Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-16
IN POLICE COURT
Man Charged With Attempting to
 Kill Discharged This Morning.

William McAfee, before Judge Peas.
 ley in the city court this morning, was given $5 and costs for drunkenness;
 probation for 30 days.
 The case against Ambrose Mancini,
 which has been put of so many times, was heard this morning. The accused was charged with attempting to kill
 Nicholas Rocelli on Monday morning.
 December f, on Jefferson alley Rocelli said that on the morning in question he was on the way to work
 on the Whittemore building when d
 man jumped out from behind St Ce- elias church. He beat Rocelli with an iron bar on the arms and legs
 While Mancini, Ambrose's brother, was beating Rocelli another fellow jumped out and stabbed Rocelli in the neck with a stiletto. He turned round as he received the knife wound and recognized the accused, Ambrose Man cini, running away.
 During the cross examination 1t came out that Rocelli and Mancini had trouble on November 20. On that day Rocelli and Mancini, who board ed with the former, were on their way to work when the latter went back to the house on Scovill street to put some money in safe place. Rocelli, accord ing to his testimony, happened to have his wife's grocery book that morning and thinking that she would need it took it back to the house and found Mancini there with his hand over the mouth of Rocelli's wife.
 Mancini had bank book in the house at that time which showed that he had $500 In the Naugatuck Savings bank and the Rocellis refused to give him them. It came out in the cross-examination. which was a rigid one, that Roceif instituted a couple of suits against Mancini for assault on his wife some time before the assault. Mrs Rocelli corroborated her husbands testimony.
 Attorney McGrath asked Rocelli If he did not. while in the attorneys office, say that he would get even with Mancini for assaulting his wife.
 Lena Spadir0, a young girl about F years of age, whom the prosecution in tended at first to put on, but later changed their mind, was called by the defense She testified that she saw the assault, but only one man, and he was beating Rocelli with an iron club. She did not know who the man was and said she had not talked over the case with anyone with the exception of Officer COlesanto.
 The next witness for the defense was ex-Supernumerary Officer Gahan, who is boss mason on the Whitte- more building. He testified to seeing on the morning of the assault and said when asked that he did not think that the accused could be away from the building long enough to go as far as Jefferson alley and commit the assault with which he was He could not positively say If Ambrose had been away when the crime was committed
 Thomas Kennedy, superlntenden. on the building, said that Ambrose had worked for him for three years. On the morning of the assault he was sure that Mancini was at work between the hours of and 8. at least he did not miss him from work
 Joseph Tilford, an engineer on the building. told about the same story as Gahan and Kennedy.
 Ambrose Mancini, the accused. next took the stand and told story entire y different from Rocelli. The prisoner vas found not guilty.