The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-02-26

The case of Alexander Metcalf, jr,
charged by his father with the theft of
So, was tried before Judge Dow in the
city court yesterday morning. Attor-
ney Bollmann defended the prisoner.
The father was the only witness on the
stand and he testified that while the
boy had work he had always paid his
board and could cite no other instance
where the boy had stolen. Judgment
was suspended, with a warning to the
prisoner.
FINE AND JAIL FOR VAGRANCY.
Judge Dow yesterday fined William
p. Bellew $40 and sent him to Jail for
sixty days for vagrancy. Bellew was
before the city court on Wednesday,
charged with begging, and released on
his promise to leave the city. He went
down on Meadow street instead and
began to beg again. With the money
obtained he got gloriously drunk, and
a policeman found him i'll that condi-
ton accosting more people, and arrest
ed him.
Stephen D. Merritt was also charged
with begging and sent to Jail for thirty
days.
REINERS CASE NOLLED.
The case of Charles Reiners, charged
on February 10 with violating the city
ordinance by making stand on the
street without permission of the au-
thorities, was nolled in the city court
yesterday. Reiners is a baker and he
has been in the habit of drawing up in
front of the high school on Orange
street and selling to the scholars dur
ing recess. After being warned three
times he was arrested. After the nolle
he was warned not to repeat the Of
fence.
FORGERY CASE CONTINUED.
The continued case of Dennis l.. Gar
vey, charged with forgery, was further
continued in the city court yesterday
until March 4 at the request of his
counsel, Attorney ClerSin. The accus-
| ed was committed in default of $500
| bail. 5
SENT TO REFORM SCHOOL.
| The cases of Roscoe M. Dewey and
George Hendricks, both minors, who
We're arrested on Wednesday by Pa
| trolman Healey, charged with stealing
| thirty pounds of lead pipe from John
NJ Brown, We're continued in the city
court yesterday morning and both were
committed to the reform school.
| FOR UNBECOMING CONDUCT.
| George A. Pickett, colored, and Mary
Clair were each fined So and costs in
the city court yesterday for unbecom-
ing conduct.
| SUIT ON NEW YORK JUDGMENT.
The suit of w G. Vermylie, president
Of the Goodyear Rubber company of
Middletown, against W. w. Post, pres
ident and treasurer Of the New Eng
land Manufacturing company of this
city, came up before Judge Thayer in
the superior court yesterday. The suit
/ is to recover on Judgment rendered
| against the defendant in New York in
1875, the amount of the judgment, $704,
and interest, amounting to 40, be-
ing the amount claimed in the present
| suit.
| Attorney Charles E. Bush appeared
! for the plaintiff and introduced in evil
dence a copy of the judgment record.
Mr. Vermylie also testified that the
Judgment had been recovered by him
in a suit against his former partner.
The defence claimed that the defend
ant had never had notice of the suit,
and that the Judgment was void, it not
having been signed by the justice and
clerk of the court by which it had been
| given, as was required by the New
| York statutes of that time.
The case will probably be finished
this morning.