Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-11
DISTRICT COURT
Union City Man Found Guilty for Seli-
 ing Liquor to Minors.


 Union City Man Found Guilty for Sell
 ing Liquor to Minors.
 The district court, criminal side, opened this morning with Judge Cow ell on the bench. Before empaneling the jury Prosecuting Attorney Brad street stated that he wished to nolle the cases against John Walsh and Thomas Conaty, who were charged with being common drunkards. He stated that in his conception of the law relating to such matters, an ac- cused having served punishment has expiated his crime and leaves his pris- on cell q new person, absolved from the consequences of his past misdeeds He cannot therefore, upon the first repetition of the same old crime, be charged with being an habitual oifen- der against the law ill that particular capacity. He must first have built himself a second or third reputaticS, as the case may be. So with the present cases, the prosecutor thought the accused could not successfully be prosecuted as they had been punished for their misdeeds and the reputation accruing from them. The cases were accordingly nolled.
 Joseph Ostroski of Union City would not plead guilty to selling liquor without q license. He had no lawyer or money with which to get one, nor did he seem inclined to do so, had he had funds. He appeared to be under the impression that the state should protect him with g lawyer. The court did not think he had power to appoint counsel and suggested to some of the lawyers present to take up the case i'll the interests of humanity. None of them being out of a job, took the case Finally Attorney Church took the case upon the suggestion of the court and for the protection of Attor- ney Bradstreet, who did not like to encounter the disadvantages of proshs- cutting d criminal case without the ac- 1 cused having some legal prote.--on on besides that ordinarily given by the court Attorney Church held long consultation with his client, Who still insisted he was innocent. The case was then put to the jury.
 The jury after deliberating ten min utes returned a verdict of guilty and Ostroski was fined $50 and costs, which means about $50 in all. The following were disposed of without trial: James Moore, assault and breach of the peace; nolled for S339S; Martin Brennan, breach of the peace and resistance; nolled for S20 Margaret Sileo, theft of poultry i'll Naugatuck; nolled without costs; ;Alphonse Schia- yone resistance; nolled without costs; Annie and Pasquale MaZZeo, breach of the peace; nolled without costs. The witnesses in this case are out of the state and could not be reached. Jo- Seph E. Sandiford. intimidation and breach of the peace, continued to the March term; Charles Stuhlman, theft, on bail on his own recognizance; Stuhlman is too i'll to be tried and by order of the superior court was re- leased from prison last week. Ma tilda Anderson of Naugatuck, practic- ing midwifery without license, con tinued to March term. So was the case against Henry Adamson of Naug- atuck, who is charged with theft. George Rowley. breach of the peace, nolled for $50; Vito Mole. violating the liquor laws, nolled for $50 John Sulli- van, breach of the peace, continued to March term; Angelica ChiffO, breach of the peace nolled without costs; Da- vid Sheehy, violation of the liquor laws, nolled for S25, and James Me Evoy, same otfense, nolled for $1O The case against q boy named Patrick Scanlon for incorrigibility and Dr r. J. Callaghan for practicing medicine without q license were continued to the March term. The jury was ex- cused until next Tuesday, though it is probable there will be no more crim- inal business transacted.