Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-07
POLICE COURT DOINGS.
Eined $25 and Costs for Technical
 Violation of License Law.


 Charles H. Connors, keeper of the ! Hub cafe on Phoenix avenue, practi- caHy gave the lie to Officers Brearton
 and J. Mccarthy in the city court this morning before Judge Burpee. Con
 nors was charged with keeping open
 his cafe and dispensing liquors yester- day, to which he pleaded not guilty. He was defended by Attorney Ken nedy. The testimony of the officers
 was that about o'clock last evening,
 as they were passing the Hub, they saw Connors behind his bar and pass Ia tray with two glasses on it to a waitress. Then they saw the waitress
 pass out and place the glasses on < table at which a man and woman were 6 sitting behind screen in the Eestau- rant. A moment later the officers en- tered the restaurant and as Connors saw them he put the glasses in his
 pocket, and in doing so spilled part Of
 the contents on the floor. Brearton
 tasted of the latter and found 1t was ' liquor. The officers then had Connors open the bar room, and seeing no evil
 dence of business there they withdrew and investigated the refrigerator in
 the kitchen as well as a cupboard or closet that stood between the cafe and z the restaurant. In the latter they
 found. few glasses, in one of which
 was a little liquor that smelledf ike
 beer The officers did not inquire of
 the party at the table if they had or dered a meal, ,\ and while Brearton said ] he did not know that ConnOrs kept a
 hotel, Mccarthy was not sure on that point either, but knew he kept rooms 2 to rent It was admitted that Con-
 nors had hotel license.
 rh1L
 the reputation of the restaurant as a
 place where liquors were sold, but this
 was ruled out
 Officer McCarthy added that he did
 not see Officer Brearton taste of the
 liquor that had been spilled on the
 floor.
 Attorney Kennedy made a motion
 for dismissal. He maintained his
 client had a perfect right to serve liquor under his license. That was
 why a hotel license allows an access
 between the bar room and the rest of 3 the building. MT Fierce disagreed
 with him and Judge Brpee asked if
 that was not the reason for the access
 why as it allowed. However, he dis
 allowed the motion to dismiss.
 Connors then took the stand and
 said there was not word of truth in
 the statements of the officers, only so
 far as it referred to the refrigerator. A party ordered meal, he said, and the
 man asked for few cigars also, and
 invited Connors to accept one. Con-
 nors did so and was putting it in his pocket when the officers entered. They { did not see him put glasses in his pocket and he did not see Brearton taste of any liquid that was spilled on the floor. Had he done so witness
 would have seen him. The customers
 meal was on the fire. Witness was , not, in the bar, nor was the waitress.
 Judge Burpee said there was tech nical violation, violation that would not be regarded as such in many other
 states. On the charge of dispensing ! Iiauor a fine of $25 and costs was i'm posed, and on the charge of keeping open sentence was suspended. An ap- peal was taken
 Micnael sappo wast able to speak English and "holler'' in it when he was arrested by Officer Walsh on Jack son street last evening for intox1ca- ! ton. Sappo was howling drunk and was bowling in English, too, and was i f1ourishing a bottle of beer in his right hand. But in court he said he was un- able to speak a word of English. He was fined $5 and costs. ~ \ George Beckw1th was charged WlCh non-support of his wife and children since January i. According to Mrs kBeckwith, she would not have brought ' the complaint had not her credit been exhausted. She said that since the date mentioned her husband has given 1 her only s. He had not worked III TWO months but last week he got work at Steele & Johnson's factory and one dav he went home in @ hack. She heard he had had an attack of heart trouble. When he went back next day he was told there was no work for him. The day of his discharge he got drunk and did not get home until early morning. He got out again be, fore daybreak and she did not see untii last evening. The case was adJourned week. E-