Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-17
TIE SUPERIOR COURT
Mla WAb Stsls HeTss on Town Plot
 Given Yelr in Jail.

In the superior cOrut yesterday af-
 ternoon William Stensons who stole
 and sold horse belonging to his
 employer. Mrs Bridget Kiely of Town
 Plot, was givena year in jail. John
 McMahon, Waterbury's only profes-
 sional panhandler, was given sixty
 days. He told the cohrt that he in-
 tended going across the water this
 winter, but the court told him he
 wouldn't go this time.
 Memato Paternostro, who stole $S1 from his fellow roomer, was let of with three months in jail. This man thrived in confinement. The day of
 his arrest he had not pound of flesh on his body. Yesterday he was as plump as partridge. He has been but two years in the country.
 Makas Sajenkas said that three months ago he went into saloon in the Brooklyn district and planked down a $5 bill, calling for drink of beer at the same time. He got no
 change. he said, and so the next night
 he stole a bunch of keys from his
 landlady's room and going to the
 saloon opened the back door and
 helped himself to $3.25 worth of
 liquors in return for his money He
 was given three months in jail.
 Harry Galway and Thomas Dowd,
 both 16. pleaded guilty to burglary on one count on condition that two
 others be nolled. Galway said he got
 his first lesson in deyiltry in the state school for boys, the polite name for
 the reform school Dowd denied ever being there. These boys com
 mitted series of burglaries. Dowd
 was arrested first and somehow Gal
 way ascertained he was locked in a cell in the rear part of the lookup.
 When all was dark Galway climbed
 mp to the window and told Dowd not to give him away. Nearby is the de- tective quarters and Detectives Dodds and Keegan thought they heard some one talking. They listened and over heard the conversation going on be- tewen the boys. When Galway got down from the window he dropped into the arms of the detectives.
 Assistant States Attorney Kel- logg asked that the boys be made an example Of for other boys and they were each given four months fin jail They had narrow escape from being sent to the state prison.
 It was rather late when court be- gan business to-day. though 1t had adjourned to 10 o'clock The case against Dennis Mccarthy charged with theft of $l60 from John Har- rington in saloon on Baldwin street was nolled Harrington failing to ap- pear in court Harrington lives in Pennsylvania and with his brother Dennis came here on visit during the summer. Harrington was the treasurer 1t seems At all events he left his money in charge with saloon keeper on South Main street and took 1t back in few hours. He next showed up on Baldwin street and wanted to give away his wad. He offered Mccarthy some of 1t, and 1t was declined. Later Mccarthy. 1t is alleged got 1t all and gave some to his friends who paid of some old debts with some of 1t. This caused suspicion. the mems creditor wonder ing how they could have got so much money at one time. Mccarthy was arrested as he was alighting from a New Haven car at Mount Carmel just as Detective kennaugh was allght- ing from Waterbury car. Later the detective recovered about $6Q of the money in McCarthy's home. This was returned to Harrington and he lost no time in getting away from Waterbury. The two cases against Frank | Cameron for breaking into the | houses on Bronson avenue were put over 10 tomorrow morning.
 Albert Brenter. charged with at ! tempting to kill Louis Blanchette in i a boarding house on Grand street | was sentenced to one year In jail | The men had some difficulty and | Brenter vowed he would put Blanch- cite under six feet of ground. He f called Blanchctte to his room door and nred at him. The bullet struck | Blanchette in the arm. Had it been three inches nearer 1t would have killed him.
 James F. Crowther for indecent was given from one to one and a half years Tn State prison for to assault his ten years old sister. Crowther pleaded guilty. His excuse was that he had been drinking hard cider and was drunk Tor two days. One of the two counts against him was nolled.
 This afternoon Austin R. Hine os was tried for arson and acquitted on the grounds of insanity. In his argument. Assistant States Att iorney Kellogg practically asked the 'ury to return verdict of acquittal ,n these grounds. Judge Case sem 'enced fIine to live years in the hos pital for insane at Middlefown. Hine. ,ne night. set fire to his fathers barn md dwelling and other buildings on he farm. The barn and its contents