The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-01
FINE AND SENTENCE.
England Is Adjudged
Guilty in the
Ring Case.
COUNSEL TAKES EXCEPTIONS.
Manoogian Sentenced to
Two Years on a Charge
Of Forgery,
COUNSEL TAKES EXCEPTIONS

The superior criminal court will take
adjournment today. The jury out on
the liquor keeping case of Milo stone
will bring in its verdict. At o'clock
it had not agreed, and the court was
left open, so that the jury might bring
in a sealed verdict this evening and
leave.
The appealed case Of Thos. Creigh-
ton of Blackstone, charged with vi
olating the screen law at his saloon,
was continued until January.
Nellie D. Premier, charged with adult
cry, pleaded guilty and was allowed to
go on probation,
Richard NJ, Jorgenson was taken be-
fore Judge Putnam yesterday at Tx
bridge and held in $1,000 bonds, on the
charge of breaking and entering. He
will be brought to Worcester to await
the action of the grand jury.
Yesterday morning, the jury that had
been out in the England case, came in
with verdict Of guilty. w. A. Gile,
counsel for the defendant, asked the
court for time to present a motion for
a new trial.
Hachadoor Manoogian, the Armenian
charged with forging an order on the
Peoples savings bank, was found
guilty by the jury that had tried him,
Monday afternoon. He was sentenced
to the house of correction for two
| years.
George Wall, who was charged with
evading his car fare, and whose appeal
to the supreme court had been dis
missed, was sentenced to pay IS.
| Fred Jones, found guilty in the lower
court of evading car fare, after the
decision had been sustained by the SUI
preme court, was sentenced yesterday
to pay fine of SIS.
Milo Stone of LeOminster charged
with illegal liquor keeping, was tried
during the morning.
William Curry of Leominster, who
was charged with liquor keeping, was
| put on trial. Sullivan & O'Connel
were counsel for the defendant.
John C. Stone of Westminster
charged with liquor keeping pleaded
guilty and sentence of lower court at
| firmed, to pay $67
The case of Bridget Drury, charged
with mingling poison, will be heard
at the next criminal term.
| w. A. Gile counsel for w. A. Eng
| land, appeared in court in the after
noon and moved for a new trial foI
| England. Col. Gile argued at length or
| the motion, going over much of the evi-
dence in the case. The court felt thai
it was not a case in which the YER
! dict could be set aside, and overruled
| the motion. England was sentenced Il
$50 fine and house of correction for one
month.
The jury out in the Curry case
/ brought in a verdict of not guilty OF
| illegal liquor keeping, the first jury
acquitted of a liquor case this term
Sullivan & O'Connell appeared FOL
| Curry.
| Otis c. Bent, charged with larceny
| pleaded guilty and came up for SEN
tence. Mr.. Bent was employed in a
| leather factory in North Brookfield
and accumulated stock and sold ii
through an outside party. In all the
various populations amounted to about
$500. Thomas G.. Kent appeared for
Bent and made an eloquent plea for
mercy towards his client. A number of
witnesses were put on the stand, in
Guiding the defendant himself He told
a pitiful story of sickness and a large
family, that drove Bent to commit the
crime. lie was sentenced to two years
in house of correction.