Putnam patriot., 1927-01-07
LOOKS LIKE A SHORT
 CRIMINAL SESSION
PRISONERS PUT TO PLEA THURsDAY.-TRIALs &1GAr THIS MoRNING.-ALL OFFENDERS ARE YoUNG.-
 NO STATES PRISON SENTENCES METED OUT
Joseph Cayer Gets Refomatory TermJudge Simpson Pre-
 sides For First Time In Putnam.

States Attorney Bradford made considerable inread to the criminal lst when the January criminal session of the Superior court opened in this eiIv. Tharsday morning. with Judge Earnest Simpson holding court in Put sam for the first time Before court was opened prayer was offered by Rev. James F. English of the Second Con rregational church.
 Ii was noticeable that many of those Grraigned Co plead were minors. In most instances pleas of guilty were entered and not many trials will be had None Of those pleading not guilty selected jury trial. all choos- ing Co be tried by the court.
 Broke Into Store
 Michael Wawer and Leo Laehap. belle. the latter but nineteen years old. pleaded guilty to breaking into store in Willimantie. In his statement to the court the states attorney stated that Mawer had been in trouble be- fore and was still on parole from a former conviction. The younger ef the two had no record against him They said that they broke into the store Co get liquor Wawer was sen fenced Co the state reformatory. La chappeile received the same sentence. but in his case execution Of the sen tence was suspended.
 Left His Wife
 Walter Naeuder and Pauline Dep ki. both Of Killingly were charged with roha uitlnF together ofteF Mr- guder hal abandoned his wife They were =epresenied by Attorney Charles l. Torrey. public defender and en- tered nlea of not guiiiy They elect ed C. be fa.ed be iHe court.
 Joseph cayer Sentenced
 Joseph Cayer pleaded ruilty ta talk iuR a1 automobile without nafm ion after IWa counts for statutory burg l1r3 had been nolled E was eavef and anetba has wbo hfu6a into th garage of Lag i4ayine, t#ai his trueb drove it 70 N.Ilimantlc. and there abandoned t
 Cayer and his mnthtf md sister formerly lived iH Putnam bat muxsd ia Hartford some time aHo. Joscnh is well known t0 the Putnam police and court officers He was only twelve years old when he first got into troa- ble bY driving off in a truck He has served two periods tn the Connecticut School for Boys. Being now seventeen years old. he is eligible for the State Reformatery at Cheshire. and was sent there by Judge Simpson.
 Trio Dealt With
 Earl Gary. 20. Herbert Gary. 29 and Ronald carran, is pleaded guilty to breaking and entering in canter bury. The crime was discovered when Curran broke into store alone two months ago and told the officers of the previous breaks The two companions of the first crime were apprehended in New Hampshire and brought back
 II was stated that Herbert. the old est of the trio, has recently served a year in q Vermont prison for crime in which woman figured As the re- sult of his actions he was shot by a hired assassin, he said. and eight bul lets were fired into his body, one still remaining
 The younger brother. Earl. also has a bad record He is a deserter from the army An efiieer who had been notified tha Earl Wus under arrest lated that b character while ln ser siee was .aeh that the army didut want him aud unaldn9 have him. Earl WIT ntt1e5d e. Che iatf ref7rmatory ar3 rhett to one yaar in jail
 iH fine ease of th6 Curran boy it was tatd tha- ha had had his skull fractured while playing bah q year ago. and thaf t was Thought that his getting mto trouble might in part be attributcd fo fhis accident. as he had previously borne a good reputation. He was at tha fime living in Norwich, but after he eame out of the hospital was sent to a farm in Canterbury to live with his grandmother. and while there got in with the Gary brothers