Morning journal and courier., 1885-10-14
THE COURT RECORD.

NVOuhOsu0yS w OSSOA A.s O' THE COURT RECORD. SuDerior Court-Criminal Side-Judge Torrance. This court came in yesterday morning at 10 o'clock.
 Lewis M Byington, charged with stealing pistol and silver watch, plead guilty to the charge, and was fined $1 and sent to jail for twenty days Byington has already been in
 jail month.
 These case against Henry B. Huntington alias ''Coal Oil Johnnie" was taken up this morning. Huntington pleaded guilty and was fined $25 costs. The judgment was the same as that of the City court. The bonds were called and forfeited in the cases of William B. Curtis, John Ryan, Den his Toole and in the two cases of Alexander Gillette. Curtiss was accused of commit ting rape upon Annie Karl of Derby, in Feb ruary last. Richard Burton was Curtlss' bondsman to the extent of $2,00O. George Coles, of Waterbury, was Gillettes surety, the bonds being $200. The charges were for bribery. Ryan and Toole were charged with committing breaches of the peace. motion for sentence in the case of Gio- vanni Guido was made by Attorney Stronse MT. Strouse stated that he did not waive his right to appeal to the Supreme Court of Err TOTS. Judge Torrance sustained the judg- ment of the City court and imposed fine of $100 and sent the accused to jail for three months. Guido is the Italian who is accused of assaulting John Corcoran with a bar of iron last April.
 The jury returned at 11:05 and reported that they were unable to agree in the case of James Dwyer, charged with attempt to com init burglary at O. A. Whites house. They were then discharged
 William I. Florence, who broke into John w. Stowe's house in Birmingham last week and stole therefrom two overcoats, plead guilty to the charge and was sentenced to the Wethers1eld prison for two years. ! Lawyer Wheeler moved that the case of James Cox, charged with embezzlement, be \ stricken from the docket on the ground of informality in the papers | State Attorney Doolittle asked for time to consult the records of the City court, which was granted. In the afternoon, by consent of the court, the information was amend ed.
 Cases otherwise disposed of by nolle were: Michael Barry, breach of the peace, $10; Isaac Beech, obstructing police. officer; Aharn Bernstein, violating city bylaws; l! James Roland, obst1uoting sidewalk; Maggie Brady, theft; John M. Bunce, violating Sunday law, $50; Jesse Cables, [ assault and battery and breach of the peace; Thomas Carroll, theft from the person; Thomas Colwell, assault and | battery, $50; Margaret Connors, keeping house of ill-fame: Carrie Davis, same; same, violating license law; Patrick Donnelly, I breach of the peace; John Downey and James McKeever, statutory burglary; Ed ' ward A. Duff, injury to private prop ' erty; Robert E.. Duxberry, horse stealing and theft; James A. Farnam, same; Thomas Gibbons, theft from the person; James Gilchrist, breach of the peace; Thomas F. German, Sunday law, $50; Charles Green, obstructing policeman; Ed ward Hager, resisting officer; William Hull, taking boat; D. W. Hallenbeck, same An
 drew P; Henningson, license law; James D.
 H1,;' HGTard' breach. breach of d the a1o Ieaoe' ST Lyman, peddling without license; James Kane, Sunday law, $50; James Kelley, Sunday law; Antonio Lantinio, las civious carriage; Samuel Leonard, license James Mccarthy, embezzlement John Mo
 Donald, breach of the peace, $15; same, re- sisting officer; Patrick McGuinnes, Sunday law; Frank Mclaughlin, breach of the peace, s7; James McNamara, same, $15; George
 E. Meigs, license law; James Ma Mark Murphy, leaving in possession and ut tering foreign document. three cases; John O'Brien, frequenting place reputed to be | gambling house; Frank G. Plumb, burglary, S17O1; Patrick Rowley, Sunday law; John Ryan, sureties of the peace; Allen Sawyer, placing poisoned food on premises not occu- pied by herself; Solomon Shure, non support of wife; Edward c. Smith, frequenting place reputed to be a gambling house, $10; John Smith, Sunday law; John H. Smith, breach of the peace, $10; Mrs. Susan Spencer, Sunday law; Charles H. Vail, frequenting house reputed tosb gambling house; Thomas Waugh, resisting officer; Michael Ward, breach of the peace, s1O; John M. Wynkoop, inde cent exposure, $1O; Eliza Yardley, assault and battery, $10; Oliver H. Barr, breach af the peace, $5O. In the afternoon the trial of Robert Seeley, one of the wire mill strikers, was taken up. He was charged with assaulting James H. Mott and F. L. Richards on the Quinnipiac bridge on the 9th of September last, Rich ards and Mott being among the number who took the place of the strikers in the mill. James P. Pigott appeared counsel for Seeley and Attorney Daley assisted States | Attorney Doolittle. The evidence was con cluded and Attorney Daley commenced his argument for the State, which was not con- cluded when the hour for adjournment was reached.
 Court adjourned until this morning at 10 o'clock.
 Superior Court Civil Side-Judge SanfOfds This court will come in this morning at 10 o'clock.
 The first case assigned for trial to-day is \ that of George Harris vs. s. E. Merwin, ir, ! special.
 Court of Common PIeas-Judge Stud- This court came in yesterday morning at 10 o'clock.
 The case of Andrew Halloran vs. Patrick Shay was partly tried and then continued to Friday morning.
 The case of John Alexander vs. Sarah A. Church was put on trial. It is suit to re- cover for mason work done on a house. The case was not finished, and there being other cases assigned for the balance of this week it went over until next Tuesday. A decree of foreclosure was granted in the case of Morgan & Humiston vs. George L.. Jenkins. Time for redeption first Monday in January, 1886. The amount involved is $18O.
 The following judgments were handed down:
 In the case of M. H. Woodruff of South | ington vs. Benton E. Buell. of Wallingford, which was a petition for 8 new trial, judg- ment was rendered for the defendant. In the case of Earl Brown vs. the Second Machine Gun company judgment was render ed for the plaintiff to recover $208. 98. Lieu tenant Howard, who was . co-defendant in the suit, obtained judgment against the plain tiff.
 In the case ot J. Mel Bassett vs. Gibson | Hall, action to recover for alleged brokerage ! commissions, judgment was rendered in fa- vor of the defendant.
 Court adjourned until this morning at 10 o'clock.
 I City Court Criminal Side Judge Pickett.
 October 13.-Peter Fox, breach of the peace against Lizzie Fox, to October IA;
 breach of the peace against Bridget and | Thomas Nolan, to October IA; John Dwyer | and John Neagle, breach of the peace, to Oc-
 tober IT; William J. Reilly, taking horse ottman, drunk, 10 days in jail, resisting off
 cer, 10 days in jail: Lewis Oppensizer, re-
 sisting officer, $3 fine, $5.39 costs; Frank Gallagher, theft, judgment suspended; Mat thew Gallagher, theft, to October IA. Court Notes. Justice Gallagher yesterday decided that