Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-14
THE nouRr RECORD.
Superior Court-Criminal Side-Judge
 Phelps.

Superior rCourt-Crimfnal Side-Judge
 Phelps.
 In this court yesterday morning Patrick Ford of Ansonia, horse thief who is also wanted in Woodbridge for rape, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years in state's prison.
 Peter Estrom of Branford, who was sen tenced for murder in the second degree, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and the state accepting the plea Estrom was sen- tenced to seven years in the state prison. A MURDER TRIAL BEGUN. The work of empanneling jury for the trial of Angelo Petrillo, who shot and killed Michael Angelo on the 18th day of last April, occupied some considerable time.
 The jury was sworn, the charge read to the accused, plea of not guilty entered and the trial commenced. City Attorney Daley, who is assisting State Attorney DooHttle, said that 1t would be necessary to have an interpreter and recommended Paul Russo. But Attorney Goodhart strenuously objected, saying that MT. Russo had assisted the state in gathering evidence. MT. Russo was called and de- nied MT. Goodhart's assertion. He was accepted and William Verdi, an Italian student, was also sworn as an additional interpreter.
 Attorney Goodhart then asked that the witnesses be examined separately and not to be allowed to hear each other testify, but the court refused.
 Joseph Kelleher of 21 Putnam street was the first witness. He had conversation with Petrillo on Liberty and Putnam streets the night of the murder, April IS, 1891. Petrillo asked the crowd to come down to his house to drink. When they arrived at the house Petrillo told them how some money, $75, he thought it was: | Petrillo put his hand in his pocket, pulled out revolver and said: 'I am going to shoot him." (Michael Dimeo). Witness said he advised him not to do it, but told | him to go to law. Then Petrillo put the pistol back into his pocket, and they had a | drink. He was cross-examined at length Angelina Capodora, an Italian woman | who had come from sick bed to testify, was the next witness. She related the shooting of Dimeo by Petriilo, for she was an eyewitness to the murder. She lived | at IS Lafayette street. On the night of 1 April IS she saw them both on Minor street while she was taking in clothes from her | window. She said:
 q heard Petrillo say: Are you going to | give me that moneyF"
 | Dimeo answered: 'I don't owe you any thing"
 Petrillo said: 'If you don't pay me that I'll make you shake like pear"
 Then Dimeo walked away and Petrillo shot off revolver at him. Then Petrille ran away and she saw him no more. Dimeo cried: My brother, Pe- 1 trillo, has killed me-" Then he said: "I am dead" and she heard no more. 1 Other witnesses introduced by the state were Michael H. Griffin, Pasquelle Pal merio and Augustine Mafio, and their tes- timony was in corroborat;on of that of the | former witnesses The case Is still on trial.
 City Court Criminal Side Judge l Pickett.
 James Adams, resisting Officer Williams, 1 $10 fine, $6.24 costs; Gattano Feraio l breach of peace against Ludeei Carvaio continued to October IT; Timothy J. | O'Connell, breach of peace against Johr Estrom, $7 fine and costs; John McGowan,
 violation of liquor law. continued to oc law, continued to October IA; William Knoth, violation of liquor law, continued
 Robert s. Parks, conspiracy to tap tele
 graph wires, $50 fine, $1412 costs, ap
 pealed; Frederick Flynn, tapping telegraph
 wires nolled.
 Court Notes. | THE MAGUIRE DIVORCE SUIT.
 The divorce suit of Richard Mcguire
 until recently engaged in the dry good
 business with Even Mcintyre, did no
 come up in the superior court for tria
 yesterday, but was referred to committe
 who will hear the case privately.
 Judge Thayer granted divorce to Theo
 dore J. Wier, both of New Haven, on ac
 count of intolerable cruelty. The evidenc
 showed that Mrs. Weir had an incompati