Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-06

Several sentences were given in the
criminal superior court here Wednesday,,
Judge Gardiner Greene presiding, but
most of the time of the court day was
taken up with conferences between State
Attorney Hadlai A. Hull and witnesses
and attorneys in the various cases. The
jurors who are in attendance spent the
day in the jury room waiting to be called
on to serve until late in the afternoon,
when Judge Greene had them called into
court, where he told them they We're ex-.
cused till Thursday morning at 10 O'Clock.
when he hoped there would be some bust
ness for them
In the morning session Of court Michael
Kosnasky of Montvilie pleaded guilty to
charge of theft of an automobile tire and
was sentenced to Jail for one year. Judge
Greene suspended execution of the SEN
| tence and placed Kosnasky on probation.
| Kosnaslly found the tire in the road in
Montville and hid it in building near by
| Later he broke into the building and got
| the tire and sold it. Kosnasky has wife
and six children.
Allen L. Brown, colored, of Norwich.
was sentenced to four months in Jail for
the theft of household goods, to which he
pleaded guilty The goods were recovered
| after they were stolen from a building on
the East Side where they were stored.
| Stanley ]. Faulkner a soldier, pleaded
not guilty to the theft of some clothing
! from the Waterford cottage of Seymour
| Robinson of AIeriden on Oct. 20, and
| Leonard J. Stanton of Old Lyme entered
a plea of guilty to the charge of mall
treating horse. Sentence in both cases
was deferred.
! Henry Russell, formerly of Nontville,
but now of Mansfield, pleaded guilty to
fornication with 16 year old girl and
was fined $25 and costs, which he paid.
| lo1- Of o6l
ed the court in behalf of the man who,
he said, had now been deserted by his
wife and. eeft with two small children,
Limit Sentence Imposed. -
At the afternoon session of court, the
. early part of the afternoon was used vi
, in conferences in the state attorney
room and several visits to Judge Grcene's
, room by the state attorney and Public
| Defender Edmund ". Perkins. About 1
o'clock Judge Greene took his place or
the bench and William j. Locke Of Ole
S Lyme against whom a charge of rape
upon a 17-year-old girl on the beach a
{ Sound View had been made was put /,
J. plea on the charge of seduction. 10 thi:
he pleaded guilty. Public Defender Per
A kins made plea for leniency FIR him
h asking the court not to give the maxi
r mum sentence, as the attorney though
. the ends oil justice would be met with
: sentence OF two years. State A;toTne!
: Hull did not agree with this, but saiC
!, the man had been living a shiftless life
:, very largely on the earning of an unfor
8 tunate girl. although not the one in thi
, case.
|, Judge Greene made the sentence from
e four to five years in state prison, saying
t that he could not do less than impose III
d maximum limit under the circumstance
8 in this case.
Leonard ]. Stanton of Old Lyme, VIII
was accused of abusing a horse by shoot
| ing it with a shotgun, was called befor
8 Judge Greene to tell the judge his stor.
: of the offense charged against him. Tn
: public defender and the. state attorne
: stood by and listened while Stanton re
n lated the circumstances Il was. said tina
= the horse was a feRce-jumper and tina
n Stanton used the shotgun when the ami
. NAL had jumped into his garden. Ate
e Judge Greene and the attorneys had dis
4 cussed the matter, the judge fined Stan
!. ton 500, revoked the fine, gave him
: year in jail and suspended this sentenc
Z under probation.
t Jurors Summoned.
The following were the jurors draw
: and summoned for this term of the GRIN
e inal court: Charles L. Ellis, Harry "
IS CaFdwel. Manuel Damus. Burrilt W. L.
s throp. John T.. Young. George A. .Eathro,
. Norwich; Frederick w. Benjamin, Erne.