The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-10-03
BEFORE BARS OF JUSTICE.
PRISONERS PUT TO PLEA IN THE
 SEVERAL HIGHER COURTS.

 United States District, Superior and Com
 mon Pleas Courts in ssssion-A Ten
 Years' Sentence for Goidsborongh-Fine
 Imposed in District Court.
 There was unusual activity among the legal profession yesterday. there being no less than five of the higher courts of the state in session in this city. The courts which held session were the United States district court, the superior courts. criminal and civil sides, and the common pleas court, both criminal and civil sides.
 The August term of the United States district court convened with Judge W. K Townsend on the bench. The cases of c. F. Downey and II. L. VIsscher of the Waterbury Globe, charged with sending obscene matter through the mails; of ex-Letter Carrier Frederick c. Ingham of this city, accused of taking money from a letter, and J. c. Marshall of New Milford, charged with sending lottery tickets through the mails, were submitted to the grand jury and true bills founds against the accused.
 Ingham pleaded guilty and was fined s25O and costs. and given a week in which to pay up.
 Judge Cole, representing Downey and Visscher, entered plea of nolle conten- dere. Downey was, however, fined $15O and costs, and visscher s1OO and costs. Judge Cole was notified that he could file a motion to open the case and grant the accused trial by jury, but Judge Cole has not decided what he will do in the case.
 The case of Joseph Ayoob of New York, who is charged with smuggling, was not tried and it is understood that he will settle by paying a penalty of S1,000. The several other cases on the docket went over until the December term.
 The following is a list of the grand jurors:
 w. A. Embler of Norwalk, William Coggswell of Weston, A. H. Conklin of East Hampton, Theodore A. Cooke of Cheshire, J. M. Cowles of Norwalk, w. w. Cowles of Manchester, Nathan A. Easterbrook, jr., of New Haven, Corne- Illus Farmer of Ellington. William A. Foster of Rockville, A. B. Gillette of Hartford, George s. Gillette of Easton, w. w. Gillespie of Stamford, Andrew Hamilton of East Windsor, Serene s. Hurlburt of Ridgefield, s. c. Pierson of Trumbull, N. H. Sherwood of Fairfield, Mark L. Sperry of Waterbury, B. J. Steele of Torrington, I. H. Stiles of East Windsor, Emory l.. Strong of Bridgeport, Levi P. Treadweil of Dan Warren of Stafford Springs, Albert Wa terman of Bozrah, c. B. Wheeler of Monroe, Henry Woodward of Middle town .+.- ,. :.
 The petit jury was made up as fol- lows: c. Collard Adams of Cromwell, A. D. filling of Derby, Ephriam, F. Arnold of Haddam, A. F. Austin of North Ha- ven, G. D. Bissell of Naugatuck, Will liam F. Burrows of Middletown, c. s. Garfield of Bridgeport, G. D. Capran Of Canaan, G. R. Chamberlin of North Haven, G. S. Durand of Bethel, G. A. Faber of Waterbury, J. H. Frienk of Cheshire, w. H. Hayden of Thomas ton, Willis B. Isbell of Westville, c. c. Klein of Meriden, Joseph Munger of Waterbury, D. T. Osborne of Derby. Herbert Beck of Southbury, Dwight Phelps of Winchester. H. s. Scott of Watertown, M. B. Treat of Derby.
 Superior Court-Criminal Side.
 The October term of this court con- vened yesterday afternoon with Judge Ralph Wheeler of New London on the bench. After prayer had been made by Rev. James B. Hoyt of Cheshire, State Attorney Doolittle asked for bench warrants for James Caporale, Dr. Ella and Anthony Spinello, who MT. Doolittle said, have been the in- stigators of an offensive article in newspaper, and that as one of them was an officer in the city court he desired that the charge against them be pre- ferred in this court.
 The charge against the men came about through the publishing of an ar ticle in Pro Patria, an Italian paper which they control, in which Paul Rus so was attacked. They are charged with criminal libel. Deputy Sheriff Peck served the warrants and the men were ordered to appear for trial this morning. They were not required to give bonds.
 In the case of George Collier of West Haven charged with statutory burglary, the bonds of $200 furnished by Edward B. Collier were called.
 John Farrell of this city, charged with theft, was allowed to go on nolle.
 Burton H. Warren of this city,, charg ed with the theft of a bicycle, pleaded not guilty. It was stated to the court that he was insane, and commission of physicians will be appointed to in- quire into his sanity.
 Pleas of not guilty were entered by the following and their cases were as- signed for trial: John Barnes, New Haven, theft from the person; Fred erick Doolittle, Bethany, burglary; Frank Lilley, Hamden, theft of COW; glary; Frank Mcfarland, New Haven, theft from person; Michael Howard, Meriden, rape;. John Connolly, Milford, burglary; Annie Sucher, Milford, aban- donment of child; George w. Green, Hamden, arson, and James Congdon, New Haven, theft.
 Robert H. Goldsborough of this city pleaded guilty to having committed