The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-15
IN AND ABOUT THE COURTS
CONTEST IN PROBATE COURT OYER
 4 DEAD BODY.

Hearing for Appointment of Trustee of Elm City Company-Sues City for Dam ages-City Court News.
 In the probate court yesterday morn ing there was a hearing on the ap- pointment of 9 trustee of the Elm City company to succeed Theodore A. Tut tie, recently removed. Attorney Bush for MT. Futile asked that the courts memorandum of the decision for re- moval be made a part of the record. Upon suggestion of the court they will bring application to compel MT. Futile to render an account during this week. The appointment of trustee was post | poned until Monday.
 There were extraordinary proceed | ings for the possession of dead mans body yesterday in the probate court | The body is that of John Provo, a | cigarmaker, who died Sunday at the | residence of his sister-in-law, Mrs. | Charles Provo, Arch street. Mrs. ] Provo claimed her right to bury the body, and when the widow, Augusta, called at her house with the request l that she be given the body the sister | in-law refused. Consequently the widow, through her counsel, Messrs. Stahl and Strouse, applied to the l court for an order to have the body | given over to her.
 l Judge Cleaveland told the parties that it should be settled out of court. He read the statute which says that under ordinary circumstances the body should go to the widow. There was a conference lasting half an hour, after which Attorney Strouse said to the, court that 1t had been agreed that the widow should have the body for burial.
 The appointment of commissioners in the estate of w. R. Francis was con- tinued until March '.
 WILL SUE THE CITY. Lillian Simpson of 61 Union street yesterday served notice of a suit against the city for damages, caused by fall on the sidewalk in front of SC Crown street. She fell January 31 and | lldClulco llCl lSlt III IWN places.
 LICENSE APPLICATIONS REJECT.
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 The county commissioners yesterday rejected the application of J. M. Tuo- hey for a license to sell liquor at Bay Viey Inn, Stony Creek, and also that o1 Giuseppe Sanzero, who applied for 6 license for his place in Branford.
 City Court-Criminal Side-Judee Dow.
 In the city court yesterday morning before Judge Dow, Andrew R. Beardsley a West Haven plumber, was fined $5t and costs and sentenced to thirty days in jail for assaulting Mrs. Mar, Howe on Saturday night.
 In the case of Joseph McKenna charged with burglarizing the house of Michael Fahy at Il Hamilton street probable cause was found and he wa: bound over to the superior court undel $500 bonds.
 Henry Saltznan of 59 Congress ave nue and William Steinmetz of Hudson and Goffe streets, pleaded guilty t. violating the trade mark law, and wer, fined $15 and $5, with costs, respec lively.
 Luigi Yuvilno was fined $1O ant SHOP costs for assaulting Peter Fusco
 John Golden and Peter McCarth. were each fined sS and costs for re sisting officers who were arrestini them for drunkenness For the latte offense Golden got $2' and costs am Mccarthy 8 suspension of Judgment.
 Lawrence Corcoran of Fair Havel was fined $2 and costs for breach o the peace.
 Prosecuting Agent Niles nolled tn 1 case of Carl Anderson, charged witt violating the Sunday liquor law O February g.
 Mary Hurd and Alice Osborn, col ored, were fined $2 and $624 costs eac for breach of the peace.
 Charles Brown, the alias of a Val freshman, was fined $1 and $6.24 cost for snowballing.