The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-02-24
YESTERDAY IN THE COURTS
FEBRUARY TERlTOF UNITEDSTATEs
COURT OPENED YESTERDAY.

by Supreme Court of Errors Wyatt Di
vorce Suit~other Court Cases.
The February term of the United
States court opened at 10 a. m. yester-
day with Judge Townsend on the
bench, Both grand and petit juries
were present, Many local attorneys
We're in attendance,
The oath was administered to the
grand jury by Clerk Marvin. Judge
Townsend then addressed the jury,
giving the jurymen instructions re-
garding their duties. Edward f. Jones
of Branford, ex-state senator and eX-
secretary of the Branford Lock works,
was made the foreman Of the grand
jury.
Attorney C. II. Hayden and three
out-of- town attorneys We're members Of
the petit jury.
Lawyers regard this as vicious Gus
tom, and in 1898 a law was enacted by
the Connecticut legislature prohibiting
lawyers serving as jurymen in the state
courts.
COUNTERFEITERS IN COURT.
Ill llle CdSSS ySolViNoJ
afternoon Judge Towsend sentenced
Mrs. Maltby to three months in the
New Haven county jail, The judge
stated that he made the punishment
light in Difference to the request OF the
prosecuting attorney. Maltby was SEN
fenced to three years in state prison
and to pay fine of $1,000, The judge
said that there We're no extenuating
circumstances in his case, except that
he seemed to be new at the business.
The case of John Simone, charged
with passing counterfeit money, was
then taken up and he was put to plea.
Lawyer Wynne was assigned as his
counsel.
P. w. TURNER'S CASE NOLLED.
The case against p. W. Turner of
Turnersville, this state, charged with
directing business from the postoffice
of that town. was nolled in the United
States court yesterday.
Mr.. Turner conducts a general store
in Turnersville, and was postmaster,
running the office in his store. Presi-
dent Cleveland did not reappoint him,
and soon there was war against the
democratic incumbent, who was boy
cotted. Mr. Turner, instructed by his
blends, received letters as usual and
ent them by messenger to Colchester
for mailing He was charged with car
rying letters upon postal routes. Pre-
vious decisions by the government,
| however, have held that persons may
send their letters where they like for
| mailing, so the case against Mr.. Turner
was nolled.
PATENT INFRINGEMENTS SUIT
Judge Townsend yesterday dismissed
| the motion made by the American
Pneumatic Tool company in it's case
against Thomas Phillips & Son of this
| city. The motion was made by the
plaintiffs to have their case dismissed
without prejudice to them to the bring
| ing of a new case. The defendants
| contended that the motion was only
made for delay.
| The real defendant is a Philadelphia
concern which made a pneumatic tool
| for cutting stone and marble, a tool
that Phillips e. Son had used 1t was
| claimed by the plaintiff that this too
was an infringement. All the testimo-
| ny had been adduced in the case up tc
the time the motion to dismiss was
made
Kerr & Curtis of New York are coun.
sci for the plaintiff, and Harding &
Harding of Philadelphia and John X
Beach of this city represent the de.
PENDANT
FOR DEFRAUDING THE MAILS.
Arthur Van Noltz of Bridgeport, who
was convicted a year ago of defraudins
through the mails but who has beer
confined in retreat for the insane, wat
yesterday sentenced to six months il
Jail and fined $40. He is now recovered
mentally.
RAN A PRIVATE MAIL ROUTE.
The case of Frederick Orfinger o
Stamford, charged with running pri
vate mail route in Stamford, was noll
ed yesterday on payment of costs
amounting to SIS. He had delivered
monthly statements and bills for thu
Stamford Gas company and other com
panies.
w. o. HOYT FINED $100.
w o. Hoyt of Danbury pleaded gull
ty in the United States court yester
day to sending an obscene letter to his
wife through the mails. He was fineC
800 and costs
CASE AGAINST MARTIN STRICKEl
OUT.
The case of the United States agains
| George B. Martin was yesterday strick
en- from the docket, the department a
Washington having decided that Their
was no infringement. Mr.. Martin wa
charged with obstructing the navigabl
waters of New Haven harbor by driv
ing piles in the channel
OTHER MAIL DEFAUDING CASES
George Beatty, a New Britain lette
carrier. pleaded guilty to stealing fror
the mails. He was let off with fine O
$40 and costs, provided he paid in tire
weeks.
w. r. Seymour of Bridgeport wa
fined $3.50 and costs for defraudinS tn
mails, and must pay in two weeks.
SUPREME COURT OF ERRORS DE
CISIONS
Five decisions on cases within tn
third judicial district were hande
down by the supreme court of error
Yesterday afternoon. In the appeal {
Treat l.. Hne ct al, for new trial o
a writ of error, the error and new tria
are granted. No new trial is granite
on the ground of a verdict against evi
dence.
The defendants appeal for a ne'
trial In the case of Alling VS.. Forbes,