Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-13

 with the conclusion of the trial of Pasquale Caruso of Colchester upon the charge of assa ult with intent to kill and murder Frank F1orian on June 20 and with the trial of three men for chicken stealing in MontviIle.
 The conclusion of the Colchester stabbing case was the first matter be- fore the court when it opened in the morning and the trial of the chicken stealing case was engaging the courts attention when it adjourned in the af- ternoon.
 States Attorney Hadlai A. Hull who had spoken for twenty minutes last Friday concluded his final argument for the prosecution in the Colchester case when court opened, occupying about 20 minutes, and Judge Gardiner Green took about the same time in his charge to the jury.
 After an hour the jury returned a verdict, Foreman Appleton Main re- porting that they had found Caruso guilty of assault with intent to kill and murder.
 Sentence was not pronounced upon Caruso but was postponed till We'd nesday and he will be brought down from the jail today to receive his sen tence.-
 Two Men Plead Guilty.
 Jacob Byzdil of Preston who was ac- cused of firing a pistol at William Beetham at Beetham's barn in Pres ton on Sept. 30, was presented on the charge of assault with intent to kill and murder. He pleaded guilty. Cows that belonged to ByzdiI had been impounded by Beetham who de- clined to give them up until charges were paid. Byzdfl became angered about this and fired a pistol at Beet ham, missing him by only a few inches. Ralph Douglass Sentenced. Ralph Douglas of Voluntown was a n nT1 fxzrr0 aI7s EIo ,2l1 . ed guilty to making an assault on August 20 upon Charles Mathers with hand saw and upon Albert Matteson with fence rail on October 4. He was given year in jail on each count. He had been in jail because he could not get bonds and he had been found guilty at a. previous term of court for fll-treating a horse so that it died.
 Afternoon Session.
 When court came in after the noon recess the case against Samuel Le- tender of Lebanon was nolled. He was accused of carrying a, concealed weapon.
 Shortly before 3 o'clock the trial of three naen-George Kamorowsky, Alecis Lucowsky and John Smith-was begun, on the charge that they stole 20 chickens of the value of s20 from 1 William Kaufman a Montville farmer for whom they were working as wood choppers in September, 1914, for about or s days.
 In the prosecution States Attorney Hull was assisted by Attorney Clay ton B. Smith, while Attorney V. P. A. Quinn was cousel for the accused. The three accused gave their testi- money in the Polish language with M Ma'inoWski of Meriden Interpreting He also interpreted for Mr Kaufman | and his wife who spoke in the Russian | language.
 John Kaufman, son of the AIontviue | farmer, was the first witness. He | testified to hunting through the Mont 1 vile woods for the bones of the miss ing 20 chickens, but found only a
 handful of bones and one feather.
 Turned States Evidence. Aleck Lucowsld one of the accused | turned states evidence, and told of l seeing Kamorowsky and Smith in the l woods with a fire and three chickens. | which were all picked. The men told i him they had got the chickens from
 the boss. They invited him to have l some of the chickens to eat and at l their suggestion he went and got some l potatoes which were cooked and he 1 helped eat the chickens.
 Denies Giving the Accused Chickens. l William Kaufman, the father of John 1 three men carting wood for him for 1 seven or eight days. There was a | time when there were chickens miss 1 ing and he counted the chickens about ] Q week before the arrest. When he
 missed some chickens, he counted the | flock and found that 20 of the best ] chickens were gone. The witness said | he never gave any of the accused any l chickens. The men were working for | hiTn about two weeks, but he had nev- CT. paid them anything except some l articles which amounted to about S15 1 nd | bread, butter and other food which | he bought for them
 l On cross examination by Attornev l Quinn. MT. Kaufman said he gave the | men a dollar or two. He denied that 1 thy aslld him to gt him som mat, 1 which he forgot and then gave them 1 chickens instead
 1 Mrs William Kaufman was the fol- 1 lowing witness. She denied that she l ever gave or sold chickens to the three l men who are accused At the time 1 these men were working on the farm, l she began to miss chickens the first | being white one. She denied that 1 she gave George Kamorowslxi three
 thn bcaus they were not Kosher killed.
 Grand Juror and Constable. l Frederick Spencer, who is the grand l juror in Montville, testified that he had seen the bones of some chickens l Wnlcn were brought 10 the justice
 hearing by Attorney Clayton B. l Smith
 Constable Michael J. Hickey of l Miontville testified to a second search 1 that he had made at the Kaufman premises where some chicken bones l were found covered over with brush | and there was also a fire.
 NoIIe Recommended and Allowed. At this point States Attorney Hull
 said the state rested and he recom- 1 n1ended Q. nolle in the case of AlecI1
 Lucowsky, who was the one of the 1 accused who turned states evidence. 1 Judge Greene ordered the nolle en- tered and then declared a short re- cess after which Attorney Quinn call ] cd the first witness for the defense. 1 Testimony of the Accused. 1 This was George Kamorowslzy. one 1 of the acciIsed, who testified that l Kaufman hired him to chop wood and i told him to get two other men. Haut- man met him on the street in Nor l wich when he hired him and the two ! men whom the witness said were the 1 other two who are accused in this 1 case.
 1 Kan1orowsky testified that q few days | before he was arrested he was given
 a. dollar by Mir Kaufman with which he bought meat in Montville. The wit
 ness explained their possession of