Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-15

day morning that the. accused desired
tc change his plea. He was accord
ingly permitted to enter a plea of
guilty. States Attorney Searls said
that Bokart1 had treated COW cruelty
and recommended a fine of s25 and
costs and this was the sentence i'm.
posed by Judge Reed. A charge of
breach of the peace against Bokartz
was nolled The case came to the su
perior court on appeals from tile local
police court.
Sheriff Gates returned with John o.
Trudeau, Charles R. Hibberd, William
G. Lyman and A. Linn Wea therhead.
They were excused and some of the
others were challenged and but five
remained in the jury box.
Sheriff Gates was then ordered to
make an effort to secure fifteen men
from the surrounding towns to report
a. the court room at O'Clock Tues
day afternoon.
Court was adjourned at 11.2O until
D. m.
Sheriff Gates had 16 talesmer in
court when the session was resumed
and in less than an hour the II men
for the jury had been accepted. The
| five men left in the panel when court
recessed in the morning were all ac-
cepted as follows: Herman A. Stew
ems Canterbury; J. E. Smith, Killing
| ly; Willis Covell, Pomfret; Caleb An
| thony, Scotland; Frank Walker, Wod-
stock. The balance of the jury were
| then accepted from the Is talesmen
| brought in this Afternoon. They were:
| Frank c. Lummis, +, NJ. Russell, c.
| Is. Russ, Merritt Welch and w. J. Lee
Of Chaplin. At th,s ,oint Attorney
King thought that too many men were
being accepted from one town and i;
was agreed that the next two men
| should be selected from some other
| town and ". c. Oliver and ]. L. Burn
| ham of Hampton were selected which
completed the jury. The jury were
sworn by Clerk Edgar NJ. Warner and
| the complaint against LaFleur, charg-
ing him with manslaughter was read
/ by the clerk and at BIS Tuesday af-
! ternoon the examination Of witnesses
| began.
! Civil Engineer Robert T. Mitchell
was the first witnessed called. Dr.
| Clarence E. Simonds, medical eXami-
ner, next testified that he had exam
! iaed the child at st. Josephs hospi-
! tai about two hours after the acct
dent and found that she was suffering
from fracture of the skull at the
/ base of the brain, which caused heI
death.
Miss Flora Casey of = Jackson
street testified that as she was return
ing from a funeral at st. Joseph's
! church she saw q small child running
7onfusedly on the cross walk and saw
the American Thread Co.'S car com.
ing up Jackson street The driver
tried to avoid striking the child bu
was unsuccessful as the car str1rl
the little girl before it turned into
I Valley street. Miss Casey rushed t
he child who was lying in pool o
blood on the crosswa1k.
Mrs. Bridget Elmore of Is Jackson
street testified that as she was sittin.
in her parlor she saw the automobil,
going rapidly up Jackson street ant
later saw the child lying on tho cross
tEalk
RolIie J. Lenard. teamster CRYING
hack the day of the accident for til,
funeral at st. Joscph's church. saw
the American Thread Co.'S AUTOMOBILE
opposite Valley street extension com
inS up the street and turned to III
right of the silent policeman into Val
ley street. He saw the child lying OF
the crossWallI four or five feet from
lie curb on the west side of jackson
street, after being struck The chit
was picked up by Thomas Wilcox ant
token to the hospital by jeremiah Nc
earthly. He testified that the drive
&C the car gave no sign of an ;nten
ton to turn into Valley street br
made wide swing to get around. TIL
auto Slowed slightly as it made tn
curve.
The next witness. Thomas Wylie O
Willimantic who was driving haC
from the funeral at st. Joseph
| church was north of the crossfv.al Il
did not see the American Thread Co
car till after it stopped III Vale
street He saw the child on til
ground after she was struck, so jump
cd off his hack. picked up the chill
whom he gave to Mt. Mccarthy VIII
took her to the hospital.
Frank W. Mclean, policeman. tes
titled that he heard the fire alaIT
, when he was told that there had bee
been an accident at the corner c
Jackson and Valley street so went t
the place and saw a pool of blood O
the crosswalk about six feet from tn
west corner of Jackson street. TIL
automobile truck went over the cross
walk half way on to the sidewal
were made by Sterling tires and show
cd where the Car had skidded VIE
the brakes were applied. Witness kne'
the tires We're Sterling tires as he ha
put it together.
At SIS court adjourned to 1890
nj. Tuesday.
Tuesday morning at St. Joseph
church, Edward J. Flynn and Mis-
Emma Tremblay were married b
Rev. Ludovic Paradis. The best ma
was Walter f. Flynn, brother of IL
groom; and the bridesmaid was Mis-
Agnes M. Tremblay, a sister of II
! lhride. After the ceremony a recentio