The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1905-09-13
Superior Court .

The following cases were before
the court last week: Defendants
motion for Judgment in the case of
William Grady against New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad
company was withdrawn. An order
for two weeks additional notice was
granted in the case of Edmund T.
WEIGH against Florence E. WEIGH.
William Brownlee of South Willing
ton asked for a divorce from Ida l..
Brownlee, for the past four years a
teacher in East Hartford schools, oD
the ground OF desertion. Mr.. Brown
lee said that he was married in 1880,
and had worked for the Hall Thread
company in Wellington for thirteen
years. His wife preferred to teach
school than to reside with him, and
she left him q number of times to
teach in different places. She said
she did not like to live in Wilmington.
as it was too slow. She finally made
up her mind to go to a normal school,
although he protested against it. He
finally gave in, and gave her 5000
for this purpose. His wife finally
deserted him in 1900. The divorce
was granted. Clara E. Cavanaugh of
Stafford was granted a divorce from
Thomas F. Cavanaugh ON the ground
of habitual intemperance.
Albert Hubert of Rockville, charg-
ed with assaulting his wife with
hammer with intent to kill, was on
trial last Wednesday. He was de-
Tended by Attorney R. H. Fisk of
Stafford Springs. The following jury
was empanelled: Charles E. Meaoh-
am and A. J. Mccormick of TolIand,
Erskine B. Hyde of Andover, A. NJ.
Benson of Bolton, George H. Cham
plin of Columbia, James Baxter of
Ellington, George A. Walker of
Mansfield, Adolphus G.. Chaplin and
Frank @. Moore of Somers, B. P.
Cooley of Stafford, W. G. Howard of
Union, George L. Rosebrooks of Gov
entry. The first witness was Mrs.
Sarah Hubert, the wife of the. &C
cused. She told practically the same
story in regard to having an angry
dispute with her hubsand when she
came home at 10 o clock from neigh
boris house. He struck her with his
hand ON the face, and then something
hard struck her on the back of the
head and she was rendered uncon-
scious. On cross examination by At
torney Fisk the witness said that she
did not say in the lower court that
she told her husband before the blow
was struck that eff he was dead she
would get drunk at his funeral" but
that she made the remark on former
occasion some days before the assault.
She admitted that she had answered
her husband in a manner likely to
provoke him, when she left the house.
She had not yet fully recovered from
the assault. Miss Florence Webb,
daughter of Mrs. Hubert, told the
court what led up to the hard feel
ings. She said that the story had
the witness, intended to elope with
him. Her mother accused him of
this at noon and this led to a quarrel.
AS Mr.. Hubert was leaving the house
at noon the witness told him to pay
no attention to thu story, because they
both knew there was no truth in it.
His reply was that he would pay at
tention to it and that cit would yet
end in MURDER On cross examina-
tion she said that her mother was an
cry on the night the trouble occurred,
and that she did make the statement
about "being drunk at the funeral"
just before the blow was struck.
Thomas Hewitt told of seeing the &C
cused strike his wife on the head a
of times with hammer. The
accused took the stand for the de-
Tense and told of the dispute with his
wife that night. He said he was
very angry with her, and simply in
tended to ehastise her. He had no
intention of committing any serious
injury, and was very sorry after he
had struck the blow. Attorney Phelps
asked for proper punishment for so
serious an offense. Attorney Fisk
made strong argument in favor of
the prisoner. The mans whole life
and character, his kind treatment of
his wife heretofore and his sorrow
after the deed all went to show that
there was no intention of killing his
wife. He did not try to excuse what
had been done, but he wanted a YER
dict for the crime actually committed,
simple assault, and not assault with
intent to kill. Judge Gager's charge,
while very fair to both sides, seemed
rather in favor of the accused. The
jury was out about two hours, and
rendered a verdict as charged. Judge
eager imposed a sentence of eight
months in Jail, with fine of $50.
CURED OF LAME BACK AFTER 10 YEARS
OF SUFFRRING.-''I had been troubled