Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-01-08


Wells, colored, of New London and
Giacomo Sbaraglio of Groton by
the grand jury in the superior court
here on Tuesday, the opening day of
the January criminal term of the
court, Judge William NJ Maltbie,
who Is presiding at this term of court,
gave the grand jury their instruc-
lions at the opening of court at 10
a. m. and they retired to the county
commissioners room to take up first
the Wells case.
He is accused of shooting and kill
ing Augustus Johnson, also colored, in
New London on the night of Oct %
last
At 1 o'clock the grand jury fore
man, Lee Roy Robbins, reported to
the court that they had found a true
bill against Wells. Later in the aft
ernoon, Wells was put to plea and
pleaded not guilty.
up the case of Giacomo Sbaraglio of
Gr-oton, accused of shooting Giuseppe
Darezzi in bunk house in Groton
on Nov. %. The wounded man died
on the way to the hospital
aNewfi(u now is the time for al goo
Evidence presented in this case be-
fore the grand jury was mostly taken
through an Italian iterpreter, Albert
F. Cara causa, as all witnesses ex-
cept DR.. Hewes of Groton and Cor
oner Franklin H. Brown of Norwich
were Italians, speaking iittle Eng
fish.
Foreman Robbins and the jury
came into the court room at four
o'clock and reported that they had
found a true bill against Sbraglio.
He was put to plea and pleaded not
guilty.
Judge Maltbie thanked the jurors
for their attendance and told them
| e. Parsons, clerk of the court, paid
them off after court had adjourned
for the day. Those on the grand
| jury were the following:
Lee Roy Robbins, Napoleon B.
| Lewis, Appleton Main. John F. Rich
ardson, John N. Lewis E Frank
White, Selden B. Manwaring, Lse-
wellvn P. Smith, CORTLAND c. Pot
ter, Fred j. Hope, Frank I. Date, Jo-
seph c. Copp, Louis J. Fontaine, AL
bic c. Hill, Herbert C. Webster, OIL
| liver c. Gardner, Amos r. Chapman,
James B. Palmer
| When court opened in the morning
| Rev. George H. Strouse offered pray
er before the business was taken up
After the grand jury had retires
States Attorney Hahlai A. Hull be
| gan to go over the list of cases, put
ting the prisoners to plea. There were
twenty four in thc pen, of whom only
four, Mason C. Hart, Wilfred Du-
frense, Walter Penhallow and Frank
4 J.. Brown, came from the Norwich
| Jail. The others were brought here
from the New London Jail.
OF the thirty-four cases on the
docket those not put to plea were Mi
! cliael Deune and Others theft from
! person; Edward F1aherty, assault or
female child: Alfred Ciilpin, theft;
John Iscavich, adultery; Peter No
yak, burglary; Alice Skinner. statu.
| tory burglary: John Austin West. as
sault with intent to rape; and Roya
G. Holmes, burglary with persona
violenie.
The last named was the last cas-
on the docket and when Major Hui
reached this neither the accused o.
his counsel, Mayor J. T. Desmond
was in the court room. The states at
torney inquired for Attorney Desmon,
but did not call the ease up. Late
Attorney Desmond came INTO the cour
room and had talk with Major Hull
Court adjourned at O'clock in tn
afternoon to come in again at 10 thi
| "wednesday morning.
The following prisoners were pre-
scented before the court making tn
pleas indicated:
plas indicated:
Louis Calabrese, charged with in
decent assault, Dec. 10 and Dec. e
upon three different girls in New Lon
don, not guilty.
Ivory China, colored, charged wit
assault with intent to murder job
, Robinson, with knife at New Lon
! don on Nov. 2, not guilty.
! Jerome Coleman, colored, charge
with intent to murder Thomas Stew
enson with pistol on Oct. IT at Nev
! London, not guilty.
Michael Cooper charged with as
5 sault upon Dan Griffin in Montvill
/ on Dec. 6. not guilty.
Wflfred Dufresne, charged with in
decent assault on Sept. 9 upon Edit
Soubert in Baltic. not guilty.
Kosfanty Gorzak, charged wit
: theft of 800 from Pauline Silkin O
, Nov. in New London, not guilty.
q Joseph GSady, 20, and France
I Grady, 10, of Stonington, charge
9 with assault with intent to murde
9 waived the reading of the complain
= and entered pleas of not guilty.
q Mason c. Hart. charged with the
of $3.50 worth of jewery from Mr.
@ Angelina Carboni in Norwich c
: Oct. 80, not gsilty.
: Benjamin Johnson, charged wit
d adultery with Mrs. James N. Reid
@ Ne wLondon on Dec. 20, not guilty
: Frank Korenkiecz, Walter Penha
low and William Walden, charge
= with theft of a horse on Dec. fro
It Oliver C. Gardner of Bozrah, n
e guilty.
o Frank KrapinslSi, charged wi
is breaking and entering railroad C;
on Nov. 27 at New London, n
IS guilty.
s, Peter Ladwick, charged with a
- sault with intent to murder with
knife Sammy Gould on Oct. %
New London, not guilty.
Theodore Nickel, 16 and Frau
Garibba, IT, charged with statute
burglary at Groton on Oct. 80 in
y building belonging to the New Hav
J railroad, not guilty.
Z Daniel Moran, charged with the
of $3.50 worth of wooden cloth
Il, New London on Nov. from t