The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-10-28
IN AND ABOUT THE COURTS
THOAE SON-HOUSYON ELECTRIC co.
Us. WALKER co. CASE FINISHED

Judge Townsend Reserves His Decision
George Zirllel Found Guilty of Theft
Inventories Of Estates of Defendants
| City Court Record.
The suit of the Houston
Electric company against the Walker
! Manufacturing company, which began
ON Monday ended at 1 o'clock yester-
day afternoon in the United States dis
trict court. Decision was reserved.
The first named company sued the
second, alleging infringement of patent
The device which is the subject of the
controversy was patented in 1889 and
assigned to the Electric Car company
of America, Philadelphia concern. 1t
was afterwards transferred to the
Thomson-Houston company
Attorney F. III. Belts is counsel for
the complainants. G. e. Mitchell of
New Britain, ex-patent commissioner,
appeared for the Walker Manufacture
ing company.
ZIRKEL FOUND GUILTY.
| L1IC Jul III lllC lllSl OL NIGOlSt AllhCI
in the superior court had hard time
yesterday morning arriving at a verdict
as to the amount of the property which
the young man stole.
Zirkel was accused of stealing brass
I gates, brake wheels, etc, from the
yards of the Consolidated road. 1t is
alleged that he stole these articles on
or about January /, 1896. In reality the
offences We're proven to have taken
place on January IT, IS and 81.
The jury finally returned with a find
ing of $500. Sentence was deferred un-
til Postroff, who received the stolen
goods, shall have been tried.
In the afternoon the case against
1 Primo Ponti for theft of Rabbit metal
and castings from the Hughes Brothers
& Bangs of Guilford was opened.
INVENTORIES FILED.
The estate of James M. B. Dwight,
brother of President Dwight of Yale.
inventories at $244, 365.09 divided as fol-
lows: Personal estate $219, 365.O9; real
estate, $4,000.
The estate of Elbridge F. Barnes, the
late Grand avenue manufacturer, in
ventories at SAL, 251.91, divided as fol-
lows: Real estate, $500; personal es-
tate, s26,9O1.02; chooses in action, &c.
750.S9.
James Reynolds, ex-town agent,
leaves an estate of $2,S7O.56, divided as
follows: Real estate, s2,325; chooses in
action, $545.56.
Milton j. Stewart, who once owned
East Rock and received $4,000 for it.,
left almost nothing. The assets of the
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mortgages amounting to $2,467.66
| City Court-Criminal Side-Judge Dow.
In the city court yesterday before
Judge Dow the case of Frank A. CIin-
ton, charged with the theft of clothes
from clothes line at 3S1 Blatchley ave.
nue., was continued a second time. Will
liam H. Kennedy, his associate, will be
tried for third offence to-day
The case of Bessie Hamilton, charged
with keeping dlsorderly house. was
continued until Saturday to give the
state more time in which to prepare it's
case.
Jacob j. Martin and Ellen O'Brien
were charged with improper conduct.
Martin was fined So and costs, and Ell
| len WAS llleu % anu CUSlS anu SSHN w
Jail for thirty days, it being her second
conviction this year
Mario Carrie Parini, alias Giordano,
of Lafayette street, was fined $40 and
costs for an assault upon James Man
dillo and Maria PARENT. She couldn't
pay her fine and went to Jail
Charles Garland was fined $40 and
costs for knocking his wife, Mary,
down and kicking her in the face and
body.
Catherine Healey, an old offender,
was sent to Jail for sixty days for beg
ging.
The case of Morris Silverman, charg-
ed with the theft of IS from Adolph
Mendel, was continued until october
20.
John Colman of the Green club, Lit
tie Orange street, paid the city 1924
for a breach of the peace in the apart
ments of Stella A. Tresch, Fair street
and the case against him was nolled.