New Britain herald., 1924-04-21
RAISINS AND SUGAR
 MAY BE SOME WATER
Woman Who Sold Wine Denies It
 But Is Fined

Tn spite of her claim that she was giving Henry Woods a drink of water With raisins and sugar in it, Mrs. Joseph Amento of 21S Lafayette street was fined s2o0 and given a suspend ed Jail sentence of l5. days when she . was arraigned in police court this morning before Judge Benjamin W. Alling on a charge of violating the liquor law. She took an appeal and bonds were set at s40O,
 Policemen Thomas J. Feeney and William O'Mara testified that they Nlsited the woman's house Saturday morning and when they entered they found Woods there drinking a glass ot "ine. They questioned Woods and he admitted in the presence of the woman that he had paid % cents for the glass of wine. He also told the police that he had gone to the house on numerous other occasions and pur- chased both wine and liquor from her, paying the same price for the moon- shine.
 The police searched the premises and found a pint bottle of the moon- shine in the pantry and jug with about two quarts of wine. A search or the cellar revealed two barrels of wine which contained about 90 gal Ions. The police removed all the cpntraband to the police station,
 Both policemen had received com paints from neighbors of the woman about men going in and out of the house and they testified that they had warned Mrs. Amento on several oc- casions that she would have to stop selling the wine. She paid no atten- ton to their warnings, according to the police.
 Mrs. Amento testified that the liquor the police found was some that neighbor had given her over month ago for her little girl who was sick. The other liquid was only mixture Of sugar, water and raisins and did not contain any alcohol, she claimed.
 Judge Aling examined the wine and liquor and then told the woman that she would do better to tell the truth. She said that Woods had come 10 her house Saturday mornin. and asked for glass of wine. She told him that she didn't have any but lie saw the jug and asked for n glass of whatever was in that. She told him that 1t was only water but if he want cd some of it he could have it, ac- cording 10 her testimony She denied that he had paid 25 cents for the drink.
 Didn't know What License Was
 Joseph Rondruck of 9S Arch street told the court that he did not know what an operators license was, but that he thought he would get one sometime when he was arraigncd on charge of operating a motor vehicle without an operators license. Judge filling said Maybe" and fined him slo.
 Bondruck was arrested yesterday afternoon at the corner Of Booth and Myrtle wben an automobile operated by him collided with machine owned and driven by Joseph Cruel zinska Of Ss Iasallc street. Both ma chimes were slightly damaged but mo- body was hurt,
 Policeman X, r.. Atwatcr ineestigat- od the accident and when he asked Eondruck for his license, he was told that he did not have any Bondruck said that friend of his was teach ing him to drive, but as the friend was out of town yesterday he thought | he would take the machine out him self.
 When asked in court this morning if he knew what an operators license | was, Boudrnck said that he didn't. He l said that he had bought the machine l about four months ago. but has not been driving it until week ago when | he started 10 take lessons in dririna |
 Another Without license
 Robert kalen of Brunswick, \. J.. I vas fined SIC for operating without a license, and Judgment was suspended | on charges of failing 10 obey the sig | nal Of traffic officer and driving | without a registration. kalen was l arrested Saturday afternoon by Traf- fc Officer Hanford Dart al Franklin l square when he is alleged by the po- liceman to have failed 10 stop when sirnalled. kalen was unable 10 pro- duce an operators license ar the reg istration for the automobile he was driving.
 kalen told the court that he is visit Ing his brother in Eensington over the T.aster holidays and he borrowed the