Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-11
SUPERIOR COURT.
Divorce Granted Florence Belleware Handfeld, Deserted by Bernard HandfeId.

Judge Case of the superior court, at q short calendar session held in this city Friday forenoon, granted a di- vorce to Florence D. Belleware Hand field. The action was not contested. The petitioner testified that she was married to Bernard Handfeld on Feb ruary 26. 1906, in this city, and that they had spent the first month of their married life at the home of the groom's parents. They then went to housekeeping, but he did not work steadily and she worked in the mill. The money she earned she handed over to her husband to pay the bills, but he did not pay all of them, as she found after he had left her. When they had been married about four months he told her he was going to see if he could not get a job somewhere else, feeling that he might do better that way. He sold all their furniture and kept the money obtained thereby. He told her to go home one day and he would call for her at night, as their tenement was empty.
 In the meantime he had had their trunks shipped to the home of his par ents. He then called at her home and told her he was going to stay at his parents home that night and would call IOI tue HeAl udJ. IhdL WAS LuS last she saw of him. About a month or so after he had gone away, she received letter from him. written in Montreal, Canada, in which he said he was sorry to have left her the way he did, but that he would never return. He went away in June, 1906, and since that time she has supported herself by working in the mill and in a res taurant. When sine was unable to work her father had supported her Train Announcer Matthew Geary testified that he knew the petitioner and her husband. They had lived on farm for a while. Later the husband went away and the wife had resided with her parents on the farm most of the time. Constable William J. Hast ings testified that he knew both par ties and that the woman had not been living with her husband for several years, to his knowledge Howard J. Russ, brother-in-law of the peti- tioner, testified that his sister in law had not lived with her husband for a number of years. With the decree for deseFtion the comedy young woman was permitted to resume her maiden name.
 Criminals to Be Put to Plea Following a conference between ! Judge Case and States Attorney Charles E. Searls it was announced that criminals would be brought to this city next Tuesday morning and put to plea Those pleading guilty would be disposed of, in order, and the others will be tried commencing next ] Thursday morning. Following a dis | position of tl1e criminal cases Tuesday | morning Juage Case will devote his 1 time to naturalization. On Wednes- l day he will go to Putnam for the same 1 purpose and on Thursday morning he will return to this city tos start tho trials in the criminal cases.
 Short Calendar Business.
 A number of minor matters were | disposed of at the short calendar ses sion. A continuance and further order of notice was granted in the case of H | A. Pierre Ys. Joseph DeSilver and oth- CTS In the matter of Abby F. Abbe ct al,. appeal from commissioners, the papers were left with the judge. and [ he will render a decision later in the
 matter of a hearing in damages.
 The motion for allowance for de- ! fense was continued on the list The
 motions for default for failure to an
 swer, hearings in damages and judg- ment in the case of Lincoln & Boss
 Lumber & Coal Co. against William Cahill were continued for two weeks Two weeks were allowed for defendan
 to answer in the case of the Hurley Grant company vs. Charles F. White | Judgment for S1l5.25 with interest wal
 granted in the case of Phillips Bros Ys. Grant Jessup.