The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-02

, lHSlS has Dttll COilS'dSietDiN SihASt
ence of opinion among the clerks OF
courts in the state as to what the re-
turns should specify and the proper
mode of making returns. Each OF them
has consulted legal authority ana the
miX-up of authority cited and the va
riety of opinions given led Treasurer
Mersick, through Chief Clerk Marsh, to
request Attorney General Phelps to
make out legal return blank and thus
settle the controversy.
Attorney General Phelps expressed
himself as willing to go to the limit OF
the authority vested in him in the
matter but he believed that the work
was judicial in scope and lay within the
pale of the duty of the judges OF the
higher courts for the reason that II
question came up as to the legality OIL
the returns they would have to pass up
on it.
BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS.
Petitions in bankruptcy proceedings
We're filed with Referee Newton yester-
day by Leopold Besser Of this city and
Jacob Mag of Meriden. Both petition
ers have been through the proceedings
in the probate court in this city and in
| MeTlueH anu nave no dSSelS. IbSy Will
be given hearings August IL.
THE REFEREE UPHELD.
Judge Townsend of the United States
court has upheld the referee in the case
Of James Legg against the Yukon
Wooden company of Rhode Island.
Legg raised the claim that machine
belonging to the WOODEN company could
not be sold by the trustee in this state,
and he wanted to get the machine back
to Rhode Island The referee refused to
order the return Of the machine, and
the court sustains the referee.
The machine is in the possession of
Attorney Carl Stahl of this city, trus-
tee of the estate of the Yukon Wooden
company.
ARSON TRIAL POSTPONED.
The trial of Mrs. Charles Barbaquin
of Hamden for arson, which was to
have been held yesterday morning be-
fore Judge Tuttle of the Hamden town
court has been continued until Satur-
day. Judge James Bishop of this city
will assist Prosecuting Attorney Mich
ael Farrell, and Lawyer Goodhart will
defend.
SUIT TO REFORM A DEED.
Notice of suit pending was yesterday
filed by Harris Levy and wife against
William Garde and Ada Garde. bus
band and wife. The suit is brought to
reform a deed and to compel convey
ance Of certain property on the ground
that the same was purchased by the
plaintiffs, but through fraud of the de-
PENDANTS was not conveyed. The prop
erty in question is at the corner Of West
Water street and Columbus avenue.
TO REPLEV1N A HORSE.
Thomas H. Gebbie of Fair Haven has
brought a suit in replevin against AL
bert j. Tyrrell of 80 Broadway to re-
cover a $50 horse. Gebbie says that he
loaned the horse to Tyrrell, who sold it
to Perkins for SIS. The case is return
able before r. H. Tyner as justice Of
the peace.
CITY COURT CASES.
James j. Cullinan, who was arrested
for completely in the fake pool match In
the Dixwell avenue saloon of H. j. AL
wyn for conspiracy to defraud James
A. O'Keefe, the Ninth ward grocer,
and who jumped his bail bond, has re-
turned to the city. A friend of his paid
to the clerk of the city court yesterday
a fine of 500, the same as had been in
f1icted on Alwyn by Judge Bishop. This
penalty was imposed as a compromise
on the bond upon which suit would
have been brought If Cullinan failed to
put in an appearance.
Numerous old cases were disposed of
in the city court yesterday morning,
Most of them had been continued until
this date nisi, which is the legal eX-
preston for on the good behavior of the |
accused.
The non-support case of Joseph Burke
was nolled,
The cases Of Norman Fuller, John
Holland, John O'Connell, John Condor
and Louis Moriarty charged with |
breaking into the yard of the Crescent |
Plating company's plant on State street |
and stealing a quantity of brass rods
on May 2, were all dropped, discharge |
being entered in each case
The case of Robert Criscuolo, charg- |
ed with theft of bicycle from Christie |
pher O'Brien on June 3, was nolled
Frank Theroux was discharged on |
the charge of burglary In the store of |
Mrs. Fannie Girard at 1894 Chapel street |
on June 81 The case of Frank Ma |
yette, on the same charge, was nolled. |
Joseph Basilicato and Andrew Pal
meson, charged with theft of lumber
from the New Haven Casket company,
on June l, were nolled.
Thomas F. Healy, charged with
drunkenness and breach Of the peace,
and Elizabeth Healy, charged with the
same offenses were fined 81 and costs.
The case of Joseph Rich, charged
with breach of the peace against Thorn
as Hanrahan, was continued until Au-
gust 4.
Six tramps Were arraigned on the
charge of trespass on the cars of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad company. They We're arrest
ed Monday night by Special Officer
Thomas Mccarthy who found them
huddled together in car on what is
called the Cannon Ball Freight" They
were sent to Jail each of them on sem
fences ranging from ten to thirty days.
The accused gave their names as James
F. Sweeney, William Lyons, John
Brown, Samuel Cox, Patrick Donnelly
and Michael Flynn.
Judge Dow will occupy the bench in
the city court for the rest Of this
month.