New Britain herald., 1925-02-11
TRANSPORTED BEER, FINED AND JAILED
Leader in COlOred Church in
 Waterbury in Police Court

a plea of nolo contendere to a charge of transporting liquor bo- fore Judge Benjamin W. filling in police court this morning. The cour. suspended 45 days of the sen tence.
 Roscoe was arrested last Thurs day night by Detective Sergeant William P. 'McCue on West Main street near tho Black Rock bridge when the detective found IT cases of beer on Roscoe's truck, The beer was analysed and was found to contain S.66 percent alcohol by volume.
 Assistant Prosecutor William M Greenstein told the court that Ros- COG had told the police that he did not know that the cargo he had was beer and he did not know where 1t was to be delivered here. Roscoe told the police that a man named Brophy had hired him in Waterbury to deliver load of stuff here and was 10 meet him on West Main street near the office of the electric light company to direct him to his destination.
 Attorneys for the defendant told the court that Roscoe has good record in Waterbury, never having been arrested there for any of- fensc. He is a leader in the col ored church in that city and Is a married man, his wife being con- fined to her home with illness The court was informed that Ros- COG had nothing to do with the liquor transaction and was only getting 0 days pay from his em- ployer for doing trucking work.
 Judge filling said that there were undoubtedly mitigating circum- stances In the case but that the time is past when a man can trans port liquor and expect to keep out of jail.
 Disortlcrly House Raided
 Nine efendants-three of them women were arraigned before Judge Benjamin w. filling in police court this morning as the result of a raid on a tenement at o90 Park street occupied by Steve RodZen.
 Rodzen was charged with two counts of violating the liquor laws and with maintaining disord2"ly house. The same charges were placed against his wife. Mir Rodzen told the police that she had nOth- ing to do with the business conduct ed by her husband as he was the loss of the house and she could not interfere. Judgment was suspended on the charges against her, but her husband was fined $50 on the charge of maintaining disordcrlS house, and the suspension on a l; days sentence imposed on prcVi' ous arraignment was revoked. Judge Alling suspended judgment on thu liquor charge.
 Stanley Nicdzwicki of 9 CIintol street was fined s10 and costs on { charge of misconduct and Mabc Mandell of Waterbury was sentenced 10 iail for 15 days on the same charge. Judge Alling said tha' women who come 10 this city from out of town to go in these disorder ly houses could expect to go 10 Jal if they are brought before the court
 Mrs. Loretta Jacona of 269 Rocky Hill avenue was discharged on charge of frequcnting a house Of Il fame after she told the court tha she has been friendly with Mrs Rodzcn for over two years and hat gone to the house yesterday after noon and last night to help with the houscwork and care for the childreT as Mrs Rodzen has been sick fol the past several days. She denied that she knew the type of business being conducted by Rodzcn. Four men arrested for frcquontinE : disorderly house were fined $ without costs. They were Johl Bozowski of 331 Broad street, Johl : Conver of 53 Union street, Metre Hanchcsfski of 19S North street ant : John Ciscikoski of 1S Albany av cnue.
 Detective Sergeant William T. NC Cue and Policemen Thomas J Teencv, Patrick J. O'Mara anc Thomas C. Dolan went to the house and breaking in the door, found th' men and women. NiedzwicN an' the Mandcll woman were found Il ! a bedroom. The police testified that Nicdzwicki offered them S2' each if they would let him go with out arrcsting him.
 A case of beer and half pint Q liouor was found in the place, pN the state was unable to prove th' liouor charges against Rod7cn Judgo William r. Mangan appeared for the defendants.
 , "Swc-c-ct Ad-a-lion
 Refusing 10 suppress thclr u'"S'' cal natures when noighbors inform ed them that their vocal efforts were not appreciated, Adam SchpensN and Frank Korewski were arres''' last night on charges or drunheh' ness and breach of the peace. IheA were taken out of the house at SS Grove street after other occupants complained 10 the police. They vert fined S5 each.
 It Was Some Party
 The bachelor" quarters of MlllaiI Kruntz at 196 Hartford avenue were visited last night by Patrolmn Car ence Kumm and Peter McEvoy ant three men were arrested on charges of drunkenness and breach ot 'h' peace. Henry McNamara, William Stahalek and Kruntz were tho threl victims and they were fined 50 anl costs each by Judge Alling' A ) woman who lives in the same hlocF complained to the police that lh' 5 men were making so much noiS' , that they knocked the ceiling Of hel tenement down. Three empty eases , oF heey wore found in the apartment