The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-08
aREM4RKABLE TRIAL.
sharp Work by the Law and Order League
 in Rocky Hill.

A remarkable trial has been going on here for several days before Justice A. G. Robins. It commenced on August 2l and was continued to August 2S, then to September and then to September 6, and occupied the last three days en- tirely.
 The local Law and Order league, which has been very active and efficient in its work during the past year, has recently brought three prosecutions through Grand Juror r. A. Grant against Horace L. Taylor of this place, who keeps the Taylor house. Two of them were for violation of the Sunday liquor law, and another for "reputa- ton" and selling without license. Taylor has given the people of Rocky Hill a good deal of trouble, and has been previously twice convicted In the superior court. The Law and Order league seems determined at any cost to stop MT. Taylor from selling liquor
 MT. Taylor has had no license since last November, because the town had at the last election voted no license by a large majority. But 1t has been mat ter of common rumor that MT. Taylor has continued to sell liquor
 The grand juror was assisted in the prosecution of the case by Captain s. P. Thrasher of New Haven, E. P. Ar vine of New Haven acting as counsel. T. E. Steele of Hartford and Demfry of Middletown appeared for Taylor. The state proved by abundant evidence that the Taylor house was reputed to be place where liquor was sold In the months of June and July last. The de- tectives employed by the Law and Or der league obtained the evidence against Taylor and testified to sales of liquor at the Taylor house on the Sun- days of June 10 and July 8, and also to sale of liquor on July 6.
 An interesting feature in this case was an attempt on the part of the de- fense to prove two alibis, one on June 10 and the other on July 8.
 Taylor offered his own testimony and that of his wife, that of his brother, Nelson Taylor of Berlin, and that of
 Deputy Sheriff Michael E. Hannon, that on Sunday, June 10, Taylor and his | wife were at the home of NelsonTaylor,
 Berlin. He offered his own testimony and that of Fred G. Vaudeville of Hart l ford and George w. Grover of Saybrook l to the effect that he was fishing with | them on Long Island sound on Sunday, July 8. There was nothing in the tes- | timony itself that seemed improbable, and it looked at one time to the by islanders as though MT. Taylor was | going to prove quite successfully that | he was not present at the Taylor house
 on the occasions when these detectives had sworn that he was; but yesterday l affairs took quite different turn and testimony was offered by the state which produced a profound sensation, l Mr. Arvine asked Mrs. Taylor on the cross-examination if she did not at
 tend the exercises at the Congregations
 church here on the evening of Children's
 Sunday. She admitted that she die
 and also admitted that her daughtei
 took part in the exercises that evening
 and several times said during the cross
 examination that she was sure she wa: present on that occasion The statt
 they proved by half a dozen witnesses
 ladies and gentlemen in good standing
 in this place, that Mrs. Taylor wa
 present on that evening at the exer
 cises in the Congregational church ol
 the evening of the 10th of June, ant
 written evidence was produced show
 ing conclusively that Children's Sunda.
 was the Sunday of June 1O Mrs. Fay
 sworn as witnesses for the defense tha
 they did not return to Rocky Hill iron
 Berlin until Monday.
 The state also produced several wit
 neeses who on that Sunday saw MI
 Taylor in this town, and some of whom
 spoke with him, but the most remark
 able feature of the trial took plac yesterday morning. It was still diff
 cult to see how the state was going t
 contradict the testimony that Taylo
 was fishing on Long Island sound O.
 Sunday, July S.
 !. MT. Arvine on cross-examinatfon ha asked Taylor and Mandeville wha train they took to go down to Say
 brook, from where they had started and what train they returned on tn following Monday morning. They tes
 tified that they went down on the A train from this place and returned o
 the 8:10 train Monday morning fror
 Saybrook.
 The surprise of yesterday mornin was the appearance of Conductor Ho , man of the train that went down Sa1 , urday night and returned Monda . morning. It appeared that he ha been summoned the previous night an that the prosecution had sent to Ne Haven and obtained from the auditor , office of the N. Y, N. H. & H. R. R. c, the conductors reports, which he dail ? sent there of the fares taken up on tf l road. These reports were produces :. and Conductor Holman testified that took only one ticket from Rocky Hi !, to Saybrook Junction. On the trai l which left at 4:4S and no cash fare ar
 on the return Monday morning he toe f no tickets for Rocky Hill from Sa: r brook and no cash fares Mandevil = and Taylor had both testified that the n paid cash fares both ways. The d e fense made a few rather weak attemp }. to explain this mystery, but it seemt = complete failure. The decision of u
 case was reserved until next Tuesday. h Great credit is due the local leag1 7. for their determined effort to enfor e the law in this town. Through the = efforts several other parties have be-