Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-01-07
COURT RECORD.
Superior Court-Criminal Side-Judge
Hall.

COURT RECORD.
Superior Court-Criminal side-Judge
Hall.
The jury panel of the criminal superior
court gave out at noon yesterday when
Abraham Gilberg was placed on trial for
theft from person. There were fourteen
in the panel, and the state challenged three
and Lawyer J. P. Goodhart, counsel for
the defendant, four. The court ordered
Sheriff Tomlineon to bring in talesmen.
Thomas E. Bartlett, Lewis B. Brown, Da-
vid J. Shields, Whiting s. Sanford and
Hiram n. Thompson, who were in the
court room, were called up, and no objec-
| ton being made they were sworn in. Gill
berg was charged with the theft of s12 from
Samuel Grodinsky of York street. State
Attorney Doolittle nolled the case.
Yesterday morning the petit jury was
sent out to consider the case of Edward
Skinner, charged with mayhem in biting
| off the ear of John Cornell, the evidence
in the Gaze having been heard Thursday.
The Jury returned shortly before 10 o'clock
| and brought verdict of guilty. Judge
Hall in the afternoon sentenced Skinner to
seven years in state prison.
State Attorney Doolittle asked Judge
John M. Hall of the superior court for an
| additional panel of fourteen jurymen and
| Sheriff Tomlinson was instructed to have
| them in court Tuesday.
The case of John Keefe, who in quar-
| rel at West Haven last summer, killed his
| partner, James VIM, Is set down for trial
next Thursday.
Senator T. J. Fox and William G. Case
| will defend Keefe.
| The adultery case of Belle E. Cornell and
| George o. Hyde, charged with adultery,
was taken up late yesterday afternoon but
was not completed when the court ad journ-
ed. 1t will be taken up again Tuesday
morning.
Superior Court - Civil Side-Judge
| Prentice.
| The continued divorce case of Daniel 81.
Linsley VS.. Emma L. Linsley was heard in
the superior court, civil side, before Judge
S. o. Pentice yesterday morning. A de,
cree was granted. Mrs. Linsley's maiden
name was Brown. 1t was alleged that she
had been guilty of adultery with John Sut.
clffe of this city between April and July
II, 1892. Attorney H. W. Asher appeared
for the glaintiff.
Elizabeth Smith Desmond was granted
divorce from her husband, William n Des
mond. The ground for the divorce was
desertion and hsbitusl intemperance. At
torney James J. Buchanan appeared fol
plaintiff
Louise Galiano secured a divorce from
her husband, Joseph Galiano, on tn
grounds of cruelty and desertion. They
formerly lived in Boston and Gsliano lef
his spouse April II, 1888, with two chill
dren to support.
Judge Prentice granted a judgment O
50 1854 for the plaintiff in the case of tn
State Bank of New York against Jacol
Morris of this city. Watrous & Bucklant
appeared for the plaintiff, but the defend
ant WAS neither present himself or repre-
sented by counsel. The suit was brough
by the state bank to recover on a note in
dorsed by Morris to aid the firm of Lev
Brothers of New York, which failed for
large amount about a year ago.
, A very interesting case on the shor
calendar list yesterday was the suit of Mis-
Annie Conlan against Truman S. Lswis
3 both of Waterbury. She sues for $50, 90
damages for breach of promiee. She
a milliner and described as quite pretty
l The defendant is the son of E. {
Lewis, president of the Farrell Four
dry and Machine company. Young Levi
paid very marked attentions to Mii
Conlan, until last spring, when he marie
young woman who was employed in hi
{ | family as O companion to his mother. Mis-
t Conlan claims to have engagement rim
t and letters promising marriage frol
} | Lewis. The suit is brought as jury cas-,
r but will probably be defaulted and hear
, in damages. 1t was on the list on a techn
, cal demurrer, which the court revoked pr
, forma.
In Walter Leighs suit against the Ne
Haven Union company for libel, there ws
a motion for default for failure to file al
swer, but it went off the list, as the answe
has been filed.
o In the affairs of the New Haven Steal
8 Heating company Attorney White, {
White & Daggett, presented a motion fe
an order to sell tho property of the oorp'
ration.
Receiver Sherlock, who has had chare
of the company since June, 1891, testi6e
that he could not continue to run the bus
ness with advantage and thought 1t shoul
i be sold. As yet he had not received an
Q advantageous offer for sale. There a,
= $37, 900 in claims against the company an
: a irst mortgage of $40, 900 on the propert.
The Gsffey- Mailhouse SANDER suit WI
: argued on a motion to erase a portion
< the complaint, and the suit of Edelstei
f vs. Beach was argued on demurrer.