Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-11
THE COURT RECORD.
Court of Common PIeas-Civn Side
 ImdRa SRunleY.

Court of Common PIeas-Civn Side Judge StudleY.
 The criminal Court of Common Pleas came in yesterday morning by adjournment for the December term. The case of Morris Alder man, the secondhand furniture dealer of Union street, was the principal case before Judge Studley. About a year ago Alderman was prosecuted for failure to support his wife. He appealed to the criminal Court of Common Pleas and for several reasons the case has been continued from time to time until the present term. Alderman claimed that he was not under obligations to support his wife, as he was divorced from her in Rus sia Attorney Kleiner obtained certificate from Russia signed by the rabbi of town three hundred miles from St. Petersburg. It stated that he had divorced Alderman. It cost $1O0 to secure it. The defence also yes- terday morning filed demurrer to the States complaint on the grounds that the prosecu- ton was defective because it did not allege the name of the woman Alderman had failed | to support.
 | If it is overruled the case will go to the 1 jury on its merits to-day.
 The case of John H. Marshall of Cheshire, | charged with breach of the peace against T. A. Cook a member of the Cheshire school | board, was settled yesterday. Marshall's niece was an applicant to teach school in | Cheshire. MT. Cook rejected her and Mir. Marshall and his friends set about to retire | Mir. Cook from the school board. The result l was that Cook had Marshall prosecuted. As sistant State Attorney Gum nolled the case. Other cases disposed of by Assistant State l Attorney Gum were: Lafayette S. Clark, breach of the peace against wife, bona called | and forfeited, William A. Lincoln surety. | 6. W. Doty, vagIancy in New Haven, 2S days in jail.
 | The last case tried was that against James
 Reilly, who was charged with breach of the peace. J. P. Goodhart made an eloquent appeal for the prisoner. The case will be
 continued this morning.
 l Probate Court-Judge Robertson. A hearing on the application brought by Attorney 0. s. Hamilton in behalf of Edward
 Davis of Hamden, praying that Elijah Gill; bert, the Elm street grocer, be thrown into involuntary insolvency was held before Judge
 Robertson yesterday. Attorney John ". l filling appeared for Strong, Barnes Hart & 1 Co.,, the largest creditors, and Judge Stod- l dard, of Bristol, Stoddard & Bristol, ap- peared for Gilbert. Attorney Hamilton laid I in evidence the note for $1 ,S00 given by Gil- l bert to Davis. The attorney claimed that according to the statute his client was en- titled to the usual remedy. No opposition was offered by the defendant and the court declared Elijah Gilbert an insolvent debtor and appointed Thursday, Dec. 13, at 10 o'clock, as the time of hearing for the ap pointment of trustee.
 OXsy Court OrimInal Side Judge Pickett.
 Catherine Doughan, night walker, 30 days in jail; Roderick Judge, defrauding boarding house keeper, $3; John J. Campbell, same, discharged; Peter Pagan, vagrancy, judg- ment suspended; William Forsyth, non-sup- port of child, to Dec. Il; John Gordon, va grancy, 10 days in jail; Susan Price and Will liam H. Storms, breach of the peace, 10 days in jail; Edward Curran, breach of the peace, judgment suspended; Hugh McGarvey, theft, reform school complaint substituted; James F. Kelly and Patrick Dowd, breach of the peace, discharged; Joseph Malone, Joseph Duffy, Hugh McGarry, reform school com plaint to Dec. 19.
 Court Notes.
 Susan Price, 8 buxom colored maiden, is the housekeeper of William H. Storms of Eaton street. She and Storms presented pretty badly bruised eyes in the police court yesterday. They had row Saturday night but denied all knowledge of it yesterday morning. Both were sent to jail for fifteen days.
 A Costly Meal.
 Roderick Judge was charged in the City court yesterday morning with defrauding an Oak street boarding house keeper, He eon- stunned two plates of bread and two bowls of | coffee and then refused to pay the 15 cents demanded, and called the proprietress 8 liar. !
 Young Ur1mInals. !
 Joseph Malone, Joseph Duffy and Hugh \ McGarry, small boys, were charged in the 1 City court yesterday morning with the theft | of some hockey sticks from L. L. Rosenberg. | They will be tried on reform school com- ! plaints Dec. 19.
 In merfden.
 Just as the court adjourned Lawyers Ely | of New Haven and Smith, Davis and George ! Fay of Meriden came in, and with Judge | Thayer on the bench, opened the trial of the celebrated case of Parker and Wren. The jury was packed in a corner of the spectators gallery where large crpwd remained to Nstsh the proceedings.