Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-26


company, coast artillery corps, will
probably be the only commands afoot
Pr eTt is being mace to have the reg
uIaRs from Fort Mansfield make ap-
psafance IN the payade this year, but
thoFe ts doubt as 20 their psrticipe-
tion, owing to lack Of transportation
facellties.
Tho efforts that are made at nearly
every session Of the superior court Tor
this countY to have sessions at West
erly thus taking the cases from the
re gular place provided the county
cohrt house at West Kingston, with
added expense for the state, has caus-
Ell many to emphasize the need Of re-
ptaling the law which even permits
session at Westerly.
The April session Of the court open
ed last Monday and though there were
two days for jury cases there were
no trials. In order to obtain a West
erly session eight civil cases were set
down for trial and g Westerly caleu-
oar made up. This VIII require that
the court and all jurors go to West
ely early In May, and as cases have
actually been assigned Tor each day
f1r a week, il win mean a session OF
least that length at this END Of the
county.
"A person who is familiar with the
EtLttbll=S III Alile COURT mas inquired
1T that the extra cost for mileage
Or Jurors alone VIII be SEQ a day.
hich for a session OF five days would
mean an added cost To the state Of
G5. and this is not all the expense.
Westerly has poor accommodation
for a high court to hold sessions. the
town han being condemned even by
the court, while the state has provided
a. well-appointed court house at West
Kingston, at a first cost Of about $40
600, upon which $4,000 mere has been
spent in repairs.
The present court house is as near
Is it possibly could be to the cen
ter Of population of the county as
well as the geographical center. In
neither case would the court house
have to be moved a mile to make it
the actual center both as to popula-
ton and geograp hically. One who has
taken the pains to look into this mat
ter with great care has found that a
few years ago, when there was a ten
days session at Westerly only one
case and that involving sum less
than s., was actually heard before a
jury and yet the total expense to the
state for the session at Westerly was
over $4,000.
There was another secret session of
the Westerly town council. Saturday
evening" to hear the report Of the
committee appointed at last Thurs
days secret session in relation to the
preparation Of an agreement for the
signature of Albert Il. Collins. in Ell
feet that he would agree to retire
from the drug business. II Mr.. Collins
would sign the agreement the attor-
ney general would recommend a sus-
pension Of sentence in liquor nuisance
thar had hRG1 hafrva Grf-
o. court for sentence, thus having Mr.
Collins from a term In Jail
At the secret session Saturday night
the town council not only demanded
that Mr.. Collins retire from the bust
ness, but also that the firm he was
connected with should go out Of bust
ness and that the premises in Main
street should be no longer used as a
drug store. This agreement Mr.. Col
Ems declined to sign. as he considered
the terms too severe, and that 1t af-
fected others as well as himself The
session lasted an hour and q half.
The council gave Mr.. Collins until
Monday morning; if his name was not
attached to the document by that time
the state would make no move for sus-
pension of sentence. He is required to
appear at the session Of the superior
court in West Kingston this (Mon-
day. morning for sentence which car
ries with term in Jail of thirty days
as well as a heavy fine.
On motion of L. o. Fairbrother Of
Stonington, the Wakefield team was
admitted into the Rhode Island Con
necticut Baseball league to take the
place Of the Hope Valley team. at
league meeting held in Westerly Sun
day. Manager Barber of the Hope
Valley team submitted the proposition
stating that owing to the Nichols e.
Langworthy fire. it would be impossi-
BILE to support team this season and
that he would withdraw in favor of
Wakefield.
new schedule was adopted as a
substitute for the one accepted at the
previous meeting. College players are
btarred from playing with teams Of
the league, unless they are bona fide
residents Of the towns the teams rep
resent