New Britain herald., 1924-03-12
kLETT JUMPS HARD
 ON POLICE DEPT.
Says He Would Have Thrown
 PatrOlmen Out Of House

George IT. Klcit representing Mr. and Mrs. William kuish of s9 Gold street. who were arraigned in police court this morning on charges oi a. sault breach O. the peace. and r~sis- ta nee. an additional chargt of drunk euness bein. placed against kuiah. poured forth fiery inNecti'c against the police for W hat b" c'aimed WAs a violation of the saDctity of the Homr and an abridgemcut of tn" rights given them by the constitutions
 After th, states "Nidt nee iu the cas- had been presented, Attorney Ei.H made motion to tho court that the charges against the def"nd- ants he dismissed on the grounds that the arrests Were illegal. He said that 1T if has got to q state where pol ice can enter the home Of a man who is alleged to have committed mis- demeanor. without warrant take him out of bed and place him under arrest. then something ought 10 b' done. He said that citizens still have some rights. that th" constitution still means something.
 He told the court that if h" were in the place Of the defendant. wsen the police came into his hom" Sutur- day night without q warrant. he would have thrown them out.
 Prosecuting Attorney Joseph q. ! Woods continued that the men were acting on speedy information and were acting in strict accordance with the law.
 Judge William C, Hungerforl granted the motion for dismissal of the drunkenness charge against ku- fish but refused to dismiss the other charges. He found Euiish guilty of assault and fined him si0 and costs and the woman was fined Bio and costs for resistance. An appeal was taken in both eases and bonds were set at sl50 for each
 The Kulish couple was arrested Saturday night in their home after the police had received complaint 1 from Jennie Sulicli, who lives in th" |, same house. that she had been as saulted by them. She told the police l that she was on the back ycranda Of the house and that Kulish had taken Ia quart bottle Of water and poured If i lon her. and then both he and his wife pulled her hair and knocked her down on the veranda where they beat her. The police received the com piaint immediately after the assault | and went to the house and placed the couple under arrest. patrolmen Will i Ham Nct,arthy and DuNid Doty made l tn arrests.
 Police Meet Resistance.
 The police told the court that when l ther went to the house. inc door vas locked and nobody answered, They | continued knocking and finally ihe ,f,5or was opened by kulish's daughter l 1amoliatrly after they entered the 1 holis, and before they placed knlish i pntipr arrest, the woman started to in..rfere with them. They attempted ,p question the couple about the as- s1nu but were unsuccessful, so they l paced thnn under arrest. kulish was clad only in underwear and his wife refused to let him put on his cloth 1 ing SO that he could go with the pol- l lee. To take tho man, the patromen {, were forced 10 grapplr with him and l apply twistcrs |
 The defendants entered q denial Of | all the accusations, They claimed : that tho police entered their homo by means of window and that as soon i as they got into tho house they start. ! cd 10 drag Kulsh out without giving him an opportunity 10 drgss himself . They claimed that thn resistance was simply an effort hy Kulish to dress himself.
 Testimony vas offered that the kn- : fishes had been creating disturbance . fin tho house on several other occa- I sions. Saturday afternoon,
 D. Norton was given suspended i sentence Of 6 days for breach Of the . poaco alleged to have taken place at !. his honc yesterday morning. His wife sntercd ihn complaint against him.