The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-14
Probate court-Judge cleaveland.

1 named Attorney Richard H. Tyner for trustee and hearing will be held Mon day morning upon the appointment. He
 owes, it is said, about s10,00o, and his assets are valued at from $1, 300 to $3000. Eugene A. Callahan has made appli- cation to the probate court for letters of administration on the estate of the late Joseph D. Plunkett. The hearing on the application has been set for next Friday.
 Proceedings to force Harry L. Weiss into involuntary insolvency were
 brought yesterday by William A. Wright. The application is the result of the suit now pending between J. Gibb
 Smith against the Congregation B'Nai Israel, in which Weiss is interested. MT.
 Weiss made voluntary assignment a year ago, but it was withdrawn. Drs Fleischner and Converse reported in reference to the mental condition of Mrs. Lotttie Katz, who jumped into the harbor at the foot of Chestnut street one day last week that they were not sure that she was mentally incompetent. The
 case was continued for two weeks to give the doctors time in which to make l a more extended and thorough examin- atlon. She IS at the almShOuSe. NEW LITIGATION. Antonio Corporossi has brought suit | for $1 ,000 against Pasquale and Louise Aceto, husband and wife The two men are butchers in Grand avenue and Cor porossi alleges that MT. and Mrs. Aceto assaulted him Friday while he was wis | iting their shop. MT. Aceto was armed l with butchers steel and Mrs. Aceto with her nails.
 The Roma Military band has brought suit against Fioravanti Richardelli, for | merly a cornet player In the band, but | recently transferred his allegiance to | the Nicorlari band, a rival of the Roma | band, and took his uniform and cornet | with him. The Roma band have recov-
 cred the uniform and Saturday Deputy Sheriff Higgins served papers in suit | for the recovery of the cornet. | Mrs Mary F. Benedict living at Vil- | lage Falls, this state, has been sued by | the M. Sonnenberg Piano company,
 through Hotchkiss x Asher, for an un-
 paid balance on 8 plano.
 l ]. A. Campbell x Co.,, plumbers have l sued through Allen, Webb & More | house, P. A. Gallien and others for an unpaid plumbers bill on new house. | The county commissioners will grant a hearing to-day to James r. Kenney l and W. S. Fogarty of Wallingford, who | have applied for saloon licenses. | Prosecutor Niles will be heard by the | county commissioners Friday next in a protest against the granting of saloon | license to Dennis Coday and M. J. Kelly
 of this city, on the ground of "improper location"
 Giuseppe Sanzero of Branford has | withdrawn his application for liquor
 license. A protest against granting 8
 license signed by twenty citizens of
 Branford was filed with the county
 commissioners.
 David Cohen, a real estate broker,
 has sued W. J. Atwater, former com
 missioner of public works, for his com- | mission in obtaining loan on a new house MT. Atwater built in Commerce street. The suit was entered in the
 court of common pleas and MT. Strouse
 represents Mir. Cohen.
 City Cnurt-Criminal side-.yuhge Dow.
 In the city court, yesterday morning
 and afternoon the case of Mrs. Ger
 trude A. Vaughan of Prospect Place,
 charged with keeping a maternity hos | pital without a proper license, was on trial. The case was continued from
 Saturday, when it was said that the
 accused was unable to appear. Tester day morning she was well enough to be in court. Ward Bailey, clerk of the board of
 health, testified that license had been granted to her at 45 Stevens street. | pIr Efehar nf Cpntar
 church, who lives on Prospect Place, testified to having seen carriages stop at Miss Vaughan's place and men and | women enter there. He also said he had heard a woman moaning in the | house on the night of November g. He told Rev. Newman Smyth and Mir. Clar-
 ence Deming, and an investigation fol- | lowed, resulting in the arrest of Mrs. | Vaughan.
 l Mayor Farnsworth testified that he | had not granted Mrs Vaughan license | for maternity hospital,
 | President Fleischner of the board of | health testified that he had advised I Mrs. Vaughan that her license to con- duct maternity hospital at 45 Stevens | street was sufficient for her to conduct
 a similar establishment at Prospect l Place
 | Attorney filling argued for the prose | cutiOn and Attorney Goodhart for the
 accused. The point at issue was as to
 Mrs Vaughan's right to conduct g. ma l ternity house at Prospect Place when | her license was issued for 45 Stevens | street. Judge Dow reserved his decision | until Monday.
 John McDermott was fined s25 and
 $6.O1 costs for an assault on Frederick
 B. Lockerey of 149 Washington street, Saturday night.
 Miss Annie ConrOy was fined St and
 costs for an assault upon Mrs. Minnie
 Sullivan.
 Mary Kennedy was sent to jail for
 sixty days on the charge of being a | common drunkard.
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