Putnam patriot., 1917-03-09
SUPERIOR COURT
Diyorces Granted at the Short Calendar
 Session
Prisoners Put to pIea-0ue Sentenced 10
 State Prison

diner Green presiding. Prayer was offered by Rev. George D. Stanley of the Putnam Methodist church.
 short calendar matters were first taken up. In the case of Annie Rem ick of Providence against Samuel Ren- divorce case, Lawyer Jeremiah Des' mond of Norwich, representing the defendant, stated that he withdrew from the case with the understanding that plaintiff did not ask for alimony in case the decree is granted.
 Two uneontested divorces were heard and the petitions granted.
 Clara k. Nj Potvin of Willimantic was given her freedom from Alphonso Potvin on the ground of adultery.
 Plaintiff said that she was married in willimantic, July 3fd, 1912, and had one lild, Adeline Rosuna, aged 1 years. After their marriage she and her husband went to live with her par ents but her husband only remained with her for six months. He did not support her and went about with other women.
 She knew of his going around with Rose Kelly in Willimsntic and being arrested there for living with her as man and wife. She was d witness against him in the Willimantic city court when he plead guilty to illicit cohabitation.
 Mrs. Frank King and his wife, Mary King, both testified that the defendant came to their home with the Kelly woman and hired room occupying 1t as man and wife. They were both witnesses in the criminal proceedings in the police court.
 Grace Lucas of Putnam was given decree from her husband, John Lucas, of parts unknown, on the ground of desertiou.
 She said they were married in Men, don, Mass., in 1901, and for a year lived with her mother in Uxbridge. In 1902 she went with her husband to Brookline, Mass, to attend funeral of one of his relatives. He sent her home from there and she had only seen him once since, that was in 1902 shortly after their child was born. She said she worked in the mill in Putnam and sent money to her mother in Ux- bridge to support her child of whom she asked the custody.
 Mrs. Florence Cotton said she had known the petitioner ever since she has lived in Putnam and knew that during that time her husband has not lived with her.
 C. Fred Waterman, of the Water man Worsted Company, said that he knew Mrs. Lucas and that she has worked for him steadily for the past seven years and that he considered her a steady, hard working woman. The custody of the child was granted with the decree.
 The criminal list was then taken up.
 William White, arrested In Vii limantic, Nov 3rd last, for breaking and entering the store of Rosalind Mil holm, plead guilty and was sentenced to not less than one or more than two years in states prison.
 Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Thomas J. Kelly of the Willimantic police court, stated that White entered the store and passed through to the rear where the proprietor and her hus band were asleep. The husband heard the intruder and jumped out of bed, got his revolver and held White under threat to shoot him, ,'until his wife got a policeman.
 Fred Stamm, l9, of Norwich, plead guilty to forging the name of B. k. York to check for $23 drawn on the Windham National Bank of Willi- mantle. He admitted that he had been in trouble before and had been an inmate of the reform school in this state. He said he preferred being sent to jail than to the state reformatory and a sentence of n year in jaii was imposed.
 In the case of Joseph McGarry, charged with intoxication and breach of the peace, the second count was noll pressed and he plead guilty to in toxication and was given thirty days | in jail.
 1 Leo Belido of Danielson, IA years old, was placed on probation for one year after having his case continued l for that time. lie was charged with theft and States Attorney ..Charles k. Searls said that the boy had bad rec ord, that he was the leader ,of gang of boys guilty of many petty thefts and that the priest had refused to have 1 him in the parocniaI school and that he had been attending the public school.
 Phillip Foster, charged with steal | ing meat, who was out on cash bond of s2OO, failed to appear in court and his bond was called.
 On request of the states attorney the court ordered the clerk to summon the grand jury for next Tuesday to hear the evidence in the case of Leon A. Gilman of Willimantic charged with murder. It is alleged that Gilman shot and