Putnam patriot., 1919-01-17
COURT OFFICERS
 GOT NO SMOKES
Nine Boxes of Elm Unopened
 On Judges Desk
Henry Breault Said In Court He Found the Cigars In a Cellar

If all the cigars on the judge
 desk in the court room Monday morn- ing had belonged to the judge, it is
 probable city court officials would
 have died immediately of tobacco
 heart There were nine boxes of
 them, some of which retailed at thirty
 cents per each.
 ! They got there in a roundabout way
 via the home of Henry Breault, 20 years old, the testimony showed.
 Breault was employed at the Putnam
 Inn and he was charged with larceny
 of the cigars from the place where he worked. Being a minor his plea of guilty was through Peter A. Gardner, who was appointed guardian ad Item
 The cigars were valued wholesale at $4S.
 Breault said he found them in a box in the cellar of the Inn when he was about to burn some refuse, and being afraid the proprietor would think he had stolen them if he tried to return them to the office, he decid- ed to take them home and smoke them himself. He hadn't, however, got started on them when it became the belief of the police that so many smokes for a man of his age might lead to stunting his growth, and the cigars and Breault were all brought into court
 Breault claimed that he had not taken some whisky, beer and eggs that were missing from the inn.
 Judge Mahlon H. Geissler said he was not at all impressed with the story Breault told of finding the ci- gars, but in view of the fact that DDreautts young wife vas soon to be i'll and because he did not wish to have tie coming child bear the stigma of coming into life while its father was in jail, he gave Breault jail sen tence of six months and then sus- pended the sentence for six months, placing the defendant under charge of Mr. Gardner as guardian.
 Breault said his home is in Provi- denee, but that he had worked in New York and New Britain.
 A laugh was created at Breault's reply when Judge Geissler asked him if he could get another job. Breault said he was sure of it, especially as he thought he could get recommen- dation from E. c. Rogers, pro prietor of the Inn. When the judge asked him what kind of recommen- dation he thought he could get from Mir. Rogers, Breault replied that the proprietor could say he was gooi worker, anyway
 Rufus Conan, GrosvenorDale, took it much to heart that his son was discharged from a Grosvenor-Dale mill last week, and Saturday night in Pomfret street saloon he met the boss of the room in which his son worked and told him about it. The boss took exception to the statement and words ensued that terminated with slap for the boss that turned on the lights all at once. Conan was in court Monday morning as conse- ouence and pleaded guilty to being drunk and assault As no one was present to press the charge of assault and as Conan has six small children whom he ordinarily supports, his case was placed on file.
 Peter Wells, employed as wood chopper, somewhere in Brooklyn, pleaded guilty to being found drunk early Sunday morning under Provi- dence street stairway. Patrolman Ernest L. Chandler believed the place might be too draughty and give Wells a touch of the ''fiu," so he touched Wells sufficiently to bring him from his dreams of Iceland and the Arctic regions and induced him to 20 to warmer and more comfortable bed in the police station, where he could dream about zephyrs on the beach at Waikiki and palm trees and mellow sunshine-and everything.
 Peter said he had job to go to, somewhere in Brooklyn, and Judge Geissler fined him S10. Provision was made so that the court will have the money in due season