Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-28

| The April term of the supreme court
Of errors in the Second judicial dis
trict was opened at 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning in this city with Chief Justice
| Simeon Baldwin presiding.
Rev. DR.. NJ. S. Kaufman, pastor of
the Trinity Methodist Episcopal
church, offered the following prayer:
Our God, though Thou art the Su
preme Judge Of all men, yet Thou art
our Father and our Friend. We look
to Thee for Thy favoring presence to
abide with these worthy judges who in
| 5hv good Providence have been exalted
| to positions of such weighty response
| bil;ty. Give unto them Thine own wis
dom, the wisdom from above which
| Thy Word assures us Is first pure, tnen
| peaceable, easy to be entreated, full Of
mtl cy and good fruits, but without
! Partially and without hypocrisy
! Command Thy blessing upon allNwho
are most intimately concerned in the
| proceedings about to follow-Ipon fl =
GERS, attorneys, clients, witnesses, that
the wrong may be detected and the
right may be triumphant. We pray
that this court and every court
throughout our honored repl bic may
be so conducted as to establish and
increase firm respect and fervent rev
erence for all law, both human and ii
vine-to the end that all the real
E'NCNNN~NNA
promoted. May our nation be ma
ton whose God is the Lord Jehovah
entitled to reign in unquestiOned au-
thcrity in this World-in all worlds.
Aid us is being true men worthy of our
divine origin, worthy of our noble mis-
sion in life and worthy of the sublime,
eternal destiny, awaiting those who
faithfully do Thy win. All this we ask
in the name Of Jesus Christ our Savior
ard our Lord. Amen.
Sheriff 5. A. Brown opened the court,
and the first case on the list, that of
the board of water commissioners of
New London VS.. Robbins & Potter, was
continued, owing to the death of At
torney F. T. Brown, counsel for the de-
PENDANTS. II is plaintiffs appeal, and
there are over 900 pages in the briefs.
For the same reason, the case of the
Fidelity and Casualty Co. VS.. the
Thames Ferry Co, an appeal by the
plaintiff, was continued, Mr.. Brown
having been counsel for the defendant
company.
Because Of the illness of Attorney
Kenealy the cases of Edgar G. Mondou
and W. II. Hoxie VS.. the New Haven
road were continued. A motion that
United States District Attorney J. T.
Robinson be allowed to enter for the
government was granted, and he was
given until Monday to file his briefs.
These cases involve the constitution
atty Of the federal employers liability
act. The cases are to be heard at
Hartford at the next session there, this
being suggested by Attorney Z. w.
Perkins
The first case heard was that of
Thomas j. Hewitt and others, excs.,
VS.. Wheeler school and library In
this case Judge eager sat in place Of
Judge Prentice the latter being a ma
tive Of North Stonington and has been
much interested in the school. Argu-
ments were made by Attorneys Rath-
bun, Foster, Browning. Mcclure and
Greene.
The other case heard was that of
G. e. Whitaker, tr., VS.. Elizabeth P.
Mcdowell and others. Mr.. Whitaker
Is trustee under the wiz Of D. A. Bill
lings, and this case was reserved for
the supreme court. Mr.. Billings left
$1,000 in trust to his sister Mrs. Nc
Dowell. who asks that she may have
part Of the principal as well as the
income for her support.
The arguments were made by At
torneys Shields and Desmond and
were completed at 4 o'clock, when court
was adjourned until this morning at
10 o'clock
There are two cases remaining on
the docket to be heard this morning
The case Of the state VS.. Addie Burns
an appeal by the defendant, viii be
heard this morning, and the case of
Orrin R. Stedman. adm. VS.. Eugene
O'Neil is also to be argued.
The desk Of the judges had been fit
ted up for this session by Clerk Par
sons with a new set Of desk articles
for the convenience of the judges, ev-
erything being handy and up to date.