New Britain herald., 1925-02-16
TEST CASE OVER
 TRACK TRESP!ASS
Edward Gauehan, Acting as
 Own Lawyer, Is Fined S1O
ROW OVER COURT SALARIES
Details Of Wednesday Night Meet
 Ing Come to Ligbt-Hearing On
 Armory Tomorrow - Rev. Asher Anderson Dies At Randolph, Mass.

Because he wanted to make a test case" out of warning by the railroad officials to cease trespassing on their property by crossing the tracks near the Bristol Brass cor poration, Edward Gaughan of the East Bristol section appeared in the city court this morning. He was fined $10 and costs by Judge Joseph M Donovan after 1t was shown that his offense was a clear cut one of trespassing. Gaughan was not sat- isfied and took an appeal to the next term of the superior court.
 Gaughan appeared In court as his own attorney and was accompanied by large delegation of friends and others, who desired to hear his ar- guments. Armed with all sorts of documents. he attempted to launch upon long debate with the court officials but was checked by the judge who said that he cared to hear evidence on the case and nothing else.
 Gaughan and 16 others were given warning last week that they must stop crossing the tracks near the Bristol Brass plant where they are employed as several narrow escapes have taken place. The railroad .of- ficials have erected fences to prevent the trespassmg. only to have the barriers destroyed.
 Thereupon the police were called into the matter and when Gaughan refused to stop and asked that he be heard in court, his request was granted. He was booked at the po- lice station on Saturday and was al lowed 10 go until today after bond had been furnished He expects to represent himself in the superior court and this decision, alone. has attracted city-wide interest regarding the outcome of the sef-made legal lights presentation of his issues.
 Salary Hearing Hectic
 Further details of the hearing on last Wednesday night between the city council and the two representa- lives. Judge E. Peck and Arthur s. Barnes, in regard to the proposed in- creasoS in salaries for the local court officials, indicate that hectic gathering took place. According to all reports and most of them are being censored as much as possible, representatives and city councilmen became hot under the collar and even the piacidness of Mayor John F. Wade was disturbed 10 the extent that he became "het up," too. Edi- tor Barnes appeared in the role of a dove of peace and only for his ef- forts an out and out battle would have been staged While violence did not take place, it was the next thing to it, according to reliable re- ports.
 The meeting had been called quietly and only the affected people were present. Soon after the mem- hers met. Judge Peck informed the councilmcn that it was not up to the city council to tell the legisla- ture what to do. More words along this line followed and after acidu- ous replies on the part of the city officials, Judge Peck left the meet ing. Mir. Barnes soothed the gath cring after this but not until a few more caustic remarks were uttered. Mayor Wade lost his usual calm- ness twice and all was chaos for q while, it is said.
 The battle developed when the proposal was made by the city council that the representatives ap- pear before the judiciary committee of the legislature and favor bill giving the judge and prosecuting at- torncy $1,S00 each a year and the deputy judge and assistant attorney, $500 each.
 The original bill 10 the legislature asked for a salary of S2,500 for the judge, $2.000 for the prosecuting at tornry, $1,5OO for the deputy judge and S1,000 for the assistant attorney. Judge Peck was not willing to sup port such q resolution as the council proposed and informed the mcm- bers of a bill which was favorable to the officials. and which was lower than the original amount, The new bill proposed salaries of $2,0oo for