Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-13
THE COURT RECORD.
Supreme Court of Errors-Chief Justice
 AmMPaEvR.

Supreme Court of Err0rs@Chte1 Justice Andrews.
 The court yesterday afternoon heard the arguments in the case of Edward A. Todd ct al. vs. Henry N. Oviatt. The plain tiff claims custer of certain premises and the defendant claims the right of possession as tenant by the curtesy. superior Court CIvlI Side - Judge Tenn. The divorce suit of Hattie A. Button of this city, from Robert Button of Durham, on | the ground of into1erable cruelty, was on | trial yesterday. Button files counter charges
 of cruelty and adultery, making Charles Al- 1 len correspondent in the latter charge. MrF. Button had on hand as witnesses just four- | teen women to testify in her favor. Mrs. Button also asks for the custody of their lit- | tie girl, aged six months. Court of Common Pleas-Civll Side Judge Sgudley. The case of Charles E. Cruttenden against Thomas F. Fitzpatrick was on trial yester- | day. Cruttenden claims that he entered into an agreement with Fitzpatrick, whereby he was to buy . carload of onions in Ohio and pay the freight on them to this city, | where Fitzpatrick was to sell them. The onions came and the freight was paid, but { Fitzpatrick sold some other onions instead of | the ones obtained by Cruttenden. The plaintiff sues for breach of contract and the defendant claims there was no contract. City Court Criminal Side - Judge Pickett.
 Breach of peace-Jacob Quinto, continued 1 to June IA; Elias Bristol, nolled; Catherine King, $5 fine, $7.O6 costs. 1 Theft-James T. Kelley, John Enright, $6.24 costs, 30 days in jail; Margaret Cullen, ! nolled.
 Vagranoy-John Golden, 30 days, $6.24 costs.
 Non-support of wife-William Hickman, ! continued to June 13.
 Abusive language-Patrick J. Slattery, $lO | fine, $6.M costs.
 Lasoivious carriage-James H. Russell, $5 ! fine, $3.1s costs; Josephine Anderson, $5 ! fine, $3. 12 costs
 I Michael Duffy, continued to June 15; Thomas Duffy, continued to June 15. Burglary-Frank Severn, continued to ! June IS.
 Court Notes. The court of appeals of New York has dis \ missed the appeal in the case of the New
 Haven Web Go. vs. the Ferris Armstrong Manufacturing Co. Am Expensive Watch.
 James F. Kelley was fined $50 and sen fenced to four months in jail by Judge Pickett yesterday for the theft of silver ! watch from Thomas Maddigan. APr1vate Circus.
 Catherine King, 8 prepossessing looking ! English woman, was before Judge Pickett ! in the City court yesterday charged with g
 breach of the peace against her brother-in- law, Thomas Robinson. On Monday morn ing her husband gave her $2 with which to | take in the circus, but she invested 1t in beer
 and became SO hilarious that the police took
 her in charge. This private circus cost her ten dollars.
 The Wrong Bristol.
 Elias E. Bristol of Court street appeared in
 the City court yesterday to answer to the
 name of E.. E. Bristol, but it was his father
 Edward E. Bristol that was wanted. Joseph
 Kaiser, the clothing dealer on State street, ! had obtained a warrant for the latter on the ground that he had used abusive language to | him while the two were riding State \ street horse car.
 Moderate Burglar. Frank Severn, who claims to belong in Hartford, was before Judge Pickett in the City court yesterday charged with burglary
 from N. Steinert & Sons, music dealers st | TIT Chapel street. For some time the firm
 has been missing small quantities of money from the till. Severn was captured yesterday | morning early by Officer Phelps, who was ambushed in the store. The officer saw him | took 75 cents, and arrested him as he was making his exit from the window. The fol- lowing is a list of the amounts he has cons fessed to have taken: On June 6 fifty cents, ! June fifty five cents, June fifty cents,
 June sixty cents, Juno 10 twenty five cents, | June II forty-fve cents, June 12 seventy-five
 cents; total $3.60. The case went over until | to-day