New Britain herald., 1922-04-01
MURDER IN SECOND
 DEGREE IS FOUND
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Neither Mrs, Ciannono, wife of Joseph Cianlione, or Mrs, Enio Rem aldino, wife of the victim were in the court room this morning. The wife of Cianfone and his young son, oc- cupied seat near the prisoners cage throughout the arguments by the | lawyers yesterday afternoon. but ! shortly after the jury retired, they were prevailed upon to leave the building. Mrs. Ciannone at no time showed any signs of breaking down. In view of the circumstances, she has borne up very well. The young widow was in the court room until ll:20 | o'clock last night, when she was fore cd to leave to catch train for her home in this city,
 Smiles At Sentence Both of the prisoners received the verdict in d cool manner. Cianhone, continued to smile and his lawyer placed his hand on his shoulder, just as a court attendant started to lead him away toward the cage on his final trip there, Cowboy" smiled, and seemed to receive his fate, in man ner that indicated he was s.tsfied. lluggerio was the exact opposite. Other than glance in the direction of the deputy sheriff, he did not seem to be aware of just what the sentence meant.
 Motion Denied
 None of the counsel in the case made any statement other than the motion to set aside the verdict which Io, tn'c Nf Alcorn, was not in the room last night when the jury returned on eith- CT occasion. and he was not there this morning when the final verdict was announced
 Alcorn's Closing Argument
 The closing argument by the state was made by Mir. Alcorn. It requir- ed less than an hour. At the outset he said the young lawyers for the de- fense had done well as they could, with what they had to do with. He then started the summing up of the case. MT. Alcorn. said that the state had proven a case beyond all doubt. He then pictured the killing of Rem aldino from his viewpoint. He spoke of the suicide" note as posthumous one, which was to lead to the impress sion that Renaldino had ended his own life. In this, Mir. Alcorn said, the accused had overdone the part. He also spoke of the attitude of Rug gerio on the witness stand calling at tention to the many times he was forced to drink from a glass. He also said that Ruggerio had made a bad break when he admitted on the wit ness stand that he knew the road to Pennington, which was the same as Cropanese had told in his story as be- ing the one traversed by him on the way to the scene of the killing. He also said that Ruggerio's attitude dur ing his meetings with Cropanese in the jail at the time Tomanio and Pinell, were present, indicated that he was guilty. Of the alibis of Clan Hone, MT. Alcorn said that the story told by his witnesses of being at party in New York on St. Raphael's day, October "A, 1920, were the reel tations of his wife and brother-in- law. If there had been any others at this party, Mir. Alcorn said, they would have been produced in court. The states attorney said that Cian- Hone was never at such party on that day, because he was in New Britain on that date.
 Judges Charge To Jury
 Judge Wolfe, at the conclusion of the states attorney closing, read the charge to the jury, which consumed AS minutes