New Britain herald., 1915-06-11
POLICE ENFORCE
 AUTOMOBILE LAW
Three More Motorists in Court One a Jitney Driver

grief yesterday as a result of their
 activities on Arch street and this
 morning M. P. Doherty, Joseph Mund
 and Frederick E. Purinton appeared
 before Judge James T. Meskill in po-
 lice court to explain, where explana-
 tion was possible, their violations of
 the law. Two of the cases were for
 a violation of the new auto law which
 is causing so much agitation and the
 third was for not having an operators license
 | Escapes Being Run Down.
 M P. Doherty, who conducts a mar
 ket on Arch street, was charged with
 reckless driving and also with pass ing a standing trolley car on Arch street on Wednesday evening. Com plaint was made to the police yester- day of the offense and Officer A. C. Malone was detailed to investigate. Oscar Kearney and Robert Dyson tes- tifed that as they stepped out to take the trolley at the head of Monroe street Doherty sped past them in his | machine, not having paid any atten- tion to the new law which compels 1 an autoist to stop ten feet behind a car Dyson grabbed Kearney and 1 pulled him back from the car just in l time to save him from being run down and as it was the auto brushed his l clothes, he stated. Conductor Neu- mann and Motorman Didzek also tes- tified to seeing the autom obile go pass l them. ,-<.. : The accused denied the allegations. ] He said he was driving along even with the trolley car when suddenly Dyson and Kearney jumped out from, behind post and started for the car | Dnhprfy ho af a time and when the car did stop he was already part way past it. Edward Burnes, a friend of Doherty, gave cor ] roborative testimo ony. l Judge Meskill imposed a fine of ! $5 and costs on the first count. Hadn't Heard of New Law. 1 meted out to Joseph Mund, a jtney Walenczius on Arch street last night when he drove by a standing trolley car. Mund declared that when he was arrested it was tho first time he ever heard of the new law. He also denied, that he ran by the ear when it was standing. It had not come to stop when he passed it, he said.
 1 Officer Walenczius and Conductor Pagan declared that at Grand street two women were boarding the stand l ing trolley when Mund drove his jt- l ney past. .. .- l @& Lost His License.
 Frederick F. Purinton was a sur-' 1 prised man last night when Officer 1 Walenczius asked him for his license and he reached into his pocket for it l and found it missing. He told the 1 court that he had the license yester l day morning, but when he looked for l 1t last night he discovered that it had been lost out of his pocketbook. He i has driven an automobile for nine years. Judgment was suspended with
 the understanding that he get a nc,v l license at once. l The policeman's attention was at l tracted to Burlington when he saw he had but one light burning. The other l light was warm, however, showing that it had bene extinguished only a 1 short while. r@ Steals $2 at Carnival.
 A fine of s5 and costs was levied
 on Joseph Brown, aged eighteen. |, Brown was entrusted with $2 by l George Van Epps, a barker at the 1 carnival, to take to another booth He appropriated the $2 to his own l use and had a good time until ar l rested and charged with the theft.
 Fined $5 for Taking Pineapple.
 :. Charles Cotter took strange l fancy to pineapples last night and
 stole one from Alex Grazniskis fruit
 store. Officer Strolls saw him and
 chased him down the street. The
 pineapple was valued at ten cents, but
 Cotter was fined s5 and costs
 Street Walker Must Leave. Mrs Mary Young, charged with street walking, whose case was con- l tinued from yesterday was given until 1 next Wednesday to get out of town.
 A man representing himself to be her
 husband, but who could produce
 neither wedding certificate or mar
 riage license, appeared in court and
 tried to state that on the night before
 she was arrested she was pot out at l all. Officer Strollse was present and
 he declared that he saw her with
 1:30 o'clock at that time. When
 questioned separately the woman and
 nlan told widely different stories and
 Prosecutor Klett expressed doubt as
 to whether thes s1han was the woman's
 friend cousin.or husband. The man ]. denied to Prosecutor klett that he
 sent the woman on the street to ob-
 tain money for him.
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