New Britain herald., 1924-09-27
PAYS Sl5 FINE FOR
 ASSAULTING WOMAN
StTakOsky. and Mrs. KolodziS
 Had Argument Over Mortgage

Joseph Strakosky was fined Sl5 and costs on a charge of assault when he was arraigned before Judge | Benjamin w. filling in police court this morning, He was accused of | assaulting Mrs Kolodzis of 10 Smith | street in her home Thursday night.
 Atty. Henry J. Nowickl appeared | for the defendant and claimed that Strakosky had not assaulted the woman but had simply protected l himself when the woman became az | pressive during an argument.
 According 10 the testimony of a states witness who was present when the affair occurred. Strakosky went to the house to have the wo- man so to an attorneys office to sign a release on mortgage and get her money She holds a mortgage on property purchased by the defend- ant. The woman refused to go and an argument followed during which Mrs. kolodZis slapped Strakosky in tho face and started to get up from chair on which she was sitting. As she did, the witness testified that Strakosliy pushed his hand towards the woman striking her in the eye, causing a discoloration which was | exhibited to the court.
 At this time the woman jumped up and tried to hit the defendant with her fists, and when she was un- successful, she grabbed a chair and l tried to hit him with it. At this point, the witness testified that he intervened and Strakosky left the | house.
 Didn't Know Truck Was Overloaded.
 Judgment was suspended in the case of Frank Pierpont, arraigncd | before the court on a charge of overlooking a truck. Pierpont told the colfrt that he was not aware of how much stone he had on his truck as he had not looked at the waybill given him. He said that he was hauling stone for the town of Berlin and was being paid by the hour.
 Patrolman Clarence Lampher told the court that he arrested the man on West Main street yesterday after he found that he was carry ing almost three tons in excess of l the maximum capacity allowed by law for his truck.
 Judge Alling called the attention of Pierpont to the fact that the law prescribes penalty of fine of $500 or a six months jail sentence for the offence, together with the suspension of his operators license for period of 90 days. He said that considering the evidence in the case, he felt that the suspension of his operators license for 90 days was sufficient punishment.
 Mary Was On Warpath
 Mary Panis of 3S Grove street, charged with drunkenness and breach of the peace, was found guilty and fined s3 without costs. She was arrested after the police made an Investigation of a report that man had been pushed from the third story veranda of her home. Sergt Michael J. Flynn learned that there hadn't been any man pushed off the veranda, but that Mrs. Panis had been imbibing a little too freely of her private stock, and had been chasing her neighbors around, hurling chair after them.
 Violated Parking Rule
 E. l.. Steinle charged with violat- ing tue city ordinances by parking his automobile in front of the post office for more than five minutes last Saturday night, was discharged. Judge Alling said that he felt that the infraction was result of misunderstanding between Steinle and Patrolman Michael CosgroTc. whom tho defendant claimed he had questioned regarding the traf- fic regulations.
 Stienle alleged that he had asked Cosgrove regarding the parking rules on West Main street and was told that they were lifted at 6;30 o'clock with no mention made of their continuance on Saturday night