New Britain herald., 1923-10-08
3l CASES BROUGHT
 INTO POLICE COURT
Reckless Auto Drivers and Liquor
 Sellers Before Judge filling

Policeman William Dohsfiy on Sat
 ufdsy night made a round ap or th'
 se,eslled ''i.awlor street gang shs
 had Joseph Paplawski arrslghed n
 police court this morning on q ehsrs'
 Of driving an automobile while andei
 he influence Of liquor; Vincent kot
 ewski for breach of the peace and re-
 sisting an officer; Fred Lugi for re-
 slstanee and Edward zipko for drivr
 ing an automobile without an operati
 er's license. A l6 year old youth wal
 arrested on a charge of drunkenness
 Judge n. W. Ailing discharged Pop
 lawski after hearing testimony to the
 effect that he was not at the wheel ol
 the ear on Saturday night and when
 arrested by the policeman was lying
 in the rear seat of the ear in an in'
 toxiested condition. Judgment was suspended in the case of the drunken
 youth. Fred Lugi and Vincent Kotow-
 ski. Edward Zipko was reprimanded
 for attempting to drive an automobile
 without an operators license and was
 lined ts5.
 Policeman noherty testified that on
 Saturday night at about s;6o o'clock he saw an automobile going zig-zag- ging on North street. The machine stopped at North and Sexton streets. he said. Three mon got out and took Poplawski from the front seat and placed him in tho rear. Poplawski was driving tho machine. the officer said. The policeman said that he went to the scene and while there Lngi interfered with his work and told other members of the gang" not to bother about Doherty but to take Poplawski home.
 Policeman Doty said that he over heard members Of tho gang" tell each other that they were going 10 get" Doherty. He said that he ad- vised them to go home. Chief Will liam c. Hart testified that Poplawsli was drunk when brought to police headquarters and Officer Dohery again testified that he placed Kotow- ski under arrest later in the evening when he again returned to his beat on North street.
 Hipko, when called to the stand. said that he owned the car in which the young men were riding. He said that they went to Bristol then to Farmington and over to Southington. He said that in Southington young Bergeron and Poplawski got drink of liquor for helping some man fix his automobile tire on the Plainville road. Poplawski did not drive the car at any time, the accused man said, but on the way to Bristol sat in the front seat He went to the rear seat in Plainville, Zipko said. Poplawski said that he had never had anything to drink be- fore and that he never drove the car.
 Judge filling calla9 Policeman Doherty back to the stand where the | officer again said that Poplawski was driver of the machine. Prosecutor Joseph G. Woods presented the states case.
 Held For Gambling
 John Pond was arraigned on ,harge of keeping gambling house Y 45 Lafayette street. Peter Fosetti, Julius Camp, Felix Regular, James llerz, Sam Farist, Frank Sala, Anto. lio Verdus. Milo Ripell, Frank Yer 'ndo, Frank Sachfel, Joseph Nallo ind Vincent Mosomet were each ar aligned as frequenters. Pond was ined $25 and costs; Pierz Verdus and Sallo, who pleaded guilty to the 'harge against them were fined s3 without costs, while all others were |. med $5 without costs.
 Detective Sergeant William P, Me- 'ue testified that he, with Sergeant 'atrick McAvay, Policeman Patrick pMara and Thomas Feeney visited he tenement house conducted by 'ond at 45 Lafayette street late Sat- rday night. They first saw the men laying by peering through window rom the rear veranda, the sergeant aid, but as an entrance could not be . 1ade through the rear door the off :, CTS went to the front door where they |, aimed admittance. Seven men were |, laying at table in one room, Ser 7 cant McCue said, and six at table I another room. At one table the | oliceman found SIS in a cup, and in
 cup on the second table there was l.27. The sergeant said that the c 4ven men playing at one table admit I'd they were playing for money nile the others said they were play lg for grapes. A small cluster of fapes was on the table, he said.
 sergeant McCue also testified that ala ran into a bedroom and hid lmself under the bed clothes as soon the policemen put in an appear nee. Policeman Koslauskas, who overs that section of the city, testi- ed that the house had reputation 5 a gambling joint
 Napolitan Fined $500. ' Rafael Napolitan, charged with 5 olating the liquor law, was fined V 100 and costs for a reputation and a 100 and costs for keeping liquor with r tent to sell. A 16 day jail sentence a as suspended. Napolitan was arrest v Saturday night by Sergeant Pat II ok McAvay following a raid at the le oma restaurant on Commercial V rect of which he is proprietor. He ' eaded guilty to both charges. He B id that he took a chance at selling V e liquor as he has big family to " pport. A ten gallon keg and sev- N al small bottles containing liauor ere secured by the police. al
 Fined For Reckless Driving. ST Patsy Lucco of Berlin was fined s25 d costs and s15 was remitted, when :. raigned on q charge of reckless 2'