Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-18
first criminal case to be bes

first criminal case to be heard
 Gew courthouse in Westerly was
 5i Chief of Police Thomas E.
 l as complainant against Dr. Per
 Senior, who was charged with
 a common drunkards having been
 TX three times within the past six .. ks. When arraignad before Judge 1 CT H. Williams in the Thipd district court the doctor pleaded not guilty. After hearing the testimony of Police men West, Mitchell, Ferguson and Chase, Dr. Senior addressed the court He said the police evidence was thor ough. as he expected it should be. He did not know as would do much good to attempt to dSnT what had been gtV- eu as evtdenea. Be Ea3d he drank oc- cAS1o1aI1y, bat was hot a drunkard, as he cncxtu1ed the practice of medicine. FEn@ps he crank too much once in a wh1A. bat a$ waa not a regular thing. He @aEed the court to suspend judg- EaEz4 and give him an opportunity to ws& set Of town He asked the court 4r6gmDf for a fortnight, for the good G aU, end that he would seek fresh H@A6R and pastures new. If given tive weeks ISswzy he would leave and nev- CT return to Westerly.
 SudEs Williams took occasion to say q good word for Westerly as an ad- xn11SSse Fs&ce for laE-abiding citizens
  Senior had said under consideration. and would reserve Judgment for an hcCT or two.
 Later Judge williams called the doc- &rr for sentence. After stating that be was Of the opinion that agreement 10 the proposition of the accused would nck Dc for the best interests of society and the state, the court adjudged the doctor guilty and sentenced him to six months in the state workhouse. Dr Senior sfguided his intention to appeal and bond was fixed at $200. In default of ball the sentence became effective.
 Mrs. Joseph L. Peacock of Westerly responded to the toast DenomlnatiOnal Cooperation at the luncheon given in connection with the annual meeting in Providence of the Rhode Island Inter denorutnatlonal Institute of Missions Other responses were: Mission Study Glasses. Miss Chrissie Davis; Our Country. Mrs. c. Fremont Roper; Our Auxiliar1es. Mrs Winslow Upton; The Next Best Thing, Miss H. s. Ellis and Mrs D. E. Wald.
 Mrs Ella E. Stanton presided at the business session, and the devotional exercises were conducted by Mrs. The odore S. Snow. Miss Ellis, secretary of the young women's work of the Baptist board, discussed the new mis- sion study book, The Kings Business, < the new book. The New America
 At the afternoon session Miss Ellis spoke particularly of the value of young women's work and said the young women were the greatest assets for future effort
 Mrs WaJd gave an address on the immigration question, and it's govern mental. industrial and social problems. She told of the part taken by the gov ernmenI and other agencies, including the public schools and libraries, in the work of the alien, and regretted the apathy of thu church, in that it had failed to find any adequate solution for tle existing conditions. She paid trib- ute 10 the Council of Jewish Women, which were foremost, she said, in car ing for it's own who came to the United States.
 At the 10th annual meeting of the Rhode Island branch of the Congrega- tional Women's Board Of Missions Mrs John W Little of PaWcatuck, where the meeting was held, was reelected president. and al the other officers were reelected. The report of the treasurer showed receipts for the year To have been $e.4S3.15. and disburse- Inents of S6.196-25, leaving a balance of S2S6eo. The expenditures in the main were for missions in Africa. India and Central, Eastern and Western Turkey An interesting address on the Work of the Congregations Missionaries in the Far East by Miss Mary L. Daniels, in charge of the mission school at Har- poo1 Turkey, was given. Miss Mary Preston, secretary of the young peo- pIe's work made the closing address.
 WTFiarn E. Weeden of Westerly was elected vice president of the Brother hood of St. Andrew at the 29th annual meeting Of the Rhode Island assem- ply, held fin Providence. The other officers elected are: Walter Miller, Paw tucket, president; Dexter F. N. Cheev- CT. Providence. second vice president; Charles Hewitt Smith, Providence, sec retary treasurer. It was voted to in vfte the New England assembly of the Brotherhood of St Andrew to hold it's 1914 convention in Providence.
 There was a large attendance at the funeral of Mrs. Mary Lynch. widow of Michael Lynch. a mass of requiem be- ing celebrated by Rev. DT. J. Neale ip St Hlichael's church Friday. After the committal service Miss Sophie Cana van sang Face to Face. Mrs. Lynch came from Ireland to Westerly 43 years ago. She is survived by two1 daughters, Miss Mary Lynch and Mrs. James Hughes of Westerly, also by four sons. Dennis of White Rock, Pat rick of Philadelphia, and John and James iFnCn or W eSteT1G- Among those at the funeral were her six chil- dren. S6 of her 31 andchildren, and seven of the 12 great-grand dchildren- Burial was in St MichaeTs old ceme- trry. The bearers were six grandsOns, John. Patrick, Frank, Charles, Dennis and James Lynch.
 On charge of operating an sutor1o- bF1e while under the influence of liquor Judge Howard B. G0rhana, in the Sixth