Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-29
The Plea of Samuel Renfck, Who Beat His Wife and Her Mother-oets jail Term and Fine on Each Count.

After considerable period during which nothing unusual had been heard
 from him, Samuel Renick again emerged from the "wings' Tuesday Dght-this time in the role of a wife beater. Arrested and presented before Judge J. Harry Mann in the city court during the afternoon. he was charged with breach of the peace and assault. Evidence tended to demonstrate that he not only beat his wife. but took a wallop, for good measure. with an um- brella, at his mother-in-law, Mrs. Golda Hutler. of whom he admits he
 Is not inordinately fond. and threw her out of his store.
 The first complaint, in the present case. of trouble in the Renick house hold, came to the attention of the au- thorities Tuesday morning. During the
 day there were some more happen
 ings at the Renick store and these re- suited in the arrest of Renick.
 Renick, when presented in court,
 found his wife and her mother ar
 rayed against him as witnesses. The mother-in Jaw said in her testimony
 that Renick had hit her daughter. his wife, in the face with his fist and put her out of the store She also tes- tiffed that he attacked her. Renick admitted that he had hit Mrs. Hutler with an umbrella, and that he put her out of the store, but he denied Hdvl4S StEuCk ms W1I0.
 Renick grew spectaculariy dramatic during the hearing and holding out his hands, cried out to be handcuffed and taken to jail He was ordered summarily by the court to sit down and be quiet and told that disposi- proper time
 Evidence in the case showed that a window in the store was broken during the fracas that took place there After the court had heard all of the evidence Reniclx was found guilty on both counts against him, notwithstand- ink Renick,s claim of too much moth er-in-law. On the first count. breach of the peace, Renick was sentenced to serve 30 days in jail and pay the costs of prosecution. On the second count he was given an additional 30 days and fined $25, with the understanding however, that this last 90 days sen | tence would he suspended if he i'm mediately paid his fine. Renick pro- tested that he would appeal to the superior court and boasted that he had the money right in his pocket that l it would be necessary to put up for hail. When the court informed him that the bail would be $500, he did not produce the amount, so was locked | in cell. He did not produce the $2f | for his fine during the afternoon. but pleaded to be taken to jail at once He was not taken, put Will go over tnls | morning. He told Captain Murray that | when he is released from jail he will go out west.
 Renick has figured in some unsavory episodes since he located in Putnam g | few years ago. He was at one time a trouble to the officials on account | of his selling Jamaica ginger contrary to law and was prosecuted for it Later he was the defendant in breach l of promise suit. tried in the superior court, the jury's verdict against him after a nauseating trial costing him more than $1,0G0. Since that time lit | tie has been heard of him of a sen sational nature until he again over stepped the bounds on Tuesday. This will be his first experience in jail.