Morning journal and courier., 1893-07-17
COURT RECORD.
City Court - Criminal side - udge
 Callahan.

Callahan.
 Willard Hill, embezzlement, continued l to July IS; George Dormsn and William Dorman, breach of the peace, continued to July 22; Levi Lafoe, breach of peace against Elisha Robbins, $15 fine, $1S.64 costs; Patrick Lennon, attempt to commit burglary, continued to July IS; Thomas Davidson and Willie Davidson, trespass, nolled; James Hogan, John Kane and William Hastings. evading payment of railroad fare, $5 fine, $5.42 costs; Della Bradley, adultery, bound over to superior court under $300.
 Court Notes.
 In the superior court tomorrow morn ing the cases of the Oak street gang, e number of whom are charged with bur- glary. will be taken up. The first trial l will be that of Lawrence Mulligan. Charles Hansel & Son of Hartford, tailors, recently brought suit against George Fox of this city, an employe of a local music store, to recover debt of $s7. Saturday Attorney Harry Asher, before whom the case was brought as justice of the peace, rendered judgment for the l plaintiff for the full amount.
 Zephaniah 8. Ayres, the son of Abra ham Ayers, the millionaire New York iron founder, who was taken to New York from this city about a month ago to answer a charge of sending obscene letters through the mails, was gent to jail for four months by the United States circuit court. Ayres was arrested In Stamford and lodged in jail in this city, where he remained for two weeks. When his sentence expires he will be arrested for contempt of court, as he fled to this state to avoid paying ali
 mony to his divorced wife.
 The case of E. J. Young against Helen M. Nero for the replevin of goods attach ed by the defendant was heard before Jus tice James Bishop Saturday morning. At t: torney Cooley appeared for the plaintiff and Attorney Ell Mix was counsel for the defense. Justice Bishop reserved his de- cision.
 Mr. and Mrs. Leander Peck, who for the
 past two weeks have been affording the
 gossips of West Haven bountifu1 food for conversation on account of their domestic differences and difficulties, have become reconciled and all actions at law between
 them have been withdrawn.
 THE RUSSELL ASSIGNMENT. It is stated that the assignment made re-
 gently by Frank R. Russell, the real estate , dealer, was made for the purpose of effect
 ing settlement of certain contested claims which have been presented against him.
 According to the story told by one of his friends, Russell about six or seven years ago was engaged in the liquor business ir Waterbury and had 8 fine place fitted uI very expensively. In setting up his busi
 ness he had been compelled to run In debi to the extent of several thousand dollars
 and one day, being unable to satisfy his
 creditors, descent was made on his place
 and the whole property confscated, as fl l were.
 Then MT. Russell came to this city and
 engaged in the real estate business and hal , been engaged in this business ever since , and 1t Is held that he has been paying uI his past indebtedness as fast as he could and during the past four years has suc ceeded in paying up nearly $6,o00. It ii . claimed for him further that there are some claims which have been f brought against him which he holds b, F does not owe. and in others he alleges a that he has offsetting claims which wip, held, has caused him great deal of an = noyance in the line of legal proceedings 7 and only day or two ago suits wer
 brought against him in several cases of thi f kind. Owing to this fact, to settle for al q time the alleged obligations against him, l f was decided that the only way 1t could b.
 done was to file voluntary assignmen
 and by the appointment of commissioners
 to allow all who had claims against him t.
 present them. It is stated in this connec f tion that the claims against him will prob
 ably be something between 1,500 ant
 S2, ,000, and the assets, it is held, vii - amount to but very little. It is furthe
 said that it is MT. Russell's intention t.
 ultimately pay dollar for dollar to all tn , claimants which he admits owing, and tn u assignment will give him the time whicl r the creditors refused.