New Britain herald., 1922-08-12
QUINTET FINED 0N DIS0RDERLY CHARGE
Dorothy Hunter, Colored, Get S25 and Costs


 was suspended and she was place. in the care of Miss Cora BeSley woman probation officer.
 Lone Policeman Raids.
 Policeman Thomas Feeney arrest ed Dorothy, James Masnell, Waite smithers. James Murray and Georg1 Allen, all colored. last evening at tn place In the rear of ss Arch street He entered the house through bed room window and single handed hell the i've occupants until Policemaj Thomas Tierney came to his assist ar,ce.
 His Testimony.
 Policeman Feeney testified thi morning in court that he has beeI watching the place for some time. HI said that last night he saw the guar tet of colored men in company wtti the woman come down Arch stree and go into the house. This was a about 11:l6 o'clock. t--
 At about 1s:10 o'clock he went -td the rear of the house and standing oI stone wall about two feet high, hl looked through a window and sAv Dorothy Hunter and James Magnet inside.
 He then went to a bedroom win dow. climbed inside, he said, and placed the pair under arrest. At th1 same time, he placed Smithers, .Mur1 ray and Allen under arrest on thd charge of frequenting. He blew hia police whistle and Policeman Thoma4 Tierney came to his assistance, called | for kA A,.> were brought to the police station. .i Accused Testify. = The colored men on the stand said that they lived in East Berlin. Thes came to this city late last night, lost the last train home, and net DorothS in the railroad station. Murray be- ing acquainted with Dorothy, asked i her if she had a room at the. house on Arch street, where they. could spend the night. She said that she had and they proceeded to go'fer their night lodging. They stated that there wal nothing wrong in the house, and vehemently denied that they were guilty of the charges.
 The Woman's Story.
 Dorothy said that she went to the
  cousin, James Carney, from Hartford While there she was approached by Murray who asked her if she had d room where they could stay. She said that she had and they accompanied her to Arch street.
 Denies Charges.
 She denied that she was the keep- CT of the place sayiry, that she is the| housekeeper for MT. Moorehad who
 1t the seashore. She denied any ;" .ong doing and stated that the po- liceman arrested them without cause
 Judge William r. Mangan who de. tended the accused. asked Judge Ben- lamin W. filling for discharge for all his clients. saying that the state had no case against them. Judge All ing felt satisfied that Dorothy was tne keeper of the house and fined her &C., cordingly and that she was guilty of misdemeanor and gave her the sus- pended jail sentence.
 He fined Magnell $lo without cost and the other three, s3 and costs for frequenting,
 No Markers.
 Oscar LaValley of Waterbury, arr rested by Traffic Supervisor Clarence Lanpher at the corner of Main and West Main streets because he had no markers on his automobile, was fined Slo and costs for not having an oper. ator's license in his possession. and $5 and. costs for failure to display markers. Policeman 1.anpher stated that he went with LaValley to a house u,hA borrowed the car, and found a sed of markers which were presumablY for the car in question. The woman there stated that her brother who was in Norfolk had the registration pa pers in his pocket. LaValley had nd operators. license with him and at first said that he had left it in Water bury. Later he said that he had no operators license
 Frank Starkel was lined $ and costs for failure to display proper markers on his car. He said that ha had lost one of the plate and had made up plate so that he could get home to West Hartford. He was ar. rested by the traffic supervisor on West Main street. last evening.
 Gets Probation,
 The case of Edward Fuller, charr. ed with drunkenness and breach of the peace, was continued on proba. ton, He went home last night ht- tie under the weather and put his wife and five children out of the house. He lives at 137 John street. He did not strike his wife, and said that he doesn't always buy the liquor he drinks, but gets some from his friends.
 Leon Abercovitch of ss Grove street, was fined $5 and costs for drunkenness. He was arrested last night about Ii o'clock by Doorman Gustave Hellberg at his home. He was represented by Lawyer William F. Mangan. .
 Auto Ordnance.
 Suspended judgment was given to Michael BelNn arrested by Sergeant George Ellinger for turning his auto- mobile around on the railroad tracks on Main street. As this was the first prosecution Of this kind Judge Alltng thought that fair warning should be given before arrests are made.
 Cases Continuetl.
 The following cases were continued jntil Tuesday morning: MT. and Mrs Alex Laskowski of 3l Star street charged with liquor law violations; Bradislaw Viiokowski, also liquor aw violator, and Louis Saboris and Matilda Saboris. charged with assault ind breach of the peace. The case of Harry Ross, charged with drunken ness, was continued until Monday morning. He was unahle tn be in