New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 10, 1928, Page 4

LOANING LICENSE COSTS OWNER §25 Two Cases of Same Type Dis- posed of in Police Court Two cases of alleged violation of the motor vehicle laws relative to the loaning of operator's licenses were before Judge H. P. Roche m police court today, onc of them hav ing developed from the collision which damaged the fire at the corner of South ‘Whiting strects y a In one of the entered for lack of cvidence the other, a finding of gu made and a fine of § nd costs imposed, Judge IRoche observing that the offense was serious, with the blame divided between the part who malkes the loan and the one who accepts the licen: Officer David Doty was on T street, near Grove street, shortly er 8 o'clock last evening, whe automobile driven by Edward Back-| us, aged 16 ot 46 Hurl passed. The officer stopped the and asked Backus for lie Backus replied that he had had left the car a ne to examine s, Questionc admitted t and said a stranger in the which had gathered handed it to him, telling } it to help Backus out of his difficulty. Officer Doty arrested Backus for driving without a license and then obtained a warrant for Sokolski on the charge of loaning his license. He took Sokolski from his bed at 1 o'clock this morning, although the young man insisted that he had not been in the crowd at the time Schneider was handed the license. He told the officer he had lost his license last night in a local bowling xamined by Attorney Al- bert A. Greenberg, who represented Sokolski; Officer Doty admitted that he had not seen Sokolski near Back- us’ ¢ar but when Schneider saw Sokolski before court today he he was sure he was the man who had given.him the lic hneider however; ‘testified that he was ous during the incident last evening and he did not obtain a good look | at the face of the man who sought to befriend him. He did not know what to do, he said, as he re ed that he had no license and could not help Backus out of his trouble, When the stranger handcd him the license and told him to use it he thought for an instant he might be successtul in biuffing the officer, hut when he tried to do it he failed. He did not know Sokolski and he could | | Pefective Brakes Charge Not Proved ifound that the key in the rear axle St NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1928, TO'Mght---a gala Style Event at Garber Brothers FURNITURE | of the street, preventing him from] | passing on that side. Judge Roche H {held that Pons had no right to be 0 . for safety, ! | Scrgeant Stadler testified that | when Pons was arrested, he produc- ed a license issued to Semeone, and | | [Captain Kelly doubted his age, ml-} {ing him he appeared to be P [ P A | {rect. After being locked up in de-| — fault of a bond, Pons asked Offiesr! yariec §. Olcott, 76 vears old, Strolls to go to 102 Broad street an@t{ o1 o6 Ny Britain's 1 ding sports- | notify somcone to come to his assist-| on"of other 4 and a former | o maahen admitted that his €0r- | otel and cafe owner in business in o e pons and not Seme- {45 city for a quarter of a century, :‘gf;“-\\_i”;‘";’:fp;““"" 1o sce Pons o1iowing a long illness. : Fatalelied With his passing, New Brtiain 1 roved loses one of the men who during the iged 16, of 121} )¢ o5 voars made this elty known on the left side of the highway and AT THE A[i[ []F 76 {than 18 years olA, but Pons replied one, also that the latter hiad loaned | gioq ¢ nis home, 505 Arch strect. as the sporting center of the state. in all probability ks was driving too| Former Hotel Owner and Sports that the age on the license was cor- (i dnaicanas B eter in inglattan| o fp an et A el e i o |3 ownea o stable of many finc discharged on | an automo- akes, Nels 1 Nelson, well known aviator and gar- proprietor, testified that he ex- lamined a light truck driven by Ru- mani on April 4, after it had struck sedan owned and driven by Detec- h"‘;"f“‘;,‘;_’"'”" ol e A tive Sergeant W. P. McCue, ana| 2 Pcoll Was born in Granby |anad entered his hotel carcer at an { When he moved to this 1 heen sheared off. i clson explained the manner in | It ‘hck coctediaghion] cnichan which the key and the differential | SFeet, known as fheiQlaott Hotiel e operate and said it was probabie|Tetired from this business a few | s for several years he con- | {that when Rumani applied the foot | Y“2'S ag0. For several years he con- | brakes, the key was sheared off and conducted a hotel previous to coming 1o this city. When he came here in 1898 he continued this interest and | | | | | *|horses in Tariffville where he also , ducted the C: hall when it was | 62 Ry oy it o e e [ skating 1ink and later when it was | of the braking apparatus. |a bowling and pool establishment. It - $ |is now known as the Stanley Are | : 1~kml‘ e ifled ”1]'"1|TS 'l"“'} ?| Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. | |Presks betore the accident, the brakes | olare (Conway) @lcoti: three sonss | « relined in a garage, and a few minutes hefore the aceldent the foot | George J. Olcott, a well known mu- ] + i n arry S. Jle f Lowell, irake functioned at the traffic lights Haery Olcott of Lowel about the city. | i and Charles H. Olcott, Jr, of | . Boston, Mass.; and three daughters, | Toche ecid tho testlmony|wye 3. 0. Magargal, Mrs. Arthur A, = | Pilz, a teacher the DBartlett school, | ola M. Lacava, defense counsel b in her summing up, to say he could “"‘x.ymflr I"\hr\”’?}‘"\_‘,;”‘"_ Al [not reasonably make a finding of | tuheral s e f"f guilty when it was apparent that a| P Cil TINILNE A1 OClock at Re {mechanical defect had made its ap-, (OSGAS chureh, B SR pearance. Rumani, having reason | y ; 10 expect that the truck would stop | o e | Hartford Man Jailed for in his power and when the key| Pagsing Worthless Check {breke be yias unable to 4o andthing | areraers® Annl 19 (P Tany B but bump the sedan. Alward, alias H. E. Abbott, of £S§ Rumanl was arrested by Motor-| park strect, Hartford, was sentenced cycle Officer Alfred Tanguay about|to jail for 60 days by Julge A, B. |1 p. m. on April 4 at Rockwell ave- | Aubrey in police court today after | ue and Franklin Square. The of-| he pleaded guilty to posscesion of 4 |ficer testified that Sergeant McCue | worthless check, {brought his car to a stop but the| = Alward yesterday completed a 10 jiruck did not stop until it struck|months term in the Hartford county the sedan, Sergeant McCue testified | jail for which he was committed o that there was very slight damage | simglar cha g 0S, to his car and It was not nec Last April he passed a check for [0 obtain the services of a mechan- | 855 on o local merehant whieh wos {lc to make the repairs. found to be worthless. | The scrgeant and Officer Tanguay shilali J) ) testified that they had Ruwoni sit at : £ he wheel and apply the foot y»,a.x\MAlleged Murderer Is v then pushed the truck and it | Not Arraigned Today [ rolled freely. The emergency brake| Cambridge, Mass., April 10 (P | | held fairly 1, however, The push- Arraignment of Frede k H. Knowl- ing test was nce ry bec: the ton of Framingham on an indictment | truck would not run on its own pow- | charging him with the murder of | er after the collision. Marguerite Stewart, a teacher at the { “Steps on It,” Fined $5 | Beverly school for the deaf, was Benny Siscar, aged 25, of 102 again postponed today. Dy agree. Broad street, pleaded gullty 1o the ment of the defendant’s connsel and charge of violation of the rules of District Attorney Robert T. Bushnell {the r0ad and was fined $5 and costs. | it was arranged for Knowlton to State Officer Albin W, Backiel te ti- | plead to the indictment at 2 p. m. not swear he was the man who had | fied that Siscar drove at a fast rate glven him the license, | of speed and passed other cars on Attorney Greenberz contended ' Stanley street near the entrance to tomorrow. Meanwhile, state detee- tives were continuing their search for additional evidence with which Music Souvenirs There’s a contest at our store — during the Fashion Show—a $500 Living Room, Din- ing Room or Bedroom Surprise. Everyone attending may enter the contest. FASHION There are no strings attached to this contest. It is just a novel fea- ture of our Fashion Show. ..and it doesn’t obligate you in the least. You may win the contest—and that means any Suite of your choos- ing—up to $500. More details will be furnished you at the show. 6 to connect Knowlton with the mur- that Sokolski was entitled to a dis-| Stanley Quarter park about charge without the necessity of tuk- ing the witness stand and disproving the state's case, but Prosccuting At- torney Woods claimed that a prima facie case had been made out and it was fncumbent upon the defense tol disprove it. Judge Roche remarked that there was no evidence to prov that Sokolski was anywhere in the vicinity of Broad and Grove street last even and Sch whose testimony the cas or fall, could not sw was in the crowd Therefore, discharged Sokolski, and imposed a of $10 and cos of Backus. charged. Semeone Fined §: Joseph Semeone, agcd Brook street, was fined for loaning his op Raymond Pons, ag Broad strect. Por A costs for operatin o without a license 25 and osts the charge of reckless driv. ng. orney Albert A. Greenberg was fined Officer d that they in- on about 10:40 1, between a car 1 a car driven by in of 87 Whiting 1 »m information receiv it appearcd that Pons was driv o'clock last cvening. | der of the girl. whose hody was iscar @dmitted the accuracy of found beside the Cambridge turr cr's testimony and had no in Concord on the night of ) other than the fact that he | 51 in a hurry to get to work and | he “stepped on it Judge Roche | CONFERENCE OPENS told him that others have some| Rome, April 10 (UP)—The inter- rights on the highways and the par- national refrigeration conference | ticular place where the offense was opened today. Among the speakers commiitted is nonn too rafc even were Beluzzo, Princo Potenzd nd shen all drivers are careful. ¢ Neginl. 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