New Britain herald., 1926-03-23
 COURT BUSINESSES
 CARD FRAUD CASE Complainant Admits He Was Untruthiul on Witness Stand DEFENSE SPRINGS COUP
Forces Kallen Co Confess Testifying Falsely When He Denied Ever Being Arrested HungerfUrd Frees Alex Swicrczynski.

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 Being Arrested - Hungerford
 Frees Alex swicrczynski Producing court records showing
 that Alfred Kallen, aged 2s, of Hartford, was convicted on Octo- Der Sl, 1921, Of selling liquor in 1 Hartford, Attorney T. F. McDon- ough, counsel for Alex swierczyn- ski, accused or conspiracy, claimed that Kallen perjured himself in po- lice court yesterday, and Swierczyn- ski was discharged In police court this morning by Judge William c. Hungerford following a two hour trial. When asked yesterday fl he ever sold liquor Kallen said, q never sold liQuor." He also denied ever having been arrested.
 This morning in court Svierczyn- ski made complete denial Of every statement that Kallen made yesterday, Both the state and the counsel for defense had produced witnesses. but the trial seemed to be dragging when Attorney Me- Donough arose.
 Your honor, may bring Kal- len back to the stand for a few moments" he asked, Ito prove that he committed a deliberate perjury | on the witness stand yesterday" Prosecuting Attorney Joseph q. 1 Woods objected, and the two law yers wrangled for a few minutes 1 until Judge Hungerford ruled that 1 Kallen should take the stand again.
 Kallen entered the witness stand visibly nervous, just as he appeared yesterday.
 Were you ever arrested before 9" asked McDonough.
 Kallen did not answer for q few ! moments, and his face turned red as he fdgeted. He stammered an , incoherent answer. and finally ad- mitted that he had been arrested previously.
 McDonough Charges Perjury McDonough accused him of per jury yesterday when he said that he had never before been arrested. 1 Yesterday didn't you say that you had never before sold liquor?'' T said I had never before sold | liquor in my present store" Kallen replied.
 Whereupon McDonough produced records showing that kallen was ar rested in Hartford in 1921 and con- yiCted on charges Of violating the liquor law, On the stand yesterday present store on Zion street for six years. Previous to his arrest on the liquor charge, kallen was also ar rested on charge of violating the traffic ordinance. He was fined g. on that charge on October ', 1921.
 Kallen tried to state that yester- day he meant that he never sold any liquor in his present store. Then on cross examination he stammered a bit and McDonough said:
 Admits Telling Lie
 If you said yesterday that you never sold liquor you were lying. Is that not so?"
 Yes, replied Kallen with his eyes turned 10 the floor.
 "Ill discharge Swierczynski," stated Nudge Hungerford bringing the trial 10 an abrupt close.
 Proceedings began this morning when Swicrczynski took the stand. and said that on February 23, he went to Kallen's store early in the morning to ask him for the name of a doctor to whom he could take lis father. The previous week, Svicrczynski said, Kallen told him he knew of a doctor, but could not remember his name. As Kallen was not there, SWierczvnski said that he returned later with his brother, and he found Leo Feluskowski, aged 24, or Hartford, and Kallen in the rear room of kallen's store.
 He said that after talking for a while kallen gave Feluskowski sandwich, and left the room return ing a few moments later with bot tle of whiskey. He said that Felus- kowski gave Kallen s5 in payment for the liquor.
 Before we left the store, Felus- llowski asked Kallen if he knew any women he could meet" said Swierc- zynski, and Kallen said he could find some women but he did not want 10 go around in Hartford as he was too well known, but he knew someone in New Britain. Be fore We got into the car Feluskow- ski gave the clerk q drink and gave him money to buy lunch.
 eve got into my brother, Johnny's car and went down Zion street 10 New Britain. We got into New Britain about 1o o'clock, and Kallen and Feluskowski got out of the car at place on Hartford av- enue. They were only in there a few minutes when they returned and said that the women were not there, but would he back at o'clock"
 Swierczynski said that KalIen stated that he and Feluskowski would go to the depot and pass the time away, but instead they went to John Swierczynski'S house at Sc6 High street. He said that Felus- kowski was drunk and was lying