Morning journal and courier., 1886-02-05
THE COURT RECORD.
Superior Court - Civil Side - Judi
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Andrews.
 Judge Andrews in the civil side of the Su- perior court yesterday rendered his decision in the case against Attorney Charles s. Ham ilton, charged with unprofessional conduct. He finds the allegations as presented to the bars committee on grievances to be true, and suspends MT. Hamilton froul practice for one year. The decision of Judge An drews, after stating the successive steps of the court in the case, pronounced sentence as follows:
 The court finds said charges to be proved and true; 1,,- practising as an attorney at law in any of the courts State for the term of one year from fuEshsF paed GFe6r Fe6ruary ln 5hs g. pss@'SeS psss
 CHARLES B. ANDREWS, Judge. Judge Andrews decision has caused much surprise among local attorneys, many of whom went so far as to adjudge the punish ment to be excessive for the ohense. Sym pathy for MT. Hamilton was quite freely ex- pressed by lawyers.
 The decision proved severe blow to Law yer Hamilton. He was sitting in his office when his clerk, John Taylor, broke the news to him. My God! My God!" he exclaimed. The attorney staggered to his feet and fell headlong on the floor in dead faint. When he recovered from his swoon the tears rolled down his cheeks and he assured his clerk that he would leave New Haven. An adverse decision was wholly unexpected by him. A lawyer who stands high in the profes- sion, when asked what he thought about the case, expressed himself in this wise: ''The decision was unjust; it was too severe and shows on it's face that Andrews considered that both Hamilton and Taylor perjured themselves when testifying. There can be no other conclusion from the decision. An drews evidently preferred to believe this man Lynch and his witnesses instead of sn attor- neY who has held an honorable position at the New Haven county bar. I am very sorry over the result"
 In his statement which Lawyer Strouse has prepared for the grievance Committee of the bar, he says: Although courting trial MT. Charles Holt Fowler declared that he did not care to be mixed up in the matter, but hinted that the subject would be brought be- fore your conm mittee unless I settled, and I took these statements a species of black mail and considered it admission of wrong to talk any further about the matters with the attorney and told him in the presence of Herman E. Smith that I declined to settle with him at all; that if my client came to me he would have forty dollars and that I owed his brother nothing. ask no mercy but justice"
 Lawyer Andrews was at his home in East Haven yesterday and no statement from him could be obtained.
 court of Common Pleas-Judge Dem-
 
 A hearing was held yesterday in the Nau- gatuck school case. On July IA last at a Naugatuck town meeting W. F. Hinkley, William Mendle and F. H. King were de- clared elected as members of the school com mittee. Afterwards it vas discovered that the two latter gentlemen had not majorities of the votes cast, as required by the statute of 1879, and consequently several residents of the district petitioned the board of school visitors to appoint two other committeeman to act in place of Mendle and King. The board of visitors did so, and named John B. Hale and John Breen committee men. Meanwhile, however, the commit tee declared elected at the July town meeting had hired teachers, bought fuel and otherwise prepared for their years work. When Messrs. Hale and Breen at tempted to call a meeting of the board an in junction was gotten out against them, but not before they had hired Miss Kittie Nearey in opposition to selection made by the other board. The injunction prevented Miss Nearey from taking her position and finally resulted in yesterdays hearing. Attorneys Baldwin and Hine appeared for Union school district No. 1, in the name of which the in- junction is brought, and Judge Gillette and Attorney Kennedy appeared for Hale and Breen.
 A non-suit has been entered in the Com mon Pleas court in the case of August Kog- enotski, jr., vs. August Kogenotski, ST. In the case of the town of Meriden vs. w. B. Rees ct al the tax lien was foreclosed and until the first Monday in March given as the time to redeem. City Court Criminal Side Judge
 Pickett.
 Vim. c. Hayes, breach of the peace, $5 and costs; John Eustis, same, bond called; John P Carney, same, discharged; Wm Maher same, S5 and costs; Daniel Breslin, Frank T. Heires and John J. Fenton, begging, 20 days in jail.