New Britain herald., 1926-10-27
OLD OFFENDER IS
 JAILED AND FINED
S15O and 30 Day Term Imposed
 on Joseph MuraWSki

"Circumstances oftentimes are more convincing than actual facts" Judge B. w. filling said in police court this morning as he fined Jo- seph Murawski. aged 43 years, of PAT Washington street, S150 and costs and sentenced him to jail for 80 days for violation of the liquor law
 He was seen mixing hlghballs,' ' Judge Alling continued. He was standing over a can of alcohol when the officer caught him. A man with hts experience with the liquor law should know better than have liquor on his premises. His wife was fined once and he was discharged. Five months later he was here and was fined and paid the fine. Less than two years later he was here again.
 He was fined and sent to jail for 10 days. Even that did not stop him. He is still conducting place where liquor is for sale. If it is not for sale what is 1t there for?"
 Murawski was arrested last satur- day night by Officers John C. Stad- Ter and Daniel Cosgrove in his store at 147 Beaver street, corner of Beatty street.
 Wife Warns Husband
 Officer Stadler testified that there are three doors leading from the rear of the store. About 7:3o p. m. last Saturday he and Officer Cos grove were watching the place when Mrs. Murawski saw them and ran into the store and shouted to her husband. Officer StadIer rushed in and caught Murawski emptying a glass jar behind the store.
 He also found a tin can turned upside down on the ground in sort of open cellar on the store level. Of fcer Stadler saved some of the con- tents of the can and found 1t to be alcohol. Murawski demanded to SC the search warrant and told the officer he had no right to rush into the store without a warrant. The officer had the warrant.
 Relative to the reputation of the store the officer said men of drink ing habits frequent it. Just before the raid, four men came out intoxi- cated, he said Four others were in- side the store. For the past six weeks the police have had the store under surveillance and have seen men of drinking habits going in and out, the officer said.
 In reply to Attorney M. D. Saxe. Officer Stadler said he knew liquor has been sold in the store because a man told him last Thursday night of having had liquor served him. The officer said he never saw liquor sold there but he has seen men com ing out under influence of the liquor. Whether they were sober or intoxicated when they went in the officer could not say.
 The place is what we call hole in the wall" Officer Stadler said. Asked by Prosecuting Attorney Woods to name the men who were in the store at the time of the raid, Officer Stadler replied "Graboski of Concord street and Sobiac, both bootleggers, and two others whose names I do not know"
 Officer Cosgrove testified to assist ing Officer Stadler in the raid and Officer David Doty, who has been night patrolman in the vicinity of the store since October ? testified that men play cards and drink moonshine there practically every night. On October 16 the officer saw Murawsld pour a drink from a jar into a glass. He warned Murawski then not to sell liquor.
 The odor of alcohol in the jar was strong but Murawski denied he had sold it. He admitted having had drink himself. The officer made a written report on the incident and 1t was introduced by the prosecuting attorney. After reading the report Attorney Saxe objected to admitting 1t on the ground that it related to October 16 and not to October 23. Judge filling reminded the attorney that 1t was as a result of his own question that the report was intro duced.
 Officer Feeney testified that he and Sergeant O'Mara went to the store last month and Mrs, MuraWski spilled bottle of liquid on the counter. It smelled strongly of all cohol, he said
 Sergeant OMara testified that he and Sergeant Ellinger and Officer Teenev visited the place and Mrs