New Britain herald., 1924-04-12
RECKLESS DRIVER
 PAYS FINE OF $50
Witness Says LaZar George Was
 Going 40 Miles all Hour

Lazar George of Hartford was fined
 $50 and costs when arraigned on a
 charge of reckless driving as a result
 of an accident on Stanley street near
 Floods corner several weeks ago, in which his automobile turned turtle and was almost completely demolish-
 ed, by Judge Hungerford in police court today.
 l Policeman Patrick O'Mara testified that he had investigated the accident and found that Georges machine had left the pavement and travelled about 95 feet in the soft dirt on the side of the road before it struck a tree and was capsized.
 Alexander J. Olson and Mrs. Jennie c. Olson testified that the machine that George was driving passed them just before it reached the curve in the road where it was wrecked, and that it was travelling about 40 miles an hour.
 George testified that he was going about Is miles an hour and that as he reached the curve, a large sedan coming in the opposite direction, forced him to go off the pavement and that when he attempted to turn back into the road again, the machine struck at ditch and turned over, hit ting a tree as it did.
 Judge Thomas J. Molloy of Hart ford represented George.
 Boy Said He Was Slapped
 John, Fitzgerald of Il Hillcrest avenue had judgment suspended in his case. He was charged with as- saulting George Gordon. Gordon, who. is about 12 years old, told the court that his father had given him a nickel to buy some cookies and that when he went into the bakery, he was slapped by Fitzgerald. A girl who was in the store at the time of the alleged assault, was the next witness called by Prosecutor Joseph c. Woods and she said that Gordon had come into the store and that after he was in a few minutes, some words passed between him and Fitzgerald and Fitz- gerald slapped the boy.
 Fitzgerald told the court that the stories of the witnesses was substan- italy correct, but that Gordon had got very sassy and nasty with him so that he had to hit him to shut him up.
 Judge Hungerford advised Fitzger- aid to keep his hands closer to his body, saying that he did not think that anything very serious had oc- cured.
 Broke Door Into Woman's Room
 Clarence Brayne, charged with and inluring private | was fined s20. Brayne was arrested last night by Patrolman | David Doty on complaint received | from the Central hotel that the man was drunk and had broken tho door | into the rSme of Rose Flnlay, an- other roomer at the hotel.
 The policeman testified that when | he went to the house he found tho panel in the door broken and Brayne was around tho corridor in a drunken condition,
 Rose Finlay testified that Brayne | came into her room and sat down and | started 10 talk, and she told him that | ho'd better go to bed. He started to go out and just as she closed the door l after him, he attempted to open it, showing his fist through the panel.
 stark Case Continued
 Louis Wilezewski Of Broad street, | charged with assauting Constable ieorge A. Stark with bottle, had his ,ase continued until April 19. The pro- iecutor told the court that tho condi- ion of Mir. Stark, who has been in the | hospital since tho assault, will be such | IS to enable him to appear in court lext Saturday.
 Pilkonis' Sentence Cut
 Peter Pilkonis of IS Fremont street f who was fined st50 and sentenced to 'erve GO days in jail when arraigned | n court February 1S on charge Of | the liquor law, was brought | before the court and the balance of | his sentence was suspended after | fudge Hungerford talked to him. He 1as served 30 days Of the sentence.
 Judge Hungerford told pilkonis | hat he had a wife he ought to be | proud of and that he should try to do .hings that would help her and not | always keep himself in trouble and | make life a drudge on her. Pilkonis -uns meat market on Fremont | itreet and since his incarceration, his wife had been doing all the work in |