Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-11

periOr court and a resident or W eS- terly. was the speaker at a meeting of the Catholic Club of Providence, of which he is @ member. His subject was The Development of the Law. , Judge Sweeney, after brief reIer- ence on the origin and purposes or law declared that in the days of Roger Williams it was not necessary to nave complex laws, and added that the more populous the state becomes the more necessary are the laws. He told or the charter for the colonies being ob- tained by Roger Williams and stated that this charter was in force until the adoption of the present state con stitution in 1S42.
 Judge Sweeney declared that there was a law to punish witchcraft on the statutes as in Massachusetts, put he added, he could find no record or any conviction or punishment unoer the law. He enumerated several laws
 wbich were changed with the adop- ton of the Constitution in 1S42, citing in particular the law whereby the eld-
 est son inherited the property or ms father to the exclusion of the other children.
 AS the business of the city began to develop" said Judge Sweeney, there
 was need of new laws, such as the banking laws, the corporation laws and others. As the laws are needed, and as there is agitation. the laws are enacted to meet the needs. He then explained the various branches or the government and their duties. He held that the judiciary came closest to the people through the medium of the ju- rieS.
 In speaking of juries he urged that when any man is called for jury duty he should respond willingly. as 1t Is one of his greatest duties to the state and that it gives one an idea of how justice is administered. He then ex- plained the relation between the jury and the bench and related several amusing incidents that have come to his attention
 Railroad avenue, a thoroushfare at Pleasant View, extending from Allan tic avenue is effectually blocked by an old barn that formerly stood near the beach front and is to be moved to a prominent location. evidently at the pleasure of the owner, regardless of the inconvenience of cottage own CTS in Railroad avenue. This barn was left standing in Atlantic avenue and in order to permit the rebuilding or that avenue was moved out of the way by direction of the highway commit tee and into Railroad avenue. When the matter was taken up with the committee, information was given that Railroad avenue had not been accept ed by the town and that the commit tee representing the town had no in- | ton although the committee exercised the power to obstruct. If the barn Is not removed in the very near future there is probability that steps will be taken along legal lines and suit brought against the town of Wester- | ly for placing an obstruction in private thoroughfare.
 The owner of the old barn does not seem disposed to relieve the situation. l claiming that the structure was not
 placed there by his order or with hls consent. On the other hand the rep resentatives of the town claim that no permit was ever given the owner l of the barn to move it to new loca- 1 ton. as is required by local law, and l is therefore liable to prosecution, In 1 the meantime the cottagers on Rall- road avenue are seriously inconve- ] nienced and demand redress. Unless 1 that barn is removed forthwith there | is liable to be trouble and the courts may be called upon to straighten out l the entanglementS.
 1 Whether Pasquaie Salameno, of Westerly is guilty as charged m the 1 indictment of assaulting with intent ! to kill Charles Brown, by shooting, | will be determined today by the jury l in the superior court for Washington county in session at Kingston. The | evidence was concluded and argu- l ments made on Friday afternoon. when court adjourned to Monday Upon the opening of court Judge Doran will de- liver his charge to the jury.
 l A deIeoation from the Westerly l Hiah school attended the interscholas- 1 tic meet held at the Rhode Island 1 state college at Kingston Saturday. Fifteen high schools of Rhode Island 1 were represented in the events and l the Technical High schools well-bal- | 1yon IphrOISan string of victories, winning the third 1 and deciding leg upon the team tro- phy with a tabulation Of 46 points. | Moses Brown school scored P points l for second position.
 | Russell B. Merrill. the phenomenal 1 Cranston High school athlete, by win | ming four firsts in as many starts, i rolled up a total of twenty points, placing his school third in the stand 1 ing. He cleared 21 feet , 1-2 inches
 l in the running broad jump contest, a 1 new Rhode Island interscholastic rec ord eQualled the best schoolboy rec
 ord of 10 2-5 seconds for the 100 yard
 i dash in the state; set a new state l college mark in throwing the 12 pound l hammer events, with a fling of 1855
 feet and won the 220-yard dash in the
 fast time of "A seconds.
 | In the one mile and the half mile 1 runs. c. Steward. of Moses Brown,
 defeated Fort of Technical handiiy in
 the one mile run in minutes and
 55 seconds; then he defeated Dorsey
 l and Brennan. of Technical, in the half
 mile run in minutes and ' seconds I In the two mile race Whitman, of
 English wo min 10 minutes and g
 I seconds He ran steady race through
 out drawing steadily away from Bar
 Der. of Technical, winning by ITO
 yards.
 R. H. Nichols put the shot, 12-
 pounder, 43 feet. 1 1-2 inches, the best
 put ever made at Kingston.
 | Medbury of Technical in finishing
 second to MSerrill in the running broac