Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-09
City Court - Criminal Side - Judge
 Pickett.
Court Notes

While the libel suit of IL. Arnott of Thomp- sonville vs. the Bridgeport Standard came up yesterday in the Superior court at Hart ford, Judge Torrance decided to permit Dr.L. H. Pease, chairman of the Republican com mittee, to answer whether Arnott had told him that he took Republican money and vot- ed the Democratic ticket. The witness said that he had paid Arnott's expenses home. Arnott's petition to the President was pro- duced and letter attached to it saying he had affiliated with and voted for the Demo cratic candidates since 1871. Chester John son, who secured the Thompsonville postof- fee, testified that Arnott told him in 1884 the Republicans were in the habit of paying his expenses; he was going to let them pay as usual and then vote for Cleveland. A number of witnesses from Enfield and Thompsonville were introduced to testify concerning the petition and what Arnstt had said about how he had voted. The defense rested it's case yesterday morning. Arnott then took the stand and said that the only cleo tions in which he received pay from the Re- publicans were those of 1880 and 1881, Dr. Pease of Thompsonville paying his travelling expenses on both occasions Arnott sues the Standard for libel because that journal said that Senator Eaton would not knowing " like Arnott." The defense claimed that it intended only to call Arnott sneak.
 Case of Alleged Forgery.
 Judge Deming in the civil side of the Court of Common Pleas yesterday continued the trial of the case of John Macheleidt vs. Dwight Hitchcock, of Bethel. This is suit to recover $400 on note. The defense claim that the note is a forgery made by Prescott, the alleged pension agent, who got int Ia bor was here and testified that Hitchcock signed this note in his office. William T. Bartlett, treasurer and cashier of the Union Trust company, was introduced by the defense as an expert and swore that the alleged signa- ture, of defendant was not like his ordinary signatures.
 A Detective Witness and Prosecutor Loses Ills Case.
 The case against Sarah O'Keefe, charged with violating the liquor law, was nolled by Judge Studley in the criminal side of the Court of Common Pleas yesterday owing to an oversight in the original drawing up of the papers. This was somewhat strange case from the fact that Prosecuting Agent Fowler acted in the duplicate capacity of detective, warrant-issuer and witness. He and Detective George R. Bill were doing detective duty in the nsighborhood of Mrs. O'Keefe's place one afternoon when 8 child went into the place with pail and soon came out again. MT. Fowler issued a warrant for Mrs. O'Keefe and swore in the City court that the child's pail contained beer, which they saw. The bartender of the saloon, the woman who sent for it and the child who carried it swore the pail's contents were vinegar and that the pail had a cover on. Prosecutor Gum says that there was no cage against the accused to try before jury even if the complaint had been legal. She WAS charged with selling to minors.
 The Notorious Carrie Mix on Trial.
 I.LA Carrie Davis was put on trial before @ jury in the criminal Court of Common Pleas yes- terday afternoon. She was sentenced to six months in jail and $100 fine in the City court last month and she appealed her case under a $400 bond. She was sentenced for keeping disorderly house at 164 Ashmun street. It is said that she has ruined three New Haven policemen who were obliged to leave the force on account of associations with her. Several persons testified to the unsavory character of the resort kept by the woman.
 MT. Fiske Awarded Damages.
 In the case of John c. Fiske against the Forsyth Steam Laundry company the Court of Common Pleas has found that the plaintiff was damaged to the amount of $319 by the defendant's team.
 Connecticut Savings Bank vs. HI. R. Barnes.
 The case of the Connecticut Savings bank E. Ies withdrawn from the docket of the Super for court, and peculiarly enough almost as soon as it was entered. The story of the case is of much interest to Fair Haveners. The Connecticut Savings bank holds mortgage for $S, 900 on property owned by MT. Henry R. Barnes and located between Grand avenue and Exchange street. Some time ago MT. Barnes disposed of it in sections to Dodd Bradley of Bradley & Davis, feed dealers, at 76 Grand avenue, and Timothy D. Clark of Brooklyn, N. Y. The land purchased by Mr. Bradley is in the rear of his residence, 516 Grand avenue. When he was given the deed for the same 1t contained clause to the ef- feet that it was free of incumbrance. Yet the other day when the case against MT. Barnes was entered on the court docket Mr. Bradley received notification that he was also defendant in the suit of the savings bank, which meant substantially that the land he had purchased from MT. Barnes was still under cloud as to its title. It was sur prise to MT. Bradley and he immediately eX- amined his warranty deed that had been re csived from MT. Barnes. There, sure enough, was the provision setting forth that the land had no incumbrances.
 Alexander E. Hamilton, an oyster dealer of South Front street, who lives at 21 Talmadge street was defendant in the case which has been taken from the docket. He owns some of this land on which the bank holds the $3, 900 mortgage, and was, up to the time he became a defendant in the suit. positive that he had @ clear, ironclad title to it. When he became the owner of the property which the bank has e title to by virtue of it's mort gage, he had no idea that there was anything cloudy about the title. One of the first moves he made when he acquired this prop erty was to erect a building thereon and otherwise improve it. It is rather peculiar case all around and would certainly have gone to trisl if the interest on the mortgage had not been paid by MT. Barnes yesterday. The prospects of future litigation are some- what good.