The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-09
YESTERDAY IN TIE COURTS
ARG UMENTS BEGUN IN THE MORSE
 TRIAL.

The Case Will be Concluded To-day-Mrs.
 Morse's Testimony-Features of the
 Cases in the City Court.
 Judge E. c. Dow of the city court was sufficiently recovered yesterday at F o'clock to resume the Morse arson trial. The first witness called was Le Roy Clark of the First National bank. He said that MT. Morse had lived at his fathers house on Dwight street for some time. He had been acquainted with the accused man for several years. He remembered the occasion of the fire for which MT. Morse was being tried.
 The witness had seen MT. Morse on George street about il o'clock on the night of the fire. Witness thought MT. Morse was walking fast. MT. Morse and he were on opposite sides of the street. Witness saw bright light in Morse's house when he passed it. The light had the appearance of ore made by a gas jet going al full force. On being cross examined Mir Clark supple mented his direct testimony with a de- scription of the clothes worn by Mr. Morse on the night of the fire.
 The testimony given by Mrs, Morse consisted chiefly of her married life and | her reasons for coming to New Haven to testify against her husband.
 At the close of Mrs. Morse's testi- mony the state rested It's case.
 | The defence stated tha> 1t would of fer no testimony. Judge Blydenburgh, ! for the state, asked the court to visit | he George street premises This was 1 done at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, | after which the case was resumed in | the court room and MT. Chase asked l for the discharge of the accused. He was arguing the motion when Attorney James H. Webb for the state, objected 1 on the ground that MT. Chase was not confining himself to the motion, but was trying the case.
 The objection was the occasion for a | legal tilt between the attorneys. The | court ruled in favor of the state MT. l Chase withdrew his motion and the l case proceeded. Attorney Webb made l the first argument for the state, at the close of which court adjourned The case was continued until to-day. The contention is on probable cause, the state asking that Morse be bound over l to the superior court
 DOINGS IN THE CITY COURT. I Mary E. Dean and her husband, Ed ward J. Dean, were before Judge Cable yesterday morning charged with the theft of a gold watch valued at $30 from Lizzie Reed, on May 8. The state had several witnesses who identified the watch as the timepiece Mrs. Reed car ried just before her death, which oc- cured on May '. Sergeant Dennehy found the watch in Lewis pawn shop on State street, where 1t had been pawned by Mary Dean Other wit nesses testified that the watch lay on l the mantelpiece just before Mrs. Reed s death, and that Mary iJAan wes in the room.
 In defense Mrs. Dean said she was married to Dean on January 23, and that Mrs. Reed was a sponsor for her child which was born two years before l her marriage and whose father was $. J. Willard Mrs Reed was fond of the child, she said was continually making presents to the baby The case was continued until to-day
 Thomas Palmer If 29S Congress ave nue, John McCabe of 67s Hallock street, Joseph P. Kelleher and Alfred l R. Kelly of Cedar street are all lead | inp nf hro nh f,.a ] ternity on Congress avenue, and bosom l chums Kelleher's mother complained Monday to the police about the gang being drunk and noisy. Monday night at o'clock Kelly, at a meeting of the gang, brought up the subject of Mrs 1 Kelleher's complaint and row re- l suited. Judge Gable fined Kelly and Kelleher $3 for breach of the peace and allowed no witness fees
 l Margaret Emerson, who lives at 11f Lafayette street, was sent to jail fol thirty days for breach of peace. l Walter Dewey. the boy arrested on Thursday for implication in the burg lary at East Rock park on June 1G, was bound over under $500 bonds Joseph Noble and David O'Nell, the two boys | and sent up for six months, were
 brought down from jail as witnesses.
 w. J. Hor'an, a tramp, who threw a brick through a $40 window at State and Chapel streets Monday night. was i fined S10 and sent up for three months
 The case against John M Battersby
 charged with theft of electric goods
 from the Dennison Electrical company
 was continued until to-day under $3Ot
 bonds.
 Ellen Mclaughlin, Catherine McGar. ty and Jennie Geelan, all of Oak street
 were arrested Monday night on war
 rants charging them with stealing s2t 1 worth of lumber from Winehouse &
 Meile's. The case was continued unti
 Thursday under $50 bonds.
 REV. MIR. CAMERON CALLED.
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