Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-04

night when hundreds of soldiers broke | loose from the main body at Fort 1 Mansfield and invaded the villages of | Westerly and Pawcatuck
 This incident was called to the at- l tention of Attorney George R. Me 1 Kenna- prosecuting attorney for the 1 Stonngton town court, Thursday night and he took immediate action. Accom- ! panied by Patrolman Shelby Nicholas 1 and Constable A. D. Hill, he visited the Sisson place and found three sol ! dlers there as visitors and they made 1 d hasty retreat.
 Prosecuting Attorney McKenna { served notice on the members of the 1 Sisson family that if they were not l beyOnd the confines of the town of ! StoningtOn within twenty-fOur hours 1 they would be arrested and prose cuted. and the attorney impressed strongly that he meant business. An Other\female member of the family is in the west where she went as the
 result of matrimonial advertising and
 correspondence
 When the superior court came in
 Friday morning. Judqe Georqe T.
 Brown charged the jury in the case
 of Clarence Still of AshaWay, a minor
 brought by his mother against Charles
 II. Brown of Stonington. -ssFhe suit was
 an action TO recover for injuries re-
 ceIVed while riding a bicycle and col
 hdIng with the pole of 8 Wagon that
 extended beyond the centre of the
 road.
 The, jury was out an hour and re-
 turEed with a verdict of S25O for the piaIntiff. Attorney Clarence E. Roche Tor plaintiff and Attorney A. T. L.
 Ledwidge for defendant. At the con-
 clusion of this case the jurors were
 dismissed for the term
 The next case and the last of the session, was heard by the court and
 without jury It was the case of James NJ. Pendleton as tax collector for the town of Westerly against Frances Virginia Briggs as executrix of the estate of Peleg Clarke, who died in 1889, leaving a will Mrs. Briggs became eXecutrix of the estate in 1900 and IS still in the position. Mr. Clarke left property in trust to his wife Phebe Clark, who is Ewing and tho estate has not been settled Suit is brought to collect a tax of $45 a year for the past eight years, with interest and all legal charges.
 Everett F. Whipple. town clerk. clerk to the board of assessors and clerk of the probate court. testified as tO he record in the case and also the votes adopted each of the years in financial town meeting regarding the collection of taxes.
 The defense claimed there were de- fectS in the assessment of taxes inas- fnncll as the strict terms of law were not fully compiled with in matters that l might seem trivial. but which were important in the legal interpretation when the matter is up for judgment
 Town Solicitor Harry B. Agard rep l resented the tax collector and Percy l w. Gardner and John J. Dunn were i counsel for Mrs. Briggs. Judge Brown | took the papers, reserving decision. | The court was then adjourned sine die
 Mrs. Briggs the nominal defendant l In this case,-is the same lady who fig Ured prominently in Wequetequock 1 school row many years ago, which | was of sufficient importance to attract the attention of representatives of 1 metropolitan newspapers.
 The coast artillery troops mobilized at Fort Mansfield were out for field raneuVers Friday. proceeding beyond 1 Winnepaug, completing tactical move ments timed for a conflict between opposing forces at the farm of Cap i