New Britain herald., 1925-01-03
ROB GAS METERS,
 TWO GO ID JAIL
Police Say They Caught Muter
 and Delaney Red Handed


 from four gus meters in the block at l45 Washington street last night, Chester Muter Of 3S Carlson street a0I Lawrence Delaney Of l9 Bar u"'t street, were found guilty by Judge William C, Hmgcrford In po- lice court ,hiS morning and sen- trnc@d 10 lO lays in jail. The men p,raiod not guilty and denied all Knowledge ol the theft.
 Sup"rDJmcary Policeman Edward Carroll was attracted 10 the rear Of the block about l0;30 o'clock last ulgut aud whom hc arrived at the porch of the third floor tencmenta. ho found Mutrr and Delaney with two mon who lived in the house. The mon tol the policeman that Mutor ana Delaney had just broken open th" gas meters and taken the money from them, A pair of pliers alleged 10 have been taken from Delaney WIS turned over 10 Carroll.
 ratrolnan Maurice Flynn was at tractcl 10 inc house by the shouting and when he arrived q search was made Of the premises and q quarter was found in the snow outside. Po- Itcoman Thomas (. Doan found a searchijght in the yard near where the police had stood with the two prisoners, and near one of the gas meters number of burned matches were found that were similar 10 matches found in both Muter's and Doianey's pockets. Meters on the first and third floors of the block lad been robbed
 Both Muter and Delaney had been drinking, Muter 10 such an extent that q charge of drunkenness was placed against him. Judgment was suspended on this charge.
 Testitying in their own defense, both men claimed that they went to the block to buy some liquor and that when they were going up the stairs, the two mon living in the house jumped on them and started shouting for the. police. They denied ever seeing the pliers or searchllght before.
 Youth Arrested for Nagrancy.
 John kos2yta, charged with Va grancy was given d suspended sen tence to the state reformatory and | was placed on probation for six months, He was arrested yesterday afternoon by Sergeant Patrick A. | McAvay and Policeman Thomae J. Fcency after they investigated a complaint against the youth. He is l7 years old but has been arrested 1 and brought before court on about a dozen occasions since 1914,
 He told the court that he left | home about four months ago after an argument with his parents, and | las been living at various places oince that time, He has been getting | his money by doing odd jobs.
 Question Auto Markers.
 l.. D. Moran of A Hamilton street, charged with operating a motor ve- hicle with improper markers, had Judgment suspended in his case The case ot Richard Peters, arrested De cember 31 on charge of having his 1925 markers on his machine 100 early, was continued until Monday, when George W. Klett, representing Peters, informed the court that there was a misunderstanding in the case and Peters had failed 10 show up.
 John Lasso of Hartford, arrested Wednesday night on charges of hay- ing improper markers and with op- erating without a license, had judg- ment suspended on the marker charge, but Was fined $5 and costs for operating without q license. He was arrested on Main street by Pa lroman Thomas Rouski. He admit ted that he never had an operators license.
 Wife Will Join Husband.
 The case against Samuel Motta of IS Seymour street, charged with nonsupport, was noled by Prosecu- tor Joseph G. Woods after the mans wife agreed 10 go 10 Hartford to live. Motta has been working in Hartford for sometime, and alleged that his wife refused 10 go there