Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-04

had Arthur M. Brown assigned to him as counsel, pleaded not guilty to the charge of bestiality with 8 gray mare on May 27th
 : Not guilty was the plea of John Skelly of New London to the charge of robbing James Monroe of s1O0 in New London on May 12. Attorney Ben- jamin Hewitt was assigned.
 Daniel lift of Stonington, another gray haired prisoner, who walked from the spectators seats with a teeterinB step, pleaded not guilty to indecent assault upon William O. Dewey Tn May, 1912. Attorney George O. Morgan was assigned to the case.
 new case which he had just re-: ceived was added to the docket by Prosecutor Hull, that against John Spelman, charged with statutory rape.
 A recess was then declared while the prosecutor and the attorneys held con- ferences.
 After the recess Prosecutor Hull in- formed the court that George w. Baks cock had made to his attorney, John H. Barnes, a full statement of the mat ter in the charge made against him, which made 1t necessary to appoint aIl- prisoner. Homer Bruno. Attorney w. tls LA III At V Io 14dlllC0 ny lttQ COA4 Guilty of Forgery.
 William L. Cummings of New Lon don was put to plea on one count in the warrant against him for forging and uttering a check for $7.75, the name of F. H. Redden being forged on the check. Cummings pleaded guilty to the charge of forgery and made a statement to the court that he had net drank a drop in 12 years, but felleWins the death of his wife he took to drink ing, and to that he laid the blame of | the forgery. He said he had never been arrested before, and he appre- ciated that he had committed a states prison offense, and he would appre- ciate any lenisncy the judge might show. After questioning him Judge Case made the sentence three months i in jail.
 Sentenced After Changing Plea. l Attorney Herman Alofsin, 2d, whe had been assigned to defend Alfred Hurst, who was accused of statutory burglary in breaking into Joseph Browns building at Jewett City and stealing pint bottle of whiskey, told the court that his client would changt his plea of not guilty. The attorne, stated that Hurst had told him ht l Ge@2tAt 4AtAl OctAOAl anu tll4l IIllik WN> what had got him into trouble. BooI l companions whom he met and dranl | with at Worcester had put him into freight ear and shunted him off t Plainfield, from whence he had come t Jewett City. Hurst couldn't remembe stealing the whiskey and supposed hi must have been under the influence Q
 drink when he did it.
 The gray -haired prisoner, who sal, he was a carpenter 69 years old, als' made statement to the court an, had tears in his eyes as the judg spoke to him sympathetically and ad vised him thar 1t was time for a maj
 of his years to keep out of practice that Tod to his present plight. Tn I judge made the sentence 50 days in jai
 and Hurst murmured his profoun
 thanks for the ieniency of the court.
 Court adjourned at 4.4s till thl
 morning at 10 o'clock. when more plea
 will be taken.
 Jur- List.
 1 The following are the jurors draw
 and summoned for the term: Norwich
 Francis D. Donohue, Frank J FagaI
 Frank A. Robinson, JIdelbert Geef ksll, A. NJ. Fuller Colchester, Joh
 O'Rrien, Hamilton Wallis; Griswol,
 William A. Edmond, James H. Lel Dwight D. Tracy: Lebanon, Joseph ]
 Blakeslea Charges F. Briggs. Charle l.. Hinckley; North Stonington, Ma com p. Thompson, Dwight Maine
 Bozrah, John Sweeney; Franklin. Her ry Bellows: 6prague, Peter Desiandef Henry Buteau; Liehon, Curtis Wilcos Salem, William B. Kingsley; Volur flown, Charles W, Pratt.