The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-25
HEARD IN COURT.
Attorney General Dubois Arraigned
Criminals Today.

and now anticipate a mild pleasure In lis
tening to the trial OF cases in which the
plaintiff is the State, the defendants are
individual burglars, thieves, murderers or
other offenders against the law,
with sensational features In the testi.
mony and the possible satisfaction OF
looking on human beings who are 10
spend number OF years behind bars and
seeing how they act when sentence Is
hearkened unto" But there Is III
tie romance promised in the Attorney
Generals list. For the most part 1T in
cludes vulgar thieving, few breaks, an
embezzlement, one or two burglaries,
and one murder, which attracted less than
days notice when 1t was committed.
There Will be no occasion Tor howers Tor
the convicts and ii is not unlikely that
the progress OF the trade will develop any
'"Gentlemen Georges"
As preliminary this forenoon there
were several more arraignments.
Simon Smira pleaded not guilty OF
maintaining nuisance; bail $1,000.
An old man named James Mckinley
pleaded guilty to larceny and was sent
down for four months.
George Wade pleaded not guilty OF as
sault with a dangerous weapon; bail slOOO
James Kelley, common nuisance, pleaded
not guilty; bail $1,000.
George y. Huling, charged with larceny,
pleaded nolo contendere and sentence was
otitIitd ohtuIouSs
Jefferson Riley, nuisance, pleaded not
guilty; bail $1,000.
Charles Z. Lat ham retracted his plea Of
not guilty oflarceny, made last Monday,
and pleaded nolo contendere. Sentence
deferred until Saturday.
The bondsman who furnished bail in
$1,000 last Monday for Nell Wright,
charged with maintaining a nuisance,
surrendered the bail and the defendant
was placed in custody until new bail
is secured.
Two Cases Tried and Lost.
Two cases were tried and settled this
forenoon and both were lost by
the State. The first was one of
larceny from house in which
William Conway appeared as the defend
ant and his attorney was Jotfn Nj. Bren-
nan. Conway was charged with entering
the house of Lydia +. Clarke
in North Providence and steal
ing several articles, among
which was handkerchief found upon
his person. The owner of the house could
not positively identify the handker-
chief as her own and Conway told very
straight story about his possession OF It.
The verdict OF the jury was acquittal.
The next case was q concealed weapon
case and the first to be passed upon by
jury since carrying weapons was made
criminal offence by the Legisture.
George Hopkins was arrested for drunk
enness and a razor was found in his pocket.
The defendant admitted that he had the
razor and testified that he had
bought it with the case and was
carrying it home. Judge Wilbur, in
charging the jury, said that
a man had a perfect right to
buy a razor, and a perfect right to carry
his purchase home, and that concealment.
in any wrong sense, did not consist of
nlaninu 4 hp G having i'm rlQnpnf in a vest
pocket. The jury was out but few
minutes and the verdict was not guilty.
Docket for June 20.
appellate Divisional
93i3. Clara f. Kerfoot vs.. John E. Ker-
foot. Attorneys-Wood u Fitch for
plaintiff; McGuinness & Doran for defen-
dant.
Washington County. State vS. Corris.
1888. r. h. Sprague VS.. h. j. Padien.
Attorneys-McGuiness Il Doran for plain
tiff; b. j. Padien for defendant.
-. William X. Johnson ct ux vs..
Atwood ct al. Attorneys-Croke Angel
for plaintiff; G. p. Robinson for defend
ant.
Common Pleas Division.i
66S1. f. A. Ingerson VS.. A. Mason Sea-
grave. Attorneys-G. w. Greene for plain
tiff; F. 8. Arnold for defendant.
666. A. w. Quigg VS.. William Coffey.
ap. Attorneys.Tanner & Cannon for
plaintiff; - A. Aldrich for defendant.
1901. Maxine Landreville VS.. s. f.
Patenude. Attorneys-E. Aldrich for
plaintiff; w. j. Rich for defendant.
1101. +. p. Russell VS.. A. j. Hatfield, app.
Attorneys-H. {. Curtis for plaintiff; A. 5.
Miller for defendent.
1106 c. NJ. Godding VS.. Bridget Flynn.
Attorneys. .. Edwards for plaintiff; I;
{. f.. Champlin for defendant.
6479. Anthony Smart vs.. John Walch
for assessment. Attorneys-A. Feely for
plaintiff; +. w. Tillinghast for defendant.
municipal Court)
Estates OF Eli Aylsworth I'd, minor, petit
tion, for appointment, of guardian; Ruth
I. Bacon will for probate; Mariana
Ballou, will for probate; Elah Beach,
petition for sale of real estate;
Peter Connolly, will for probate; Annie
A. Cox, will for probate Harriet H..
Gardner, administration account; Jason
7. Howard, administration account; (;
Edward Johnson petition for appoint
ment Of administrator de bonis non; Pat
Easutor sSk kate peSn ary for Ksns sd
John Joseph Kent, minors, petit
tion for sale OF real estate;
Mary Kidd, administration account; !;
Mary Mahon, minor, guardians account I;
Ann A. Manchester, administration
account; Ann a. Manchester, petition Tor
appointment of administrator, d. b. n. c.
(. a.; Eliza T.. Martin, petition for ap-
pointment of administrator; Mary Nc
CHM, petition for sale of real estate !;
Peter Mckenna, administration account (;
Sarah i. Sweet, minor, petition for ap-
pointment of guardian; John &. Tbomp-
son, will for probate Ella +. Tinson, full
/age, guardians account; Honora Tracy,
full age, guardians account; Anna G..
West, petition for appointment of ad-
ministrator; Mary West, petition for APP
pointment OF administrator; Walter +.
Stiness, attorney for Nathan G.. West.
Sixth District Court.
jeremiah Frowley was fined SO and
costs in the Sixth District court this
morning for an assault on jeremiah
O'Brien. Frowley and O'Brien had some
trouble on Dorrance street Saturday night,
and the former attempted to adjust griev-
auces by punching O'Brien. He knocked
HIM down and then the police interfered,
and Frowley, who was drunk, was
arrested. Yesterday he was fined e and
costs in the police court for drunkenness.
Up for Assault.
About week ago Thomas Cunningh ham
assaulted Edward Gunchion, kicking him
n. I. "A a. l..