The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-25
SUPERIOR COURT.
Many Cases Disposed of at
Yesterdays Session
at Fitchburg.

ne SeCOuu Oay OF the august term
of the superior criminal court, at Fitch
burg, yesterday, saw many minor cases
disposed OF.
James Aspen, Webster, who previ-
ously pleaded not guilty to charge
of threatening, retracted that plea and
pleaded guilty.
Israel Boucher, Worcester, was SEN
fenced to three months at hard labor
in the house Of correction, for drunk
enness.
The case of James Donahue, Worces
ter, charged with larceny, was not
pressed.
David T. Mcnamara, Leicester. was
arraigned on charge of assault and
battery on his sister Mrs. Laura Phil
lips, at Leicester, Aug. 2, the case
coming from the central district court
on an appeal. The following jury was
impanelled to try the case: Charles H.
Doten, foreman; Charles H. Bennett
Fitchburg; William A Day. Henry
Baur and Erastus Banning, Worcester;
9. w. Coolidge. Winchendon; c. B.
Cochran, Lunenburg; Nahum Harwood
Leominster; F. D. Forbush, Rutland;
J. p. Gibbons, Clinton; F. H. Crossman
Berlin; Lewis Bond, West Boylston.
The prisoner was without counsel
and conducted his own defense. Mrs
Honorah Phillips testified that on Aug
she was berrying, with her sister,
when the defendant came along and
without proVocation, began kicking and
striking her, and this testimony was
corroborated by Carrie Mcnamara. a
younger sister. McNamara tC4ek the
stand and maintained that there was
a simple assault, but no battery. 1t
took the jury 10 minutes to return a.
verdict of guilty.
In the case Of George Delight of
Westboro, charged with disturbing the
peace of that town, Sunday, May I, the
following jury was drawn George
Richardson, foreman; William D. Pow
ers, Worcester; Charles w. Hayes,
George W. Chandler NJ. D. Aldrich and
Daniel A. Boyle, Fitchburg; Walter f.
Whitney, Leominster; F. NJ Howard,
Lancaster; Walter 0. Parker, Ashburn-
ham; Thomas r. Kedian, Clinton
Ralph Varnum, Hopedale; Leo p.
Longley, Boylston.
Frank Brown, Henry Bombard and
Lewis lombard testified in substance
that Delight was drunk and disorderly
and that, in company with a com
panion, he went down the street shout
ing that he was big and a bad Indian
and that he was looking for trouble.
Mrs. Henry Bombard corroborated her
husbands testimony when he said that
the defendant called on him to fight
and repeated the invitation. Delight.
who is of Indian extraction, denied the
testimony, and claimed that jealousy
had prompted the complaint. After a
deliberation of 10 minutes. the fury re-
turned a. verdict of guilty, and Judge
Hopkins imposed a sentence of 30 days
at hard labor in the house of correc-
ton.
Thomas w. McCarty, Natick was
tried on a complaint charging him with
disorderly conduct with Nellie Smith
worcester, on July 10. The followins
jury was given the case:
N. HARDWOOD, Leominster, foreman
w e, Day, Thomas NJ. Carpenter
Erastus Banning and Henry Baur
Worcester; James P. Gibbons. Clinton
e. H. Crossman, Berlin; C. H. Doten
Fitchburg; F. E. Forbush, Rutland
Lester b. Cochran, Lunenburg: Levi!
Bond, West Boylston; Charles w. Cool
ldge, Winchendon. The jury was ONLY
three minutes in arriving at a verde
OF guilty, and the court sentenced TIL,
prisoner to 10 months at hard labor il
the house of correction.
julia Betters and jeremiah Shea
charged with disorderly conduct, re
tracted their plea of not guilty ant
pleaded guilty. The woman was sen
fenced to 10 months and the man t.
one year in the house of correction
both at hard labor.
William Hackett, East Brookffeld
charged with assault with intent rc
commit rape, pleaded guilty to a sim.
pie assault, and was allowed to go on
his own recognizances, with Frank r.
Parmenter as surety, in the sum OF
$500.
Mary Dryer, Worcester, charged with
Vagrancy, retracted and pleaded gull
ty. officer T. F. Burbank assumed
charge of her, and she was allowed to
go on her own recognizances.
John II. Flemming was tried on two
complaints, one charging him with
breaking and entering the pool room
OF J. F. Haven Of Barre, and the lar
ceny of 30 pool balls, and the other
charging him with breaking and en-
tering and the larceny of 1000 cigars
and IS pipes. There was long line of
Testimony, which was to the effect thai
Fleming was In company of Bemis. q
Coldbrook hotel keeper, who managed
to escape when Fleming was arrested
The prisoner conducted his own de-
Tense with remarkable GOODNESS and
knowledge of methods.
Henry E. Tullar, Worcester, charged
WIN ioi SSiiy rum PeISon, pleaGed gun
ty and was sentenced to four months
in the house of correction.
Oliver A. Peck, Barre, charged with
selling diseased meat, pleaded guilty
and was allowed to go on his own rec
ogniZance.
Cheare. DeMarco, Worcester charged
with lewd and lascivious cohabitation.
was allowed to go on her own recog.
niZance.
Joseph Ledieu, Blackstone, was tried
on a plea of nolo contendere, on a
charge of breaking and entering 4
sealed car on the New York, New Ha-
ven and Hartford railroad.