Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-25
! IN THE POLICE COURT.
Thrss Hen in Court en Cemplains sf
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An effort will be made~fo stop raj bit hunting with ferrets in these parts. It is said that the destruction or rabbits this winter and x fall has
 been on a wholesale plan and that if !
 allowed to go on without some effort
 being made to stop it, there would not De q rabbit left in the state by spring
 The Mattatuck Rod and Gun club
 Of this city has stepped into the arena 1 and has already bagged three alleged violators of the game law lss James Dillon, James Evans and Bern ard Seery. They were arrested last evening on the complaint of David R.
 Walker, member of the club, and a special game protector for Waterbury district. He happened to be in
 Towantic yesterday when the last east
 bound train was going out and he saw the above named and three others get on board with number of bags.
 Suspecting the contents of the bags to be rabbits and that they had fer rets with them. also, Mr Walker got aboard the train and came to town with them. He followed them to Null ligan's saloon on South Main street. and heard them tell of their days ad-n ventures with their ferrets By this | means he acquired all the informatioras he thought lie needed and then left the saloon and made complaint The ' men had fifty rabbits. vsx
 The cases were called i'll the cityN court to-day but as the state was not ready to proceed, they were continued to Monday. It may develop that they may be tried in Towantic. after all. as there appears to be some misapprea'l hension regarding Jurisdiction The ulana tfnv1 ia fhtcN yUa fha x,s<xfot6.7 within the jurisdiction of the city. court of Waterbury If it was the cases will be heard ;, if not they win he tried in Towantic. That they will be heard somewhere. and that the ut most rpenaltv possible be asked to be imposed, if the men are found guilty. there is! nos question, for there are any
 number of lawyers in the Mattatuck Rod and Gun club who are determined thht all game in this state shall be given a fair play.
 Until the cases are tried. the accused are at large on bail of $50 each.
 There was n serious happening in boarding hot1se kept by Q Mrs Gala gheri at 20 Sylvan avenue. yesterday. Patrick O.Rrien, boards there with his three children. He is n tall, strap x ping man. notwithstanding that This right ehand is artificial. O'Brien took too much drink yesterday forenoon. Mrs Gallagher was a most reluctant witness. All she said about the affair was, that O'Brien struck her without any cause. except that he had drink in She admitted that she. had trouble her fore with him, and that she received u the nl. l9b blow given yesterday, on thsAap- < But Mrs Mary Cullum of 2Sssasr.~. Clay street who happened to be visit ing Mrs Gallagher at the time. was quite n valuable witness She said Mrs Gallagher was not feeling entirely well yesterday morning and she laid down for a few minutes in her room. o'Isrien. who seemed to be under the influence of drink entered and dis ttrbed her. He asked her if she want ed couple of black eyes, and advised Mrs Cullum to get out of the house as quickly aaa,ss she could. Witness saw it dalay. and as she was going out lie gave her kick that threw Sher down. Mrs. Gallagher, scared out of her wits, ran out of the house also. and O'Brien ran after her and knocked her down and pulled her all over the yard by her hair By this time assistance had come. and an officer was sent for, Officer Keirsted arrived and found O'Brien In bed. There were twoSother men in the room standing over him. and the two women had fled to nei9l1bor's for shelter.
 anO O'Brien's defense was, that he found two men in his room when he got home and he remonstfated. He was fined $15 and costs and put on proba- tion for thirty days.