Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-25
.TEWETT CITY

Not for years has such an important ease been tried in the Grisweld town court as the cider case which closed on Monday afterneon. The court room, was crowded all day, the case being to de- ternline if John Potter should get his 10e barrels of cider back, also of Mr. Fetten and MT. Hayward should get their 3 and two barrels respectively said to be included in the lot seized at Mir. PotteH's residence by the state po- lice. The case vas tried before the fol- lnNing jury of six: Daniel L. Phillips, William Bitsoed, L. D. Howe, George Brink, Henry Guile and J. W. Payne After receiving the charge from Judge A. M. Brswn. the jury, in about an hour, brought in a verdict for the defendant and as Mir Potter predicted. every drop must be returned. Attorney Thomas NJ Shields of Norwich conducted the case for ME Potter and Prosecuting Attorney Judge H. H. Bnrnham for the state.
 Judge Burnhan took an appeal and the 1 case may be tried again.
 l 4 week ago Mfr Potter was found guilty and fined in the town court for , selling cider at his home in Griswold i; now, a jury says f is to be returned to ] him. The case has caused widespread 1 interest all over this end of the state. ] somewhat because of the value of the [ before it was disturbed Mir. Potter l claims that the value of his cider has been very much depreciated. by it's be-
 ing moved from his cellar to the town house several miles away
 Three of the big night expresses from l New York to Boston were routed
 through Jewett City after daylight Mon- day, made necessary by the washing of
 a long bank of sand at the Shore Line tracks at Woodlawn, between Previ- dence and Pawtucket The three trains to go this way were numbers 32. 34 and E2. Six Jewett City men came up from New York on one of these trains and 1 had opportunity to witness some re-
 markable railreading of the order char
 acterized by Mark Twain. in Life or the Mississippi. as of the giit-edge, dia,
 Haend hreast-pin, type.
 These three trains were all allowed to proceed cast of New London. on theil
 own iren and got as far as Westerly
 Storington and Mystic. and then were all held up and hauled back to Groton
 and sent to Besten via Norwich ant
 Putnam and over the Midland division Train 34, which very few people evel see, is the big night postal express be
 tween New York and boston. othe,
 nights than Sunday it is train 30, leav
 ing either city. at il p. m.
 i reception fer Rev and Mrs. F. F
 scates and their family is being IT
 ransed for Friday evening in the churcl pariors.
 Miss Alice Blair. of Massaehusett
 State Hospital, is at home for tnre
 weeks.
 News received from the Hadda family. who were well known her where they lived until moving to Scran { ten, Penn.. will be of interest Tn l 1 fathers health has improved consider ably. The family moved to Scranton O
 his account. He went tn Hot Springs Arizona for six months. and came bac apparently cured but in two week! time he was in the old condition agair The oldest daughter, Sadie. is still en
 pleyed by cerrespondenee school an f is to be married this fall to Harel 1 F'reize of Binghamten. N. Y. Kettle ; cashier and bookkeeper for a ladie speciality store. Nora was graduate
 from grammar school last winter an
 has been studying stenography, bein
 nearly ready for position. James wa graduated from grammar school las month and expects to attend technici D high school in the fall
 7 Mrs. Alfred Klunker and Mrs Georg l, Strickland and two children of Ne7 Britain are visiting Mrs Klunker's sit . ter, Mrs. Alexander Magel. on Carel = avenue.
 . Mrs. Emma Partridge Schultz an . daughter, Mary of New Britain yer . callers in the borough Saturday. Mr ; H. c. Partridge and Miss Mary Par 2 ridge. of Hartford, are spending mont : in New London. and Mrs. Schultz an
 1 daughter are visiting them.