New Britain herald., 1924-08-27
BLACKMAIL CHARGE
 FALLS ID GROUND.
eeoniinusd from First Easel

| The dog, Mhleh sllilNah valued a
 slsk, was slolea August iA, and {
 man who lives in the house wiil
 Sullivan said that he saw the de
 feRdant and another man call ths
 animal 10 bakery truck Hhief
 codimi drives, place it in the tTueh
 and drive away,
 codllni told ths court that he was
 delivering cake al store on Myrtle
 street and was in the store for about
 five minutes, lie said that the door
 at the rear of the truck had been
 left open and evidently the dag must
 have heen attracted by the smell oi
 the cakes and jumped in, When he
 left the store, he shut the daers oi
 the truck and drove away. unaware
 that the dog was in the rear he said,
 He said that he did not know of the
 dogs presence in ihe machine until he was almost 10 Waterbury when he felt something against his neck and looking around discovered the canine.
 An appeal was taken from the sentence imposed hy the court and bonds were set at si.000.
 1s0 Days For Poplauski
 Sentences totallInF iS0 days were imposed on Paul PoulauslSi. arraign- ed on charges of drunkenness. breach of the peace and resistance. Poplauski was arrested at Sokol hall on Sexton street last night hy Pa trolman Charles Mccarthy after tho policeman had received a complaint that he was causing trouble at wedding celebration.
 Judge Hungerford termed Pop lGuski as a dangerous character after listening 10 the evidence in the case and found him guilty on all three charges. He revoked the sus- pension on sentence of 60 days which was imposed when Poplausii was In court on a previous occasion on similar charges. On the new charges. a sentence of 30 days was imposed for drunkenness, 30 days for breach of the peace and so days for resistance.
 Mccarthy testified that .he re- ceived a complaint from the host at the wedding celebration that Pop lauski was making trouble at the hall and that he had not been in- vited there. The policeman went to he hall and put the intruder out. A short time later he discovered dis .urbance upstairs, and upon investi- yation, he found Poplauski in the adies' dressing room causing trouble. He placed him under arrest and st- empted 10 locate a telephone to call he patrol. but was unable to do so, 70 he walked his prisoner to the | ,orner of Main and Lee streets, | where the police box is located.
 It was after he opened the box | hat the trouble started. according 0 his story. Poplauski then told | Jim that no one policeman would | ,ver place him under arrest and tarted to fight. Mccarthy was un- ble to call the patrol then as he lad his hands full handling his risoner, and in spite of the fact that here was crowd of several hun red spectators, no one responded 10 he request to call the patrol. He nally had to knock Poplauski to the round where he placed the hand uffs on him. He then called the atrol.
 The placing of the handcuffs on le prisoner did not subdue him. vhen he found himself unable to SC his hands, he started in with his set, according to the police testi- lony.
 Poplauski told the court that he ad been invited to the wedding by brother of the groom, and that he . rank too freely of the liquor, be- i oming so drunk that he did not ! now what he was doing. He said lat he did not remember what had appened.
 Casper Marnte, charged with the left of bicycle owned by Joseph cleo from the Stanley Works yard, Id judgment suspended in his case. e admitted that he had taken the cycle, but told the court that he ought that the bicycle was one at he had lost about two years 70. He was arrested yesterday ternoon by Policeman Thomas J. ( eeney. i Leonard Hawkins and Charlotte I arber, both colored, pleaded guilty s
 charges of misconduct and were T led $10 each with costs. The cou- e came from New Haven several | ys ago and have been living in the a use at 143 Elm street as man and [ fe, according to Policeman Thom- . J. Feeney who placed them under I rest.
 Attorney Howard r. Drew of appeared for them, and Id the court that the husband of F g woman had treated her brutally
 that she was forced to leave him. ter leaving her husband, she met Y Lwkins, and the attorney said that ~ ey took liking to each other that l, 'uld result in their marriage if it v re possible. He asked the court z
 take these circumstances into n nsideration and be as lenient as ssibe with the defendants. [,
 Husband Fined, Wife Freed h Julian Smulsky was fined S10 and i, sts and his wife received suspend h
 judgment when a battle the fl lple had in their home at e9 Gold " eet yesterday afternoon was aired in court. Each defendant blam- te the other for the trouble. W Feeney told the court l. tt when he arrived at the house al investigate a complaint received D police headquarters. he found ii hes, silverware. furniture and si Ter household utensils strewn all si ut the floors, and both the, de dants under the influence Of fo Tor. pj
 Had No Registration Hilton ,.h e