Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-22
MOKUS CASE 10 GO TO JURY TODAY

made by Ireland an Hamlin The de- fense rested at 12:51 o'clock.
 Alonzo Letendre, one of the proprlet- OTIS of the Lenox house, was called to the witness stand by the prosecution. Mokus had testified that the proprietor of the Lenox house was the one who in troduced him to Morrissey. MT. Letendre denied that he had introduced Mokus to Morrissey and denied that he knew him The state rested at one O'CLOCK and court recessed for an hour
 Court reconvened shortly after o'clock and the arguments were started at 2:16 the first argument being made by At torney Thomas E. Troland of New Lon don in behald of the state. He completed his argument at 2:S9 and Attorney Harry NJ. Ehrllch of Springfield, counsel for the accused, then made his argument. Attorney Ehrlch made a strong argu- ment for the accused.
 In his argument Attorney Troland said that accused is charged with two counts, one of theft of the $400 and the other of embezzlement Of the s400. The claim of the state is that Mokus is guilty of one of these counts. The state is not interested in any probe of the Springfield police department. l ask you (the iury) to confine yourselves to the issues of the case. We are trying the case of the State of Connecticut against Mokus Hamlin testified that he gave the S40O to Mokus in the Wauregan house That is not denied.
 What did he receive the $400 for? Mo kus sought a job He said he knew liquor men in Springfield and knew where he could sell liquor in Norwich. Hamlin employed him to run down these | liuuor men, That was why he received the s400. Mokus didn't apply the S4O0 as directed. No arrangements were made with Morrissey. No arrangements were made in Springfield for the delivery of the liquor No $4o0 deposit was paid | by MokuS.
 In conducting his argument Attorney Troland said the theory of the state is that Mokus committed tAeft
 In the course of his argument Attor- ney Ehrlich, for the accused, said that the whole sto,y had not been told in court and that there was something miss ing, something mysterious. The states case mus stand or fall by the testi-
 mony of Hamlin, as supported by Ire land He spoke of what he termed mysterious phases of the cases and said that County Detective Jackson was the
 only unbiased and unprejudiced witness the state has produced. Attorney Ehr- lich said that S400 was given Mokus for
 the purpose of getting Capt. Quiltys car with the liquor at Moosup.
 State Attorney Hull objected saying that there was no evidence that Mokus was to get Captain Quilty's car. Attor-
 ney Bhrlich referred to the fact that
 there was no evidence of any stipulated sum which Mokus was to receive for his services.
 At the conclusion of Attorney Ehr- lichs argument court recessed fer five
 minutes and at $50 o'clock State At
 torney Hull started the concluding ar
 gument. He went over the ease in gen .eral, speaking very highly of the in tegrity of Hamlin and Ireland and after speaking until 4:4O o'clock left the case
 with the jury. Judge Brown then ad
 journed court until 10 o'clock thi:
 (Thursday) morning. There was a goot
 sized audience in the spectator's seat! throughout the day