Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-09


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 Judge Cowell presided at the city court this morning. The session was held by installments and occasioned much bother to those who had buSi- hess there. Of ordinary business 10 be Transacted there was none and the attorneys engaged ill the liquor cases. SUppoSIng that the usual ratt of petty offences would as usual be on hand. were not cn hand themselves. Court was accordingly delayed a few min utes through the non-uDpearance of Prosecuting Agent Pierce. When he arrived he proceeded to business with out delay. He called the case against James i-OngWorth for keeping open his saloon and selling on sunday. Sep tember ,. Mir LongWorth pleaded guilty and stated that the otfense charged was not committed by himself llc being out of town on the day in question, but by some one in his en- ploE. Attorney Bauby. representing Mr Longworth, said that his client has been in business here thirty three years. has always borne a 1irst-cIasS reputation and was never before in court in I case like this. On that ac-
 
 S1O and costs on each count Daniel Mcdonald, Third street John Nolan, lS2 Baldwin street. Elizabeth A. Law Tor. TO East Main street. all pleaded guilty to similar complaints and counts. keeping open and selling on various Sundays and all were fined S1O and costs on each count T" +'n case of Mrs Lawlor Attorney Guilfoile stated that a week or two ago she r.l q t,, that the court should take into con- sideration the fact that since then she had not violated the law. Mir Pierce replied that the first conviction was for an offenSe committed on Septem- ber 5 while the present one was dated November 4, and the court should take into consideration that fact. On this complaint Mrs Lawlor was charged with selling only William 1T. Fallon, q druggist at 215 South Main street, pleaded guilty to selling for consump- tion on the premises. His counsel. At torney Seery stated that his client pleaded guilty. not that he was guilty, but because i'll view of the character of the evidence that has been given in proceeding cases, it was impossible to procure testimony to rebut it. Mir Fallon was certain. Ee said. that the detectives Were never in his store. -A Iuc Ol .9lO llu CUSlS Was lIlDOSct, which is S5 less than that imposed by Judge Bradstreet and S15 less than by Judge Burpee. Several other cases were called, but as the counsel en- gagged in them was absent court ad- jOurned to II o'clock.
 Court convened half an hour after the appointed time, and MT Pierce an nounced that he had received word from accused's counsel, Attorney Car mody, that he would not be in town until ? o'clock. He then called off the names of the respective accused, but only one was present. The case against Daniel F. Foley was nolled. MT Pierce stated that the whole proceedings was Il mistake, arising out of the negl- gence of John T. O'Leary, who took cut the license ill the first place, and failed to have it recorded with the proper authorities. It developed that no record whatever of the license had been kept. neither on the books of the county commissioners nor of the clerk of the superior court. Court then adjourned to , o'clock.
 Before city court opened this after noon number of the liquor dealers entered the room ana seeing the three detectives in the judges room, began to Lombard them with ridicule. What a fine picture they'd take:' said one. They're like the three graces." said another. Faith, they re more like the three disgraces,' chcrused a third In this way the mon passed the time until they exhausted themselves, when they left the detectives alone. Court opened promptly at o'clock.
 David Sheel1y':: case for selling and keeping open on Sunday, September 16, was first called He pieade,l guilty and said he has been i'll the business twenty years and was never before in court. He was fined SlU and costs on the usual couilrS.
 William Foley. 60 Bridge street. with the same oifenses. Belell tes- CT Johnson was the pilot Same fine
 Thomas Connor. i0 Fuller street was absent. being sick, and by agree lnent was found guilty. Same fine was assessed.
 Patrick Murphy. 2:35::; Baldwin street was charged with selling in excess of his license. Monday. September 5, that is. he sold whiskey. having only q beer license. He.'zog testified. There was DO defense. Connor was fined $lO and costs.
 Thomas NJ. Ferris, 124Libert,y street second complaint, pleaded not guilty. Ira l.. Anderson, a new face in the was the detective in this case. Anderson lives in New Jersey and New Haven. He was accomp;- nied to the saloon by two local men. whom he asked where he could get q drink. Same fine In passing sen tence the court said it was strange and q shame that notwithstanding all the that has been given to sa- looms during the past month, some of them were open last Sunday
 This disposed of the last of the cases. Mostly all paid up.
 When Prosecuting Agent Pierce found that he could not proceed with the cases this forenoon he had Chief Egan put additional men on duty around EXchanee place so that in con- sequence any disturbance micht arise between the detectives and their vic tims assistance would be at hand in q minute. So that unknown to the saloon keepers they were under police