Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-05-07
PLEAS OF GUILTY
IN FOUR CASES.
Daniel Conlan Sentenced to State
Prison-Jaii Sentences and Fines for
Chicken Thieves-Bunco Men Fined
500 and Costs Each.

|, When the criminal superior court
opened in this city on Friday morning
prayer was offered by Rev. ]. r. Very,
pastor of the Third Baptist church
There was a large attendance at the
session, there being many witnesses,
the jury. large crowd of spectators
and the pen full of prisoners.
The jurors drawn for this session
include Martin F. Bent, George Lor-
ing. Archibald Buchanan, Norwich; AL
len b. Burdick, George A. Pendleton,
Preston: Edward Sherman. William
Schinble, Colchester; Daniel I. Phil
lips, Dennis Barnett Griswold: Fred
erick G.. Stark, C. Henry Hewitt Leb-
anon, L. Eugene Bill, North Stoning-
ton; William R. Browning, Bozrah
Robert Brown, Franklin; Frank Corey,
Sprague; George G.. Bromley. Lisbon;
Charles M. Winchester, Salem; James
III. Dixon. Voluntown.
Martin +. Bent was excused because
of illness while Archibald Buchanan
has left the state and Robert Brown
has moved from Franklin.
Daniel Confan pleaded not guilty to
assault with intent to kill Deputy SHEER
iff Casey of PaWcatuck by attempted
shooting. Later the change was changed
and he pleaded guilty and was sem
fenced to not less than two nor more
than four years in state prison. Sheriff
Casey, by request of court told the affair.
He said that he went to Conlans to
arrest him. The accused asked to see
his wife and went into another ROOM
When he returned he pulled a revolver
from his coat and pointed it at the
deputy sheriff. He did not fire it off,
as the cartridges were not the right
size to fit the weapon. Judge Wheeler
in sentencing Conlan spoke of the
enormity of the offense.
John Daniels, Nathan White and AL
bert Guard, the first two being middle
aged colored men, pleaded not guilty
to the theft of twenty-three chickens
from the Copp place in Groton. White
a a g fhafa
was nothing for one to do. One was
assigned him, nevertheless. Later in
the day they were again presented be-
fore the court, it being supposed they
had decided to change their plea. At
ter the clerk had read the charge,
White and Daniels pleaded not guilty,
but Guard pleaded guilty. The state
attorney suggested that they have an
other conference with their attorney,
which they did, and it was then they
pleaded guilty. Attorney Smith spoke
for them, saying that the younger
White who was the one who had tax
en- the chickens. had disappeared.
Guard had been asked by White to
help him carry the bags containing the
chickens.
State Attorney Hull said that White
and Daniels is thoroughly bad. He
thought Guard had previously been all
right. Judge Wheeler sentenced Dan
iels and White to eight months in Jail,
Joseph Morris and Samuel Freedman,
charged with getting IS under false
pretenses from Ellen Rogers of Quaker
Hill on Jan. 2S, pleaded guilty to OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses.
State Attorney Hull said they had been
in Jail thirteen weeks and the amount
obtained was small Their former rec
ords, he said. were not good, but he
recommended fine. They were fined
500 and costs each, but were very
much pleased to get off that light. 1t
is said that one of them has been in
Sing Sing.
Charged with the theft of chickens
in Groton valued at SIC, William II.
Snyder of Newark and Nellie Farnum
of Groton pleaded not guilty at first,
but later changed it, and were fined
$50 each, without cost
Elmer Abel and Elmer Abel, Jr.,
pleaded not guilty to committing an
assault upon Andrew Powell of Bozrah
or threatening violence.
Mikolay Domoresky of East Lyme
pleaded not guilty to stealing SOS from
a fellow countryman-
Samuel B. Littleield. Jr.. and Alfred
Lebarre of Griswold pleaded not guilty
to statutory burglary by breaking into
the house of Frank Mccarthy Feb. 10.
William E. lockwood entered a plea
of not guilty to stealing $145 from a
Norwich business man.
Much of the time during the day
was taken up with conferences among
the lawyers and by the state attorney.
who met the lawyers and witnesses in
the several cases.
Court was adjourned at Ais O'clock
until this morning at 10 o'clock, when
it is expected there will be other pleas
and some trial will be started. Judge
Wheeler explained that it is unusual
to hold court on Saturday, but as he is
to hold court in another county week
after next he desires to make sure
that the local business will be cleared
up and to do that all the available time
will be occupied
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