on June il, 1881, Mrs. Todd and her husband, Ambrose Todd, conveyed the premises in question to their daughter, Mrs. Munson. This the plaintiff in first reply denied. In his second reply he says if such transfer ever was made, it was done through fraud. To this the defendant rejoined denying the plaintiffs second reply. The plaintiff amended his