The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-02-14
IN AND ABOUT THE COURTS.
Little Business Trans-
 acted There Yesterday.

comparatively Little Business Trans
 acted There Yesterday.
 In the office of the clerk of the United 6tates court yesterday a petition was nled to have the firm of Crockett & Iuttle. in this city, adjudged bankrupt. The petitioners are Mary A. Crockett, the Spring Perch company of Bridge port and c. Cowles & Go. of this city. In the petition Mrs. Crockett alleges that the firm owes her $2S,0OO Each of the other petitioners present claims of $30d each.
 A case has been brought in the court of common pleas which is a decidedly unusual one. The complaint Is that the Young Mems Silver City lodge Inde- pendent Order of Birth Abraham, buried child of one of it's members in the cemetery of the Chelbia B'nai Abra- ham, last December. The burial was on December 29. The two cemeteries adjoin and it is a question of the boun- dary line. The action is directed against the Young Mems Silver City lodge and the parents of the child, MT. and Mrs. Morris Wise.
 Jacob Robinovich, Congress avenue grocer, and Harris Estoff, an Ashmun street feed dealer, have settled three suits by mutual consent out of court. The first arose over a note Estoff owed Robinovich. Later each of the princi- pals brought heavy suits against each other for islander. Estoffs body was later attached by Robinovich's counsel.
 Attorney Benjamin Slade, as counsel for Louis Cohn of Dixwell avenue, has brought suit for absolute divorce against Mrs. Rebecca Cohn. Cohn claims intolerable cruelty and asks for the custody of the five children. The couple were married in 1SS6 The suit is returnable to the superior court.
 Joseph Freedman of New York has through his counsel, Benjamin Slade, brought a petition to the superior court for a dissolution of the injunction which prevents him from taking actual possess sion of the Factory street synagogue. Freedman holds a $6,000 mortgage on the building and when he tried to take possession of it the congregation ob- tained an injunction against him. The case will be heard February 24. APPEALS FROM JUSTICES DECI-
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 Samuel Mclaughlin of the Mac ! IiHlAli6 CUlIlpdIly udS dppedlSu IlOlll the judgment of Justice Tyler award ing damages and costs in favor of Lewis c. Palmer, the liveryman, to the court of common pleas.
 City Court Criminal Side Judge
 Bishop.
 Robert Douglass was charged with cruelty to animals in the city court yes- terday morning. Douglass was arrest ed upon warrant issued upon com plaint of the agents of the Connecticut Humane society. His case was contiI- ued until Saturday.
 Francis J. Leddy was charged with non-support of his wife. The case was continued until Wednesday that Leddy may make arrangements to pay his wife & a week.
 Bertha Peele, young colored woman, arrested few days ago, charged with stealing some wearing apparel, pleaded guilty yesterday morning and was sen fenced to three months Imprisonment in jail.
 John Cannon was charged with the theft of an overcoat belonging to Daniel F. OBrien. Judge Dow fined Cannon 8 and sentenced him to ten days in jail. Michael Mulvey, bill poster hailing from Derby, was charged with the theft of pair of trousers containing $5 from John Wallace of 31 George street. The case was continued until Wednesday.