New Britain herald., 1920-09-09

for the alleged burglars to break be- fore they could effect an entrance. The door was locked Tuesday even ing. He identified the bags as the ones taken from his cellar and placed the value of the potatoes at $1e.
 Fight in Restaurant.
 As a result of a fight in the Vic tory Lunch room last night, George Demos. one of the ppoprietors, and Frank Campbell and Lawrence Cof- fey, patrons. were before the court on charges of assault. Demos and Coffey were discharged and Campbell was fined s15 and costs. Demos was represented by Lawyer F. F. Me- Donough and Coffey by Judge Will liam F. Mangan. Campbell had no counsel.
 Dominic Marello. a. conductor on The Connecticut company lines, a disinterested witness, told the court of the actions leading up to a fistic combat between Demos and Campbell and of the effort made by Coffey to keep MT. Demos wife from becom- ing injured through interference. Cof- fey's actions were mistaken for an attempt to strike the woman and he was accordingly placed under arrest together with the participants in the light when Patrolmen Axel Carlson arrived.
 Campbell. Coffey and another friend went into the restaurant about 12:30, according to the story given the court this morning. They ordered black coffee which was served them. The third man. whom neither of the trio present this morning knew personal ly, took a bottle of whiskey out of his pocket and placed it on the table. Campbell put some of the whiskey into his coffee and drank. Demos objected to the prepar ration of such connections in his restaurant but when he made known his objections he claims he and his wife were both insulted.
 Going to the street he made an effort to find a policeman. There was none at hand so he went back to the restaurant and asked the men to leave. They refused tc do so. When he attempted to eject the trio forci- bly a fist fight started. Mrs. Demos became excited and attempted to stop the light. While Coffey was leading her away Patrolman Axel Carlson was called. The stories told him in- dioated a three-cornered assault so all were placed under arrest.
 Driver Misinformed.
 Judgment was suspended in the case of Myer Berkowitz, charged with operating a motor vehicle without an operators license. The license had been suspended about three months ago but through an error he was in- formed that the card had been re- turned and the police department notified of the fact. Accordingly he took his car out Tuesday. Motorcycle Policeman William Hayes stopped the car on Hartford avenue and asked the driver to produce his card. He was unable to produce a liicense made out in his own name although he had one with the name of Samuel Berkowitz, which, he claimed, was an error on the part of the automobile commissioners office. Officer Hayes gave him the benefit of the doubt long enough to search the records at the capitol. When he found that the license had not been returned he placed the driver under arrest.
 The accused, through his attorney. Judge William F. Mangan. argued that he had received the card with Samuel Berkowitz's name thereon. As he had applied to the commissioner for the return of the license he thought his request had been acted i favorably upon. To make sure, how l ever, he went to police headquarters