The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-19
IN AND ABOUT THE COURTS
FREDERICK COOK PLEADS GUILTY
 TO CHARGE OF ARSON.

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 The supreme court was opened yes- terday morning. All the judges were present. The Fairfield county cases were called in their order. McGarrick vs Kealy and Connery vs. Belton were not ready.
 Wheeler & Howes vs. the Consolidat- | cd road, the first of the new cases, was 1 taken up. Wheeler & Howes, coal deal CTS at Bridgeport, own certain lands which have been condemned by the | railroad for the purpose of erecting a | new depot. The coal dealers object to having their lands taken, and they ap- peal from the decision of the lower courts.
 Wildman vs. Munger is ready. The case from Bridgeport of Tailor F. J. McKeon vs. A. H. Byington, to recover l an old tailor's bill, is ready. In the matter of the application of the Shel- ton Street Railway company there is plea in abatement, also a demurrer to the plea.
 | In the case of Vincent vs. McNama- ra the court took plea of abatement under advisement.
 Charles F. Mack's appeal from pro bate is off. Hewett vs., the Consolidat- ed road is ready for trial. l. In the matter of receiver for the Premier Cycle company J. c. Cassidy seeks to be reinstated as receiver. Can toni vs. Betts is ready for trial. | In the New Haven county cases the state against Brady is off; also Slee- man vs. the National Gas Saving com pany.
 The Consolidated road against the city of New Haven is ready; also Ma ria Guinan's appeal from probate and A. B. Fuller against the Metropolitan Life Insurance company. In the Full Ter case there are already nine hundred printed pages of record, and more tc ! come.
 The state against Thomas J. Kalla- her will be submitted on briefs Schroeder vs. Tomlinson and Minnie | Morehouse vs. Joseph Warehouse are both ready.
 FREDERICK COOK PLEADS GULL TY
 Frederick Cook in the superior court before Judge Roraback yesterday l pleaded guilty to the charge of setting fire to the Tontine hotel December 25 Sentence was suspended. Frank Walsh was sentenced to foul ] years in state prison for obtaining mon | ey under false pretences from Mrs. Pen I dleton and her daughter. State Attorney Williams caused thf bonds of two Ansonia persons to bt called They were Ellen Conway ant I John w. Lawlor, charged with lasciv iousness. The bonds were for $400 il each case and given by Lawlor for th' woman and by Catherine MeAuliff fol Lawlor.
 Jacob Shudoc pleaded guilty to as sault upon Joseph Egonot and was sen tenced to one year in jail. J Dr. Elijah Bonds case was continued until the April term of the court at thu request of his attorney, MT. Case. Superior Court-Civil side--Judges Prem
 tice and Wheeler. 8
 The Mead divorce case was on tria before Judge Prentice yesterday. Jame H. Mead of Ansonia applies for di vorce from his eighteen-year-old wife Eva. He alleges intimacy with her un cle, William Allen. She files a eros bill charging him with intolerable cru city. He is represented by Attorne. Ford, and sine is defended by Senate Holden. The case will be continued to day.
 Before Judge George w. Wheeler an z a jury the trial was continued yester | e G.11 tsas George B. Bunnell and George Peterson to recover $5,oo0 alleged damages re sulting from the arrest of the plaintii in June, 1895, at the instance of the de fendants, charged with theft. Tn plaintiff, Chatfeld, completed his testi mony The case will be continued tc day.
 Judge Wheeler has named F. A. Wa lace as temporary receiver for tn Hall Manufacturing company of Wa lngford in place of F.. A. Wood. AT other hearing will probably be had o , the matter of permanent receiver. . City Court-CriminaI Side-judge BishoI
 In the city court yesterday morning before Judge Bishop, John J. McAven. 7 William Grote and Arthur Bastoble
 Boston, charged with vagrancy, wei
 discharged.
 The case of John Gregory, charge
 with vagrancy, was continued.
 David Farquharson of 39 Wilso
 street was fined $1 and costs for the
 of two soldering irons from Hyma
 Dicksten.
 Harris KatZ was fined R and cos
 for leaving his horse unhitched in u
 street.
 Walter H. Levin of SS Hallock av
 nue was fined S5 for assaulting his wi z Annie, and s5 for breaking windows
 the house of his sister-in-law, Mary M
 Shere or 312h Congress avenue.