New Britain herald., 1924-02-27
GOES ID JAIL IF HE
 SECURES LICENSE
Judge Has Novel Way to Keep
 DrunkS From Wheel

Judge Benjamin W, Alling has or iginated new way of keeping drunk en drivers off the highways or, If it doesn't keep them off, the fact that they had their license revoked for driving under the influence of liquor will be freshly implanted in their minds when they resume driving. In police court this morning he fined Paulo Cianci of So Charles street. Hartford, sloo, and gave him a sen- tenco of Is days, suspended as long as he does not have a license to operate.
 Cianci was arrested us a result of an accident pn Stanley street. sun day night, Heb. IF, in which the machine driven by cianei collidcd with U trolley car operated by Ed ward Nyack. Cianci was injured and removed to the New Britain General hospital where he was placed under arrest.
 According to the testimony given to the court, Cianci was first seen on Beaver street endeavoring to fix a tire on his machine, Patrolman Frank Parker saw him and when he approached him. he saw that he was drunk, as he was unable to stay on his feet and fell to the ground when he attempted to bend over. The pa- trolman asked him who was driving the machine and Cianci told him that he was. Parker warned him not to drive the machine as he was drunk. and told him either to get somebody else to drive it or leave it there for the night. ...r.
 A short while after Parker and Pa trolman George Collins went to the machine again and cianci was still fixing the tire. Collins told the court that the man was drunk. short ly afterward another fellow came along and helped cianci to fix the tire and then drove the machine away 'or the defendant.
 Later Cianci resumed driving, for when the machine collided with the trolley he was at the wheel.
 Dr. David Waskowitz testified that when Cianci was at the hospital di- rcctly after the accident, the only thing that they could smell from his breath was garlic. Dr. Ralph J. Le- Beau testified to that also, but neither doctor was able to say whether the man was under the influence of liquor or not.
 Prosecuting Attorney William Greenstein asked Dr. waskowitz if he had applied the eye test to the man to sec if he was under the influence Of liquor. The doctor said that he had never heard of it and that nobody else ever did, as he had looked 1t np and was unable 10 find anything about It. Pressed by the prosecutor, he said that there might be such test, but he could not find anything about it. He said that the only test that he gave the man was to smell his breath.
 Judge Alling said that there was no doubt in his mind that Cianci was drunk when he was driving the ma chine, and whether the shock of the accident sobered him off or not was immaterial.
 Tried fo Destroy E,idence.
 Tadeus Tazicki Of 353 Park street was found guilty of having reputa- ton and keeping liquor with intent 10 sell. Tazickiis house was raided and the police found a gallon jug about half full of alcohol in the pantry. They went 10 the cellar and found a five gallon can Of alcohol which Ta- zick claimed was not his. When inc police went upstairs again and asked Tazick for the jug of moonshine. he told them that he had emptied it into the sink. The empty jug and the can of alcohol were taken by the police and Tazicki arrested.
 Thomas Bresky of Main street, a former boarder of the defendants, was the first witness to testify for the state. and his testimony caused Judge Alling to remark that he did not know but what he should be charged with perjury. He left it to the discre- ton of the prosecutor.
 Bresky appeared st the police sta ton Sunday night and told the police that Tazicki was selling moonshine and that he was going down there 10 purchase some from him and bring t to the police. He left the station with saIh Saneosky and shortly after re-