The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-08
CRIMINAL SIDE OPENS.
BIG DOCKET IN THE SUPERIOR
 COURT.

Heard-PIsads Guilty but Sentence is
 Deferred-Many OtherCases.
 The criminal side of the superior court, October term. opened yesterday afternon at 2 o'clock with Judge Case on the bench. There were about twenty
 five new cases to be disposed of. The most important one that came up yesterday was that of Antonio Ozil- lio who was charged with murdering Augustine Dardano on June 2 last
 States Attorney Williams reviewed the case and stated that he would agree to
 have the court pass a sentence on a plea of murder in the second degree. At the close of the last term of the court Ozillio pleaded guilty to a. certain ex- tent but yesterday at the advice of his lawyers, Attorney Walter Pond and Paul Russo, he pleaded guilty of mur- der in the second degree.
 The attorneys for the prisoner made no defense and the court after stating the law in regard to the sentencing on the plea of second degree murder asked the prisoner if he had anything to say and on a shake of the head in the nega- tive. Judge Case sentenced the Italian to state prison for the rest of his nat ural life. The prisoner took the sentence as though he didn't know what it meant and entered the prisoners pen smiling.
 The case of Walter Scott Miller, the colored lawyer who was charged with embedding on eight different counts came up and he pleaded guilty but was not sentenced by the court.
 The court said that it would pass sen- tence late in the afternoon but it was not done. Miller, who pleaded not guilty, had no council and A. Maxcy Hitler was appointed. Miller stated the facts in the case which are so we'll known to New Haven people. He was charged with embedding the sum of SS6.16 which had been entrusted to him by William H. Effort. He said that af- ter he appropriated the money and af- ter he was arrested he went to the city attorneys office with the intention of paying $t00 to settle the case but that the city attorney held out for $t5o. the amount set by the court.
 %ALICI llldL, IIG Sdiu, IlS ltiCu lo SCLllS the case i'll the legal matter but had to go to New York one day where he was given knock out drops, and when he woke up he was way down South. He ! got employment there and was there up to the time he was arrested in Bal
 timore. His health, since that time has failed until now he is almost un- recozniza ble His hair is long and a beard has grown and the former erect and strong frame of the attorney is
 thin and bent over. It is expected that sentence will be passed to-day.
 l Fred W. y Rarnsdell charged with
 theft, pleaded guilty and he was given a jail sentence of year by Judge Case.
 Joseph Clark of Seymour a big colored
 man, pleaded guilty of assault with in- tent to kill afidehe was given not less I than one year and not more than two 1 years in states prison. Wilhelm Deglis,
 theft from person pleaded not guilty
 and Attorney Kugel was appointed
 counsel for him
 l Harry G. Day, the counsel for Du
 Puy, the Yale man, charged with man. slaughter in killing D. Thorpe Munro,
 stated after the court adjourned that, it
 was not certain that the case would come up this term. but that question would be settled to-day after a talk
 with State Attorney Williams.
 l George Kane of Wallingford, the 16- year-old boy who was also up on the
 charge of mansaughter. pleaded not guilty in causing the death by shooting
 of little William H. Bailey last month Attorney Danaher of Meriden will de- | fend Kane.
 l William King, the farmer who lived
 at Norris Cove and who was charged with distributing obscene literature,
 was given a jail sentence of three
 months. John Maddox, boy charged with burglary, had no lawyer or guard | ian and Attorney Alcorn was appointed
 He first pleaded not guilty but later
 changed his plea and was given not less than one year nor more than two years in jail.
 1 Edward H. Matthews, charged with l three counts of theft, was given not 1 more than two years nor less than one. Frank McGovern on the same charge
 was sent to jail for two months and a nolle was entered in the case of James | Smith. Vincent Pudgens pleaded not | guilty to the charge of assaulting a
 minor female child and will be defend 1 ed by Attorney Danaher. Dominick ! Panza, who was there on the same l charge, was scored by the court but | sentence was deferred until the girl, Anita Brano, could be found or some 1 friend of the girl so that her former character might be revealed to the
 court. He pleaded guilty. Louis Rees ! for burglary was given four months in l jail and Lizzie Reynolds who is we'll | known here as a street walker pleaded 1 not guilty to the charge of theft from person. Attorney Fitzgerald was ap- 1 pointed by the court to defend her. l James J. Roche charged with theft from
 person was held until his counsel ar-
 rived and Charles Young charged with 1 bigamy received sentence of not more than two years nor less than one | year in states prison. Still another | boy faced Judge Case. He was Albert l c. Thayer charged with assault with in- tent to kill. As he had no council or guardian and Attorney Lynch was ap- l pointed to defend him as he pleaded l not guilty to the charge against his
 name.
 The bond of John Davis amounting
 to $500 given for his appearance to an-
 swer to the charge of theft, was called
 and then came the last case of the
 day. that of Ozllio. The session this