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LISTED FOR TRIALLi ■ YTwo Murder Trials and Yoohelman Case Are Scheduled.o:stiilr ' hJu Daao Wolfe of New Haven will open the Februnrv t«rm of the Criminal Superior court here toilrfy at !•» o'clock. The opening’ prayertrill be offe-ta by Rev Georg* M. Hole* I. rector of Ht. Paul's Episcopal ehur* ti. Th**re ar*-* 79 oases upon the 'locket, of which 32 are new casts. the balanco having been continued from the December termIt !a expected that 17 Norwalkers, accused K8 1lolators of ihe liquor laws, will be given trial*. Theno cases will be reached Thursday and will bo prosecuted by Assistant Sta«e’s Attorney K. Earle Cktrlick. Shortly before? the close of the De-oeml er term, the group entered plea*, of not guilty to the charge lodged against them,Ther wer»* arrested in November together with DouN Novak, also of Norwalk. In a wholesale raid conducted by etnte police armed with bench warrant* issued by State’s Attorney William H. Uomh'v. Novak pleaded not guilty, elected to be tried by jury, wcs found guilty on 011c count of keeping liquor with Intent to s*'U and won sentenced to two months in the countv Jail. He was charged with six counts of violations. •The ease was considered 'by manv the test case of the entire group. It Is understood that the evidence offered in that case was stronger from tho defense viewpoint than that to \ bo offered In the companion cases.Murder Trial*.Following the disposition of theI ll^iinr cases it :* certain that State’s ‘ Attorney William H. Com ley wit!. procee I with one of two murder ! cases on the docket and both of I which cases w*r« continued from the i December term. The accused are ! Antonio Padilla, of Norwalk, and Frank Pulitan'.o, of thle oily. Padulci murdered a man in Norwaik In a street fight and escaped, onlv to he capture!, Ilia ^rotlier. Paaquale Pa-dula. Is charged with belpg an accessory to. fact after murder. inas-rnurh as he aided Antonio to escape.Fulitano is alleged to have killed John Drowsdowskt, of this city, last August In a -fight on Hallett sireM. arising out of a drunken gam-bHng rtitno.Next in If no !s the ease of Oeorge Krkart brewer, of this cltv. charged with tho manufacture of intoxicating liquors. Eckart was arrested ln»*t summer when police eetaed a truck load of beer which it Is clamicd was manufactured in Eck-art’s plant.The case against Dr. Isidore Yocheiman, also of this city. Is theq to 'he taken up. Yochelmnn is at liber tv under bonds of *10.000 on acharge of manslaughter arising out•af the death or Miss Mabel Derrv. of this cltv. upon whim it is claimed Yorhelman operated illegally.Bridgeport has 14 residents at the countv Ull awaiting trial. They are i Ham* Trumbull embezzlement: Al-i bert Noethers. Daniel Hathaway and ! John .7 Dafev. theft: Henry Jensen I and Clifford H. Barnes, theft of au-\ toTr.oblle-, V. \V Rrower and Walter K. Fitch, obtain lug money under false pretenses; Robert Mills and Howard Hubbard, burglary, and Rieiier Svendber*, Steve Goloa and Alex Borowv, burglary.
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Bridgeport Telegram
Bridgeport, Connecticut, US
Tue, Feb 15, 1927
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