Putnam patriot., 1912-03-08
Superior Court

Judge William l.. Bennett presided at short calendar session of the court Friday morning. Motions and argu- ments were heard lasting about an hour.
 Charles H. Curtis of Willimantic was admitted as member of the Windham county bar by Judge Ben nett. Attorney Curtis, whose applica- tion for membership had previously been approved by the par members at an earlier meetir.a, related to Judge Bennett that up to last year and for some time previous he had been prac- ticing in Colorado. After taking the oath Attorney Curtis was extended congratulations by the other attorneys present.
 The drawing of the jury for the March term was the last business, and was as follows:
 Putnam-Florenus F.. Clark, Ebert c. Kinney, William l.. Kennedy,
 Windham-Henry k. Anthony, Jas. Johnson, William A. Buck.
 Brooklyn-Glenn F. Lyon, Frank Herrick.
 Chaplin-A. A. Ennis, Frank w. Chappel.
 Eastford-George A. Reach, Ariel w. Green.
 Hampton-ChaIles w. Burnham, Frank w. Congdon.
 Wesley Wilson, Clayton M Ntriuht E,Amurd McRoy
 Plainfield-- Henry K. Loring, Anna sa l.. Mathewson, John w. Capwell.
 Michael Kenney, Thom- as P Ryan.
 Woodstock-John Aldrich, Arthur Morse.
 The March term of court was opened at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The court room was crowded. Prayer was offered by Rev. F. D. Sargent.
 Elmer E. Newcomb of Woodstock was charged with forgery and uttering forged check. He plead guilty to the first count and the second count was nolled. His only bad trait is this habit of forging checks for small amounts. His brother, highly respected citizen of Worcester, has made good for him several times and said he was willing to help him at any time. In this in' stance no money was obtained. A sentence of three months in jail was imposed. The case came up from the Putnam city court.
 Henry Hall, 23, and Edward Mason, 30, both of AttleborO Falls, Mass, pleaded not guilty to charge of steal ing a horse from Charles M. Fales of North Attleboro. Attorney Charles l.. Torrey had been secured as counsel for Hall and the court designated him to defend Mason, also. These men were sent to jail from the city court of Put nam after being presented therein on the charge indicated, it being alleged that they disposed of the horse to A. Leroy Parker of Attawaugan, from whom it was recovered and taken back to North Attleboro by the owner. Later in the afternoon Hall changed his plea from not guilty to guilty. Sen tence was suspended and he was re- handed to jail.
 Roderick Miller of Putnam, arrested and sent to jail on November g, as a common drunkard, was released after the charge against him had been nolled.
 Michael Nevins of Lawrence, Mass, charged with breaking and entering the TourteIlotte home in Putnam on Dec. Is, was fortunate enough to have this serious charge nolled, because il was clear to the state attorney that Nevins is not mentally strong when under the influence of liquor, as he was when he disturbed residents in the west part of the town and got into trouble. MT. Searls told the court that Nevins, he had learned, had not in. tended to steal anything when he dis turbed the peace, nor were the people disturbed very much frightened. La ter Nevins pleaded guilty to breach oI the peace and was given thirty days 1T jail.