New Britain herald., 1923-10-15
FIRST OFFENDERS
 SENTENCED ID JAIL
Rosilskl and Jsck Gel i5 Days r for Selling Liquor


 That Judge B. ". Alling Is deter
 mined to be more severe with fieiat'
 ers Of the liquor law was evident iH
 police court this morning when nc
 sentenced John Regalski and Bruno
 Lseh, hrst offenders. each to iail for
 IS days and lined them $500 and costs
 Mr, and Mrs. Alex Reozamanski Of I }
 Orange street were each lined slhe
 and costs and given IS day suspend
 cd jail sentence on charges Of siolat-
 ing the liquor law.
 Iseh was arrested Saturday night following a raid at his place Of bust ness at s3i Myrtle street which is known as one of the so-ealled 'foodr Jess rsstaurants" Detective Sergeant William P. Meeua testified that he, with Sergeant Patrick MeAsay. Pos iieeman Thomas Fesnsy. John (, stadler and Patrick o'Mara and sn- pernumemary Officer Koxinis visited the place Saturday night at about folso o'clock. officer Koxinis. he said. entered the restaurant and purchased s glass Of liquor for ss cents. he hay- ing marked bill with him at the time. After receiving the liquor. tho officer blew his whistle. sha sergeant said. and the other policemen entered. AS they came Into tho restaurant 1ech poured a quart of liquor into a can of kerosene. Sergeant Mccue said. Part of the liquor was rived. however. and introduced as evidence thIs morn. ing.
 The above group of officers also conducted a raid at i09 Church street now conducted by Rogalski. Police man Stadler testified that when they entered the place they saw three men in the restaurant with one standing at she bar with n glass of liquor in his hand.
 Az the policeman entered, the of. ficer said. Rogalski grabbed the glass from the hand of the man and pour cd it's contents into a Ave gallon can Of motor oil. Some of the liquid went onto the floor. Policeman Stadler said, and he mopped this up, saving 1t for evidence. The officer also said that even though the place is supposed 10 be n restaurant all that could be found in the building in the line of | food at that time was one-half a. loaf of bread and a few potatoes The other officers corroborated the state. ments made by Policeman stadler.
 Rogalski said that the man who had the glass of liquor in his hand when the officers arrived, had brought ls with him. He said that he pays slSS month rent for the store in which his business is located.
 Wife Admits Selling
 Ajax Reozamanski pleaded mt guilty to charges of violating the liquor law while his wife, Rose. ep. tered plea of guilty Sergeant Nc. tue testified that the raiding squad visited the Reozamanski store st IS Orange street on Saturday after Su- pernumerary Officer Kozinis had pur- ( chased liquor both from the wife and the husband. The woman, he said. $ admitted to him that she sold liquor { but denied that her husband was in the budness. Policeman Stadler said { that Mrs Reozamanski had a glass of ( liquor Tn her hand when the officers { She said that she sold the { liquor for 25 cents drink, the officer | testified. f
 The woman, when called to the l stand, said that she has only been in $ the liquor business but short time / and bought gallon of whiskey from [ some man she did not know for ss.5o t Rogalskf denied that he sold liouor ! Q the policeman. The fines were then V imposed with the suspended Jail sen ' ence. i,
 Cases Continued
 The cases of William and Josephine <arbonic, charged with violating the lquor law, were continued until Thursday morning. The case of Peter acobs. charged with misconduct was ontinued until tomorrow morning 'eters was not in court Saturday morning at s:30 and his bonds were alled. The forfeiture was raised this