The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-30
SHORT MEASURE NOT POPULAR
 IN CITY COURT
Peddler Sold Two Peach Baskets
 for BuShel = Woman Fined

That short weights or measures that do not fully come I'D to standard, even though used under misapprehen- sion, will not be tolerated in the city of Bridgeport was plainly evidenced In the city court today when Judge tences on two offenders whom Sealer of Weigihts and Measures Dennis Kelly had haEed before the court iip- on evidence secured by himself.
 The first offender, Mrs. Eva Lustig, who runs a confectionery store at 6s4 State street, was found to have in her possession a quart measure con taining but 53 1-5 cubic inches, the top of which she claimed had been cut down by her youthful son. and which evidenc etended to show was used to feed horses in the stable. She stout !y dened that it's use in the store was intentional, although Seale4. Kelly and a witness in the store at the time of the inspection testified that she had used it when first seen by them.
 x-Mayor Edward T. Buckingham. in defense of his client pleaded for clemency, upon the ground that the measure had been inadvertently used, and further that no intention to de- fraud had been shown. In finding the defendant guilty Judge Foster stated that the Offense was one which should not be tolerated and that as the statute clearly stated "Any per son who shall retain in his posSessfen q false weight or measure shall be- come liable" he had no alternative but to impose a 1lininallrfp fire of goo and costs. An appeal was taken.
 Similarly in the case of Adolpl Mar GUS, B years old, a peddler living at S6 Merriam street, who sold one busheI of onions to Mrs Thomas Carr, wife of a cafe proprietor at the cor 9yG,., der the apprehension that two peach baskets made one bushel. like fine was gfyen.
 The laws of Connecticut require 56 pound to a bushel of onions, and, ac- coaEing. to the present ruling, it niI be necessary to so sell such comnnod- ities to avoid becoming liable should complaint be made, although the pre- vailing custom among farmers and peddlers throughout this section is to both wholesale and retail by the baS- kets This case was also appealed
 George Egrey, fl years of age, 271 Hancock avenue, charged with assault amounting to $25. The complaint, which was sworn to by his wife Lena, accused him of asaulting both her and Mrs. Jennie Steiner of 222 Hancock avenue, who was called to her assist ance by the little daughter of the sCOuDle. BOLn WO1Q01l4 COIHJkt1lIl0Q Ole bruises received at the defendant's hands Egrey in his own behalf stat ed that the differences arose from the sale of trucking business formerly owned by him and that in his own de- fense from the infuriated women he had merely held them away from him. s He was, however, found guilty. An appeal was entered
 Nebraska Ednonds, A years old, a negro giving his address as Lexlngto Ky, was complained of for sleeping in a railway car which was found to~be on fire. apparently from cigarette which had been lighted by him. An ingenious plea tincluding the offering Of his own burned clothes as evidence that he would not have tried to ere mate himself secured a suspended sen- tence.
 Andrew Sedlack, the 17-year-old boy who on July IA last threw a stone at Henry Joe, a native of the Celes- tial empire, so badly injuring his vic tim as to confine him in the hospital until day or so ago, was found guilty and fined $50 and costs