The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-10-18
MANFREDO IS AT LIBERTY.
COMPLAINT T.iGAINsTHIM FOR MUR-
 DER WAS S0LLED YESTERDAY.

Crime Was Committed in seif-Dsfsnse In
 the Opinion of Assistant State Attornsy--
 Sentences Imposed in the Other Courts
 Acquitted of Arson.
 The unusual precedence of nolling a complaint for murder was resorted to in the Waterbury superior court. crim- inal side. which has been holding Us sessions in this city yesterday after noon. The murderer who was thus fa- vored was Dominica Manfredo. who killed another Italian, Leonardo P'' truzzi, in Waterbury on the evening of May 8. Since that time Manfredo has been in jail until yesterday. when the complaint was nolled by Assistant State Attorney George E. Terry.
 After Manfredo had been arrested complaint charging him with murder was made out against him and grand jury summoned. to whom the case was to be submitted for a finding. The grand jury reported for duty In this city yesterday morning, but were im- mediately excused by Assistant State Attorney Terry, who stated that he had decided to substitute a complaint for manslaughter for the original com plaint for murder. The jurors immedi- ately filed out. drew their fees and re- paired to their respective homes.
 Late yesterday afternoon, just before the adjournment of the court for the term, Mir. Terry stated that he had de- cided to nolle the case. In explanation of his unusual action he said that he had thoroughly investigated the case and had come to the conclusion that the deed had been committed in self defense. He explained that the two men had been drinking together dur ing the day of May 3 and late In the afternoon Petruzzi became ugly from the effects of the liquor he had taken and wanted to fight with his com panion.
 Manfredo, however, managed to make his escape at that time, but late in the evening the two men again came together accidentally on dark street. whereupon Petruzzi insisted that they should fight When Manfredo refused Petruzzi pulled a knife on him and cut him in several places on the fleshy part of the right arm. fingered at this, Manfredo drew his knife and stabbed Petruzzi in the abdomen, from the ef- fleets of which he subsequently died. In view of these circumstances and further of the fact that Manfredo was the only living witness of the crime, Assistant State Attorney Terry said that he had thought best to nolle the case. Judge Prentice ordered the nolle to be entered, and Manfredo went out of the court room a free man.
 Moy Chung. a. Chinese laundryman of Waterbury, who shot John McGraw in the back on June 2s. pleaded guilty of simple assault and was sent to jail for six months. McGraw with party of hoodlums was annoying Chung when the crime was committed, which fact led Judge Prentice to remark when he was imposing sentence that he regret ted that he could not impose sentence upon the hoodlums instead of upon the prisoner. .......|
 August Nillson of Wolcott was found guilty of assaulting August Carlstadt on August 5, with a recommendation to mercy, and was sentenced to five months in jail. .s.
 /, George Cam and Hattie Minnis of Southbury pleaded guilty of adultery and were sentenced to jail for four months.
 John Keefe pleaded guilty to stealing $1 from the person of Wesley D. Gar ner and was sent to jail for six months.
 Peter Mcdonald was acquitted of the charge of stealing a gold watch from Owen Crowley, and the case of Lulu Riggs of Waterbury, charged with adul- tery, was nolled, after which the court adiourned for. tha tarr,a