The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-11-11
Court Notes.

George w. Hird, a silversmith, plead
ed guilty of non-support in the city
court yesterday, but asserted that If
the court would give him an opportun-
ity he would do what was right. Mrs.
Hird testified that she had two daugh-
tiers, aged fifteen and seventeen years
respectively, and the older one had to
be takn out of school because the father
would nto provide for her. Witness
did her best to support herself and chill
dren, and took in sewing to that end.
Her husbands great trouble was over
drink. Hird was ordered to pay his
wife IS a week for twenty-six weeks
and furnish a bond of $3.50 or go to jail
for sixty days.
A SUIT FOR A COMMISSION.
The case of Louis Rosenberg VS.. ia
cob Cutler to recover $3.50 commission
was tried in the city court, civil side,
yesterday. Early in the spring Rosen-
berg sold some property for Cutler and
he claims that Cutler refused to pay
him his commission, which amounted
to $685. Gable and Tyner appeared for
the plaintiff and Lynch and Doroff for
the defendant.
The iurymen on the case were David
II Clark George r. Mitchell, Rev. ID.
M. James, Fair Haven; j. w Hull,
Daniel F. Kelley, Walter ]. Conner,
Bernard f. Heating, Alonzo d. Jacobs,
Fair Haven; sAlbert Widman, Louis
steinert, Charles H. strennell, Charles
w. Hemingway, Fair Haven, George A.
Stockin, Emerson r. Smith, Rev. New
man Sn1yth. Henry Hillman, John Ruff,
David O'Donnell.
DIR. LEE ASKS A NEW TRIAL
Attorney Premise w. Chase yester-
day filed an application for new trial
in the case of DR.. j Edward Lee. His
application Is made on these grounds
That Judge Thayer refused to give him
a new trial: that he did not have suffi-
cient time to prepare his case as he had
but a few days Intervening between the
Morse case, of which he was attorney
FOR the defence, and the opening Of the
Lee case; that the evidence did not
show that the crime was committed
within the jurisdiction of the New Ha-
ven superior court; also that his re-
quest to personally examine each men,
Der of the jury was not granted, he be-
lieving the several newspaper reports
and the previous cases in which DIR.
Lee had figured had prejudiced some of
them.
He took exception to the testimony of
both Bird Palmer and Thomas F. Ruff,
the conductor of the train on which
Miss Palmer rode to this city from Der
by, and Attorney Chase also claims the
judge charged the jury directly in con-
tradiction to his request.
OYSTER BOAT ATTACHED.
E. M Woodward. the coal dealer,
| through his attorney, G. ]. futile, has
brought suit against Merritt w. Bur-
we'll for 1925 An attachment has been
| placed on Mr. Burwelrs oyster boat,
| Cloe. tr
ATTACHMENT RELEASED.
| The attachment which was placed on
money belonging to Burton f, Cannon
| the liveryman by his wife, Rose Can
non, last week, was released yesterday
Edward F. Bishop, the George street
| horseshoer, became surety. He was exr
| amined on the witness stand before
| Judge Shumway and proved himself
| qualified to become surety. Mrs. Can
non attached her husbands property
| for $4,000.
FINE AND JAIL FOR STEALING.
Charles Bass and James Williams were
yesterday fined 81 and given thirty
days in Jail each for the theft of a
| watch and clothing from Charles Zuim
| NOTES BOND REDUCED.
| The bond of Julian Nolte, charged
with stealing diamonds and money
from Prof Adolph Schwicardi was re-
duced by Judge Gable in the city court
yesterday morning from $1,000 to $500
| Attorney Hamilton appeared for Nolte
and argued that the bond as it stood
| was unnecessarily large and gave the