Connecticut western news., 1920-12-16
JURY DISAGREE IN
 EAST CANAAN CASE
Jurymen DeadLocked, Stand 8 to 4 for Ac-
 quittal s s.


 The Tierney trial was concluded Saturday morning at one A. M., m the Superior Court, at Winsted, and resulted in the disagreement O. the jury.
 This action was brought by the States Attorney against James Tier ney. his five sons and five Norfolk residents under two counts; breach of the peace and wilfully and unlaw- fully destroying a building other than. a public building, namely, the Church sheds near the Congregation al Church at East Canaan, on July 2Sth, 1920. N
 The State claimed that the Second Ecelesiastical Society of East Ca- man owned or had a right to main tain the Church sheds, but, Mir. Tier nev claimed that he owned the sheds; had always owned and claimed them as his own, and had always occupied them.
 The trial of this case lasted fifteen days and the State called as it's Wit nesses various members of the Ec- clesiastical Society, including Ed ward q Roberts, Charles H. Sage, l Howard F. Lawrence, Nelson E. Stratton, Homer c. Allyn, George K. Goodwin and Ellen Bronson and others. who testified that the Church had occupied these sheds during sucn time as they could remember, and had always repaired them. Horace Holt and Norman Lawton testlneo | for the State and stated that they had repaired these sheds in 1880, and had srent two or three weeks work inc on the same. George K. Good win and Charles Adotte testified that about five years ago they placed metal roof upon the church sheds, which was shown to have been done under the direction of, and paid Tor bv the Ecclesiastical Society.
 The State also produced survey
 or, Fred N. Moore, of Winsted, who | had prepared various maps and who testified that he had searched the ]. Land Records at Canaan and Falls Village and the State then introduc- ? ed a deed from Lyman Lawrence to
 Jedediah Sage dated in 1859, which : defined the easterly boundary of the l Tierrey premises as running severa 1. feet behind the Church sheds, ane ]. the State introduced deed from 2 Exelxial Daboll and Samuel Beckley 2 Jr., to the Ecclesiastical Socaef. o which conveyed !, according to tn . IsurvSyorl.'s s test ifnony, all sof thA lan< contained in the Triangular Park a East Canaan.
 Mrs. Sarah Widmerer, of Spring ' field testified that she was a daugh ' fer of Almira Daboll, the party wh v had conveyed the Tierney premise :. to MT .Tierney in 1877, and state T that neither her mother nor he ' aunt. had ever made any claim to tn r Church sheds, but had always recoe . nized them as belonging to tn - Church society.
 'i The Attorneys for the accuse claimed that the State had failed 'u prove that the Ecclesiastical Soclet
 owned the sheds, and claimed ths a. MT. Tierney had the right to remoV lg the same at any time that he o' sd sired It developed during the trl' lil of the case that Benedict M. Holder as of Hartford, Attorney for MT. Ile to ney, wrote him advising him to tef IT. down the sheds.
 ke The Attorneys for the accuse H. based their defense upon the lat he of ownership in the Society and all st attacked the good-faith of the meI ce bers of the Society and claimed u ce action was brought to persecute M
 Tierney and his family.
 ay The Attorneys for the defen ed contested every point and raised it. kinds of objections to the lntrodu m- tion of testimony on the part or u I'd, State. .9
 a MT. Holden, in his final argumer to was very eloquent and sustained I
 reputation as an orator.
 ,ra The case was given to the Jury ed 5 P. M., Friday and after deliber' fn- ing for eight hours they could n ,a1 agree and were discharged by Jud nd Warner. ,he Various rumors as to how t or Jury stood tend to make it appe nd that they did agree that some of t
 accused should be found not gull ;r aud stood eight to four for acquit vas on some ol 'he iiis''''
 ion them.
 It appears that this disagreem'
 of the Jury leaves the matter though it had never been tried, a
 the eleven men are still under bol
 for their appearance before nnl Fehrrarv term of the Court