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COURT NEWS..1916
Brooklyn Daily Standard Union

1 February 1916
WOMAN FORTUNE TELLER FINED $10 BY MAGISTRATE
Mrs Carrie LORIOT, of 253 Prospect street, was fined $10 by Magistrate FITCH 
yesterday. Maud LESTER, a detective attached to Lieutenant "Dan" COSTIGAN's 
squad charged Mrs. LORIOT with telling fortunes for money at her home.

LUCIUS MONTANYA LEFT $20,000 ESTATE TO WIFE
The will of Lucius MONTANYA, of 71 Columbia Heights, who died Jan. 6, was 
filed yesterday. It leaves an estate of more than $20,000 to his wife Elia. 
After her death $10,000 is to be expended for a mausoleum in a cemetery near 
Chicago, and $5,000 is to go to Mrs. Montanya's mother, Mary Ann STIMSON, of 
Chicago. There are about fifteen other specific bequests to Western persons 
and $300 to the Eighth Presbyterian Church of Chicago.

3 February 1916
Jim DONER Honored by Public Officials
Veteran Custodian of County Court House Given Testimonial Dinner.
Gets Diamond Watch Fob.
Presented by POUNDS for Corridor Club.

"Jim" DONER, who for nearly thirty years has been custodian of the County
Courthouse, was given a testimonial dinner last night by the members of the
Corridor Club, after a theatre party.  Among those at the guest table were
Borough President Louis H. POUNDS, Register E. T. O¹LOUGHLIN, County Judge
Robert H. ROY, A.E. VASS, J.A. LIVINGSTON, County Clerk William E. KELLY,
Commissioner of Public Works Edmund W. VOORHIES.

After an address, in which he praised the fidelity of DONER to his position
and to his friends, Borough President POUNDS on behalf of the club,
presented DONER with a diamond studded watch fob.  Other speakers were
George N. BUCHANAN, T.J. DADY and Register O¹LOUGHLIN.
Among those present were:
O¹NEIL, Thomas
MAXWELL, William
HOBLEY, A.T.
SINGELTON, Fred
AHERN, Fred
NAILOR, Levi
GALLAGHER, J.J.
GUNTHER, J.D.
FEITNER, John
KISSEL, John
REB, J.H.
LAIMBEER, R.H.
DONOVAN, D.J.
CONBOY, Capt. F.
DRISCOLL, Capt.
REARDON, Robert
MAC CAULEY, Lieut.
WINGATE, William W.
FOX, John
MILLER, Louis
MC GUIRE, William
DEVANNY, Thomas
WILLIAMS, W.R.
DIXON, John F.
STONE, D.M.
RYALL, William
MC ARDLE, James
MC MAHON, Michael
SCHNEIVIER, Bart
KELER, Robert
WHEELER, M.J.
LEVY, Adolph
TURNER, Joseph
DALTON, Christopher
MANNING, W.J.
MC CARTY, William
SILKWORTH, William S.
LEVY, D.E.
PEARSALL, H.M.
SPECHT, William
HAUGH, J.
CHAPMAN, R.L.
DICKINSON, J.H.
BRENNAN, John
DANTEL, Henry
GUENTHER, T.J.
BRENNAN, H.
CLEVERY, Thomas
MANNING, J.J.
SCANLON, P.B.
ASHMEAD, Warren B.
MILLER, Ted
BUCHANAN, W.S.
BERNER, A.F.
SMITH, R.S.
VAN HORNE, John
KADIEN, T.
CLARK, Edward
HOWARD, J.H.
ANDERSON, Harry
KING, H.A.
ECKER, J.W.
LEFKOWITZ, A.J.
MERKEL, H.
MC DONALD, W.A.
TIMILAN, John
MICHAEL, C.K.
PRICE, Harry
SCULLY, John J.
ALT, Charles
GOODWIN, Fred
CAROLIN, Peter
KNEBEL, J.C.H.
BIRNBAUM, B.W.
HOWARD, W.H.
KRINSKI, Joseph
SPRINGARN, L.
WHITE, J.
KENNEDY, J.
HOFFMAN, J.
MATERNE, E.
RANDOLPH, E.
KAPPER, F.C.
GANNON, Peter
MULLIGAN, Charles A.
BRANIFF, Thomas A.
MEAGHER, F.J.
FRIEDMAN, Harry
WORTH, Walter
MC MANUS, Philip
JOYCE, M.J.
FITCHETT, George
SIMMONS, Bert D.
WAKEFIELD, Frank
MARSK, Joseph
HARRIS, A.
SPIRO, E.L.
SOLOMON, Leo
MC FADDEN, C.J.
NORTON, William
WILLIAMS, J.J.
FINNEY, Frank
WILTON, Joseph
MACEY, Frank
OPPENHEIMER, Joseph
STEVENS, James
MC AVOY, James
KEYES, E.
DADY, Chester A.
WAUGH, James
HURLEY, J.P.
GREEN, D.S.
BIRCH, C.
DEERY, Joseph
CHAMBERS, Joseph
LYONS, J.
RHUDOLPH, H.
NUGENT, James
BAIN, John
GABAY, John
MC MANUS, Philip
SCHULTZ, F.F.
SMITH, C.M.
TONRY, E.
PELLETREAU, F.
HICKSON, C.
MANN, J.
GOUGH, E.
EWALD, G.
HILL, S.S.
BOWE, J.
FLYNN, J.
CALLAN, Willliam
MANN, J.
MC LINDEN, J.
HEWETT, C.
WESBAUER, G.
LYNCH, T.
THOMPSON, E.
DWYER, M.F.
BEDFORD, Frank
GROUSHOW, C. Sr.
GROUSHOW, C. Jr.
GODDARD, J.
KAYANIO, J.
FLORIO, F.
RODGERS, J.
HANSON, W.C.
DONER, John
MUTTEEN, J.
STANTLY, R.
CRANE, S.B.
SIMPSON, J.
KLABOE, N.
MARTIRIE, Mattie
MEEHAN, J.H.
BOGAN, J. Jr.
HOLLIGAN, Joseph
CALLAN, J.
CONNOLLY, Thomas
VOGHET, H.
CONLON, Walter
COHAN, B.
DENNY, Ed
CAIN, Vic
TOOHILL, John
CASINO, R.
O¹BRIEN, D.
LEES, T.
LANIGAN, John
FEENEY, J.
O¹HAGAN, J.
KEELER, W.
NOLAN, P.
O¹HARA, Frank
WATSON, Thomas
LYONS, E.
O¹BRIEN, William
O¹BRIEN, G.
ROONEY, John
O¹NIEL, Henry
RICHTER, Thomas
SENNETT, J.
DOUGHERTY, H.
ROWAN, J.
HANCOCK, R.
DOUGHERTY, P.
DERBY, P.
MC PARTLAND, M.
MC KENNA, J.
BECKNER, J.
KENNEDY, H.
TRIMMER, James
PHILIPRON, P.
REGAN, John
DUFFY, E.F.
DWYER, Thomas
DONER, Leon
DADY, Charles W.
KUNKEL, Charles T.
BROCK, William
CAHILL, Thomas
ZOFFER, S.M.
HEENAN, M.
HOPKINS, J.
SCHELLENBERG, M.
FIELDING, W.
DALTON, Harry
HANSON, William
JANSSON, C.
MULLEN, J.
RUEGE, Ernest
CLARE, D.
DOWNEY, J.
DOWNEY, D.
HANNON, J.
RUDDY, Neil
CROWN, Thomas
ELLIS, Edward
MILLER, C.
O¹BRIEN, Edward
MOSSCROP, Samuel
HAYS, James
JOHNSON, Charles
O¹CONNELL, William
FERRIS, J.
FERRISS, W.
HARRIS, Joseph
BANNIGAN, Gene
HALL, Charles M.
DONER, Leo
O¹MALLEY, M.V.
MOYLON, Joseph
DARSEY, Thomas
HEENAN, William
HUNT, J.
ERLENW(E?)IN, C.
O¹HARE, Owen
BLOCK, E.F.
HAYES, John
CAHILL, Thomas
MURRAY, J.
SENNET, John F.
CAHILL, William Jr.
GRADY, E.O.
HARMON, J.
GAITLAND, J.
STONEBERGER, B.
STAMMEL, W.
FITZGERALD, J.
SMITH, W.
WARD, T.
MC NEIL, H.
MC NEIL, M.
MORISEY, J.
CRAWLEY, Harry
FIORIO, P.
CADLEY, Edward
SHERER, Bros
MC KINNEY, Matthew
DEVONS, J.
LAFFERTY, J.
CUNNINGHAM, L.
O¹HARE, Michael
MOORE, John
CAHILL, William
YOUNG, F.W.
RICE, Joseph
WALSH, Peter
SHIELDS, T.
BLY, J.B.
O¹NEIL, Dr.
PETERSON, Dr. E.E.
KEEFREY, Howard
WORTH, J.
HEISENBUTTLE, G.
FURY, William
BRADY, E.
MAUDE, G.
SCHROEDER, A.
HUNWICK, William
RUDD, William W.
MULLADY, John
SWEENEY, James
COMMERINGER, Joseph
EDWARDS, Charles
CHOFFI, Charles
MAHER, Frank
CHEEDY, James

25 February 1916
SPECIAL SESSIONS CASES
The following cases were disposed of yesterday in the Court of Special 
Sessions:
Antonio MARESCO, 24, 11 Main st, assault third degree, $25 fine.
Benjamin GOLDBERG, 28, 1427 Fifty-second st, trolley transfer law, acquitted.
Mary DEVITT, 26, 422 Clinton st, disorderly house, acquitted.
Gustave SCHMIDT, 20, 249 Johnson av, possessing heroin, indeterminate sentence, penitentiary.
William ALES, 19, 140 Stagg st, carrying pistol, indeterminate sentence, penitentiary.
John FORD, no address, possessing heroin, indeterminate sentence, penitentiary.
Albert FILES, 29, 262 Eighty-sixth st, gambling, $25 fine.
Herman HOROWITZ, 10 Delmonico pl, sanitary code, sentence suspended.
Martin ROGERS, 247 Navy st, sanitary code, sentence suspended.
William J. HERTLING, 296 Stanhope st, larceny, sentence suspended.
John NESBITT, no address, assault, sentence suspended.
Palma TOUZZO, 127 Kingsland av, labor law, acquitted.
Donato CAPETTA, 360 Rockaway av, possessing heroin, indeterminate sentence, penitentiary.
Morris KUSHNER, 626 Watkins st, gambling, acquitted.

Transcriber:
Mimi Stevens

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