The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-01
IN AND ABOUT THE COURTS
COOKIES VERACITY AGAIN DIS CUSSED IN PRAT1-A UDLEY SUIT.

Judge Case on the Bench We'll Known
 Banana Suit SettIad-suit Over Bank
 Money Other Court News
 The Audley Pratt case went on again yesterday morning at 10;30 Mrs. Pratt, on the stand. MT. Goodhart asked some questions tending to show that Mrs. Pratt, in a letter to A.. Harris Warner of Middletown, her attorney, alluded to MT. Audley as ''an employe of her sons" The testimony was ruled out.
 Albert A. Snow, hardware dealer in Clinton, was asked by MT. Williams if J. Hazleton Cooks character for truth and veracity equalled that of mankind in general?"
 q consider it so."
 He admitted never having heard Cookes character discussed
 Herbert & Reynolds, a physician of Clinton, thought that MT Cooke's char acter was equal to that of mankind in general.
 MT. Williams extracted from the wit ness a statement that he had been en- gagged in controversy over the pay mert of a commission of $75 to George T, Audley for the sale of two horses to Mir Pratt. Dr. Reynolds thought that he himself should have had the money. The case is still on.
 THE BANANA SUIT.
 The United States circuit court of ap- peals for the second district handed down a decision in the case of Ludwig Ellinger and Max Ellinger vs, the Steamship George Dumois Einar Fer mann, master. The opinion is written by Judge Townsend with his associates, Judges Lacombe and Wallace, concur ring The action was brought to recov- CT for 7,S8S punches of bananas alleg- ed to have been lost on the steamer Dumois, because the craft was in poor condition when chartered by the libel lants in this action.
 The circuit court awards the libellants S2,72650 with interest from July 26, 1S96 and for the claimants the costs of this appeal.
 The decision is of considerable inter- est to shipping men as well as mer- chants.
 JUDGE CASE HERE.
 Judge William & Case of Hartford, who was appointed a judge of the su- perior court by Governor Mclean last spring, made his first appearance on the bench in this city yesterday. He succeeded Judge Elmer in the contin- uance of the special court session and as such read the short calendar yester- day and heard the interesting pleas for for the continuances, which are heard only in this city.
 In the case of Betts, Insurance com missioner, vs the Connecticut Life In surance company of Waterbury, per mission was granted to sell the Mad river property, which they obtained on the foreclosure suit in which c. Art Ward was the defendant
 PQSYNO'S CASE CONTINUED. J. w. Posyno, the sewing machine agent who Is under arrest on the charge of embedding the value of four Wheel | CT & Wilson sewing machines, attacked | two policemen at the police headquar- ters Thursday, and now has seven crim- inal counts against him. They are: For counts of embezzlement one of carrying concealed weapons and two for breach of the peace on policement.
 Judge Dow inquired of Policeman Streit if there was any doubt as to Pc syno's insanity
 The case was continued until Monday to have his mental condition examined Posyno's bail aggregates $500
 CITY COURT NOTES. Frank Futile, charged with keeping | disorderly house and drunkenness; Grace Brown, drunkenness and enter | ing saloon after hours; John F. Um- | cry, same charges; Carrie Smith, same 1 charges, all were granted continuances yesterday in the city court until March | 4th.
 Daniel Frerey charged with drunken | ness and breach of the peace, was also granted a continuance under bail of $75. | Lelah T. Wheeler, charged with keep | ing house of i'll fame, at 210 East | street, was committed to jail for ten | days
 John F Herbst and Mary A. Lawton | were tried for lascivious carriage, The | man was fined $2; the woman was sent | to jail for thirty days. William Jones, | charged with frequenting a house of ill., fame, was fined $2
 Judgment was suspended in the cases of tGleness against Henry Jordan, Fred erick Plerce and nolle was entered in th,- breach of the peace case. against | Dennis Dowd, and in the case against Bertha Newman, charged with the theft of 25-pound turkey some week ago.