Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-19

1 other for his attack upon Albert G.
 Rivers, the Plant poultry farm mana l ger. Tn both of the assaults revolver
 was fired, and upon each count the l accused was charged with assault with 1 intent to kill and murder.
 The jury found him guilty of the l lesser degree ot assault. that of intent 1 to kill. This excludes the belief that l there was malice aforethought as
 would have been indicated had they l found him guilty of assault with in- 1 tent to murder,
 l When the jury first returned, about | 425 o'clock, and Foreman John c, l Stevens answered the question of Clerk l Parsons as to what the verdict was he 1 said merely Guilty" but then went i on to make some remarks about malice i aforethought, which led Judge Greene 1 te reinstruet the jury as t6 just what i form their answer should be in the 1 express verdict they wished to give, 1 When they returned in about ten
 minutes they returned the verdict 1 against Piscen6 on tive counts. In making the argument for the ae- cused Attorney Clayton B. Smith oc- Cupied about half an hour and States | Attorney Hull spoke for about an hour 1 in making the final argument before the jury. Judge Gardiner Greene. took i 2S minutes with his charge t9 the jury and the 12 men received the case for their consideration at 2.4S D. m
 Denies Motion te Postpone Morse Trial During the afternoon Attorney Charles F. Thayer made the motion to postpone in the case of state vs. Marion Morse, but Judge Greene denied the motion. In arguing against the motion the states attorney said that it had been postponed the last time with the understanding that it would be tried at this term of court, and he
 thought that public policy demanded 1 that there be no more postPenement. Judge Greene denied the motion The charge against the accused is in con- nection with keeping an alleged house oi e-e 0 this city.
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 When court came in in the morning the first matter taken up was the case of the state vs Giuseppe GiangregOrio of Norwich He pleaded guilty of an assault with intent to kill Leonardo Bapdste in fight on the night of May f near Centennial square, in which GiangFegOTi0 was badly carved up by Baptiste and Baptiste was shot in the hand by Giangregorie. Baptiste had already been found guilty after trial.
 The states attorney moved for sen tence on Gian8regorio and Attorney J. J. Desmond made plea for the prisoner. He emphasized the fact that this man had pleaded guilty and that Baptiste is a much larger man than the other man, so that it was natural that GiangregOFiO should feel in fear of his life in the struggle The attorney further represented that his client had made no attempt to get away and was out on q bond of $500 furnished by himself and that it was the first time the accused has been in trouble, He has daughter in Italy who has been written to, but she is detained at Naples on account of disease of the eyes He urged the court to be lenient with GiangFeg0fiO.
 The court agreed with Mir. Desmond as to the difference in the stature ot the men. The court said Giangregorio had been knocked down and assaulted but there was no need of the pistol and pistol use must be discouraged. Judge Greene thought there was difference in the guilt of the men, He sentenced Giangregorio to from one to two years in the state prison. Mir. Dondero was the interpreter in the matter when the accused was put te plea.
 Sentence for Baptiste. When sentence was moved for Bap- tiste later in the morning Attorney ] Thomas M. Shields made a plea for him and suggested that the sentence ought to be the same as in the case of ! GiangregOriO.
 Judge Greene sentenced Baptiste to states prison for from four to five years and said in pronouncing the
 
 larger man and had had a chance to run away, but he stayed in the fight and followed his antagonist up and cut him until it seemed that Giangre- gorio was unable to resist further. He said he could see no mitigating cir cumstances for Baptiste and he re- gretted that the law did not allow longer sentence.
 Baptiste, it is understood, was much chagrIned to find that his sentence was { 4far1 gregorio.
 Jail Term for Insurance Agent.
 The matter of the state ys William P. Kenyon of New London, brought over from the May term was brought up. He pleaded guilty to embezzle ment on one count and was given sentence of one year in Jail Kenyon had been out on bonds until the opening of the present term He had been an agent in New London for an insurance Ompany, and had taken small amounts of money to aid his family, as the members were sick, and finally the amount reached about $100. MT. Kenyon had left New London and went to Three Rivers and was arrest ed there and brought to New London. It is said the money has been made good to the company At present the family of MT. Kenyon is in Three Riv- CTS, and will have, it is said, to be the objects of charity until Mr. Kenyon is liberated
 For Stealing Furniture.
 Joseph Peoples, charged with stealing furniture on June 10, 1913, from the home of Reuben Tyler Palmer of Pe- quot avenue, in New London, pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to a year in jail
 In the complaint against him the stolen property is described as follows: One cherry chair, oak desk, curtains, couch, red velvet rug, Turkish rugs, ten bed mattresses, pillows and springs, small rug, golden oak dresser, mahog- any dresser, cherry bedroom set, oak dresser, glass closet, oak loWboy, red chair, green chair.
 It was sold by Peoples for a very small fraction of it's value. Attorney Freeman made a plea for him before sentence was pronounced.
 w. H. Dennis Pleads Not Guilty.
 William Henry Dennis of Norwich was put to plea on the charge of aban- doning his wife and living with anoth- CT woman. He pleaded not guilty. He is charged with desePting his family in Boston and living with woman named Loretta Dennis, and with again desert ing his family and living with d wom- an in New York. He was brought here from New York, where he was arrest ed.
 Few in the Pen.
 Disposal of the cases in various ways has thfnned ont the numbers in the noon there were only five men left. rT,I,o1o ,x-ay.a .Taaanh TKTiII{a v,