Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-06-11

A rescript has been handed down
by Judge Edward w. Blodgett, of the
superior court, in the case of Charles
H. Nichols and others against S. j.
Reuter- and Son, Incorporated The
question raised as to whether or not
Receiver Herbert W. Rathbun should
pay taxes assessed against real estate
out of assets of the estate, or whether
or not the taxes should be lien up.
on the real estate. The rescript sus-
tains the position taken by the re-
ceiver, that the land should be held for
the taxes. reads. as follows:
LAS to the tax assessed on the per-
sonal estate the court is of opinion
that the same should have been taxed
to the receiver" In relation to the tax
on real estate, the court says: "As the
collector apparently has power to col
lect the real estate tax from the real
| estate, and as the motion is in the
nature of a proceeding in equity, the
court is of the opinion that justice will
be equitably satisfied by denial of the
motion that the receiver pay the tax
| out of his own funds"
Coroner Everett A. Kingsley has
surely been working overtime in the
investigation of the death of B. Court
Bentley and Edwin Hoyt. The former
! died several weeks after being assault
ed when at the Cottage inn at Mar
| ragansett Pier, and the latter was
electrocuted while employed as line
| man by the Westerly Automatic Tele-
! phone company. The sessions of the
coroner are secret but so far as known
| he took testimony in the Hoyt case in
| the Office of the judge of the Third
f1in ,I1rt in he -l,;I
evidence in the Bentley case was TAX
| en- at the home of the coroner in the
night season, the coroner having reg
ular employment in Providence, max
| ing daily trips to and from that city
! The coroner has made no utterance
! in regard to the Hoyt case that evil
! IDENTIFY being of the inner circle class.
| The Bentley case is given more pub
! licity. 1t is said the Bentley inquest
will end this week and report made to
the clerk of the superior court from
/ Washington county. The coroner type
writes the testimony when it is given
and when complete it is presented to
| the witness for signature. The cor
oner has no assistant at the hearings.
A Seventh Day Baptist church his
tory is being published in serial form
! and under the head of discipline are
some abusing incidents. Brother S. c.,
when hailed before the church com
mittee on the charge of drinking, said
he had drinked; it made him sick, but
he thought he had not drinked so
much as he had done many times that
had no effect, so that he did not feel
| of drinking too mulch, but was sorry
it had such an effect on him" The
| same brother was accused that "on
town meeting day got intoxicated and
scuffled or rassled and nocked off
hats
W. G. has acted out of characte,
in getting intoxicated and acting as
a clown. and is apt to tell wrong
| stories"
Another had been in a quarrel an6
"stript to fight" Two quarreled al
Russells store and talked to eact
other out of character.
Reported that Brother Samuel Bur
dick had been rassling and frolican.'
Brother w c. had been guilty OF
causing dogs to fight and offered to be
on his dog" S. H. got intoxicated
while making a coffin"
Complaint was made that Uncle
Elijah Lewis. by a neighbor, for tell.
ing me that / was a nave and a lia1
and he could prove it and all that KEEP
him off me was my gray hairs
Brother S. NJ. was charged with Ego
ing to a caravan on the Sabbath
and going in without paying any,
thing"
In 1860 a committee was appointed
to investigate a charge against Broth
er w. c. Kenyon of calling a fellow
member in trustee meeting, "Yol
scoundral, you Villain, you dastardl7
coward, you consummate rascal" The
committee reported that "Prexy'' helt