Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-02
THE SUPERIOR COURT,


 Terrence McKiernan, the slayer of Thomas F. Cleary, was brought up from New Haven this morning to hear the in dictment of the grand jury and enter his plea. immediately after the opening of the court McKiernan was ordered to stand up while Clerk Anketell read the indictment for murder in the first degree as follows:
 To the Honorable Superior Court within
 and for the County of New Haven
 now in session at Waterbury in said
 County
 The grand jurors within and for said county of New Haven upon their oaths dopresent that Terrence Kiernan of Nau- gatuck, now confined in New Haven county jail, on the 25th day of February, 1889, with force and arms, at Naugatuck aforesaid ln said county, on and upon Thomas F. Cleary of Naugatuck, in the peace then and there being feloniously and wllfully of his malice aforethought, did make an assault; and the same Ter renee kiernan pistol of the value of one dollar then and there charged with gunpowder and one leaden bullet, which said pistol the said Terrence Kiernan in his right hand then and there had and held, then and there feloniously and wilfullv and of his malice aforethought did dis charge and shoot off, at, against and upon the said Thomas F. Cleary, and that the said Terrence kiernan with the leaden bullet aforesaid out of the pistol aforesaid then and there by force of the gunpowder aforesaid discharged and shot off as aforesaid, then and there fel- oniously and wiIfully and of his malice aforethought did strike, penetrate and wound the said Thomas F. Cleary in and upon his right side about two inches to the right of the sternum, between the second and third ribs of him the said Thomas F. Cleary then and there with the leaden bullet aforesaid, so as afore- said discharged and shot out of the pis- tol aforesaid by the force of gunpowder aforesaid by the said Terrence Kiernan, in and upon the right side of him the said Thomas F. Cleary, near the said sternum of him the said Thomas F: Cieary, one mortal wound of the depth of ten inches and of the breadth of one-half an inch. of which said mortal wound he the said Thomas F. Cleary then and there instantly died.
 And so the grand jurors aforesaid upon their oaths aferosaid do say that the said Terrence Kiernan shot him the said Thomas F. Cleary in the manner afore- said, feloniously, wilfully and of his malice aforethought did kill and mur- der. And said grand jurors aforesaid do say that said Terrence Kiernan com mitted the crime of murder in the first degree, against the peace and contrary to the statute in such case made and provided.
 To this indictment what is your plea "Guilty or Not Guilty?" McKiernan promptly replied Not Guilty!" in a firm voice. He will be tried at the November term of court.
 Last week Harvey k. Blake pleaded guilty to stealing carriage and was sen- fenced to two years in the state prison. The sentence was withdrawn by Judge Carpenter this morning and Blake pleaded guilty to a charge of horse steal ing, the former sentence of two years in the state prison being imposed. Tls state pays reward of S100 for the ar the complaint agalnst Blake was prob ably changed in the interest of Sheriff Slocum of Winsted, who spent tune and money in pursuit of Blake.
 John Brennan, the seventeen year old boy who burglarized City hall on the night of April 4,1SSS, pleaded guilty and received a sentence of two years in state prison. In the superior court last April Judge Carpenter, owing to the prisoner s extreme youth, decided to give Brennan one more opportunity to lead good life and placed him under bonds of'S50O. The lad failed to profit by his experience and last December re- ceived a sentence of six months in iail and $50 and costs fine in the lower court, for stealing an overcoat from the rink building during political meeting. His time will not expire until September and the sentence imposed by Judge Carpen- ter to-day will not go into effect until that time.
 Jerry keefe, who was implicated with Brennan in the theft of the overcoat at the rink, had been released from the State Reform school on probation. Judge Carpenter ordered him sent back to that institution.
 By request of counsel for the defense, the case against Daniel Connors, aged 16,of Naugatuck, charged with burglary. was continued until the next term of the superior court.
 The case against Fred Latin, who was fined for resisting an officer in Nauga- tuck and who took an appeal, was also carried over to the next term.
 Frank McGerritt of Chicopee, who was bound over by Judge Bradstreet last week under the state tramp law, was re- leased without trial McGerritt, who is oiily SSNSIoSSii yedlS Ol age, Has good home and is we'll connected.
 David Moore of New Haven, who was bound over by the lower court last week for being tramp, told straightforward story and was found not guilty. John Martin, also of New Haven, was found guilty of vagrancy and sentenced to jail for thirty days.
 Fred King, against whom there is a case for selling Louisiana state lottery tickets, was to have been tried to-day but owing to the absence of his counsel, Attorney John O'Neill, the case was put over to the next term
 Bonds in the following cases, many of which have been carried on the books for years, were called, after which the jury were discharged and the court ad- journed:
 Timothy Guilfoile, breach of the peace and injury to private property Morris Moriarty, violation of license laws, three cases; Patrick Kelly, breach of the peace; Philome Lenoit, violation of license law: Michael Wall, statutory burglary: Michael Wall, theft; Andrew Egan. violation of license law Elizabeth H. Lawlor, violation of license law Ida Lewis, conspiracy Thomas Smith, vio-