The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-17
Court Notes.

John F. Daley, of East Street, was tried before Judge Cable in the city court yesterday morning for an alleged assault on John McGee, of 12 Myrtle street, on August 15. McGee has just recovered from the injuries received in the fight.
 Mrs. McGee, mother of the injured man, said her son came home on the night after the trouble, with his head nearly pounded into jelly. He told her that Daley and some others had pounded and kicked him because he refused to drink beer with them. Mrs. McGee said that her son had hemor- images after the assault occurred, and his life was despaired of at one time.
 McGee was called as witness again, and said he didn't remember telling the story to his mother Judge Cable con- tinued the case until to-day, and in structed the detectives to try and se- cure more witnesses.
 A SUIT FOR WAGES
 , The case of J. +. Brainard, an East Haven contractor, against Edward L. Phelan, the Orange street costumer a suit brought through Attorney Dwight Futile to recover sixty five dollars, the amount of a bill for work alleged to have been done at the defendants cot tage at Cosey Beach, came up for trial before Justice Edward L. Linsley yes- terday morning The defense set up that while they admitted that work had been done by the plaintiff it had been done in such manner as to prove damage instead of a benefit. Attorney H. c. Webb is counsel for the defense The decision was reserved. RESISTANCE AND DRUNKENNESS
 Dennis Kelly, who was arrested on Oak street Tuesday by Officers Hayes and Klaiber, was in court yesterday. When arrested he was drunk and in a fighting mood He began to kick and abuse the officers and it took their combined strength to subdue him until the patrol wagon arrived. Officer Bee gan had some trouble with him on the way tothe station. Kelly was fined one dollar for resisting officers and thirty days in jail for drunkenness
 WANTED TO SHOOT CHILDREN.
 George Hopton of Munson street was in court yesterday charged with breach of the peace. Some little chill dren were hooting him and as he had been drinking some he took offense and going into his house got a loaded shot gun and again appeared upon the street Detective Gilbert and Officer Gilbert saw him and took the gun away from him. At the Dixwell ave- nue precinct the gun was discharged.
 Hopton told the court yesterday morning he had been drinking, and as the children bothered him he got the gun just to scare them.r Judge Cable thought it very serious offense and sentenced Hopton to ten days in jail for breach of the peace.
 NEGLECTFUL PARENTS.
 Richard Reagan and wife of Colum- bus avenue were charged in the city court yesterday with neglecting their children About o'clock Tuesday evening the police received complaint that they were drunk and that their three young children were alone in the house The patrol wagon was sent to the house and the little ones taken to the Organized Charities, where it was ascertained their ages were two, three and five years. Reegan was not brought into court yesterday morning, but Mrs Reagan was arraigned and her case was continued until September 2l to allow her time to pay three dollars fine and costs. The little ones were returned to the mother, who promised to do better hereafter.
 SUIT FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT Max Robinson of State street yester- day brought suit against Morris Der man, the Washington street builder, and contractor to recover S900 damages for alleged breach of contract. The suit was brought through Attorney Da vid Strouse and property belonging to the defendant located in Washing ton, Columbus avenue and Cedar street was attached as surety Deputy Sher- If Dejon served the papers.