Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-16
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 have caught on fire when she reached \ over the stove to replace the lid.
 Miss Maxwell was known by large 1 circle Of friends in this city and retired i recently after being employed by tEe 1 Cuidnick-Windham Manufacturing com 1 pany for 2 number Of years. Miss Maxwell was born In New Lon , don in 1S52>> She is survived by two ncphevs, James H. and William Maxwell i of this city; four nieces, Margaret and Annie Maxwell of this city, Elizabeth and Loretta Maxwell of Bostcn; two grand nicces, Mary Maxwell an+f~ Mrs. Harry L: Lester o: this city; six grand aephews, John Maxwell of this city, DOn aid and Maxwell Connolly of Boston, Mass, Harold Lester and Irwin Lester or this city
 Wednesdays session of Windham county superior court with Judge Kellogg nthe bench the jury were charged in the case of Mary Postemsl1y ys Elmer M. Young, the evidence having been completed ard arguments made Tuesday. | The judges charge lasted 2S minutes. The jury retired at 11.50 and at one o'clock announcement was made that it was ready to report. Through the fore man, George KiInball of Pomfret, a writ ten decision for the plaintiff to, recover 1 S4CO damages from the defendant, was returned Tho jury were then discharged and told to return Tuesday morning of next week ct 1880 o'clock.
 ! Tine jurors were John M. Bessette oA !. Brooklyn. JolIR r. Feed of Chaplin l Charles Chester Of HomptOn. Joseph II. CallGp of Sterling, Kingsley Brown of 1 W.ndham, J. N Searls, George KirzlbalI and Thomas A. EtaEiey of Pomfret, Al 1 bert r. Copeland and William A. John | son of Thompson, Oscar Johnson and l George Hamilton of Woodstock. 1 During the deliberatiOn of the jury the 1 case of Mary Ellen Dawson vs Arthur J. 1 Mcintyre was called by Judge Kellogg 1 The suit is one that has been pending for over two years. The plaintiff alleged she was injured when she was struck by an 1 automobile owned and driven by the de- | fendant and for which she seeks damag- ! es of S2,560. Mrs. Dawson, the plaintiff was the first called to the witness stand. She related the circumstances of the ac- cident, stating that she was a resident of Pleasant Valley and that on November 22, 1919, about 6.30 o'clock in the eyen- ing she was struck and knocked down and painfully injured by a Ford auto mobile driven by the defendant, while walking along the road short distance from her home,Y and that the defendant failed to stop his car. After being struck she managed to get to her home and has been under the care of physicians ever since. She was first treated by pr Laura Hills, Dr. R. c. White and later ky Dr. Owen O'NeiL
 Besides this she was forced to enter St. Joseph's hospital on two different oc Casions for a period of five weeks eacf time after undergoing operations for ad hesion. The dates were May 15, 1920 nd NoIN- 1 print was required in the course of tn treatment. Witness said that she hat a husband and four children and sine the accident has not been able to d | housework which she used to find easy fShe was cross-examined by Attorne! Kelley.
 Ernest Dawson, the husband of tn plaintiff, was called to the stand and h. explained to the court by means of photograph, the location of the accident the picture having been taken by tn
 witness. He was cross examined by tn attorney on the defense.
 A recess for lunch was taken at thi time
 When court was resumed at o'cloe
 Ernest Dawson again took the stan
 and gave direct testimony regardin
 measurements which he took of the roa
 where the accident happened He state
 that at that point where the acciden happened the automobile wheel mark / 1 showed to be nineteen feet off the roa
 before coming back to their proper plac
 on the road.
 He testified that his wife was not wit l. him when he took the measurements bu l. she had identified the spot clearly t
 him.
 Il Upon being cross-examined by Attol
 ney Kelley, witness stated that Il
 couldtnot state the amount of the bills ir
 cured by his wife up to date, but tha on June 21, 1922 the bills totalle
 $75S.77. There were also a number (
 other bills for supplies, he sated.
 Miss Edith Dawson, daughter of th
 plaintiff, testified as to the condition , her mother and that she came into tl : house limping and crying and then tol
 what had occurred. Her mother wa
 confined to the house for several week
 she stated. Witness said that she an
 her father went out and took measure
 ments of automobile wheel marks whel
 her mother was injured.
 Albert Moffit, neighbor of the DaG
 sons, testified in regard to measurement which he bad taken later on the san
 evening with MT. Dawson.
 - Mabel Patten, aged fourteen, a neIRl
 Dor, testified that on that evening a part
 was to be held at her home and 1vhi I carrying chairs from a friends hou
 across the road. about 6.S0 o'clock, sl
 saw Ford automobile pass. She rece
 nized the car as'belonging to the defen