The Press., 1903-12-03
Superior Court.

The December term or the superior
 court opened at Rockville Tuesday be-
 fore Judge Ralph Wheeler. A short
 calendar session was held in the fore
 noon. Arguments were heard in the
 case of the state vs. Alyarado Howard
 and the case of the state vs. J. M.
 Sheehan ct al. on a motion for revoca-
 tion of a previous order of the court
 striking them from the docket. The
 motion was granted and the cases re-
 stored In the case of the Prudential
 Insurance company vs. John F. Hay
 den motion for special bail was grant
 ed. The amount was fixed at $500,
 which was furnished by Joseph Coo
 gan. E. H. Eberle, who represented
 the plaintiff, said the action was
 brought to recover between $400 and
 $500. A motion for an allowance to
 defend was argued in the divorce case
 of Frederick Faulkner vs. Emma s.
 Faulkner. The plaintiff is a manu-
 fasturer in Stafford Springs, where he
 located about four years ago. Mrs.
 Faulkner, it was alleged, refused to
 accompany him to Stafford, and re- mained in Lowell, Mass. The ground was desertion. Lawyer Hill of Boston appeared for the defendant and asked for an allowance of $6O0 for defense, claiming that the plaintiff was wealthy, and that the defendant was without means. Lawyer Joseph Bar Der objected to any such amount. He said that Mrs. Faulkner had refused to accompany her husband to Stafford, and that he paid her board, furnished her horse and carriage and gave her $40 month, which he was unable to do any longer. The court allowed $2OO to defend. Mrs. Emma Crough's suit for divorce from William Crough of Rockville for desertion was granted. The following assignment of cases was made: Tuesday, December 8, John H. Wilbur vs. Jonathan A. Wood; John Adams vs. Charles P. Williams. We'd nesday, December 9, Charles E. White vs. Gideon Dickinson; Andover Ec- clesiastical society vs. Charles H. Hands. Tuesday, December 15, Fanny H. Rose vs. Charles Backus. The cases of Joseph Morgan vst Theodore Julow and Anton Augusten vs. Theo- dore Julow were continued.
 In the afternoon the crimsnal side opened. The following jury was sworn in: Albert D. Stedman of Holland, William S. Mclean of Bolton, Henry 0. Walker of Coventry, Otto E. Powell of Ellington, John E. Ellis of Hebron, Clarence H. Savage of Mansfield, John Hunt of Somers, Wallace T. Jones and Alonzo l.. Howard of Stafford, Frank Orcutt of Wilmington. Frank St. Law renee of Columbia pleaded guilty to assault with intent to kill and on re- of States Attorney Reed | the accused was sentenced to one year | in jail. St. Lawrence, who lives in | Columbia, was in Willimantic on Oc- ober 16th with Antonio Thouin and lis wife. St. Lawrence and Thouin tarted for home and had a fight. The alter struck the former in the abdo- nen with a blunt weapon, making a erious wound. Thouin recovered. Duncan Grant, charged with highway obbery, was next arraigned. As he
 lad no counsel, Lawyer John E. Fisk Fas assigned to defend him. Grant Headed not guilty. Mrs. Lucy F. lark of Columbia testified that on 'ctober 17th, as she was on her way
 ome from Willimantic, she noticed a nan walking by the roadside with
 is cap pulled down over his eyes. When she reached very lonely spot n the road, and while going up a teep hill, a man suddenly sprang om behind a telegraph pole and rabbed her horse by the bridle. He elled to her that all he wanted was honey, and demanded money or her fife. She then threw him 8 bill. The ill fell short and she got out and licked 1t up, and as he said he didn't 1ant anything as small as $1 bill she howed him that it was a $10 bill. He rdered her to throw it to him and he did so. He then started off, but pon her request returned and hitched art of the harness which he had un- uckled. He then went off. She re- orted the theft to the Willimantic office and Captain Richmond arrestedI rant, whom Mrs. Clark identified 5 the highwayman. Captain Rich lond found the $10 on Grant. Grant, ook the stand in his own behalf and dmitted taking the money, but denied nat he had threatened Mrs. Clark s fe.
 On Wednesday the jury found Grant nilty, and Judge Wheeler imposed an ldeterminate sentence of not less than year and half and not more than , lree years in state prison. John W. gully, who on Tuesday pleaded not lilty to theft of money, jewelry and othing from Benjamin Thomas of
 changed his plea Wednes- y morning to guilty, and was sen- need to thirty days in jail. Court len adjourned until Tuesday of nextl eek ---