Mrs. Torrey told of what shi saw
and heard of the encounter which
confirmed her husband's story.
Arthur L. Day, of Danielson, prac
tically agreed with Mr. Torrey's ver
sicii of what occurred. He said that
he acted under instructions from the
defendant, having telephoned him
thr^e times that afternoon and even
ing about the case. He was directed,
he said. to demand possession of the
deer, to arrest if the carcass was re
fused. and to use what force was nec
essary to take tiie defendant to Put
nam.
The defense presented no evidence
tut Mr. Yeomans immediately moved
*Ya' the court direct the jury to re
turn a verdict for the defendant. This
is being ararued by the attorneys th s
afternoon. ^
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vc'gitv ror r' i a ■ n 11 rr
In the case of Royal K. Sheldon 01
Boston vs. Matthew Galligan ana Mar
garet Galligan of WiUitnantic, a re
plevin action, the jury finally brought
in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff,
he to retain the goods replevined and
recover damages of $1. This case was
given to the jury at 2.3" o'clock, the
twelve men remaining in conference
for an hour and then returning to re
port that they had not agreed upon
a verdict. Judge Webb reviewed cer
tain features of the evidence for them
and requested that they again retire
to the jury room and endeavor to ar
rive at a verdict. At 4.40 they re
turned and reported the verdict for
the plaintiff, involving furniture in a
house at Willimantic.
