New Britain herald., 1916-08-17
RIGHTS FOR MEN! IS MARTINS SLOGAN
Why, a Person Can't Even Break
 His Own Stove

The Martin chateau at 466 Arch street which has furnished the police court with considera ble business with ] Tn the past few months, was again in ! prominence this morning when the late dean of the domicile, Thomas Martin, now claiming residence in the hostelry on Man street known as the | Metty House, was arraigned before Judge James T. Meskill charged With breach of the peace. The accused en- tered plea of not guilty
 According to the testimony of Mrs. Martin, who is estranged from her l husband, he came to her ho1lse yester- 1 day to collect beer bottles which he had carried there Sunday. Not finding 1 them in a convenient place he became l peeved and began to create rurnpus | She remonstrated with him and he | then changed his tactics by dem oli5h- l ing the household adOrnm The l stove was the center of his attack, l Iommy making two onslaughts on it. l Mrs. Johnson, a bOarder who does not like to interfere in family suuab- bles because she is only a boarder, corroborated the previous witness. Martin, after considerable jOckeving l between the seat he occupied and the | W1tnesss stand, admitted that he l smashed the stove. Questioned as to l why he did it he said, ''I told her that l it was my furniture, that the court l awarded it to me, but all te satis- 1 faction I got from her was, T dent care a damn for Judge Meskiu or the 1 courts.' aMrtin appeared to be par 1 tlcularly aggrieved at Mrs. Johnson, who, he said, was not Mrs. Johnson, ] I11t Ct;~,o l revoking of a former probation was ordered.
 Will Be Examined.
 The police were called to a house on Oak street at an early hour this morn ing in response to a complaint that a woman was breaking up things in gen eral and had assaulted another On ar rival at the scene the officer found Annie Kupa in a wild mood viih blood flowing from an ugly wound on hor arm. In court this morning Sophie Holzckaus, tho "other woman," testi- fled that the accused came to her house and after smashing the window l hit her several times.
 When called to the witness stand l the statem ents of the accused were so 1 incoherent that it was deemed 1dvis- 1 able to continue the case and have an | examination to determine her sanity. ! Fresh Youth Fined.
 Residents of Cherry street have for several months been pestered with a gang of fresh youths who evidently l think they are comedians, gathering | around street corners and after Ogllng | and joshng pedestrians conclude their l work by becoming abusive. Officer l Lyon has been on the lookout for some 1 time for the crowd and after repeated l warnings he arrested Edward Martin. aged sixteen years, of Hungerf ord court, last evening" after he had re- | fused to move. In court this morning l the officer testified that the accused asserted that he had the right to l stand on the corner under the ten minute rule," but this did not deter the minlon of the law from taking MT. | Martin into custody. Tn court Martin l was somewhat subdued. He admitted l that he was on the street last evening and was talking to friends when or 1 dered to move. He also admitted that the police have warned his parents
 about his actions in this vicinity. A fine of $5 without costs was imposed.
 Didn't Get Away With It.
 Michael Ryan without a doubt real-
 izes today that the police court Is
 bad place to spring a bluff and then
 try to get away with it, All doubts
 along this line were obliterated TOT
 Michael this morning by Judge MesklH
 after listening to the testimony or two
 officers as to his condition when ar
 rested Tuesday evening by Officer Mc-
 Cue. When arraigned in court yester-
 day morning, Ryan denied vigorously
 that he was under the influence ol
 anything stronger than a bottle or
 milk. Officer McCue testified that It
 was necessary to secure the assistance
 of Officer Perry to place Ryan Tn the
 patrol. This morning Officer Perry
 and Sergeant Kelly, who was on duty
 in the station testified that Ryan was
 'very drunk" In his own behalf Ryan
 asked for a continuance of the case.
 stating that he had secured counsel,
 but as he had from yesterday morning
 to look after those preliminaries,
 Judge Meshill ordered that the trial
 be proceeded with.
 Ryan admitted today that he had
 had two brandies on his way home
 from work Tuesday evening. He was
 sick for four days and if the court did
 not believe him, information on this
 point could be secured from his fore
 man. The desired information was not
 sought by the court Instead me of S1O and a previous probation was re-
 vOked Notice of appeal was gwen
 and bonds were placed at $l0O
 Witness in Hospital.
 Further continuance of the case Of Tony Margot, accused of assault1ng hls
 wife Saturday night, was granted un- iii Saturday, August 26, when Prose- cutor Klett stated that the woman is in the New Britain General hospital in a serious condition.