New Britain herald., 1915-07-08
Plainvillc News DISTURBERS ;ii..i:i||jl FINED; iI:,|
 ALL TAKE APPEALS
State Secures Convictions in All
 Cases Except Cassidy's
TO SETTLE RUSSELL ESTATE
ra,o,. Throws Out Auto Cases-Grang- CTS to Furnish Program in Bristol Postmaster Prfor's Salary Reduced --Gucsts of Sessions Foundry Co.

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 Postmaster Prior's Salary Reduced
 --Guests of Sessions Foundry Co.
 Appeals to superior court from the deo,s,on of Justice c. H. Calor were taken last evening by Judge w. F.. Manran by the young men convicted in court yesterday afternoon on charges of drunkenness and breach of the peace, the result of their alleged connection with the gang fight near the center last Saturday night. All of them are. now out on bail But one of the crowd arrested for com- plicity in the fracas escaped punish n1ent. Thomas Cassidy alone having convinced the court that he was inno- -c cent of any wrongdoing, Eugene Parkinson and Stanley Coates were each fined $10 and costs, Paul Leon- ard was assessed $7 and James Lee was fined $1, the court suspendlng Judgment in his case.
 The trial of the young men was one of the longest ever held in Plalnville Tine first case was called at 10 o'clock yesterday morning and 1t was o'clock in the afternoon before the taking of testimony in the others was finished. The hearings were interest | ing and some snappy repartee devel- i oped between Judge Mangan and the l officers, particularly Constable Mar l ino. The lawyer triad to convince the l court that Marine was afraid to go to l the assistance of the other policemen and that he was not paying much at l tention to the truth in test1fyfng against the prisoners.
 All the cases were stubbornly con- tested, Judge Mangan fighting every
 effort to prove that his clients did anything except watch the officers 1 struggle with Sylvester Mason, who
 esca ped from their grasp. Justice Calor backed up the police, however, and decided against all of the young men with the exception noted above. 1 In the case of Parkinson, the court l imposed a fine of $5 on two counts drunkenness and breach of the peace although there was no intoxication charge on the warrant served on him Judge Mangan called the attention of Justice Calor to this fact and the lat 1 ter than stated that he would impose l a $10 fine on the one count instead. 1 The penalty was subsequently, reduced l to $7, the court having been advised that it had no authority to impose more severe fine on breach of the l peace charge.
 Bonds were fixed at $50 in the cases
 of those for whom appeals were talk
 en. It was said today that there is a strong probability that the appeals
 will be vacated before the cases are
 scheduled to come up for trial in su- , perior court.
 Raymond Clayton, who was also 1 implicated in the row. according to ] the police, surrendered himself last night. It was said today, however, i that the case against him was so wea that nolle will be entered and he will not be brought into court.
 Atheists Released.
 After disposing of the breach of the
 peace cases, Justice Calor was to con-
 sider charges against two autoists
 who had been arrested by Officer Mar
 ino for violating the light laws The l court directed that nolle be entered 1 in both cases. however, it having been
 explained that they were hardly l guilty. of any negligence
 Former Deputy Sheriff W. C. Hart l was in court to testify for one of the
 men According to the story he told Justice Calor, the light on the man s l machine went out on West Main
 street near the railroad crossing The
 driver got out and started them burn ] ing. He then proceeded toward the I center but as the machine went over
 the crossing the light went out again.
 He was steering the car to the curb I to relight them when Officer Marine I notified him that he was under arrest.
 The former sheriff declares that the
 driver attempted to explain the matter
 but instead of listening to him the I officer threatened to put additional