The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-07-08
YESTERDAY IN THE COURTS
CASES BEF0RE JUDGE ELMER IN
CRIMINAL SUPERIOR COURT.

CLIMINAL SUPERIOR COURT.
Trustee Appointed on Geiger's Estate
Blanks Hearing Continucd-In Court of
Common Pleas-Claims to be Bristol
Society Observation-Disclosures Case
Continued--other Court Cases.
The July term of the criminal superb
Or court opened yesterday morning
with Judge Elmer of Middletown on
the bench, this being his first term In
New Haven since his elevation to the
bench in 1895. The opening prayer was
made by Rev. DR.. Twitchen of this
city. State Attorney Williams was as
sisted by Alfred N. Wheeler, the re-
Gently appointed assistant state attor-
ney.
The following prisoners were put to
plea and their cases disposed of with
the varying terms of imprisonment
dealt out to them by the court:
John Gaffney of New Haven pleaded
not guilty of third offense of theft.
John Gormley burglary, not guilty.
N"AiAA AAe'A Las, Vial sou Will pul9dIl-
ously entering the tailoring establish
ment of the Batson Tailoring company
on Grown street, April q, 1896, and
with entering the Register office, was
sentenced to eighteen months in state
prison.
Charles Morris, charged with assault
ing Joseph Bougaitni of Meriden, July
s, with piece of iron pipe, with intent
to kill, pleaded not guilty. The case
was not assigned for trial.
James Boyle, alias Lyman, pleaded
guilty to stealing bicycle from c. w.
Kellogg, June 6. and was sentenced to
one year in state prison.
Boyle, or Lyman, was dressed in a
neat gray bicycle suit, and his appear
ance ass he stepped forward to receive
sentence drew from the court the re-
mark that'he ought to be in better bus
iness. Attorney Conlan, his lawyer,
pleaded for clemency.
J. C. Allen and Edward Mead of Mer-
iden pleaded guilty of stealing from
the person ofiG. Williams $12, and were
sentenced to state prison for a year
each.
Francis c.. Carter, aged seventeen,
charged with burglary of the store Of
Frederick Collet at 316 Grand avenue,
June 26, this year, pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to one year in the coun-
ty Jail.
Dominick Donahue changed his plea
of not guilty to guilty of burglary In
having on May IT, 1896, broken into and
entered the dwelling house of William
3. eastman of Meriden, with intent to
commit theft. One year in state pris-
on.
Biago Piccirillo pleaded guilty to
having on March 20, 1896, assaulted in
this city Michael Crisculo with intent
to kill. Two years in state prison.
Alfred McKegg was sent to state
prison for one year on his plea of gull
ty to having on June 16 burglariously
entered the fish market of D. Burton
Brown at 744 Grand avenue.
Patrick Murphy of New Haven, va
grancy third offense, 800 days impris-
onment.
George E. Wilbur Of Meriden pleaded
guilty to having on February IL, 1895
embezzled from Armour & Co., by
WHOM he was employed as collector
lilo, and was sentenced to one years
imprisonment in the county Jail.
James Roch Patrick Madden ant
Richard Patterson, tramps, were sen,
fenced, the former to six months ane
the two latter to three months each II
state prison.
After the disposition Of these cases {
Jury was empanelled to try Herber
Atkinson on the charge of arson. At
kinson is charged with having set fir'
to the dwelling house of Russell ant
Angelina Roswell of Bethany, June 5
and on June with setting fire to {
barn belonging to Francis d. Munsol
of Hamden. The accused is seventeen
years of age His mother sat by hi
side during the trial He was defend
ed by Judge Hubbard of Wallingford
Atkinson was found not guilty on thu
ground of insanity, and was sentence;
to confinement in the state hospital fo
the insane for five years.
Giuseppe Riccio pleaded guilty of tn
charge Of assaulting Timothy Malone
of this city on April 4, 1896. He wa
sentenced to one year in state prison.
Michael +. Kirby, who escaped fror
the county jail last May, was sentence
to two years in that institution. Kirb
was serving q light sentence for breac
pf peace when he made his escape fror
Jail.
Frank Johnson, colored, of Guilfort
was arraigned for an attempt to rap
a ten-year-old girl, Carrie Bell, on Me
mortal day The testimony was to tn
effect that the child's mother sent he
TO Johnson's house to get some ms
which the prisoner had promised he
THE child was enticed into one of tn
rooms of the house and there the at
tempt was made.
Johnson, who was put on the stand /
his own behalf, made some damagin
admissions Arguments in the cas-
closed at O'Clock and the jury wi
receive the courts charge this morn
ing.
The case against Theresa Lynch
charged with the third offense OF CON
mon drunkenness was nolled by stat