Putnam patriot., 1910-10-28
Superior Court.

Superior Court.
 The criminal term of the Superior Court opened in willimantie last Thursday morning with Judge Marcus II. Holeomb on the bench.
 The case of State ys A. (. Bennett of Canterbury, charged with violation of the game law, was continued owing 10 defendants illness.
 Charles Miller, charged with break ing jail. while serving . sentence In Brooklyn jail for breaking and enter. ina the Bradley mansion in romfrct, pleaded guilty. The states attorney said that Miller had been sentenced to n year for entering tho Bradley man. sion, from which place he stole con siderable quantity of goods. In Janu- ary last, while assisting in the cooking al the Jail he made hts escape. Miller was caught about two months later In Michigan and taken back to jail. He had finished serving hts 'preslous sen- tenee of one year, but Mir. searls rec. commended that he be sentenced to an- other year tin jail fos escaping. The Judge accepted the recommendation and sentenced Miller to serve another year.
 Mason Oatley of Killingly, charged with violating the game law, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to pay fine of si0 and costs.
 Mary Gates and Edward 0'Gonnor of kilIingly were charged with adnI- tery. O'Connor plead guilty. states Attorney Searls said that the case had been investigated carefully and that the woman had seven children, that her husband did nothing for her sup- port and that by working hard she sent he's children to school, and kept them well dressed and clean, and that there was considerable sympathy for the woman in Danicison. Hc there fore recommended that the ease against her Dc continued until the next term of court and that O'Connor be sent to Jail. Judge Holcomb said that he un. derstood that the crime in thls cass wos more against society than against the husband of the woman, and he e. cepled the recommendation and sen. fenced O'Connor to six months in jail, and continued the case against Mrs. Gates unti. tiia March term 0f .sousi.
 Nicholas sheehan charged with at. tempted assault upon female child, pleaded guilty to the charge, and was sentenced to six months in jail.
 Fridays session of court was . com. parativeiy short one, as there was no trial, and the short calendar list was brief.
 It had been expected that the crimi- nal case Of state vs William Gaviit would be tried before jury and the jury had been summoned, but an agree ment was effected whereby Gayitt changed his plea to guilty, and as . re- suit there was no trial. 0avttt WAS charged with assault with intent to murder, but by the agreement he pleaded guilty to assault with Intent to Kill.
 A brief outline Of the case was given the court by the stats's attorney, rslst- ing how Gsvitt hsd struck Ms. Work, who lives near Williams Crossing. with an axe. Ths sussuIt occurred on the 24th day of septsmbes. Work came home and was of tho opinion that 0sv. itt, who worked for him, had not cut . sufficient amount of wood and theu Gavitt had invited him outstds to look It the woodpiie and then hit Work with an sxs, States Attorney Heasls told the court that 0avitt was . man s5 years old and that hs he'd agreed with the attorney for tho deisnss b ae- cept plea Of guilty and thas he would therefore recommend year In Jaii.
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