The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-22
TRIAL OF GEO. ", CAREY
ARGUMENTS PARTLY HEARD
 DECISION EFFECTED TODAY.

nsister Against sister''-SIrs. Wheeler
 Denies All the Statements Made by
 Mrs. Carey-Mrs. Carey Contradiets
 Mrs WheeIer-Forgery Charge Not
 Within Jurisdiction of Local Courts
 Judge DeForest Says There is no Per
 jury Proven.
 The trial of George w. Carey, the former Stratford lawyer, occupied the attention of the criminal superior court all day yesterday, and it was contin- ued until ten o'clock this morning, when the case in all probability will be fin ished.
 During the afternoon session Mrs. Elizabeth Wheeler. sister of the ac- cused's wife, was called to the stand. She was in a very weak condition as the result of a nervous shock and she was escorted to the stand by the sher- if, where she was given an easy chair to sit in. Her testimony was in direct opposition to her sister, Mrs. Carey. She denied practically all facts testified to by her sister, and testified that MT. i Carey, the accused, came to her at one time, juts when, she could not remem- Der, with a note which he asked her to sign. She not only refused to sign 1t but she refused to look at it, telling MT. Carey that she would sign notes for no one, not even her father
 Continuing her testimony, Mrs. Wheel CT stated that shortly after the trou- ble came she was notified by a member 1 of the family that her name was on a bond with Carey's. She told her in formant that she knew nothing about it and that ie her signature was there it was forgery
 The testimony of Mrs. Louisa Carey, mother of the accused, was read to the witness and she made a general denial of all that related to her (Mrs. Wheel er). Mrs. Wheeler also denied all the statements testified to by Mrs. George w. Carey, her sister She testified to having seen only one paper and told of only one bond being discussed She said that she had taken no interest in | it. had rot examined it. and did not know which it was.
 Mrs. George W. Carey, wife of the ac- cused, was next called to the stand by the defense and she testified that the lstatements of Mrs. Wheeler were not so and when asked if she wished to change any of her former testimony, after hay. ing heard Mrs. Wheeler testify, she said No I wish to have my former testimony stand" Mrs. Carey ther told about her sister having nervou: shocks. which seemed at the time tC slightly affect her mind. She told ol Mrs. Wheeler on several occasions hid ing money in the dining room behint the window curtains.
 At this point the evidence was con Icluded and Assistant State Attorney Wheeler commenced the opening argu ment for the state. He cited number of similar cases and read laws relativel, to the subject matter He said that tn. accused was charged with forgery ant perjury but that If forgery had beer committed in Stratford, it was not with in the Jurisdiction of this court to ac upon it. He then gave a strong plei land claimed that the charge of perjur. had been unquestionably proven.
 Judge De Forest followed with hi argument in favor of the accused. H stated that he was glad that the at torney for the state had informed tn jurors in reference to their having nj
 jurisdiction as far as any forgery wa concerned, and he then asked the judg Ito remind the jury of this fact whel he delivered his charge. He also state that regardless of this fact there ha
 been no forgery proven nor no evidenc
 of perjury. He said that whatever evi dence had been introduced to prov perjury was simply Mir Carey's owi admission to the bar grievance commit
 tee, and that it could not stand as evi
 dence. He also stated that it wa
 claimed that MT. Carey committed per : jury when he swore to the inventor list. Judge De Forest then stated tha ] the evidence went to show that at tha , time MT. Carey had sworn to an amour !, that the estate consisted of, and sai
 that If this is the case, and it undoubt
 edly is, he certainly was not committin
 perjury to cheat himself, and lie alon
 was the only one that could be cheat , ed under those circumstances"
 Court was adjourned at this point t 10 o'clock this morning when Judge D Forest will conclude his argument. H will be followed by Attorney Hamilton 1 also for the defense, and State Attorne . Williams will give the closing argumer : for the state. The case will probabl go to the jury early this afternoon an verdict is expecte before night. The arguments on the question of a