New Britain herald., 1924-07-18
JUDGE PUZZLED BY
 MIX.UP IN TRUCKS
Nam. of Wisk and Name OI
 Vehicle Change Rapidly

What part ef a truck determines the name hy which it shall be khe"h' h. radiator CT the sngineF How na,y trueks does Valentine, Mlsh owns Who IS John N, Wisk lhehs a,s . few 0f the questions that ptsT septed themselves in police enhF' 'h'e morning when the case or Nhlsh''hs yisk of l42 Grove street, charged ,,,h causing 10 have operated an Nh' registered automobile, was htafh ne, fore Judge Reniamn w, Alllhs' anu to which no satisfactory answers were obtained
 After listening ta the eNaehes' JudEe Alling decided that the ma'tsf was one ta be taken m by inc com missioner af motor vehicles for set'le' ment and suspended judgment m the aese of Wisk and Joseph kleNiekl oi So Elm road. who was arrested "hlis driving the truck and charged slih operating an unregistered anfomebiie'
 Traffic Policeman John Stadler les ,,aed that he saw the truck on Main street with registration plate mat he believed was for another truck He ordered Klewicki 10 stop the truck and asked him for the registration certificate. KlewieEi produced one, but the name of the truck on the eer- tifeate did not correspond with the Iname on the radiator Of the truck Klewieki was driving so stadler plac- cd him under arrest. and Valentine Wisk, who claimed to he the owner Of theztru was arrested shortly after Attorney Michael A. Sexton, repre- senting Wisk, asked stadler how he knew that the truck was not the one for which the registration was issued, and was told that the name on the | radiator did not correspond. Atty. Sexton maintained that the name on the radiator did not determine the name of machine as there was noth- ing 10 prevent taking the radiator from one machine and putting if on another If it would ht, by doing this. the make of the truck would not be changed.
 An employe of the office of the motor vehicle department produced the application made out for the truck in the name of John W. Wisk. Nobody in court knew anybody by l that name and no explanation could be found for the appearance of the name on the application blank. Val entine claimed that he owned the truck and had registered 1t, but he know of no John W. Wisk. He said that it was the only truck he owned, whereupon record was produced from the motor registry showing that registration had been issued to Val entne Wisk for a different truck en- tirely. Valentine dsclaimed all knowledge of the truck registered in his name, saying that he did not own it and knew nothing about 1t.
 Walter Wisk testified that the truck involved In the case before the court was reconstructed truck, and that the mechanism, including the engine, was that of truck that corresponded with the name on the registration cer- tificate.
 Michael Zier of 42 Broad street was fined s5 when he was arraigned on a charge of assaulting another roomer at the house. He told the court that he hit the man when he called him a name that was an insult to his moth CT and which he would not tolerate.
 Clifford Simons of Day street had judgment suspended when he was ar raigned on q charge of operating a motorcycle with the cutout open, He was arrested by Patrolman Frank Parker.
 The court warned Simons to dscon- tinue operating his motorcycle in such q manner as to make unnecessary noise. Simons claimed that the cut out of the motorcycle was closed but he was operating it with the spark re- tarded which caused it to explode with loud reports.