Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-07

Wednesday with Judge Gardiner Greene presiding, the trial of one case was begun and finished, and the trial of another case was started before a jury was underway when court ad- journed at 4.30 till the next morning at 10 o'clock.
 Erward Jackson, colored, of North Stonington was acquitted of the charge of assault and breach of the peace on a family by the name of Thompson M North Stonington several weeks ago with a shotgun. The &C., quittal was based on the ground that tho accused was insane.
 Jackson, who is a negro was as- sisting the Thompson family to move under the direction of ev. George II. Chambers. The next day MT. Cham bers met Jackson, who told him that pr. Harrington and Mar. Miner of North Stonington caused him to lose his job and he was going after a. shot gun and shoot them. Later Jackson vent to the Thompson home, flourish ing a gun with which he drive the children into the house and frightened them badly.
 Wednesday morning when Jackson was presented he was found to be very deaf and the information was not read to him. Attorney V. P A Quinn was assigned and entered a plea of not guilty for Jackson Rev. MT. Chambers testified as to the cir cumstances surrounding the actions of the accused, after which pr. H. M Pollock. superintendent of the Nor wich State hospital and Dr. Harring- ton testified that ,thet the accused was 1 insane
 This was all the testimony that was l introduced. There were no argu- ments and the jury retired, returning within a few minutes with the verdict | of not guilty.
 Jackson's commitment to the Nor
 wich State hospital for five years was 1 then made.
 Put to Plea. ! During the court session the follow i ing were put to plea:
 Joseph Gallipo of Montville pleaded ] not guilty to the charge of ssault | with intent to kill Grand Juror Fred | Spencer of MontvilIe several weeks | ago. GaIlipC, whose attorney is B. T. Burke, IS alleged to have struck ] Spencer with a crowbar when the l grand juror went to him to remon- | strate against illegal sale of liquor. 1 Grand Juror Spencer is facing a 1 counter charge of assault with intent 1 to Kill ard his case is pending in the 1 criminal court
 William Nicholas of Norwich | pleaded not guilty to breaking and | entering the stcre of Charles F. Fair l clough in Norwich on the night of 1 July 31. Nickolas was arrested fin 1 New London. The accused made his 1 1 ski Of Meriden. R. NJ. Douglass was l assigned as his counsel l The case against Peter J. Carberrv l charged with ron-support of his fam 1 fly was continued as the states attor- l ney said he wanted to give the as. ! cused q chance to support his wife l and children.
 Ralph Ricardino, alias James Peter l pleaded not guilty to forging a check
 on the Manhattan Clothing Co, ot Norwich.
 Arson Charges Nolled. 1 The cases against Marshall Riu and J. P. C. Won CarIsburz of Westerly
 were nolled on motion of the state at 1 torney. They were charged with ar- son.
 The case against Burt R. Clark and 1 a companion named Carter of Salem. charged with assault with intent to ! kill. was nolled. State Attorney Hull | stated to the court that he found upon IlntestlSation that the alleged assault arose over the possession of a gun and | that the complainant was aggressive and as much if not more to blame than the accused.
 ExSoldier to Jail. | Philip Sulluk, an ex-soIdier. for tbe 1 robbery of houses at and near Ocean 1 Beach, New London, was sent 10 isiI | TOT three months. He entered the | houses of Dr. Kali of St. Louis on Ocean avenue, Mrs. Dobson of New Britain avenue and Neptune park. F. ) 5. Taylor of Springfield at Neptune and Pequot avenues.
 1 Kit Carson Drake. a. soldier who was
 arrested at Fortress Monroe by State Police Officer Downing after he left
 Fort Wright, was charged with rape upon Florence Mcdonald, an East Lyme girl He is to marry the girl whose trouble he has caused and to
 allow him to do that the case was nolled
 Benjamin F. Judd of Groton. who
 Tuesday pleaded not guilty to the charge of non-support of his wife. change his plea to guilty "Wednesday, Judge Greene sentenced him to six
 months in jail, in lieu of which he Souia fuTnlsh bond to give his wife $5 a week. He furnished the bond The case of Ulysses $. RundeI1 ] charged with bigany in having mar red May Tyler Barnes in New London. was continued to the next term of | court. Rundell was employed in New London at work laying tiling and there he met the woman who now accuses
 him.
 Suspension Of Sentence.
 Robert P. Young. colored, changed his plea, of not guilty to guilty oi
 breaking into the home of L. F. Main Tn North Stonington on the 18th of
 last September, and he was sentenced to Jail for six months, and Sentence
 was suspended and the accused was \ put on probation.
 The cases against Antony Sadov7sfzi
 and another boy from Jewett Citv were
 nolled at the suggestion of Major T1ll1
 They broke into a store in Jewett City
 Lawyer Murray appeared for the bows and Prosecutor Brown of the Gr5 sIEoId
 town court did not oppose the matter Clifford Clark. aged 20, of New Lon don, was sent to the reformatory for
 breaking into a Montv1Ile building
 owned by Edward Curtin. H 1T. Peftis
 appeared for the accused. Foreer chapfn Sentenced.
 Frank L. Chapin, who was arrested
 in Vermont, pleaded guilty to forgery
 on three counts. He got money from
 two Norwich banks on two forged
 Cheais in the name of Wallace S AI-
 lis and about S400 on a bank book
 before he fQ-Sed the checks. Lawyers
 Smith made a plea for the accused
 He also committed a forger yin, New Britain.
 Judge Greene sentenced Charoi11 tc
 prison from two to three years on the
 first count and to one year on each of the other two counts. The man who looks like a farmland has com lnitted six forgeries in this state and
 six burglaries in Vermont On Serious Charge. Thomas F. Morton of New London +1- T