Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-29
POLICE COURT Do1NGs
Many Cases of fCDrunks Before Judge
 Burpee This Morning.

Many Cases of CDrunks Before Judge Burpee This Morning.
 There were several cases of drunks heard in the city court to-day, Ut Which Judge Burpee presided. Charles Jud- son pleaded guilty to drunkenness. lie was found by Officer Mccarthy i'll the west end and was so drunk that Il wagon was required to bring him to the police station. Before the sentence was imposed Prosecutor Durant stated that Superintendent Doran of the char ities department and Regent Moran of the Brookside home had seen him and stated that they were in need of men at the town farm at this season of the year and it would be a good plan to send some of the prisoners there. Ac- cordingly Judson was sentenced to l thirty days at the Brookside home. Patrick Hayes, who was found ill all | intoxicated condition at the corner of l South Main and Meadow streets yes terday afternoon by Officer Dodds, was also given thirty days at the aims 1 house
 Michael Prinderville pleaded guilty l to charge of drunkenness. As he had only been arrested once before on the same charge, and that about two years l ago, and as he promised to see that It l didn't happen again, the case was con l tinued for thirty days.
 Frank De Eco pleaded guilty to the charge of assault upon Joseph Petr1e. As stated in last nights paper, Petrie was charged yesterday with an inde- 1 cent assault upon girl in the eastern section of the city. He was found not l guilty This so incensed De Eco, who l is a relative of the girl who figured in l the case, that he assaulted Petrie as he was about to leave the court rom. He was immediately arrested. This morn- l ing Petrie failed to appear to testify against the accused and capias was issued for him. The case will be tried l tomorrow. @
 Sydney Hopkins pleaded guilty to the charges of drunkenness and of theft. Yesterday afternoon about . o'clock he entered the Boys club, where ] he formerly lived, took six bed spreads, l and threw them out of the window to q companion, who was down below. Some boys, members of the club, saw them and followed them and succeeded in getting the bed spreads. Later in l the evening Hopkins was arrested by Sergeant Cahey. He was given thirty days in jail for drunkenness and fined ] $7 and costs and thirty days for theft. I Telephor Phoenix, who is meat dealer and lives on Fuller street, was l charged with neglect to support his children, three in number, their ages being 12, 9 and 21a years. Mrs Phoe- I nix testified that they were married thirteen years, that she left him on ac- count of a quarrel eight years ago, but returned to him and lived with him
 until last Wednesday, On that date her husband threw . stone told her to l get out and did sundry other things. She also stated that he had threatened to kill her and their children and that
 she would not live with him again be- cause she was afraid of him. ''When 5l he doesn't drink he earns S20, S25 and
 $30 week" She expected that he would be ordered to help her and the three children, He had not given her
 a cent since she left him. MT Phoenix I testified that he had never had any
 serious trouble with his wife, did not
 abuse her and was about to give a
 short history of the supposed trouble
 when Judge Burpee told him that it
 was foreign to thet subject. He said he was willing to support his wife and
 children provided they would live with
 him. Judge Burpee said that he would ,continue the case for thirty days but
 the accused should pay at least $2 for
 the support of each child Phoenix
 may try to secure the children through
 the probate court. They are now liv-
 ing with his wife's folks.