New Britain herald., 1926-11-26
! COUPLE 0F DRINKS
 TRAPS TWO DRIVERS
Ono Fined and Sentenced to Jail by Judge

"A couple of drinks of wine, taken on the holiday. caused ths srraignment of two motorists be. fore Judge filling in police cour this morning. One insisted he wa: not intoxicated but the testimony was overwhelming and a fine anc jail sentence were imposed. while the story of the defendant In the other case created a doubt in the mind of the judge and he reserved decision until tomorrow.
 Hilwar Larson, aged 40. of 29 Buell. street, charged with operating an automobile while under intlu- ence Of liquor yesterday afternoon about PAS o'clock, denied he was intoxicated but Officers James M. McCue, Alfred Tanguay and Thomas !. Feeney testified that he was un- fit to drive.
 The police received a complaint from Edward Schoersky of SS7 Main street that an intoxicated driver was on Center street and 1t was found that Larson had driven from Center street to Commercial to Elm street, knocking down a mo parking sign on Center street and running up onto the sidewalk at Elm and Church streets. The police testified that Larson refused to get out of the car and objected to being searched. -..
 They found a bottle of whiskey in his pocket.
 Tn his own defense Larson ad- mitted having had two drinks of wine but no whiskey. Asked where he got the wine Larson replied, Never mind about that, someone gave 1t to me- He said he does rot drink as rule and the wine affected him to the extent that he could feel it but he was not intoxi- cated.
 Judge filling fined him s10o and cost, and sentenced him to Jail for five days.
 Joseph Lynch, aged 3s of 23 Olive street, pleaded not guilty to the charge of operating an automobile while under influence of liquor and was represented by Attorney Thomas J. Cabelus. Motorcycle Policeman Alfred Tanguary testified that Lynch's car figured In a collision on Belden street about 5:30 yesterday afternoon. He found Lynch under influence of liquor.
 Officer A. c. Walinczus and Lieutenant Samuel Bamforth testi- fled that Lynch was unfit to drive a car. Attorney Cabelus objected to allowing the police to describe his condition at the time he was brought to the police station on the ground that there was no evidence as to Lynch's condition at the time of the accident. The attorney said he believes in presumption Of 1nno- cence rather than guilt.
 Judge filling replied that his be- lief is the same but it is incumbent upon the defense to show that Lynch was sober at the time of the accident and became intoxicated be- tween that time and the time he reached the ponce SlatloH. LieuleA- ant Bamforth testified that Lynch was unsteady on his feet and had the appearance of one under the in- fluence of liquor. Although Lynch said he had only two drinks of wine, an odor of liquor was present. the lieutenant testified.
 Lynch in his own behalf testified that he was driving west on Belden street and another car was coming towards him. He swing to one side to give the other car room to pass and in so doing his car struck a fender of a parked car. He stopped and backed up and after several minutes he had two drinks of wine with some relatives who