The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-25
YESTERDAY IN THE COURTS
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Trials and Trlbulatlons Attend Wrong
Doing--A Young Mars Fall-Hostlers
Fall Out--Telephone Company Case
Again the Marett fund litigation
Peck Brothers s. Co. Case-The w, p.
futile Case-More Divorces-Important
Decisions by Judge Townsend.
George E. Wilbur was charged in the
city court yesterday morning with the
embezzlement of $110.5O belonging to
the Armour Beef company of Chicago.
1t is said that the total amount of Will
bur's populations in the cities of Wa
terbury, New Britain, Meriden and in
this city will reach near $1,000. The
case was continued.
The money in this city was collected
from H. Willadson, F. A. Schafer and
c. F. Huntley, retail butchers, From
Mr. Willadson Wilbur collected $35 on
January 2S, from F. A. Schafer $2S.16
on the same date, and from Mr.. Hunt
ley $4,000 on February 4, and $7.2l en-
February 1.
Wilbur when seen yesterday morning
admitted that he had collected money,
but said it was only $3.50. He said that
the company wanted him to pay up.
This he could not do, and so he went
to England.
When he arrived there, he said, moth
ing but misfortune overlook him. His
baggage was stolen by a cabby to
whom he gave his checks and after
staying around the city for time he
failed to secure work and so decided
to give himself up and come back to
this country, where he intended to take
his punishment and have the matter
over with.
Wilbur says he has a wife and chill
dren at 1854 Grand avenue, Brooklyn
N. Y, and he has written to them that
he is home again.
HOSTLERS FALL OUT.
Henry Whalen and James F. Clancy
are two hostlers at the fremont sta
bles, and have not been good friends
for some time, ever since one of them
accused the other of unfairness in
shooting craps Yesterday morning
early Whalen started to hitch up the
Orange street stage and harnessed two
fine horses that are frequently used en-
the route Clancy objected to putting
the horses out and a fight ensued, in
which Whalen's face was marked by
two heavy blows. Clancy was arrest
ed. Whalen did not foster any animos-
ity toward Clancy, and the latter was
allowed to settle his case outside of
court for 50 and $2.31 costs.
BEGGING DID IT.
Dotr;oly NTrvnbu was hound over TO
the July term of the superior court for
third offense for begging. Judge Dow
first sentenced him for 1870 days, but
changed his decision when he learned
it was third offense and bound him
over.
BOTTLES
William Roeltgen of II Union street
was arrested Thursday night on com
plant of Secretary Werwaiss of the
Bottlers' association, on the charge Of
using bottles owned by Charles Zapp
of So Meadow street, the bother. Three
bottles in which Zapps trademark was
blown were confiscated. The case was
continued to April 80.
SUPERIOR Court-CiviI Side-,JBlge Shum-
way.
cision in the superior court yesterday
morning, sustain the demurrer of the
Southern New England Telephone
company and the Meriden Electric
Railroad company.
The suit was for $4,000. Delany was
a linesman of the Telephone company
and was killed on November 10, 1895.
fol yyira
which was crossed by an electric road
current. The insulation on the tele
phone wire had become broken and al
lowed the strong current from the
electric road wire to charge it.
James T. Moran, for the telephone
company, demurred on the ground that
the Telephone company had no more
knowledge of the break in the insula-
tor than their employee and that he
assumed an equal risk with them when
he became their employe.
The demurrer was sustained The
supreme court upheld such a demur-
rer in the case of John j. OKeefe, who
sued the National Folding Box COM
panies for injuries received while work
ing for them.
In the suit of William r. Foote
against the Consolidated road, decision
was rendered by Judge Shumway
overruling the demurrer to the eighth
paragraph of the complaint.
DATE SET.
Another date has been finally set for
q hearing on the Marett fund injunc-
tton. It will take place in Hartford on
April IS, and will be before Judge
Robinson of the superior court. Yale
and the other benef1ciaries of the fund
who will then protest against the in
junction, will be represented by ex-
Governor C. r. Ingersoll of this city
and it is expected that ex-Judge Lynde
Harrison will return in time to repre-
sent the state, who brought the injunc-
ton. Word was received from Judge
Harrison Thursday that he would prob
ably return next Monday.