Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-20

At the criminal court session in this city on Tuesday Clarence Simmonds, colored, charged with first degree murI der in causing the death of Mitchell gust, entered plea of guilty of sec ond degree murder, and sentence was deferred. Slnnonds had previously entered a plea of not guilty to first degree murder.
 Court convened Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock with Judge Lucien F. Bur pee on the bench. There were over dozen prisoners in the pen and the spectators seats were well filled.
 A plea of guilty to assault on fell low townsman with gun was entered by Fred White of North StoningtOn, and he was sentenced to a year in jail. A plea for the accused was made, as 1t was said liquor was at the bottom of his trouble. It was stated that the gun was filled with birdshot and that he did not point it at anyone.
 Pleaded Guilty of Theft.
 Charged with theft, Joseph Schin1ber and E. Koinski of New London plead cd guilty. Schimber got 10 months in jail and Kolinski was placed on pro- bation for the same length of time. The men were arrested in this city by the local police following a complaint to the Norwich and New London po- lice by a representative of the Nor
  line. They were employed by the Chelsea line and stole freight from the steamer Chelsea. They were accused of stealing a bale of cloth valued at $67.5O. They were employed as deck hands. Attorney R. M Douglass ap- peared for the men.
 For running a disorderly house at Quaker Hill, Edward Malonev of New London was fined $50 and costs and sentenced to six months in jail Law yers Smith and Dorsey made pleas for the young man, but Major Hull said the house had a bad reputation and made trouble for the neighborhood
 Sent to States Prison.
 A plea of guilty was entered by Nelson R. King, alias Nelson R. Roy, 45 years of age, of JeWett City, charged with abortion. He was sen tenced to from one to two years in prison. The offtnse was committed on May 1st and the young woman in the case resides in Jewett City. He and the girl were employed in the same mill Attorney Alofsin appeared for the accused.
 The cases against Michael Bowman and Joe Molonsky, the former charged with assault and the latter charged with theft, were continued+a
 AItineo Aengh of Groton~ entered a plea of not guilty to the charge of assault upon Nicholas Bassil with a pistol.
 Court took a recess at 1 o'clock and came in at ?. At the afternoon ses- sion the case of Edward Weaver of Groton, charged with assault with in tent to murder James Walsh of Gro ton, was noIled as Major Hull said the evidence was not stron genough to convict the man.
 James Finn, aged r years, pleaded guilty to the charge of breaking and entering Smiths drug store on Main street, this city, and was sent to the in Washington, this state, and his mother, a widow, was in the court room.
 The case of the state vs. Earl Kelly, q soldier, was called up. He was charged with indecent assault con- mitted in New London on May 18th. Judge Burpee sent him to the reform atOry.
 Joseph Lucer Pleads Guilty.
 A plea of guilty was entered by Jo- seph Lucier of WorcesteE, charged with the theft of an automobile in New London, and he was sent to the refor1natory. He stole an automobile belonging to Henry Weaver of New London and drove the car here He was arrested by Policeman Dombrof- sky.
 Major Hull then informed the court that he had been informed by Attorney Desmond counsel for Clarence Sim monds, against whom a true bill of murder in the first degree had been found for killing Mitchell Gravelin in Voluntown on Aug. 20th, that the &C., cused was willing to plead guilty to murder in the second degree. This was upon the advice of his counsel. Simonds was put to plea. and entered a plea of guilty to murder in the sec