New Britain herald., 1922-06-12
FINED SI5O FOR
 RECKLESS DRIVING
Arch Street Man Assessed Heavily .-Miasnik Pays for Resisting Cop

Judge George W, Klett, occupying the bench in police court this morn ing, suggested charge CT reckless driving in the case of PaSauale shl- tioti Of Arch street, during his trlal on A count of evading responsibility hia afterward imposed fnes Of Sih ana costs on each of the two charges
 saffioti was arrested last night as result of an automobile accident late in the afternoon on Stanley street HIS car Is alleged to lave sideswiped sedan driven ny Charles O. Blake oi New Haven. The accused went on his way. Blake later caught mp with the local man and demanded 10 know why he had not observed the require rlents of state statute relative 10 stopplng to determine the extent Of damage. His reply was that he had not struck Blakes car and therefore was not interested,
 Both cars were coming toward New Britain. At Ihele's corner Satlotl car came up from behind and in pass ing the Blake automobile struck the rear fender and hub cap. according to witnesses, driving the car up hank and close to a tree After right ing his car, MT. Blake gave chase. At Francis street. the Arch street man was obliged to stop for standing trolley car, making 1t possible for the New Haven car to catch up. Safflot at once denied having figured in the accident. He looked over the Blake car fender, hub cap and radiator of which showed the result of impact.
 Lieut.. Fred Linn of the fire depart ment, an experienced driver, examined both cars at police headquarters. He expressed a belief that it would have been impossible for the cars to have been so damaged without both drivers being aware that there had been crash. Policeman Herbert Lyon offer ed similar testimony as did Detective Sergeant W. P. McCue. who made the arrest.
 Saffioti took the stand today and submitted that he had not struck Bake's car. offering as evidence to support that statement to allow any one in court to look over hos car He said there was not a single scratch on it. Later he said hub cap was miss ing, but that it was lost two weeks ago; also fender was broken, but it was broken before the car was pur- chased by him.
 Condemnation proceedings, uncon- tested, were brought in the cases of Thomas and Joseph Tuskowski.
 Vartun kartounian of Bristol was found guilty of parking his car in restricted district, Judgment was suspended. Judge klett felt that the accused, having lost half days work at the factory, had paid sufficiently for his offense.
 Carl o. Johnson paid the costs of prosecution for operating a motor cycle without lights. He was arrested on South Main street last night by Policeman W. P. Doherty.
 Policeman James Post brought in Demetri Miasnik this morning for drunkenness, breach of the peace and resistance The accused was placed under arrest at the corner of Wash ington and Broad streets upon com plaint of his wife, who told the po- liceman that he had administered beating to her. The bluecoat was struck on the jaw when he was about to take Demetri away, and it was nec essary for him to use rough tactics to bring his man along, he told the court this morning.
 The accused had been at picnic all day and was imbibing freely, When he returned home, he found his wife had stored a barrel of whiskey mash in the house. Demetri had been fined twice on liquor charges and feared a jail term should the stuff be found there. so he proceeded to destroy 1t. When his wife interfered. he struck her.
 Fines of 10 on the drunkenness and assault charges were suspended and . s15 fine for resistance was ordered paid.