Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-23
WESTERLY

torney Phillips also made a motion for non-suit for Sherif Wilcox, as the of fioer was within his authority in making the arrest and that there vas no evil deaee to show malicious prosecution. Judge Brown denied both motions to
 dismiss.
 Most of the testimony for the prose- cution was heard at Kingston and but little was added at Thursdays session l in Westerly. After the noon recess At torney Phillips counsel for Sheriff Will COX addressed the jury He said he in tended to prove that the sheriff was not guilty Of the allegation set forth lr the complaint.
 It is the duty of the sheriff to see to | it that men suspected of crime are brought into court. Officers of the law have made mistakes and the sheriff made a mistake in this case.
 1 The Jones brothers had forged check cashed in their store and the sheriff was called into the case to make investiga- l tion The sheriff found out that Lee had 1 been making purchases at the store about ], the time the check was cashed, July II, 1913.
 I The sheriff did precautionary things cited before getting out g warrant for 1 the arrest of Lee, He did not rush the I Finally Lee was arrested and when pre- sented before Justice of the Peace Perry in Wakefield, pleaded not guilty. Lee could not furnish bail and was taken i to the Kingston jail where he remained two days.
 I Sheriff Wilcox continued his ipvestiga
 tion, MT. Philips told the jury, and hs
 found out there was another Elmer Bab
 cock in the town. The sheriff succeeded in locating him, and learned that it wa
 this Elmer Baheeck, and not Lee, wht
 forged the cheek. He immediately noti
 fled Attorney Casey counsel for Lee tha he had arrested the right man and tha
 l Lee was innocent. In open court Sheri1 Wilcox stated that he had made a mis
 take, and was sorry for it, and askel the court to discharge Lee, and did al
 that man could do to proclaim Lees in , nocence of the crime.
 Attorney Grimm, counsel for the lone
 lbrothers, addressed the jury briefly. The testimony for the defence was the begun, and was in progress when cour
 adjourned to Friday morning. sl That was a senatorial surprise tn passage of the bill to abolish the ofic l I of jury commissioner, the job held D
 1 Representative Jacob A. Eaton, of Prov s idence, recognized majority leade f James Dunn, of Westerly, is chief cler in the office of the commissioner. Sens g l tor Langv said that it had been expec n ed that the jury commission act woul
 improve the jury system in the selectio s of jurors. This, however, has not bee o the case, he said.
 ' At the annual meeting of the Rhot
 l Island Golf association held at the Ag ' wam Hunt club. .fEarl Crandall, of Pay T tueket, formerly of Westerly, was cleo E ed second vice president The other of 5 cers are: Henry A Boss president Ha T old Congdon, first vice president Fla
 Davis,. third vice president; Myron 4 j. fieek, secretary and treasurer d Crossing Tender Samuel Brown, st i tioned at Wood River Junction crossin Ie was robbed Wednesday night of his w. J. l let containing $117. He heard moi h outside the shack and when he stepp le out to investigate was struck on the he le l and rendered unconscious. When he ! l. covered and found he had been robbe z- he discharged his revolver several tim le I and aroused the neighborhood. He
 ceived a severe cut in the head, but " E able to be- out ] Thursday. Sergea