Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-07
BUSINESS BEFORE
 CRIMINAL SUPERIOR COURT
Ezra Mather Sent to Jail fer Year
 Taken from Probation List.

on Friday at a continued session Of the criminal superior court in New London, Ezra Mather was sentenced by Judge Reed to serve a year in jail. Mather has been on probation and Fri day the order of probation was re- voked.
 Mather is young fellow whose chief fault seems to be lack of anabi- ton to be anything at all. Because CT his shiftlessness and his tendency to the yagrant life, the people of Old Lyme have placed Mather on the list of undesirable citizens and all infrac- tions of the law have been laid at his door. If a window was broken. a. stone wall overturned, anything stolen ] or a loud voice made after curfew Mather was turned to as the guilty one.
 About year ago he was arrested and presented before the superior court on the charge of stealing horse It was represented to the court by Attorney Barnes that Mather | had not stolen the horse, but had ] simply borrowed it without the con- l sent of the owner. The complaint was changed to borrowing horse with cut consent of owner. Judge Reed
 gave Mather one year in jail and then 1 suspended sentence and placed Math- l CT in the care of County Probation | Officer Mansfield.
 1 Mather has not been an ideal pro- l pationer. He was secured a position
 at Lakes pond in Carr's lumber mill ! He left there without permission of 1 the probation officer and returned to 1 his old haunts in Old Lyme, which
 seem to have strange lure for him. ! Then he was sought out by Officer Mansfield and told to return to New Lcndon. Mr. Mansfield placed Mather i in the Y. M. c. A. bowling alleys, but he went away A. unanneunced after working a day.
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 for Mather and Sheriff TBhbs was or dered to get the man and bring him l into court
 1 Thursday night Seleetman Csrisweld 1 and Constable McGrath went to Math- CTS house and there found him in bed. 1 State Attorney Full explained to
 Judge Reed that Mether had been 8 lrefractefy probatione that he was inclined to the vagrant life, and that he was feared by the law abiding 1 townspeople in Old Lyme.
 Attorney Barnes for his client said | that Mather, as far as he knew, had l committed no crime other than to go 1 back to Old Lyme three times. He would not object to revoking the pro-
 bation order and sending Mather to ! jail, if anyone would state that Math-
 CT was guilty of any crime, but other 1 wise he would favor giving Mather another chance.
 1 State Attorney Hull stated that, if he wished to press the charge, he had a crime against a young woman Of 1 Old Lyme charged up against Mather. 'If he prefers a state prison sentence i to going to jail, I think we can ac-
 n1odate him" MT. Hull said that he did not think Mather over strong men l tally.
 1 Probation Officer Mansfield stated 1 that Mather had disobeyed him habit 1 ually. Judge Reed then ordered the suspension order revoked and direct cd that Mathef serve the sentence of a year in jail
 A claim for a reward fer the arrest | of poultry thieves was made in the case of the state vs. Fitch, but it was l withdrawn when State Attorney Hull I said he would oppose it, as the claim 1 ant only arrested a man after he was told to.
 The criminal court then adjourned | to next Friday. There are other pro- ibItioners who are not doing as they
 ought, and they arc to be brought te account.