The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-04-22
YESTERDAY IN THE COURTS
WIFE MURDERER CoL0MBE NOT
 SENTENCED YESTERDAY.


 Will Case Won by Defendant-W. r.
 Tuttle's Appeal From Probate-Sturgis'
 Case NoIIed-Assaulted His Mother
 Other Court Notes.
 As State Attorney Williams was in Bridgeport yesterday attending the Dr, Whitten case. Joseph Colombo, con- victed of 'murdering his wife, was not sentenced, since it is the custom that the attorneys of both sides shall be present when the sentence is pronounce ed in such cases. Ex-Judge l.. N. Bly, denburgh represented the state in the criminal superior court in the absence of MT. Williams.
 ONE YEAR IN STATE PRISON.
 In thesuperior court yesterday James Kearnes pleaded guilty of the third of fense of theft, and was sentenced to one year in the state prison. His last OffenSe was theft of milk
 THE HAND WILL CASE COMES TO
 AN END.
 Arguments were begun yesterday morning in the superior court upon the $25,00o suite of Attorney J. Hazleton Cook of Clinton against Wilbur F, Day as executor under the will of Daniel Hand Attorney J. A. Davenport of Bridgeport, who was junior counsel for Cook in the case, being associated with ex-Judge R. s. Pickett, opened. Attor- ney John w. filling opened for the de- fense and characterized Mir. Cooks de- fense as preposterous, improbable and Don Quixotic.
 Ex-Judge Stoddard closed the argu- ments for the defense and ex-Judge Pickett followed with a strong plea for the plaintiff. The judge then began his charge to the jury.
 The jury returned verdict in favor of the defendant after hour and twen- ty minutes deliberation. The plaintiff will pay the costs of the suit. l JURY DISAGREED IN REYNOLDS SUIT.
 A jury was empanelled yesterday to try Charles Reynolds on the charge of having on the night of March 23 enter ed the house of John T. Sliney of Bran- ford and stolen therefSom several ar ticles. Attorney J. Birney Futile is counsel for the accused.
 The jury disagreed in Reynolds case and the prisoner was put back. ONTRIAL FOR CRIMINAL ASSAULT Francisco Perfett of Oak street was put on trial in the superior court yes terday on the charge of criminal as 3 sault upon Maria Baroni, a seven-year- \ old Italian girl.
 \ APPEAL FROM PROBATE FILED. In w. P. Tuttle's appeal from pro- @ bate new reasons wer filed by Mr. Tut \ tie yesterday in the superior court pur- suant to Judge Prentice's instructions. 5 They allege that MT. Futile was in no ! way interested or engaged in the bus N mess of F. o. Quigley; that he did not contract a debt of 10000 with the Nor walk National Banking company, the defendant; and that upon January 19, H 1895, James D. Dewell, jr., was not an attorney for the defendant, and no at- R torney for the defendant made affidavit that $30, 900 was justly due to them from ! MT Futile.
 ! OPPOSING SPECIAL SCHOOL MEET
 ING.
 In the civil side of the superior court l yesterday afternoon Attorney l.. C.. { Hinman of Meriden made application to Judge Prentice for an injunction to re- strain the selectmen of Meriden from holding a special town meeting next Monday to decide upon the number of school visitors to be elected under the new system by which the twelve school districts of'Meriden are consolidated.
 Formerly each school district in Mer- iden was under separate authority, but at the last legislature a law was passed providing for vote on the subject of consolidation last fall. The vote stood 1,030 to 1925 for consolidation.
 Under the law the meeting must be held next Thursday to decide upon the humber of school visitors who will be elected at meeting next June. But a large majority of the Meriden people, 1t is stated, are not in favor of the law and therefore the movement for tenn porary injunction was decided upon If the meeting on Thursday is not held the whole law will be nullified
 Probate Court-Judge CleaveIand.
 The executors account of Julius c. Cable and Thomas White on the es- tate of the late Mrs. Agnes Forsyth was approved by Judge Cleaveiand in pthe probate court yesterday morning. Mrs Seavey, g. daughter and an heir under the will, received an additional allowance of $50. The Forsyth estate was inventoried at $109,000.
 City Court-Crimina1 Side-Judge Dow.
 Frederick Carman, theft, nolle; Thomas McKeon, violation liquor law, continued to April 23; Dennis Grady, begging, nolle; Rafael Cuomo, breach bf peace, discharged; James Gaffney, non-support, continued to May 21; Will fam F. c. Falby, violation liquor law, continued to April 23; Clarence H. Mad len, same, same; Francis Bowen,