The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-18
Court Notes.
court NOIeSs SEVERAL TRESPASS CASES.

Eight trespass cases were before the city court yesterday morning.
 William Smith was arrested Satur- day night by Detective Mccarthy for stealing ride on the Washington ex- press which arrives here at 11:35. He pleaded guilty and was fined $5.
 About the same time Henry Wade and Harold Dunbar were found lying beside the track, the formers head not being over two feet from the rails. AS they were arrested beside the tracks and not in cars they were allowed to go, the judge warning them to leave town by 12 o'clock.
 F. 0. Fitzpatrick, Stephen Hart, AL bert Coady Edward Cline and Thomas Mckay were found about ? o'clock yes- terday morning sleeping in one of the railroad companys box cars. Some of the crowd claimed they entered the car to seek shelter from the rain They all claimed they were looking for work. Judge Dow decided to let them contin- ue looking. so discharged them, warn ing all of the party to leave town by o'clock yesterday afternoon.
 5000 SUIT AGAINST THE CITY. A s5 1000 suit for damages was brought { ,gainst the city of New Haven yester- day by William F. Corrigan of Meriden. The writ was served on City Clerk Ly- on yesterday afternoon by Constable Bree.
 The complaint alleges that Corrigan fell in hole in Water street near the Bridge street railroad crossing, on the night of January. F, 1896, and suffered q broken hip and other serious injur- ies.
 Attorney Henry G. Newton is counsel for Corrigan.
 MAY SUE FOR $1o,00O.
 It was reported yesterday that George Boucher, the transfer mail clerk at the Union depot, and father of the boy whose leg had to be amputated as the result of injuries received in being run over by Fair Haven and Westville electric car, was about to bring suit against the road for $10,oo0 damages.
 THEFT CASE CONTINUED.
 The cases of theft against Henry Fo- lev and Edward Roach were yesterday continued until to-day under $75 bonds in each case. They were charged With breaking into tool chest July be- longing to John Keys, plumber, at the corner of East street and Grand avenue. At the time Foley was arrest ed. but the case was continued until Roach should be arrester.
 Roach skipped out and did not re- turn to this city until a few days ago, He was arrested on James street by Sergeant Dennehy, who immediately rearrested Foley. Attorney Conlon ap- peared for the defendants.
 DIT T.
 The case of Charles Carroll for theft from his uncle, John Carroll, was con- +inued until to-day under a bond of S100, when carge of burglary will also be preferred against him. Charles Car roll was arrested Saturday night by < Officer Gilligan upon information fur :lished by Sergeant Cowles.
 He had been living with his uncle James Carroll, in Westville and We'd nesday last took a suit of clothes, some underclothes and pair of ladies shoes Friday night he broke into the resi- dence of John Swift of Westville and stole two coats and vest, set of artifi- cial teeth and small pocketbook which contained a nickel. When Carroll was arrested the teeth and nickel were found in the pocketbook upon his per son He said he intended to sell the teeth. The pocketbook was not very large and was crowded full of teeth.
 AN OLD VAGRANT JAILED.
 Catharine Norton was before Judge Dow again yesterday morning on the old charge, that is, vagrancy. As has been her custom in time gone by, she pleaded with the judge to allow her te go and she would do better, claiming she had work in Branford, but being ar old offender Judge Dow decided to sen tence her to thirty days in jail
 OTHER CASES.
 The case against James Tracy fol breach of the peace against Ellen Ira cy was settled out of court.
 John Nolan, charged with vagrancy gaye as the cause of his being founc sleeping out that he had left the bed 1T the boarding house where he was stay .ng and they had rerented the bed tt ..>neone else. As he has employment rec days a week, the judge discharg' him.
 ,llen Curtin made it particularly dis 2; ~eeable for one of her neighbors, Mrs \ I'd. and was arrested, charged witt f.lnkenness and breach of te peace '-Ie former charge was stricken ou
 d a fine of sS imposed on the las count.