The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-14
Court Notes

Michael Barry, a laborer of Gilbert street. was in the city court yesterday morning on the charge of breaking the jaw of Andrew Guthrie, aged fifty-five, shoemaker of 105 Lafayette street. The two got into a fight in saloon o1 Congress avenue Saturday night Barry struck Guthrie with a piece of lead pipe, splitting his jaw on the right side and fracturing it on the left. Up- on the recommendation of Assistant City Attorney Webb, Barry's case was continued for one week, and his bond was placed at $500,
 WOMAN SENT TO ALMSHOUSE.
 Mrs. Rufus G. Whitman, who has been more than once in distress and in the hands of the police, was in court yes terday morning charged with vagran- cy. She was wandering about the streets of Fair Haven Sunday with a four-year-old girl in pitiable plight having no place to go for shelter and no means of getting a living.
 She was sent to the almshouse and the daughter was taken to the county home, where all the other children have been living for long time.
 tORl SIEALlNG PEAKS.
 Mickey" Daley, fourteen-years- old, was in the police court yesterday to answer to the charges of stealing pears from John F, Cook. the Meadow street horse dealer Mickey" has a com plaint against MT. Cook, and the latter was charged with assaulting the boy,
 The boys case was continued nisi one month and judgment was suspend ed in MT Cooks case
 BESSIE WAS FINED $25.
 Bessie Hamilton was fined S25 and costs for keeping a house of i'll fame at No 10 Prlndle alley, and May Bene- dict, Annie Cohn and Minnie Condon was fined $5 and costs each for resid- ing therein, The place was raided Sat urday night by Sergeant Thomas Dunn and a squad of police.
 CHARGED WITH ENTERTAINMENT
 The case of Charles Miller charged with embedding $3 from his employer, Joseph A. Mcclure, was continued until September 1T. Mcclure is in the fish business at No. 2A Congress avenue, and Miller is alleged to have collected money and kept it.
 FINED FOR FIGHTING.
 Lewis Hoyt and Charles Maxwell. both colored, were fined s3 and costs each for fighting in Eaton street satur- day night.
 Edward Morgan was fined $2 and costs for fighting in Browns restaurant on Church street Saturday night
 John F. Russell Thomas r. Kelly and Thomas Daley were fined s1 and costs each for fighting in front of the post office Saturday night. Michael F. Hayes case was nolled.
 THEFT CASE NOLLED. The case of Louis Hoyt, the young man who stole the coat and vest of w. " Treloar, his roommate, was nolled, Hoyt made restitution.
 OTHER COURT NOTES
 Lawyer Edwin s. Thomas of this city yesterday morning gave formal notice of an appeal in the case of the borough of West Haven against Frank Quinn charged with illegal liquor selling in the Second avenue hotel Savn Rock Quinn was fined $50 and costs by Judge Bryant last Saturday. Lawyer Thomas claims that the fine was excessive. The case is returnable at the next term of 
 the common pleas court. $9O0 DAMAGE SUIT BROUGHT.
 The suit for $900 damages was brought against the New Haven Street Railway company yesterday morning by Abra- ham Cohen, a shoe dealer on Grand avenue. The plaintiff claims that he was thrown off one of the cars of the company at Stiles street, in the annex ,,1+n ies. It is alleged that the accident was | due to the carelessness of the motor man.
 w. CT II. No. Is ANNUAL PICNIC | w. c. T. U. No. will give their an nual picnic at Woodmont, Thursday September Is. Cars start from corner | Church and Chapel streets at 10 a. m I ,te- JNo 1Nt ,4