The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-18

worth or liquors belonging TO waiter
Scott of the WaYerly Inn at Cheshire,
has been on trial before the Waterbury
district court. The liquors We're seized
last November at the time Scott was
arrested at the instance of the Law and
Order league. A libel suit was also
brought against Secretary Thrasher of
the league, and the entire cost of all
the trials amounted to several thou
sand dollars. At the termination of the
case Thursday Judge A. D. Warner of
Woodbury. took the papers and reserved
his decision.
lDUCHARME GIVEN FIFTEEN DAYS
Oliver j. Ducharme, who was ar
rested on Grand avenue by Detectives
Dennehy and McGrath, while trying
to pawn a silver castor belonging to
William E. Bradley of S12 Grand ave-
nue., and who, it was afterward. learn
ed, took quantity of clothing and
gold watch from Mr.. Bradley, plead
ed guilty to the charge of theft in
the city court yesterday morning and
was fined S. and sentenced to fifteen
days in Jail.
TO RECOVER WAGES.
Jacob Prober has brought suit against
Charles 2. Bailey alleging breach Of
contract. The plaintiff sets up that
Bailey hired him for year, but dis
charged him at the end of ten weeks,
and he has brought suit through At
torney L. e. Jacobs to recover his
wages for the whole year. Bailey con-
ducts a butchers shop in Lafayette
street.
STURGES' CASE CONTINUED.
The case of Matthew H. Sturges,
charged with theft, was yesterday con-
tinued to April 20 in the city court that
the police might investigate the pris-
oner's story. He was released under
$500 bonds. Sturges claimed to have
been in the jewelry business in Troy
N. Y. which he sold out and took the
goods he had with him in payment Of
debts.
Addison K. Johnson has sued A. p.
WALTON, a laundryman for $50, alleged
to be due for wages.
PICKETT GOT SIX MONTHS.
Jehiel H. Pickett was again at his
old tricks this week, and in consequence
began to-day to serve a six months
Jail sentence. Pickett received a wagon
valued at $40 from George A. Granger
of West Haven. to paint. He sold the
wagon to Herman Kugel of Oak street
for 81. He admitted his guilt when
arraigned in the city court yesterday.
Kugel was forced to admit by Attorney
Matthewman that he knew the wagon
did not belong to Pickett. Kugel was
notified to return it Immediately, with
out pay, or he would be brought into
court.
SUIT FOR $1,000.
Property on Rose street belonging to
Simon Persl1y was attached yesterday
by Constable Louis Coleman for $1,000
in suit brought by Mary L. Knoll
meyer, a minor, through John @.
Adams as her best friend, for damages
for an assault alleged to have taken
place March 80 of this year.
SUED BY SNOW, CHURCH & co.
Snow, Church & Co. of this city have
brought suit against A. A. McKetham's
son of Fayette, N. c., in behalf of
their clients the Hartford Cycle COM
pany. Attorney Edward L. Linsley
counsel for Church, Snow & Co., will
go to Hartford to-day to take deposit
lions in the case The suit is brought
by the Cycle company to recover $500
due on an invoice of wheels.
IMPORTANT DECISION OF THE SU-
PREME, COURT IN A CASE AT
DANBURY
The Connecticut supreme court, in
the case of Daniel Morgan against the
city Of Danbury, has sustained the
lower court decision that the city is
liable for injury to property caused by
seWering into a stream. The finding is
Of great Importance, as many Connec-
ticut cities sewer into running waters,
and at Waterbury and elsewhere suits
by. riparian owners are pending. In
the superior court Thursday also Judge
Ralph Wheeler found against the city
of Danbury with $500 damages for a
riparian owner in a similar case.
The supreme court upholds the lower
courts decision ordering permanent
injunction against the city of Dan
bury to go into effect on May 1, 1897.
The decision was written by Judge S. e.
Baldwin. The city of Danbury in con-
sequence of the suit some time ago
voted $4,000 to change its sewage
system.