New Britain herald., 1915-08-28
SON IS OFFENDER,
 DAD TELLS COURT
Henning Johnson Says He Did Not
 Violate Traffic Ordinance

Henning Johnson, of 593 East street, arrested by Officer Hart for violation of section three, article two, of the city ordinance regarding street traffic, in which he was charged Wlth leaving his machine within fifteen feet of a Main street fire hydraht' came before Judge James T. Meskill in court this morning and disaVoWed all responsibility of the affair He declared that his eldest son was op- eratine the car and was in charge of it at the time of the alleged viola tion. He therefore pleaded not gull tN.
 on request of Assistant Prosecutor Joseph G. Woods the case was con- tinued until Monday morning when Mir. Johnson's son. George Johnson will be summoned to appear and an- sWcr to the charge.
 Drops Roll in This City.
 Mitchell Mead, employed as a watchmaker at the Ingraham clock factory in Bristol, was arrested by Officer Malona late last night in a helpless condition brought on through drink Mead is well ap- bearing young man and told the court a straightforward story. He said he came to New Britain last night with his weeks pay, amounting to $19.25. He made the acquaintance of two young men whom he found were not accustomed to work. With these two sons of rest he visited sa- loon and was lured into game of ,nr.,s and accepted the usual ro'lnd of drinks. Mead said he does not make a practice of getting drunk and he intimated that he was somewhat suspicious about the speed with which he became intoxicated last night. Judgement was suspended. steals Corn from Dooiittle A fine of $5 and costs was meted out to John Karpeski, convicted of stealing a quantity of corn and ap- ples from the farm owned by HI. C. Dooittle of 265 Pennington avenue Officer Wagner arrested the accused with the goods on his person, but he declared that farmer had given them to him. Miss Ruth Doolittle Vincent Doolittle and Vincent Olson all testified, however, that they saw Karpesk in the corn field throwing ears of corn over the fence and few minutes later saw him walking awa> with the bag full of fruit and vege- tables.
 Gases Assigned for Monday. Two cases which will attract much attention when they come up for triu Monday morning will' be The ones il ] which w, IT., BidWell of Windsor ani r 5aYntsS fI4% Thompson of fIartfbrc sip, charged with violating a city ordin ance in permitting their automobilt to remain parked between the Ma tiONal Bank corner and St. Marks church for more than five minut O., BidWell is charged With keeping hI> machine in the prohibited space fol one hour and eighteen minutes Dr Thursday afternoon. Thompson is charged with leaving his car there for fifty minutes on last Friday. Officer William Hart is the patrolman Wht detected tho alleged traffic viol itiHns
 This new ordinance has been in eff feet a little over a month and thus far these are the first Offenses th9' have been brought to the attention: of the prosecuting authorities. Tho disDositiOn of the cases will Dc watched with interest by automobile owners throughout the city.
 Another scheduled case for Mon day is the one in which Aaron Cor don is charged by his wife with non support.