Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-08
SUPERIOR COURT
Comes in st Putnam on Tuesday, Judge Bennett Prssidins-stste's Prison for One Man onIy-ceorge Fuller and Mrs. cartIand Sent te Jail.

The September term of the windham county superior court opened in Put nam at 10.30 Tuesday morning. Judge William L. Bennett of New Haven presided for the first time in Putnam The opening prayer was offereNby the Rev. F. D. Sargent, pastor. of the Con- gregational church. After matters in short calendar had been disposed of, the criminals were put to plea and the disposition of the cases occupied the remainder of the days session
 John Smith of Providence, sentenced to ninety days. in the town court of Killingly, on August 19. for being in- tpxicated aud sleeping in a) freight car. was given jail sentence of thirty days by Judge Bennett.
 Daniel Haggerty, a rounder, sen- fenced to serve 210 days in jail for in- toxication and breach of the peace, Sth, was sentenced to ten days in jail by the court Attorney Hunter of Willimantic was assigned to Hagger- ty.
 Timothy Healy, rounder. also was sentenced 10 ten days. The charge against him was intoxication and camping on private property. He was sent to jail from the town court of Killingly on May Il, having appealed from a sentence of 40 days.
 John Coyne of Fall River, for intox- ication and creating a disturbance on an electric car, was sentenced to ten days dn jail He was given jail sem tence uf 9c. days in the town court of Killingiy on July 22 and appealed.
 The sentences in the above cases are apparently light, but the men have already served many weeks in jail awaiting the hearing of their appeals.
 Harrinoton on Probation.
 Everett Harrington, IS, of Killingly Center, upon a charge of statutory bur glary was fortunate in having friends at court. The boy broke into the va cant Alexander homestead at Attawau- gan Crossing on July 22 and packed up the furniture with the intention of selling it. He was also charged with breaking into the summer cottage at Alexander Lake in the day time of May 29. Attorney E. H. Johnson was appointed guardian ad litem for Har- rington.
 In stating his knowledge of the case State Attorney Searls said he under stood Harrington had been an average good boy up to the time of his becom- ing involved in his present predica- ments. He had been informed thai young Harrington had been reading dime novels. and probably his unfor tunate exploit had been inspired by a desire to emulate some of the heroes of the vivid fiction. In consideration of these facts and after admonishing the boy that the case still holds against him in the courts. Judge Ben nett at the suggestion of Attorney Searles, suspended sentence and con- tinued the case to the October term, placing Harrington in the hands of ex- Representative Frank P. Walker of Killingly as probation officer.
 State Prison for Benoit.
 Joseph Benoit, 22, ofBndgton, R. l.. was the only one on the criminal list to get a state prison sentence during the day.
 Benoit, alias Roberts, assaulted Mrs. Flora Pray of Baliouvifle on the night of August 30, with intent to rape, and also struck her two vicious blows on the head before she was able to fight him off. Benoit pleaded guilty as soon as the charge was read to him and re- fused the offer of counsel. He was sentenced to not less than one or more than five years in the state prison.
 Jail for Fuller and Mrs. Garland.
 The cases of George Fuller and An na Garland both of Putnam, formerly of BaHouvilie, provided a brief period Of melodrama for the persons in court. After pleading not guilty to @ charge of adultery, they were again arraigned to permit them to change their plea Fuller said guilty; but when Mrs. Gartland's turn came to answer, her eyes closed, she swayed and sank fainting into the arms of court attend ants. She partly recovered in mo :. ment and then moaned and gasped hystericahy. It was some little time before she recovered sufficiently to say guilty to the charge against her.
 Judge Bennett imposed sentence of three months each in jail on the pair. Mrs. Gartiands husband is in jail at Brooklyn. and of her five children four are at the county home and the other at the state school fer boys in Meri- Jen, where he was recently sent. Mrs. Gartland is about S5 years of age.
 Charles LoonnIs on Probation.
 The state vs Charles Loomis was an- other case that made the spectators prick up their ears and pay close at tention.
 Loomis was sentenced on May 1g in the city court of Willimantic to serve 30 days in jail for intoxication. He appealed.
 Loomis' personality was the most striking thing about his peculiar case. He is well along in years, of the high brow type, with soft white hair ard neat beard. well dressed; calm and lignified: in fact, the possessor of ev- cry essential outward appearance nec- essary to impress even a close obsery CT that he Is a man of highly hon orable station in life. However, he has a tendency to hit the high places once in a while sometimes gets intoxicated and then says things with the muffier off that would not look good in print Another failing alleged against him is that of making objectionable propos als to women. In explaining the case in detail to the court, Attorney Searles read a newspaper account of the do- ings of LooInis preceding his landing iu, the city court of Willmantic. Loom is half rose from his seat as he heard the write-up and apparently dia not like it a little bit.
 MT. Searles also read a letter from a prominent Willimsntic man in which it was stated that while Loomis looks like a deacon" he is reformed gam bier; that he had served in the civil war. deserted and had been disfran- chised. Ir spite of all this evidence elemency was claimed for Loomis be- cause of extraordinary circumstances, and Judge Bennett continued the case. placing Loofnis in charge of Rev. An drew J. Mcleod of Andover as proba- ton officer, this being the place from which Loofnis halls. MT. Loomfs left the court room in frigid dignity
 Pleaded Not Guilty.
 Ths other prisoners held on crim- inal charges and entering pleas of not guilty were Margaret Maloney, John Maloney, Nazarine Pepin, George Me Nabb, Dominic Rodgers. John Camp bell and Thomas MsClosky. Their cases will be considered during to- day and Thursday, which are to be de-