Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-12
TRIAL OF. LOCAL ITALIAN BEGUN
Leonardo Bapse Accused of slahng Guseppe Johngregne Last May Centennial Square-Albert Zeharba Found Guilty in Cutting Afray in Glasgo-Given States Prison Sentence of from Three to Four Years

Late Thursday afternoon in the su- peribr court here the trial of Leonardo Baptiste was begin on the charge of assault with intent to kill and murder Gusieppe Johngregne in this city on the night of Sunday May 4th.
 Leaving a trail of blood all the way from Centennial square, where the as- sault took place. along Broad street, Lake street and Franklin street on the way to police headquarters John gregno came to the police station that night bleeding profusely from cuts on the face and head. He accused BaPtiste of doing the cutting. Sap tiste escaped and was not arrested until several days later when he was brought here from Worcester He was located through going to hospital to have a bullet wound in his hand treated Johngregno had fired a re- volver in the scuffle.
 When court adjourned on Thurs day afternoon at 4.30 o'clock until 10 o'clock this morning, Johngregno was on the stand undergoing cross exam nation
 When court came in Thursday morn ing at 10 o'clock Albert Zeharba, who was on trial for assault with intent to kill on Stanley Dutka in Glasgo,. re- Sumed his testimony, which had been interrupted when court adjourned on Wednesday. Zeharba claimed that he was assaulted by Dutka in the upper portion of the house in Glasgo where there was a wedding celebration, and the witness said he rolled down stairs. Zeharba claimed that he used a stick to defend himself and when it broke the ragged edges made the wounds on Dutka
 Arguments for the state were made by Major Hull and Attorney A M. Brown and for the accused by Attor- ney John D. Hall. After Juose Greene had charged the jury and they had had the case under consideration for 20 minutes they returned verdict against the accused, which Foreman Martin E. Jensen reported was guilty of assault with intent to kill without malice.
 Afternoon Session.
 Court went out for the noon recess and after it was in session again Hughie JolIimore pleaded guilty to en- tering a building in Waterford owned by Harold Church and taking there from on May 17th some articles of about the value of $22.
 Attorney Roderick NJ. Douglass made a plea for the accused, who he said had come from Nova Scotia and had worked at various occupations and he believed he was not up to the average in mentality.
 Judge Greene made the sentence for Jollimore nine months in jail
 Sentence for Zeharba
 States Attorney Hull moved for sentence on Albert Zeharba and Attor- ney Hall, counsel for the man. made a plea for a lenient sentence, who he said had a wife in Jewett City who is out at work, although she is hardly able to do so.
 Attorney A NJ. Brown made the statement that no man in the town had made as much trouble for the authorities as Zeharba had and that MT. Brown had prosecuted him as much as four times and upon one time after a conviction and sentence he had threatened to get even on the constable. The assaults that Zeharba had made upon others had always been aggravated.
 Judge Greene said that this was serious offense in this case and aside man showed that he had made a ser ious assault and had inflicted serious injury upon his victim. The judge made the sentence not less than nor more than 4 years in states prison.
 Leonardo 5atiste on Trial.
 A jury was then chosen for the trial of Leonardo Batiste of this city upon the charge of assault with intent to kill and murder Gusieppe Johngregno on the night of May 4th in this city.
 States Attorney Hull is assisted in the trial of the case by Attorney John D. Hall For the accused attorneys Thomas M Shields and Daniel Nj. Cronin appear.
 Showed His Scars.
 Dr. J. J. Donohue, who was called to the Norwich police headquarters to which Johngregno came after the stabbing, was the first witness. John gregno stood by the witness stand and the doctor pointed out on his head. He pointed out where five cuts had been made. Two were nearly parallel across the right cheek from the cor