New Britain herald., 1916-06-22

witness maintained there was no doubt in his mind that the fish In question were of the required legal length, when caught. Three measur- ed a fraction over twelve inches and the fourth exactly twelve inches.
 William H. Christensen said he is employed by the Rowe fishing concern of New Haven and also presented a letter from that company as to his reputation for veracity. MT. Chris jensen evidently Is well versed in the fishing game and discoursed at length on the methods of landing the finny rascals. He offered the hooks he used as evidence to show that he was not looking for the smaller fish. He started to explain the value of his hooks, but was interrupted by MT. Gibney, who said that Judge Griswold was an expert fisherman and under stood the hooks and their use. The fudge denied that he was an expert but admitted a fondness for the sport. Questioned by the prosecutor, the witness said he always measured his catches to see if they were of legal length. He had done so Sunday and found them all over the legal length. The heads of the fish had been broken
 
 condition,
 State Game Warden Edward Pease of Hartford qualified as an expert and said he found that two of the fish measured between eleven and eleven and one-half inches, one was close to twelve and the fourth was approximately eleven and one-half inches in length
 In presenting the states case Prose- cutor Gibney said the only question for the court to decide was the length of the fish. Judge Griswold thought there was a reasonable doubt in his mind as to the length and ordered the brothers discharged.
 Jumps Board Bill
 Cornelius T. Moore was fined S10 and costs and sent to jail for thirty days for defrauding John A. Hart, proprietor of the Kilby House, out of a board bill. He entered a plea of mot guilty" He was also charged with the theft of a watch, valued at , $40 from the Kilby House barn, and entered the same plea. The first wit ness for the state was John A. Hart He said he has known the prisoner since June 12. He boarded him at the hotel under an order from the Con- struction company. Moore had entered the employ of that concern as a paint CT, but worked only one day. Since then he has hung around the hotel MT. Hart obtained a job for Moore painting the new house of MT. Bald | win and the former was to start work yesterday morning. MT. Hart noticed Moore enter his barn at 1O:50 o'clock l yesterday morning and later found | the watch was missing. Moore was arrested in Middletown last evening and turned over to Constable Hackett who testified the accused was intoXi- cated. MT. Hart claimed Moore was l indebted to him for the amount o1
 $5.38.
 l Moore aid he had no intention o1 | evading his bill. He went to the Lunch l cart near the depot yesterday moor 1 and the "kid at work there" dared
 him to go to Middletown. The boy
 gave him a nickel, and the conductor
 put him off at Beckley. He slept there
 for while to get over the effects o.
 the liquor in his system and later journeyed to Middletown. Judge Gris
 wold dismissed the complaint regard
 ing the watch and imposed the above
 penalty on the fraud charge.
 Hubbard School Graduation
 The graduation exercises of the Hubbard school, East Berlin were helt
 in the grammar room this afternoon
 at 2:30 o'clock. The class of 1916 il
 comprised of ten members. Adolpl Benson, professor of German in tht Sheffield Scientific school, Yale uni