Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-02-21


was seized was charged with |
Keeping Intoxicating liquor with intent to
;e@. Captain OF Police Rerlie Dalags and
officers Jarvis, Ryan and Glbnsy, testified
tor the state They said that they went
% the house with q search warrant early
IN the evening. They lacked about fifteen
gallons OF wine in the cellar and i'll q room
in the ugsoer part Of the house they found
:, Still in operation. They also claimed to
have found a boiler of mash sinl1lerins
on the Kitchen stove and a pint and. a half |
Of naoonshine in 2. cupboard Upon cross
examination, tho officers said that thew |
saw no evidence Of any sales upon the |
premises This was the only testimony |
offered by tho state. Attorney A s. Mac |
donald made a. motion that the case be |:
dismissed Upon the ground that in order |
to convict under the statute upon which |
the complaint was brought there must be |
some evidence of z. sale, or that there was
Il specific intent upon the part of the de-
fenGant TO sell intoxicating liquor The
prosecutor pointed to the quantity found
as evidence that it was kept with intent
to sell Judge Geissier said that he did not
feel that the state had made out q case
Of keeping with intent to SSH, therefore
Iou4id the defendant not guilty Since the
raid was made the federal officers have
taken q land in the matter and Mrs. La
vine and -Aonio Rosa, who boards at the
LelIf1le home, were summoned before U.
S. Commissioner Earl MathaWson at Nor
wich. Rosa admitted to the commissions
that the stiIl belonged to him and took
all responsibility for its being in the
house. Both defendants were held by the
commissioner for the u. S.. District court
to be held either at Hartford or New Hav-
en- Both furnished bonds for their ap-
peara1lce.
After this case had been disposed Of
there was 8. short session at which the
docket was cleared UP, by .disposing Of a
uu.nter OF cases that were On file or in
which the defendants were in charge Of
probation officer.
Cyril Ren,iIIard, window trimmer in the
Byrne store, return ed Sunday from a week
spent IN New York. Wd1ile the weak was
a part on Mr.. Reinil7ard's vacation he did
some buying and lolzed oyer spring styles
Richard Holmes of Clark university,
Worcester was IN Putnam over Sunday
the guest Of his grandmother, Mrs. A. w.
| Macdonald, Oak Hill, where his mother
has been visiting for the past week.
From 60 degrees below zorro Saturday
| morning to 68 above Monday afternoon
was the record Of reliable Thermometers
II Putnam The temperature began to rise
| late Saturday morning and coutirued +he
;'e-st Of the day and all day Sunday. Mon
day morning heavy overeoa..s were. IN
conf ortably warm and peopl5 having
| steam heat were forced to open windows
| 10 cool off their houses The snow is
nearly gone and the roadway in the hlai-
ness section is bare and dry.
| Tho city dump, which has been under
the supervision Of the city health officer,
Peter A. Gardner, is now su7ervised by
the Highway department.. This was
| brought about through act,on Of the com
mon council Through the system organ
| lied by the health officer the dump has
been open to the public three days q week.
For weeks complaints canue in that the
dump vas emitting na.useAtins odnrs II
was fcun GtElat this was du3 TO the fact
| garbage was disposed IF all aIong the
route leading to the dump proper. The
health officers plan Of having the. dump
open certain days a week and man sta
TONED there to see that all sec dyed matter
was properly buried, has rameIied the
cause Of complaint The same plan will
| doubtless be maintained by the highway
department,
At tho chapel on Woodstock Hill Mon
| day afternoon, there was {. gathering Of
citizens vino believe in the principals Of
the republican party. They were there to
meet Mrs Marion Blake Campbell Of
| +Lt~+
committee. \ local republican club was
formed before tho meeting adjourned
Mrs. Campbell gave q short talk outlin-
ing the purposes of the gathering and the
work of organizing similar clubs in other
places.
There were fewer babies born, fewer
couples married and fewer deaths in Put
nam in 1891 than III 1890, according 10
statistics recently compiled 10y Town
Clerk David F'lsgg. Mr. F'laggs citnpil.-
ton discloses that in 1890 thee were FAC
were but go marriages recorded in 1920
were ISL to 108 i'm 1921; deaths IN 1920
totalled 40 to 127 in 1921.
| Word was received in Putnam Monday
Of the marriage in Hartford Ssandav, of
| Durham HAIL of this city and Miss Helen
PhiHacs of Hartford. Miss Phillips is the
daughter of Walter Philips of Putnam.
She was graduated from Putnam high
sct1ol last year and has been making her
ilsoI11a with relatives IN Hartford Mr..
Hall is also a gradute Of the Putnam high
school. They are honeymooning in New
York city. Upon their return they will
PRESIDE in Putnam.
Martin Mach of 81 south Meadow
street, was given q hearing at q special
lsession OF tire city court Monday after.
non charged with intoxication, breach OF
the peace and assault ui2on his wife, Ag-
nes. He pleaded not guilty but was found
guilty on all three counts. On the count
for intoxication he was ordered to pay q
fine OF 10 and coste; the breach OF tin
peace count was placed on file and the
defendant was ordered to furnish bond
OF. 500 to keep the peace; on the lhird
count q sentence of so days in jail was i'm
posed The woman complained to the 20
lice early Monday morning Of the assault
She was examined by . doctor who Found
her body covered with black. and. blue
IWelts. Trouble over money matter and ta<
husbands drinking r1ronshine we're re
st2onsible for the affair. Tie defendan-
claimed that his wife was also addicted tC
rpoonstlIne and ne accused her with beint
too familiar with other men The coupit
formerly lived in Iewett City. The lr,Is
band was arrested there on similar
charge and has ben before the Putnam
city court before. His last appearance
was only a few months ago when the wife
after having him arrested begged that h,
be not sent TO Jail and Qae was diseharg
D. ed upon payment Of a nominal fine.
WINDMAS1 co. .sUPERIeB .CoUKT
| MARC HTEEM DEFERREI
I'll County Clark Edgar NJ. Warner issue.