New Britain herald., 1924-02-28
SAFETY LEAGUERS
 HIT MANY HEADS
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Chiefly for it's own enlightenment your committee has made some stud
 of the basis for forfeiture of the rigli
 to vote becarss Of conviction of crim
 and actual forfeitures. Chap. 305
 Sec. IT, Acts of 1921, provides ths
 The clerk of every court of this Stat
 having criminal jurisdiction shall an
 nuslly. between the tenth and twen
 tieth days of October, make q list O all persons. who during the, year pre-
 ceding said tenth day of October
 have been convicted in said court o any crime for which the privileges oi 8n elcctor arc forfeited, and shall an- nually furnish before the Fist day oi October, list of their names and ad- dresses by street and number. if any with the date of their conviction and the crimes of which persons have been convicted. and the selectman and reg the same with the lists Of voters then upon their registry lists, and. after due notice U tue persons named shall erase such names from the registry lists in their respective towns or vot- ing districts and the same act pro- Sdes a penalty for voting after such forfeiture. We are officially informed that the above lists are based upon the provisions of Chap. 291. Secs. eight and 10, this being our Enforce ment Act. so.oalled. and that particu- lar offences operating to work for. feiture include transportation by vehi- ele or boat, bribery, forgery. theft or any crime involving infamous punish msnt, or moral turpitude, and just what are the limits of these terms cannot be determined by rule be. cause the courts refuse 10 establish such but apply the law according the facts in each case.
 The clerk of the superior court for Hartford county returned the names of IS, under this law on October 24, 1928. of which four came under the eighteenth amendment of its enforce ment, The clerk of cur local court has not made return as of October, 1923, but his report as of the two years previous were ?7 and 2S for all causes, none Of which were violation of the liquor laws The return from the superior court includes cases of indecent asssult, higamy. liquor law, three violations, statutory burglary, and false pretenscs.
 Tt is fitting that your committee at this time make suggestion Of some things which need to be done,
 "l Thero should be drive agains house stills, ,and bootleggers. The Volstesd act, and our Connecticut laws should make all stills not used for lawful purposes forfeit, as arc earbling parsnhernalia.
 ''s. There should be q drive against cellar supplies Of liquors, especially all pre- prohibition supplies, Ii is previously offensive that so many per sons who claim to he good loyal Americans boast of their foresight, and the ease with which they can keep their supply good with import cd goods.
 "2 There should be constant drive Co the limit against all owners ef buildlngs used for the sale of liquor coming under the pur,ns of the law.
 "t Thtre should be a concerted demand by all drys that enforcement bo placed in the hands of its friends. 1his should definitely and openly SD. ply both 10 tho. local sitnation, and federal enforcement. Politics should no more influence here than in any other executive position. The other course is no better than local option, which the amendment has forever feleratsd
 "b. We should inEst on atiffer penalties We think it would be wen for our judges to compare the viola. tons of the Nolstesd Act. and our state enforcement act, with violations of laws against criminal portal resuls- tons, counterfeitins Inter. state traf. hc in stolen automobiles. the Mann set. sn6 the like. pith reference 10 pensl,ies
 Gambling And Lotteries In
 New Britain
 "1 The word Icttery' smbrscss the clements of procuring through lot or chance, by the investment of g sum Of money or something Of value. some greater amount Of money or thing of greater value" ss Federal Reporter, s42, Tt includes policy playing. gift exhibitions. prize con. certs, rallies st fairs etc. and ya. rious forms Of gambling id
 2. A lottery is A scheme which is reached by some action or means taken. in which reBglts mans choice ! or will has no part. and which human reason, foresight. sa gscity, or design cannot enable him 10 know or deter i mine, until the same has been accom- i plished. 7i Mich. gBi.