Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-09


/ of sentences were given. some after
| trialsN had been PARTLY conducted and
| others when the accused put in pleas
! of guilty. Just before court adjourn
| ed a jury was chosen for the trial of
! Mrs. Sarah Menghi of New London on
! the charge of assault with intent to
! kill, and this will be the business of
! the court when it comes in TO con-
! tinue the criminal, term today.
Frank FaIeone Pleads Guilty.
| When the court came in at $40 in
| the morning St<se's Attorney Hull in
! formed the court that the attorneys
! for Frank Falcone, whose trial had
been begun Wednesday, said he now
| wished to plead guilty, and Judge Bur-
| pee allowed the man to do SO.
| Spectators were excluded from the
court room until the case had been
/ disposed of.
| Attorney Edmund W. Perkins for the
accused and Major Hull for the state
! made statements to the court concern
! ing the case In the course of his re-
| that one of the daughters of the ac-
cused left HON on account of the vile
actions of her father towards her. The
daughter, who was inside the railing
with other members of the Falcone
family. stood up and cried out that
the statement was a lie and that it was
no such thing. The sheriff told the girl
to keep still and be seated
In passing sentence Judge Burpee
spoke of the fact that years ago the
penalty for the crime was DEATH and
now 80 years could be given in this
state. He commended the courage of
Mrs. Bramann in giving testimony in
aid of the case against the man and
said she was entitled to the thanks of
the community.
Sentence for FaIcone.
Judge Burpee ordered that Falcone
be confined In the state rriSOI1 for NOT
less than IS nor more than % years.
| The decision of the court did not seem
! to move the accused in the least, but
his wife and some of his children wept
aloud
F'alcone is about IS years of age and
! has been in Norwich for 10 years. He
; has a wife and eight children, one of
whom is married.
Mrs. Charles Sierra, the mother of
the abused child. was in court and just
after the Judge ended his words OF
sentence the mother kneIt on the floor
OF the room and touched her lips to
the carpet in order to show that she
was satisfied with the action of the
court.
Dunbreski Trial Begun
After the conclusion of the Falcone
case jury was selected for the trial
of Stanislaw Dunbreski of this city
on charge of assault with knife
with intent to kill Mike Plovek
Attorney J. J. Desmond was attorney
for the accused. The trouble took
place on Fourth street on the night
of November goth and Plovek was cut
In the thigh and was away from work
about days, he testified. He is en-
ployed at the bleachery. Matthew NJ.
Malinowsky of New Britain acted as
interpreter in the case.
Matthew Plovek, the brother of the
complainant told of going out of his
home in Greeneville and to seeing the
men in a fight and he took his brother
into the house and found he was in
jured.
DIR. R. R. -Agnew testified to attend
ing the injured man and to the nature
of his wounds.
When Dr. Agnew ended his testi
mony at 1880 the jury was excused for
dinner
Fanny Green Pleaded Guilty.
When the jury had retired for dinner
Judge c. w. Comstock asked that the
bond that had been called in the case
of the state VS.. Fanny Green, the New
York woman accused of keeping wo-
men for the purposes of prostitution
and taking the money they made while
she was the keeper Of the old Warren
house on Summit street, be reOpened.
The motion was allowed and the Green
woman was called to the bar of the
court and she pleaded guilty to two
counts in the information made out by
Major Hull
plea in regard to the kind of sentence
to be imposed and he argued that il
was only a case of keeping a house OF
i'll repute and cited some authorities
to support his claim for a light SEN
tence and a ruling by the court in
similar case
Major Hull said the woman had
pleaded guilty under a new statute in
regard to keeping lewd women for
gain and he said that the Green wo-
nd
brought girls with her He said if
there is any doubt in the matter as to
the nature of the offense he would like
to introduce testimony
To Introduce Testimony.
Judge Burpee reviewed the matter
briefly and spoke of the new law and
it's wide scope and the nature of the
case and said in order to allow tes-
timony to be introduced he would let
the matter of punishment go over to
Friday and Major Hull promised to
have testimony ready.
Judge Burpee allowed the women her
freedom upon the same kind of a bond
she has been under and Judge Com
stock said his client would be in the
court on Friday
AT 1.20 q. recess was ordered.
Dumbreski Pleads Guilty.
When court reconvened at PAS after
dinner. Major Hull said that Dunbreski
and Dunbreski was allowed to do so.
One Year in Jail for Dunbreski.
Mr.. Desmond made a. plea for le-
niency and said he did not think his
client intended to kill his adversary
and told of his good character. He is
industrious and has proved honest.
Mr.. Hull made a short statement
and told of the many cutting cases
now before the courts and the need of
punishment that will deter such con
duct on the part of newcomers and
others.
Judge Burpee said he thought the
desire to kill was lacking in the case
and he sent the accused to Jail for a
year.
The accused is robust and well dress
ed and he wept as he was placed in
the steel pen with four other prison
ers He Is not married.
After a recess the business of the
court was continued with the follow
ing cases:
Violently in Love.
Otis East, accused of assault with
intent to kill May Tyler in New Lon
don on Dec 21st. changed his plea TO
guilty Attorney C. B. Smith was his
counsel and made statement for him,
saying he was Swede, who is highly
emotional in disposition and violently
In love. The attorney raised a smile
in court by referring to a soliloquy in
one of the lines of the opera of Iolan-