Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-22
JUDGE C0WELL HOUR

A Big Days Business in the City Court
 Prosecuting Attorney Webster i'm Bad
 HumOr.
 William Church had a sleeping drunk on, but when brought to the station recovered sufficiently to be abusive. He was fined q and costs, i'
 Philip Martin came from Stamford and got drunk and abusive. He was asked for $1 and costs.
 John Dwyer was arrested by Officer AL len yesterday morning on North Leonard street. The officer said the man was drunk and had jumped onto an inoffensive citi- zen. The latter knocked him down and Dwyer was making for him again when the officer arrested him. Dwyer denied hay ing been drunk and said that he and Frank Burke had an altercation over letter and that he struck Burke twice. Judge Cowell fined him $1 and costs for drunkenness and su pended judgment for assault. This brought the remark from Prosecuting At torney Webster, that if this was the way inoffensive people.could be assaulted and their assailant set free, there was not much use in bringing complaints.
 Frank Poplowoskl was lying drunk at | the New England station yesterday, and when Officer Kennaugh attempted to ar rest him he fought and tore the officers clothing. He got $1 and costs and $5 and costs.
 James Bell, the wandering minstrel, did not get out of town when ordered by the court to do so Saturday morning, but pro- ceeded to get full again. He started to give another select piece of oratory this morning and said, ''I feel my position very keenly and I was non compos mentis, :" when he was interrupted with the judge's words of thirty days in jail
 | IoY1o Einnorkxy int Gfar rlo lofopSs loon on North Main street Saturday night and while drinking glass of beer James Garthwaite asked him to treat. He re- fused and left the place. Garthwaite and l two others followed after him and when near his home Finnerty was knocked down and Garthwaite attempted to ''go through" his pockets. The screams of Finnerty s sister scared the two essailants away. Deputy Sheriff Rigney was notified and ar- rested Garthwaite. This morning he was
 fined $3 and costs. Cierle. charged with assault on
 Mrs Mary Rose. was called Attorney Durant, who appeared for the accused, re- ceived sharp reprimand from Prosecuting Attorney Webster. Cierle went to his
 boarding house Saturday night and had g
 dispute with Mrs Rose over a board bill
 He cut the woman three times on the Jeff
 arm, with winch she was guarding herself
 Officer Mccarthy arrived quickly on tho
 scene and arrested him. Attorney Duran
 said that it was peculiar way of bringing
 a case and wanted it adjourned as he haG
 had no time to consult his client Attor
 ney Webster said there was nothing pecu
 liar about it, the complaint was regularly
 made out, the officers had done their ful
 duty and he di1 not like such statement
 as Attorney Durant made, repeated il
 court. It was agreed that the cas,
 should go over until tomorrow, but Office
 Mccarthy was put on the stand to testif,
 as to the cuts in order to fix the bond. At torney Durant remarked that the cut
 could be made with finger nails. AgaiI Attorney Webster rebuked him sayinI that there was no use in spending tim
 with such talk. The bonds were fixed a
 $2OO.
 Saturday afternoon James German. em
 ployed at the Farrell foundry, was strucl on the head with a sixteen pound ham
 mer, by James Moran, who works as
 helper for German. He was removed t. his home at 19 Bronson street, and Doc tors O'Hara, Ax!elle and Graves wsr summoned. Tho stories of tho affra differ. German, who had not lost con l sciousness, saii that Moran came to tn factory under the lntluence of liquor. H | ordered nun tO Sn nome ana Sooer up Moran then struck him with the hammer { Moran says it was an accident. He wa striking chisel held by German, whel ' the handle of the hammer broke and tn iron struck Gorman knocking him down , Detective Egan arrested him at 1U o'cloc in the evening at his home on JAme street. He still said it was an accident i He was bailed out under $2O0 bonds Attorney G, orge H. Kennedy of Buffalo
 N Y, a brother of Attorney William Ken a nedy, appeared for tka latter, who was en
 gagged in the case, but was unavoidabl
 absent, and asked for an adjournment. D { Axtelle took the stand and said that ther 5 was semi-circular cut through the seal ! on the left temple. The bottom of th bone was fractured and the upper edg ! driven in the thickness of the skull. Ther were no symptoms Of pressure on the brai ! as yet It may occur at any time withi 5 two weeks There was possibility, not ! probability. that it would result fatally Inflammation may set in within a week Bonds were fixed at $l ,000 and the cas was adj burned fer two weeks.