New Britain herald., 1925-01-16
BRISTOL YOUTH IS
 TRIED IN COURT Riccio Given Suspended Sen-
 tence;; Sent to New Britain RECEPTION COM MITTEE
Interest In r. U. c. Hearing-HoIy Name Soclal--Bowling Scores - Congregational Annual--PlainyilIe Briefs.

Briefs.
 James Riccio of Bristol, age 21 years, was tried before Justice Mer- ritt 0. Ryder in the town court yes- terday afternoon on charges of breaking and entering three places in Plainville. He was released from the Hartford county jail yesterday after serving a sentence there which was imposed on him in the Bristol police court. He was brought here by Deputy Sheriff F. w. Furrey and Policeman William Buys. He was sentenced to serve 90 days in jail and the sentence was suspended and he was placed on probation in the care of the Italian Catholic priest in Bristol. s. s. Gwillim, grand juror, prosecuted the case for the state.
 This. however. did not end the difficulties for the young man, as he
 was then held for the New Britain
 authorities who wanted him on sim
 liar charges in the Hardware City.
 Sergeant Patrick McAvay and De-
 tective Patrick O'Mara of that de-
 pertinent took him to New Britain last night.
 The offenses for which he was
 tried here were claimed by the po- lice to have been perpetrated in september. Several breaks were re-
 ported from garages in town and
 thefts were reported. Riccio and
 two comuanions were caught in
 Bristol and the police say that they
 confessed to Q long string of breaks,
 in Bristol. Plainville and New Brit ain. One of the trio. Johnson, was tried in Plainville court in October and he was given a jail sentence.
 Reception Committee
 The recently formed committee to arrange for a town reception for Governor John H Trumbul, will meet for the first time this evening in the court room of the town hall. The committee numbers 50 in all and in 1t are representatives from all organizations and lines of busi- ness in town. Ways and means of holding the reception will be dis cussed and at the present time, there appear several suggestions as to the nature and time of the affair. Defl- ! nite action, it is expected will be taken tonight. on the form of a re- ception and the plans of the con- mittee will be announced tomorrow. Interest In Hearing
 A goodly number of Plainville
 residents left early this morning to attend the hearing given by the pub- lie utilities commission at the state capital in Hartford at 10:30 o'clock this morning on the widening of the railroad crossing on West Main street. Those most interested in the affair are optimistic over the anti cipated results of the conference and they hope that the commission will deal with the matter favoraby to the, town.
 The question of the elimination of this danger spot was first dug up by the PlainyiIle town plan commission who at sitting voted to rearrange the lines on West Main street. When the street was inspected, it was found that the railroad gates at the particular crossing iutted out into the street for several feet. This was called to the attention of the board or selectmen who in turn brought it 1 to the attention of the state highway commission, the railroad company and the public utilities commission. The history of the discussions on the crossing is a long one. Repre- sontatives of the three bodies to which the nature of the project was given were present on the scene. The state highway commissions representative looked over the mat | ter thoroughly and the state highway commissioner announced himself in favor of widening the crossing. Photographers from the public utilities commission came to Plain vile and took pictures of the cross ling from various angles and these have been in the hands of the com- mission long enough for them to have the situation studied thorough | ly. 4 large number of interested Icitizons and officials of the railroad icompany met several times on the matter and inspected the crossing. iThe railroad company then declined to widen the crossing because of the expense attached to the project. but they would be willing to have it done if the town would pay for it. This the town officials thought, was Ipresumptuous and the matter was tabled for d time.
 Then, early one morning, an er- rant automobile driver coming through the center of the town and