The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-03
IN AND ABOUT THE COURTS
H0YT BRINGS COUNTER CHARGES OF
INFIDELITY AGAINST HIS WIFE.

INFIDELITY AGAINST HIS WIFE.
Corrected Finding Returned in the Fuller
VS.. Metropolitan Life Insurance Conn
psny Case-New Suits Brought-other
Court Matters.
Judge Shumway has returned to the
clerk of the superior court the fiudinS in
the suit of A. B. Fuller against the Met
ropolitan Life Insurance company,
which Attorney T. H. Russell asked him
to take and correct in some cases. There
are very few alterations in the finding
and 1t is now returned.
HOYT DIVORCE CASE.
The Hoyt divorce case was continued
yesterday In the superior court before
Judge Roraback.
Mr. Hoyt, the defendant in the case,
testified in his own behalf and made
counter-charges of infidelity against his
wife. The testimony was spicy and sem
sational to high degree.
Among the witnesses put on the stand
in the afternoon was Richard S. Hoyt,
tliC -Oio sui VI Ml. .Ailu uAi o.
Hoyt. He offered testimony of char
acter damaging to his mothers case He
said that he had caught her in compro-
missing situations with Johnson, who
boarded with the Hoyts, and said that
he had never seen his father ill treat
his mother or heard him threaten to
shoot her.
The court adjourned while young
Hoyt was being cross-examined by Mr..
Barbour, attorney for Mrs. Hoyt, until
$3.50 this morning. In speaking of his
mother the boy continually referred 10
her as Mrs. Hoyt.
COMMON PLEAS BAR MEETING TO-
DAY.
The bar and short calendar meeting
of the court of common pleas will be
held to-day and the annual clearing OF
the docket will take place.
NEW SUITS INSTITUTED.
Clara Rose Ellis wife of Richard w.
Ellis of 1877 Pine street, has brought ac-
ton for divorce, alimony and return of
her maiden name, Rose, and property
on st. John street, valued at $4,000, was
attached Wednesday. The information
alleges infidelity and names Jane Doe
as correspondent; also that the proper
ty had been fraudulently transferred to
Henry Ellis.
James ]. Geary, the contractor, who
built the Grand avenue bridge, has
withdrawn his suit against Robert p.
Baldwin and has brought new suit
He still claims $4,000 damages because
of alleged slanderous utterances made
by Mr.. Baldwin in relation to the de-
lay in regard to the construction of the
bridge.
Mrs. Rosalia Steinhart of Washington
street has instituted a suit for $1,000
damages against Saul and Mrs. Rose
Adams Of Stamford. The action is re-
turnable to the civil side of the city
court next Monday Mrs. Steinhart and
Mrs. Adams are sisters.
OFFERS CREDITORS PER CENT.
James R. Mackenzie, the insolvent
baker, Is Offering to settle with his cred
itors upon a basis of per cent. II
the estate goes through insolvency pro-
ceedings the estate will pay but per
cent.
JUDGMENT TO RECOVER COSTS.
In the court Of common pleas yester-
day afternoon a Judgment for the de-
PENDANTS to recover costs was awarded
in the case of Mcclure & Barry against
Gay Brothers. The case was an appeal
from the justice court, in which the
plaintiff sued for a bill of SIS. Sanford
Martin for plaintiff and J. A. Matthew
man for defendants.
City Court-Criminal Side-Judge Dow.
In the city court yesterday morning,
before Judge Dow, judgment was sus-
pended in the case of Louis De Angelo,
who was found guilty of carrying con-
cealed weapons.
Marion De Angelo was charged with
interference with officer. He was
found guilty and fined SIS and s10.24
costs. Last January he was fined $2s
and costs.
Michael Kelly was fined So and $8.0e
costs for breach of the peace against
Michael Carroll.
The case of Salvatore MARITIME Of
North Haven against Gottfried Lehr OF
this city was continued until December
Is. MARITIME, who lives on Lehr's farm
claims damages because Lehr, while he
(Martino) was in Boston In 1896, went
on the farm and picked sixty bushels
of grapes