Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-03
POLICE COURT DoINGs
David Cronin Fined $40 and Costs in
 Court This Morning.


 Court This Morning.
 On account of the dual standing of Attorney E. W. Meigs in the trolley cases that come before the city court, the case against the non-union motor man Lazarus Loria, for breach of the peace. was continued this morning. to Friday morning. Attorney Durant stated that it would not look well for MT Meigs to appear as assisting the state in one case and against the state | in another case the same morning in court. Judge Peasley agreed to the | suggestion and the case went over. | Attorney Meigs prosecutes all citi- zens and defends all non-union en- ployes of the trolley company charged with violating the laws,
 l Then the continued case against David Cronin for stOning car near the Pearl lake road Sunday afternoon was ta- ken up, Cronin taking the stand in his own behalf. The states case was con- cluded yesterday. It will be remem- bered that adjournment was taken to give the defense time to prepare itself. Cronin testified that he is IS years of age was born here and for the last three years has been employed by the Holmes. Booth & Haydens company. ] Sunday afternoon with friend he walked to Naugatuck and back flor l exercise" He denied walking on the l trolley tracks or throwing any stones at car On his return he saw car standing near the Pearl lake road. He was about fifty yards in the rear of the car then. He continued walking to- wards the car but when he saw the T r, Sy1 his hands he ran. There was crowd of men around and they ran also when the motorman got off the car with the revolver
 "Why did you run?' he was asked by Attorney Durant.
 Because I didn't want to get shot,'' was the reply.
 tCronin said he saw a revolver in Boss Farley's hand and when Farley shot Cronfn fell. Thus he denied Farley's statement that Cron1n stopped and threw up his hands when he, Farley, fired two shots in the ground. Such was his testimony.
 Attorney Guflfoile, counsel for the accused, said he decided to not put any more evidence for the defense at this juncture for certain reasons. He reminded the court of the difference in the testimony regarding the sound of the stone against the car. The motor man said it rebounded off the side of the car and Mir Minor, the organist of St Johns church, was on the car at the time, said it rebounded off the top. Evidently" said MT Guilfoile, 'sthe conductor and motorman decided to select a man from the crowd and take him. I suppose they have been in structed that if stone is thrown from crowd any man therein is as liable ns the other just as if he were the one who threw the stone. Now Cronin $ antecedents will show that he is not the kind of young man that throws stones. The fact that he was near the car shows he was the easiest for the motorman and conductor to. pick from the crowd and they selected him for that reason"
 Prosecutor Durant said 1t was better to dispose of the case in this court than bind the accused over to the SUI perior court. judging from the way the , other cases were disposed of in the lat ter court. He would be surer of get ting 8 heavier sentence then.
 Judge Peas1ey. replied that he ha6 no intention of binding the accused over. But the way in which the case was handled left the court in a Quan dary. He expected to hear the full 1 defense this morning, whereas he was , told merely a simple denial by the ac F cused. He imposed a fine of $40 an6 l costs. An appeal to the district cour under bond of $100 was taken.