The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-02
City Court.

Matters In the Common Pleas ana
 City Court.
 The April term of the criminal side oi
 the superior court opened yesterday af-
 ternoon the opening prayer being de livered by Rev. Ernest Marriett, of the Church of the Ascension At the open ing of the session State Attorney Will Hams announced a nolled in the case oi William Otto, charged with burglary oi
 a building in West Haven owned by
 Julius Scholz.
 One of the most important eases up
 yesterday was that of David Hayes of | Meriden charged with bribery. conspir- aey and pool selling in Meriden. Hayes place in Meriden was raided last sum mer by law and order league men, but Hayes was not arrested until in Febru-
 ary last when he was caught in Wash
 ington, D. C. He was taken before
 Judge Rorabaek in special session in
 February, and his bonds were fixed at $60O0 $4,000 for the bribery case and | S2,000 for the pool selling charge. | Attorney Dannaher of Meriden ap-
 peared for Hayes end moved for re-
 duction of the bond and a continuance
 of the case to the next term, This was
 opposed by States Attorney Williams
 Mr. Dannaher said that a $6,000 bond was a prohibitive bond, but that his
 client could furnish s4000 bond Judge | Shumway fixed the bonds at $5,000,
 $3,500 on the bribery charge and $1,500 I on the charge of pool selling. Judge Shumway also continued the case for | two weeks. Hayes was then put to
 plea, and pleaded not guilty. Walter Cass of Ansonia, charged with theft on February 15 pleaded not
 guilty.
 | Ambrose Boyle. jr. of this city. charged with theft from the person of | Henry St. Jacques, pleaded not guilty, He was charged with having stolen $l1 | from a man at the Blues ball Later | he changed his plea to guilty and was | sentenced to not less than one year, nor more than two years in states prison.
 Samuel Fish of this city, charged with obtaining money by falely leasing the Bradley house to Morris Diamond, pleaded not guilty.
 Argello F. Hinman of this city, eharg- ed with burglary of a railroad car be- longing to the Consolidated road, also pleaded guilty. The case was recently brought into court on a bench warrant Attorney Goodhart represented the ac cused Hinman is charged with rob ping g car on the New York division. The states attorney said the ease was important as it has recently been dis covered that there was in operation a system of robbing the railroad. Judge Shumway fixed bail at $500.
 John Capello of this city, eolored, charged with assault on femal child, pleaded not guilty
 John Cochran charged with being tramp, pleaded not guilty He was sent up from Milford,
 Henry J. Camp, colored, and Joseph Evans, white, and Annie Cooley. color ed, it is charged that at Ansonla, Feb ruary 5, they robbed Charles Eaton of $425 All pleaded not guilty.
 William Green, colored, and Henry Green, eolored, Of this city charged with burglary at the house of Eugene L. Henderson on February 16 1901. Both pleaded not guilty,
 William B. Green and Charles Will Hams two men charged with burglariz- ing the store of H Lapides in this city on February 1 last pleaded not guilty, and Attorney Charles H. Fowler assign ed to defend them.
 Timothy Hurley, charged with steal ing $65 from George F. Goody of New Haven, pleaded not guilty and Attor ney F. w Babcock was assigned to de- :end
 Philip R. Lucas, charged with as
 ,-l. II nf InY with intent to rob, pleaded not guilty, | and Attorney Samuel F, Hoyt was as signed to defend.
 Edward Miller, Louis Weinstein, and Burr Johnson. charged with burglariz- ing the barn of Elma Hitchcock in Cheshire and with stealing poultry from l the barn, pleaded not guilty. Attorney | w. r Alcorn was assigned to defend | Miller and Weinstein, and Attorney | Louis F. Jacobs was assigned to de- fend Johnson. Later Miller and | Wenstein changed their pleas to guilty | of theft of the chickens, and the burg | lary counts were nolled, Sentences were | 
 Edward Knapp, Louis Mozalsky, John | Robinson, all boys, were charged with | arson in firing building in Meriden. | Attorney A. Marcy Hitler was appoint ed guardian ad litem and they pleaded | not guilty.
 John B, Nanton aged twenty, and | Ernest Fitch, aged eighteen, two color ed youths, were charged with forging | the name of Frank Alexander. the col ored elevator boy a the Benedict build ing on F. w. Benedict Fitch had Attorney Fowler, and Attor ney Edward & Pickett was appointed guardian nd Item for Nanton. Both later changed their pleas and Nanton was sentenced to no- less than one year nor more than one and a half in 7tate's prison, and Fitch to six months in iail.
 The eases of Frederick O. RummiH and Jesse Leland, two men charged with horse stealing, were called up. These two men were alleged to have oeen implicated with one Dumas, a man, in the theft of a lorse belonging to A. B. Treat. States Attorney Williams stated to the court hat in the city court, from which these nen were bound oyer, considerable tes- imony had been offered to show that he accused men were in Massachusetts when the horse stealing took place. He