The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-02-19
YESTERDAY IN TIE COURTS
GROVE HUTCHINS FOUND GUILTY
ON THE CHARGE or ROBBERY.

McNamara's Case Non-Suited-Suit for
Alienation of Husbands Affectlons-one
Armed Beggar Sent to Jail-other Court
Notes.
The jury in the superior criminal
court yesterday afternoon returned
verdict of guilty in the case Of Grove
Hutchins, charged, together with James
Macarthur, with robbing John Nc
Avoy, a carpenter, of $40, last October.
Judge Prentice will pronounce SEN
tence to-day
ON TRIAL FOR BURGLARY
Four boys, James and John p. Cum
ningham and w. S. and George Devlne,
were placed on trial in the superior
court yesterday for burglary on No
vember at the storehouse of Joseph
| Jalbert at 145 Carlisle street. The Cum
ninghams are being defended by At
| torneys Arthur Graves and r. c. Stod-
dard, While Martin Conlon appears for
| the Devines 1t is known that only two
of the boys entered the building and
the trial is to find out which two it
was.
| McNAMARA'S CASE NON-SUITED.
The suit of Stephen Mcnamara, ct al
against Michael Mcdonald, to recover
a bank book for 1854, was non-suited in
the superior civil court, by Judge
Thayer yesterday afternoon. The plain
tiffs We're represented by Attorney
| Hamilton and Attorneys Stoddard
Goodhart and Graves represented the
defendant. The non-suit was on the
ground that a proper title had not been
proven to the bank book.
| The book was left in the Connecticut
| Savings bank by Mrs. Bryan McDon-
| aid, at her death, and on the book it
was written that her husband should
have the benefit of the money during
his life, and it should then remit to
their children.
| FOR ALIENATION OF AFFECTIONS
| The suit of Mrs. Griffing against Miss
Kitty e. Garvin. for alleged alienation
of her husbands affections, was down
| for trial before Judge Thayer and
| jury in the superior court yesterday
afternoon. The plaintiff did not APP
pear in court and Attorney Hamilton
moved for a non-suit but JudgeThayer
continued the case until Tuesday, ex-
cusing the jury until then.
| Court Notes.
Notice Of foreclosure was filed in
the town clerks office yesterday by the
| Pennington Savings bank of the mort
cages held by that bank on the prop
erty Of William and Charles Gay, pro-
prietors of the Hotel Majestic The
property involved includes the Gaying-
ton, the Jocelyn and the Normandie
apartment houses on York street
The suit is brought by Holcomb &
Pierce and is returnable to the Hart
ford superior court on March 49,
The mortgage on the Gayington is for
$4,000, filed January %, 1896; on the
Normandie the first mortgage was for
$4,000, and made out to John Gay who
afterwards transferred it to Charles
Gay jr. A second mortgage on the
property was filed September %, 1893,
for $4,000, contracted by John Gay.
SPRINGER SETTLED UP.
In the city court yesterday Adolph F.
| Springer, who was charged with en-
bezzlement of funds which he collected
for P. ]. Kelly & Co, settled his case
on payments of costs.
TWO SUITS FOR DEBT.
| There is recorded in the town clerk 8
office a suit of Mary A. Donnelly
against Ann Gelan. The suit is for
a debt of $500 Property in Webster
street is attached
Another suit in the town clerks of
flee is that of Samuel Glazer of New
York VS.. Abraham Stone of this city.
This suit is for $4,000, and alleges debt
Property in Eaton street is attached,
ONE-ARMED BEGGAR JAILED.
The trial Of the continued case Of
George Clark, alias Young. was begun
in the city court before Judge Dow yes
terday morning. Young was charged
with obtaining money under false pre-
fences on seventeen distinct counts.
He pleaded not guilty and was defend
ed by Attorneys ClerSin and Moulton.
Clark has but one arm, and under the
fpretence of obtaining an artificial one
he asked for aims He had collected
sums ranging from fifty cents to one
dollar from many storekeepers and
other people before officer Donnelly in
tencepted his crusade upon benevo-
Ience.
AT the time of his arrest Clark board
ed at the Hotel Garde, and in his room
there were found diamonds, Jewels and
little banks filled with silver money
The chief of police of Chillcothe. o.,
says that Clark owns considerable
property there. The officials of Chilli
cothe have made strenuous efforts to
secure criminal evidence against him,
without avail.
Clark was found guilty on the seven
teen counts and sentenced to Jail for
two months on each. For begging he
was given sixty days more. No appeal
was taken.
SENT UP FOR ASSAULT.
James and William Cowles, brothers
We're fined each $40 and sent to Jail for
thirty days in the city court yesterday
morning for assaulting John Cianciul-
Ito, Sicilian, who keeps a stand on Oak
jstreet. The men, with another entered
the place to get cider. One of them
. made several purchases and attempted
to leave without paying for them
When the old man protested they
knocked him down with a club
NUT SUPPORT HIS WIFE.
Martin j. Rourke, charged with non
support, was yesterday given the alter
native of paying his wife "a week for
six months under a bond of $3.50, or of
going to Jail for sixty days.