In re Russell
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Application to the Superior Court in Hartford County for a determination as to what person or persons were entitled to a reward offered by the applicant for the detection of a burglar. The application was made under the statute (Gen. Statutes, p. 487, see. 1,) which provides for the appointment of commissioners upon such an application, who shall hear all claimants for the reward and report their determination to the court.
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Application to the Superior Court in Hartford County for a determination as to what person or persons were entitled to a reward offered by the applicant for the detection of a burglar. The application was made under the statute (Gen. Statutes, p. 487, see. 1,) which provides for the appointment of commissioners upon such an application, who shall hear all claimants for the reward and report their determination to the court. The case came, upon the report of such a committee, before Hovey, J., at the September term, 1881. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHoyey, J.
The dwelling-house of the applicant, Dr. Gurdon W. Russell, in the city of Hartford, was burglariously broken and entered in the night of October 13th, 1881; and the burglar, while in the house, committed a violent assault upon a member of the applicant’s family.
On the 19th of October,' 1881, the applicant, by an advertisement published in one or more of the Hartford newspapers, offered a reward of one thousand' dollars for information which would lead to the detection and conviction of the party who committed the burglary and assault. And at the criminal term of this court held on the first…
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