Norwich bulletin., 1919-09-10
NINETEEN PRISONERS
MERE PUT TO PLEA

Nineteen men were put to plea by State Attorney H. A. Hull here Tues day afternoon in the criminal superior court. all but one pleading not guilty. The one to say he was guilty was George w. Silvers. Jr. of New Lon don, who pleaded guilty to the theft of an automobile in New London on June. g. He was not sentenced. but it is expected that his case will be dis posed of before Judge Joel H. Reed this Wednesday, morning when the court comes in at 10 o'clock. There were fifteen men in the pen, nine having been brought from the jail in New London and the others coming from the New London jail. Morris Blake of Ledyard, boy in knickereockers. was the youngest pris- oner being only Is years old. Two or the men in the pen were sailors in the navy uniform, Sidney Howard Galloway and Gilbert W. Coleman.
 The following were put to plea:
 Ernest W. Almond. assault with in- tent to kill and murder. with knife, Frank Bogs nzi at .Soyhrook, on July SI. not guilty.
 pr. Frank C. Atchison. Norwich. at tempt to procure miscarriage on An gelina Corno, of Westerly, on July S, not guilty.
 Morris Blake. IS. assault with intent to commit rape on August 22 in Led yard. on Elsie Stacerini, II years old. not guilty.
 John F. Brown and George ". sn- vers. IT.. theft Of a s1.ooo automob'ls helonging to Edward T. Brown in New London. on June as Brown pleaded not guilty and Silves pleaded guilty.
 Gilbert W. Coleman. 21 sailor. as- sault upon William J. o'Neiil. in Nor Wich. on June Tth not guilty
 Nicholas Dandona. statutory rape in Waterford July 13. upon Margaret Dean. 5 years old. not guilty.
 Frank Daniels. indecent assault on June 1. upon Eleanor Daniels, in New London, not guilty.
 Frederick Roy. alias Fred King. larceny on June 21 of 100 cords of cord wood valued at st,o0e, from the Ponemah Co.,, of Taftville not gull ty.
 Victor Frederick, breaking and en- terins New Haven railroad car in New London on July 20, stealing s2s5 worth of coffee and candy in bags, not suil- ty.
 Samuel Greenbe-e. IT, indecent as sault in New London on July Ii, upon Bertha Rowland. not guilty.
 Omer Malfroot. indecent assault on June II in Norwich upon two small girls. not guilty.
 Edward Phillips 20. statutory burg lary on May 26 in the Wilcox Fertiliz- CT Co.,, building at Stonington, guilty of attempt.
 Frank E. Sheldrick and John Man chini. theft on April IS of an $500 au- tomobile belonging to Richard Hen del of New London, not guilty.
 James Torchi. assault with intent to kill and murder on June %, by shoot ing Salvatore Afielielic, in East New London, had a plea of not guilty entered for him by his counsel as the accused is Italian and does not under stand English. Attorney Hollandersky was his counsel.
 James Ed~afd Watrous, theft in Groton from the residence of a man named Loftus. had a not guilty plea entered for him by the public prose cutor.
 Harry Zavoritis. mansIaughter, in Greton from the residence of a man tally injuring Nellie A. O'Connor with his automobile. not guilty.
 Charles R. Clinton, alias Raymond Walsh, 1e. statutory burglary in Nor wich on August g. at the Shore Line Electric Railway Co. building, in the stealing of duplex tickets. not gull
 The spectators seats in court were all filled and a number of witnesses and others concerned in the cases oc- cupied seats inside the court rail. Among these was woman. with a ba by in arms which had the whooping cough.
 one of the cases not on the docket was that of John Watson of Ledyard who had been put under bonds of 1000 to keep the peace and to ap- pear at this session Of court upon the complaint of his wife. The case was tried before a justice court last June before Edward T. Burke, justice of the peace. MT. Watson was in court Tuesday.
 In the case of Joe Adiado of Ston- ington.- accused of on-support. the state attorney recommended a contin- uance as the man has returned to his wife and it is reported that he is pro- vidins satisfa ctorily for her support.
 Elisha F. Briggs of Ledyard. who was on the docket accused of burglary was not put to plea as States Attor ney Hull said his investigat ton show cd drink had been altogether respon- sible for what Briggs had done and as the man has a family and seems now to be doing very well and the oppor- tunity to fall before the temptation Of drink has been so much reduced Ma jor Hull recommended nollc in the case. Briggs has been in jail month. The court concurred and the case was nollcd CHASED AUTO THAT