Republican farmer., 1918-12-20
BEDDING
Special to The Times.l


 | The first prosecution broke down be- cause of a defect in the complaint, which had been drawn by grand l juror, and in order that there might be np mistake this time the State em- lployed Attorney Mallette of Bridge port to handle it's case. This time the complaint was not challenged, the fa- i tai weakness of the case made out by the prosecution consisting of a failure to p1'ove the delivery of .the milk to a public dealer. Inspectors Warner and
 Bartram testified to taking samples
 from three cans of milk while it was
 on the defendants auto in Pleasant Valley awaiting the arrival of He Ibert's truck from Bridgeport. Before the truck arrived the inspectors left and as there were no witnesses to tes-
 tify to the transfer of the cans they
 remained, so far as the evidence
 showed, in the defendants vehicle. iDr. B. Munroe Bailey, State chemist,
 who had come all the way from Hart ford to be a witness, testified that
 each of the three samples submitted
 to him contained ten per cent. of wa ter which is at the rate of four quarts
 to each of the 40 gallon cans.
 } Williams testified in his own be- half that he did not water the milk
 and had no knowledge of it's having been watered. Asked by Attorney , Mallette how he disposed of his milk he said he sold it to MT. Hebert of Bridgeport. An objection to the ad- mission as evidence of the question
 and answer quickly followed on the ; part of Attorney Davis for the defence ; who contended that the accused could ' not be cross-eXamined on matters not ,. touched upon by the evidence already ? presented. Justice Muennich sustain ed thisc ontention which also shut off r admissions sought to be obtained l. from Williams that the cans of milk T in question had been turned over to
 Hebert. The court decided that the
 transfer was essential to legally es-
 tabIish guilt and discharged the de-
 fendant. The case is said to be the
 only one, or at least one of the very A few, in which the defendants in like prosecutions brought by the state health board have put up winning
 fight. Usually they plead guilty so a:
 to escape with a light penalty instead a of taking the chances of a heavy
 fine, such having been the outcome o-
 a number of precautions recently
 brought in Newtown and Easton. n Official information was received b! Y the relatives in Georgetown on Mon e day of the death in battle of Arvart if Johnson, son of Charles W. Johnson ,r The young man had attained the ranl 8 of second lieutenant. His deatl n brings the number of fatalities among al the Georgetown men in the militar, ia service up to five. Some of those wh ar went oversees from other sections o In the town have been wounded, bu w none was killed in action or met deatl "a from other causes. Some of tn al Georgetown contingent are still i le training camps on this side and tw
 of these, Charles Rowland and liar a. old Samuelson, were home this wee a., on leave of absence Another as Thomas Darragh, who was acting a
 cook in a camp near Washington, ha 7- been mustered out.
 7e The assessors have about finishe o- their work on the new grand list wit fr which they have been occupied some to thing over 20 days. Three days wer es spent in viewing property, this surve
 
 nd has been productive for several year 7g of controversies over tax valuation he In their rounds the members of tn ID board were struck by the unusut ce number of places, usually we'll kel
 up, which had been neglected in u I- matter of needed repairs. The SUI ng posed explanation is that the owne rv are waiting for the cost of labor an in materials to return to something lil .c- a pre-war basis.
 As an outcome of the local suffras of conference held last Thursday afte of noon at the home of Mrs. s. c. Sha lal it was decided that a canvass shou he be made among the women of u nd town to determine their attitut ol- towards the cause. It's purpose is lat show the strong local sentiment b all hind Messrs. Shaw and Connery, u so Bedding representatives, in their a fa- vancing of suffrage at Hartford du of ing the coming session of the legisl ng ture. The canvassers have met wi 1y- scarcely a refusal to sign the pied ,ur they offer and the affirmative declar es, tions will be practically unanimol ty, The principal speakers at the co per ference were Miss Miller and Mrs.
 Barton Hepburn, the latter havi VII, motored from New York to atter ted The tone of the speeches and d var cussion was very earnest and encou avs aging.
 CO., The Sunday schools of the Gent ers' churches and the Episcopal chur The will unite in a Christmas celebrati , s. at the Center Congrega ationaI chur L. next Sunday evening. At the EpiSC ws: pal church services. conducted er- Rev. MT Chapman of Bridgeport, W Re- be held on the morning of Christm A. Day.
 tin; The fifteen months old son of ] lid end Mrs Cyrus Bfewster died sl r & denly on Saturday last from Ii, ale ajlment. Funeral services were h E. on Sunday at the residence of try; parents on the Ridge with the ret -rd- ing of theEpiscopal ritual by D. luel Sanford. Burial took place fig. Monday at Shelton.
 ley, The children of the public scho ter. are busy these days in the solicit
 of pennies to be placed in ii am. stockings with which they have b, fa- provided, the money thus collec ting to go to the Belgium children's nu- lief fund. The filling of the sto
 ings with coin is the object ime sought.
 our Miss Gladys Green, the Fla ton Bureau food demonstrator. visited war. Center school last Thursday to g self aid and encouragement towards can practical course in domestic scie mot now on trial there. The results