Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-03

charged with breaking and entering, on May 22 a building in Plainfeld owned by Benjamin Tucker, was the first prisoner presented. Attorney H. dian ad litem. The prisoners first plea was not guilty, but he later changed this to guilty and was sen fenced to serve one year in jail. Nc Garry said that he is single and that he was born in Louisville, P. Q.
 Arthur c. Edwards, 19, of North Scituate. R. l., was another minor pre- scented in court. He was charged with forgery, committed in the town of Sterling. Judge Oliver E. Getty was appointed by the court his guardian ed Item.
 When ready for his final plea Ed wards was again taken from the pris- oner's dock. State Attorney Searls stated to the court that Edwards, while employed by Jared A. Gallup of the town of Sterling, had taken MT. Gall lup's checlIbook from the pocket of a garment hanging in room at the Gallup home, and had drawn a check for $850 on the R. l. Hospital Trust company in favor of Arthur G. Ed wards and had forged the signature of Jared A. Gallup thereto. MT. Searls further informed the court that Ed wards had taken the check to Clark Whitford in Oneco and presented it for cashing; also that Edwards had made a confession and had pleaded guilty in the lower court. MT Searls also told the court that MT. Gallup had been in the habit of paying Edwards for labor from time to time with checks. Edwards pleaded guilty.
 Judge Holcomb sentenced Edwards to the state reformatory at Cheshire, Edwards being the first person ever sentenced in Windham county to serve time in the new institution, where he may be kept for as much as five years. though the sentence of the court was indefinite.
 was given a sentence of 30 days in jail for breach of the peace. There was an additional charge of intoxiCation, but this was nolled by the court at the request of the state attorney Mir Searls said to the court that he had talked with Assistant Prosecuting At torney Kelley of the police court of Willimantic and that there was noth- ing special to say against Clifford, ex- cepting that he had allowed liquor to get the best of him and had struck a relative. Having been in Jail await ing trial since July 21, Attorney Searls said he believed 30 days additional in jail would prove sufficient punish ment which suggestion was followed by the court.
 Joseph Liberty, Killingly. sentenced in the town court of Killingly July 25,
  for having been intoxicated and for breach of the peace, he appealing from the sentence, received an additional 30 days. Judge Holcomb after Lib erty had pleaded guilty, sentencing him to serve 30 days for intoxication and 120 days for breach of the peace. Prosecuting Attorney Arthur c. Bill of the Killingly court explained the aggravated nature of Liberty's of lenses and that the prisoner was not particularly jealous of his liberty, hav- ing previously been sentenced in the Killingly court on Dec. ,, 1905, when he was sent to jail for 300 days March 4. 1909, when he received 90 days, and Aug 25, 1909 when he received another heavy jail sentence. Liberty got about 70 days additional in jail by taking trouble to appeal and again pleading guilty in the higher court.
 Another Killingly man, James Nor rison, Dayville, got a stiff sentence. He SWas charged with being a common drunkard and had appealed from a sentence of ITO days imposed on him in the town court of Killingly on June 16 Judge Bill who prosecuted him in the lower court, produced a record of Morrison's arrests, showing that the prisoner had, since June 1, 1898, been 15 times presented before the town court of Killingly and sentenced