The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-10-14
YESTERDAY IN THE COURTS
UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT
 OPENED IN HARTFORD.

OPENEID IN HARIFORD. Frank Geary Held In Superior Court Under
 $1,6OO-Three Years in State Prison for
 Criminal Assault-Another Gets Five
 Years-Arguments in the Injunction Suit
 Against the Clty-other Cases.
 The United States circuit court for the district of Connecticut opened its October term yesterday afternoon in Hartford with Judges Shipman and Townsend on the bench. The jury was called and dismissed as no eases were ready and the court adjourned. The only jury case ready was the cele- brated Portland case of Strong vs. White, but as the defendant is under arrest at Portland, the case could not proceed.
 Superior Court Criminal Side-Judge
 Thayer.
 In the superior court, criminal side, yesterday morning, Frank Geary, aged twenty of Seymour, who was ar- rested on a bench warrant last week, charged with indecent assault on FL len Barnes, aged fourteen, of Oxford, pleaded not guilty. He was held un- der $1, 300 bonds.
 Sylvestre Carnsone of Wallingford was put to plead on the charge of a IJ,1l q teen-year- r-old Wallingford girl, and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to three years in state prison for the as- sault The date of the offence was August 26.
 FIVE YEARS FOR CRIMINAL AS SAULT.
 Anton Soza of this city yesterday pleaded guilty in the superior court to a criminal assault upon Emma Gris- wold, aged ten years, and was sentenc- ed by Judge Thayer to five years In state prison.
 RICCI NOT GUILTY. The trial of Joseph Ricci was finished and the jury retired at noon. Ricci is charged with burglary in the saloon o1 Dominic Mastriano in Meriden, July 25
 The jury reported a disagreement They were sent back and found Ricci not guilty.
 TWO AND ONE-HALF YEARS FOR THEFT.
 George W. Osgood pleaded guilty tc theft from the person. On August il at the Union depot he stole pocketbook from Mrs. Webster. Her daughter, 8 | New York actress, was present and tes- | tified against Osgood He was sentenc- ed to two and one-half years in state prison.
 Superior Court-Civil side-Judge shum- way.
 | Before Judge Shumway yesterday noon, arguments were begun in the in- 1 junction suit of the Consolidated rail road against the city of New Haven to restrain the defendant from replank- | ing and making passable the crossings | oyer the Northampton road at Ivy and Hazel streets. Corporation Counse 1 Ely and Attorney Howard c. Webb ap- peared for the city, and Watrous Buckland for the railroad company l A TEMPORARY INJUNCTION. | Judge Shumway yesterday granted z l temporary injunction restraining tho city and John J. Brennan, inspector o1 sidewalks, from laying a sidewalk il front of property belonging to W. H Mccarthy of New York in George street. The injunction is to prevent in | terference with a brick sidewalk nov in front of 283 George street. Attorney David Strouse, who obtained the in junction, alleged that his client was no notified to attend any hearing relative to sidewalk improvements, and that tn, city is about to lay an artificial stone walk.
 Court of Common Pleas-Judge studley 1 In the common pleas court, crimina side, yesterday morning, James Nc Keever was fined $75 and costs ant sentenced to thirty days in jail on ; plea of guilty of assaulting Richard Sliney on September 29, in a saloon a East and Locust streets.
 FINED FOR BREACH OF PEACE. Charles Hull of Branford pleaded guilty of breach of peace upon Franl Wilson of Branford, and was fined s and $22.11 costs. This sentence is t, take effect at the conclusion of tn, state prison sentence. In the superio court Hull was sentenced to year il state prison for stealing two hens iron | Wilson, the man whom he assaulted.
 FINED FOR ASSAULT.
 Timothy King of Derby pleaded guilty of assaulting Edward Healey oi l September 25 and was fined $7 ant 1 costs.
 | Court then adjourned until this morn ing, when liquor case will be heard. | Court Notes.
 l This morning Peter Dwyer, son O James Dwyer of 29O Washington street will be tried before Judge Cable on | reform school complaint Peter is onl, thirteen years old, but he has caused