New Britain herald., 1915-12-02
TWO MORE JUNK MEN
 ARE HEAVILY FINED
They Make Boys Thieves, Is State-
 ment Of Prosecutor

That the local police and prosecut- ing authorities are determined to rig idly enforce the junk dealers law, whereby junk dealers must report their purchases each week and are also forbidden. to buy from children. is evidenced from the vigorous prose- cutions that have taken place during the past week. This morning two more funk men were arraigned in court and both were severely fined by Judge James T. Meskill.
 Fined S25 and Costs.
 Abraham Kadunsky was charge\ with failure to report and with buy ing junk from minors He at first pleaded guilty but when confronted with the articles he was alleged to have bought his lawyer, F. B. Hun gerford. had him change his plea to not guilty.
 Detective Sergeant Bamforth told of recovering the junk from a Grove street junk dealers yard and said that the proprietor had told him he had purchased it from Kadunsky. When arrested Kadunsky admitted buylng the articles from the boys and begged to be let off, saying he had made mistake and would not do it again. Each of the boys who sold the junk also declared that Kadunsky was the man who bought it.
 Lawyer Hungerford, when con- fronted with these facts, offered no contradictory evidence but pleaded for his client. Prosecutor Klett op- posed leniency, saying that it is men like Kadunsky who make boys steal. ''What makes boys steal is these men buying from them and thereby en- couraging the boys to become crim- inals," he said. Judge Meskill inn posed a fine of s25 and costs.
 Another Dealer Fined.
 The next case was that of Norman Maneriski. charged with not report ing his purchases and also with buy ing scrap from minors. He pleaded guilty and was defended by Lawyer M. D. Saxe. Maneriski was charged with buying a stolen copper boiler, worth $50 from the boys and pay ing them forty cents for it. His law yer admitted the purchase but said his client did not know it had been stolen and was ignorant of the law regarding purchasing junk from chill dren. fine of $10 and costs for buying from children was imposed and an additional fine of $5 and costs was imposed for failure to report his purchases.
 After whispered conference with his client, Lawyer Saxe asked if his client might be placed on probation as he had no money With which to pay his fine. Judge Meskill was in- clined to grant the request until he looked up the mans record. He found that he has substantial bank account and so informed Lawyer Saxe who at once withdrew his request for time payment and himself stated he would use this information to secure his own fee.
 Boys Get No Fees. After the case had been settled Lawyer Hungerford took the floor and called Judge Mesl<ill's attention to the last case of a similar nature at which he had acted. After court, he l said "I walked down the street and l saw the boys who had testified. One l said. 'Geo, stole lead. got arrested, got l nothing and they gave us money'. Before he could continue Prosecut- ! or Klett rallied to the defense of the court and said, Are you going to l criticise the court?"
 "No".
 'Well what is your motive for mak- 1 ing such statements?"
 'I ask that no witness fees be all lowed these boys for testifying. They themselves are the thieves The judge granted his request. Later all the boys were tried in chambers for theft and were placed on probation.