The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-22
LOCAL OFFENDERS
TO Be TRIED IN
FEDERAL COURT.
Geo. st. Hillaire of Bridge:
port is Charged With Dis
honestly Using Mails.


Judge Edwin S. Thomas will pre-
side over the February term OF the
United States court. which will be
opened in New, Haven on Tuesday
morning at 1880 O'Clock. In addition
to the criminal cases on the trial cal
endar. there are; actions in law. in
equity and bankruptcy which viii be
called for assignment in the. order In
which they are listed. 81.
George N. Nordobys name stands
to the list of the criminal cases. He is
regarded as a fugitive from justice
The claim is that the, man operated
in New Haven county, in the sale of a
preparation which he said was pre-
,ventive Of the hoof: and mouth disease
in cattle. The man left himself liable
to the government in his. opera iens
because of the a1lega ion cont aimed
in the informal ion that he represent
ed he was an agent Of the United
States in the sale sof the, prepaEat1on
The government. auth critics have been
unable to locate him to arraign him
in court. uAf
The, case of Francis D. .Burtch,
which had been continued, will be
disposed of at the term next week.
He is a liquor dealer ing Stonington.
He was charged with taking liquor
from a bottle without destroying the
internal revenue stamp on the bottle.
The minimum penalty is "a fine OF
$500. The case had been continued
to give Burtch an opportunity OF
compromise with the internal reve-
nue. department of the government,
and the. compromise has been ef-
fected.
G. Pow, alias Gee Bong, is China
man, who is regarded as fugitive
from Justice. His deportation to
China, on the ground that he was IL
legally in this country, was ordered
by the United States commissioner.
He took an appeal from the order and
gave a bond of $1,000 for appearance
in court. He was not present when
the case was called and. the bond was
declared forfeited. The case is being
carried on the docket in the hope
that the man will be eventually ar
rested. s's,s'' 80 ).
Richard .Feinstein and Matthew
Papagoda stand. charged with illegal
ltrafflcking in narcotics. The expecta-
ton is that they viii stand trial and
go before thep, etit jury
The case against Frank p. Shera-
nous, continued from an eaflier term,
will be disposed Of. He will answer
to a complaint which charged that he
conducted a theatre in Wallingford
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to the federal government. o. Mason
is wanted to answer to a like COM
plant. Mason, however, is a fugitive
from Justice, his present where abouts
not. being known. slsS
The new Canaan General hospital
Dispensary and Home, Incorporated,
is charged on theserimfnal list with
Improperly using the insignia of the
American Red Cross for advertising
purposes. The expectation is that the
hospital corporation WIFI go on trial.
The cases of the United States
against the Cudahy Packing Co. and
J. A. Grove. manager; the Sulzberger
Sons Co. and A. p. Dodge; manager;
Morris & Co, and r. N. Cramp, man
ager, and the Strong, Barnes, Hart
Co., which stands ON the docket, will
be argued before Judge Thomas in
New Haven on demurrers to the in
formations. The informations charge
VIOLATIONS Of the meat inspection act.
The constitutionality of the act is at
tackled by the. :demurrers. stsrss.
Nelson Judd, alias Gogle Watson, IS
booked to- answer to a complaint
which charges the Illegal trafficking OF
narcotics in New Haven, and James
Doyle stands in the class Of fugitives.
Itsis claimed he broke into the gen.
veral store at Sharon Valley in which
the post Office was located and. stole
postage stamps Of the value of 1910
and other property.
Eric E., Verrile, who is in the Jail
In this city. will be called to answer
toEa complaint which charged him
with embezzling mail matter. He
was arrested while tampering with a
telephone booth in the Hartford post
Office and then certain special delivery
letters were found on his person. 1t
is Tor him to explain how he got pos
session Of the letters.
Y. Frank w, Bowling and Edward
Murphy are listed to answer to COM
plants which charge that they stole
from railroad car in Waterbury
while the ear was engaged in inter-
state carriage.
Johnfs;W "a Klinger ssand James H.
Murray. who We're employees Of the
Stamford post Office in, the postal SER
vice, are charged with embezzling
from the malls and they will have to
answer.
George st. Hillaire of Bridgeport is
also charged on the docket. He will
answer for alleged dishonesty in con-
nection with the mails.
All Of the civil cases on the, trial
calendar stand to be called for assign
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