Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-29
THE CIVIL COURT.
Jury Out in the Case of Dewing
VS.. Norris.
VIII of R. Gross FiIed-Notes OF Interest
from the Insolvency and Central
District Courts.

In the superior civil court, before
Judge Gasbill, Monday, the case of
George NJ. Dewing of Fitchburg VS..
Frank e. Norris of Hyd Park, an ac-
ton of tort, with an ad damnum Of $4,000,
to recover for alleged defamation of
character, was resumed. The claim of
the plaintiff is that while he was in the
employ of the defendant he resigned,
and that since that time the defendant
has circulated stories in regard to his
character, so that the plaintiff has been
unable to. secure employment The case
was given TO the jury late in the after
noon, and at the adjournment of court
at o'clock no agreement had been
reached. Herbert Parker, c. H Batch
elder, for the plaintiff; Boardman Hall,
Pierce &S Styles for the defendant,
The next case, which was but opened
when the court adjourned was that of
Frank B. Dwyer of Spencer VS.. the Wor-
cester and Suburban Street Railway
company, in an action of tort, with am
ad damnum of $4,000, to recover for in
juries alleged in September on South
bridge street, by Wellington's coal
yards through alleged negligence of de-
PENDANTS Thayer & Cobb for the plain
tiff; Herbert Parker, Charles c. Milton,
for the defendant.
The following cases are in order for
today:
2637 (on triaD-DWyer VS.. Worcester
and Suburban Street Railway company.
Thayer & Cobb; Herbert Parker, c. G.
Milton.
8-Churchin VS.. Worcester and Con-
solidated Street Railway company. e.
A. D. Moss; H. Parker, Milton.
2392-Greenway VS.. Shea. Williams
and Williams; Fales.
-McKenna vs. Shea. Williams &
Williams; Fales.
2669-Converse VS.. Hemenway c. r.
Johnson; Sullivan & O'Connell.
2536-Mahoney VS.. Standard Construc-
tion company. Fay, Gentsch; Bancroft
2546-Pierce ct all. VS.. Dugan ct ali,
Fay, Tupper & Lane; ]. Smith.
A PETITION IN INSOLVENCY.
Edward H. Bancroft of Gardner filed an
voluntary petition in the court of insol-
vency, Monday without schedule of as
sets or liabilities. The hearing is set
for April 5th.
THE WILL OF RAPHAEL GROSS.
By the VIII of the late Raphael Gross
Of this city, which was filed for probate
Monday afternoon, all private property,
real and personal, is left to his wife,
Hannah Gross. Provision is made for
continuing tha business, under the
charge of the testator's son, Henry J.
Gross; and after the death of the
widow, all the estate is to be divided
among the children-Henry ]. Gross,
Moritz Gross, Bessie Gross, Helen Gross
and David Gross. The request is made
in the will that the executors file no in
ventory Of the estate in the probate
court the executors appointed being
Hannah Gross, the widow, and Henry
]. Gross, the son. The document was
dated May IS, 1895, and bears the sigma
lures of William G. Lichtenfels, A A.
Spaulding and Louis G. Hinckel.
A MASTERS HEARING.
The hearing in the case of Spencer VS..
Spencer, ooth of Worcester, which has
been assigned before Henry L. Parker
as master, will be opened at the stone
court house, Wednesday morning at 10
O'clock. The counsel are John s. Gould
and Kent & Dewey.
A WIDOWS ALLOWANCE.
A hearing was held in the probate
court Monday morning, upon the matter
of widows allowance under the will
Of Ceplhas B. Stevens of Gardner. A de-
cree giving the widow a stipulated al
lowance, will be entered in the probate
court today. Thatcher B. Dunn ap-
peared for the executor; A. Smith Of
Boston for Mrs. Stevens.
CENTRAL DISTRICT COURT-UT-
LEY, j.. MONDAY, MARCH 2s.
Alfred W. Shattuck was charged with
indecent exposure, and pleaded not
guilty. Two little girls who saw the
man while on their way to school, .iden-
titled ShattUck 2 S the one who had
committed the offense. Other witnesses
testified to the offense, but were unable
to place Shattuck as the guilty party.
Several witnesses testified to knowing
Shattuck and said they had never
heard anything against his character be-
fore. Shattuck was sentenced to the
house of correction for four months,
and appealed. He was held in $500 for
the superior court.
William Dwyer was charged with
violating the city ordinance by OBJ
structing the sidewalk Officer Dustin
said Dwyer was one of a gang who
hung around on Millbury street, and
when told to move on gave the officers
the laugh He was fined $3
Nicholas Lannigan, alias Nicholas
/ Friend was fined IS for disturbing the
peace. officer Knight said he arrested
the defendant Saturday night while he
was fighting with man named Leon
ard whom he had knocked down and
kicked Lannigan said he did it in self
defense.
The drunks were John J. Donahue,
$40; John Lecture, Jacob Jacobson and
Henry Howard filed; Henry Paul, Mi
chael Wrenn, $40; Michael Fallon, state
farm, six months, appealed; Kate F1tz-
patrick, house of correction, four
months; Alfred Jarvis probation
Charles w. Cutler, IA years old, was
arraigned for attempting to steal
team. His case was continued until to-
day.