New Britain herald., 1914-07-10
GUILTY OF THEFT,
 YOUNG GIRL WEEPS Mrs. Addie 1roldcen Fined SIS ard Costs bj Judge MesknI.

Found guilty by Judge James T. Meskill in the police court this morn | ing of stealing hand bag and money valued at about SIT from a counter in ] the twenty five cent store, Mrs. Ad- die Brondeen, of Pennington avenue. | was fined s15 and costs. After the i girl had heard her sentence and her | friends had left the court room she | broke down and wept bitterly, crying l that she could not raise the required l fine and costs and would therefore have to go to jail. The hand bag ! which Mrs Brondeen stole is the property of Mrs. Shernach of Fair view street.
 Hand Bag Disappears. Mrs. Shernach told the court that on Tuesday she had a hand bag and ! laid it down on a counter in the | twenty-five cent store. In this pocket book, she claimed, were two | bank books and a wallet containing l $15 or SIT. She said that when she turned to pick up her hand bag it was gone.
 Bank Clerk on Stand. George Lamson of the New Britain
 Savings bank testified that Mrs. Brondeen came into the bank on Tuesday at 2:45 o'clock and told him
 she had found the two bank books in a hallway.
 Wallet Found at Depot
 Thomas McWilliams an employe at the local railroad station, stated that
 on Tuesday he was making some re- pairs in the station when he dis
 covered the missing wallet Detec-
 tive Sergeant Bamforth,, who had
 been working on the case, said that | Mrs. Brondeen informed him that she had found the pocket book on Il counter. Later, said the detective, the girl told him that she had acci- dentally gathered the missing pocket book up with some parcels of her own
 and when she discovered 1t decided
 that she might just as we'll have it as the clerks in the store.
 Mrs. Brondeen declined to make
 any statement but asked that Rose May. who is staying with her at her home on Pennington avenue, and who was with her when the alleged
 theft took place, be summoned a witness. So at o'clock Judge Mes kill adjourned court until 10 o'clock.
 during the interim an officer being sent for the witness.
 The little girl said that she was in the store with Mrs. Brondeen and
 when they got outside they found the hand bag with their parcels. When Mrs. Brondeen found the bag, said the girl, they went to the depot to see
 what was in it and found a wallet, two l% J1rz -x,v.s sx~f Judge Meskill fined Mrs. Brondeen $15 and costs. -.. Non-Support Case Settled. John Sandstrom, charged with fail- ure to provide for his family, agreed to allow Robert Middlemas, his em- ployer, to take $3 from his pay each week and turn it over to his family. This method of obtaining support will be continued for six months. Is Much Abused. No little amusement was caused when John Trotts was given a hear ing on a charge of breach of the peace. Neighbors testified that he
 had applied bad names to them and had even gone so far as to remove
 part of his clothes in plain view of all.
 Trotts made it appear that he is a
 much abused person himself. He de- clared that neighbors' children are continually harassing him and his wife He further stated that some of the children even blow their noses on his windows while others spit on the panes.
 Judge Meskill imposed a fine of $10. Carmody Still in Hospital As Patrick Carmody, the aged vic 1 tim of a brutal assault caused, it is | alleged, by John Stahalik, is still in 1 St. Francis hospital, the case did not l come to hearing today. On motion l of Prosecutor George w. klett this l case is coptinued until July S1. Gets Light Fine. l Because he came into court willing 1 ly and admitted that he was the man l who was rescued" from arrest at | the hands of Officer Walter Malona a few days ago by a gang of young rowdies, Salvatore Legratta got off with the light fine of $5 and costs.