New Britain herald., 1926-06-07
BOUND OVER FOR
 MELEE IN CELLAR
heriden Man Has Exciting EX-
 lsfience Visiting Big City

breach Of the peace and assaulting Vincent Catalina with dangerous weapon, Louis Pelegrino. aged 22 .c. lo rth Spring street. Mer. .en. . formerly Of New Britain. pleaded | not guilty in police court this morn . in,, "as hound over 10 the September term Of superior court in bonds Of $l,uho. He was not rep P, nted hy counsel.
 Sergeant Pat ick J. O'Mara tcs- . tihed that he and Supernumerarv 1. Officer Louis F.. Harper arrested Pelegrino about i o'clock last eve ming and that Peleeriuo told them i he had gone 10 the North street ad
 dress To purchase q bottle of wine and in the cellar several men jump . ed on him and pushed him through . q door.
 Dr. David P. Waskowiiz testified to attending Catalina and Pelegrino lat his office. Mike Catalina. son of the assaulted man. testified 10 call ling ior help when he saw PcIegriuo and another man entering the eel | liar.
 Catalina testified 10 going into the cellar and being greeted with . Ian tack. Ho wrcStIed with PcIo- Igrino and hold him until the police icamc. Catalina was severely beat len. several :.irches being taken 10 lcIose cuts in his head and face. He said the blows he received felt as though they came from a sledee hammer. The man who was with Pel"grino ran away when Catalina entered and has not been apprc- h"ndcd. Catalina said the other man did not strike him or attempt rto strike him.
 ! P"logrino. in his o~u behalf. les tiied that he was in the cellar waiting 10 purchase quart Of wine. 'ajajjuo hit him on he head with q bottle and several other men also piled onto him and beat him. while n" tried 10 defend himself. He in- sisted that he was assaulted before he struck anyone, He said he was .alOne and the man who was sought bY the police had come into the cellar directly behind him. He did 1 not know his name and he did not know anything about the metal knucklos found near the scene of the fight He thought il possible that he had been Struck with them ] but he denied using them on 1 ratalino. Wine, Cider And Gas Cocktail Michael Ker.iyzia, aged 21 Of % Winter street pleaded guilty 10 inc Icharge Of operating an automobile while under influence of liquor. in police court today. He was arrested on Broad street by Officer A. C. NulrnCius Saturday afternoon fol-
 towing slight accident in which N'rclyzia's car struck car Iriycn by il Hartford man. The officer said K"rcjy2ia was unfit 10 drive a ear.
 Judge w r. Nang7n, counsel for k"rolyzia, said the young man has l ta"n doing well for some time. Sat z ur'lar he had some wine and cider ! and was under it's influence when the accident happened. IC he is | tined Stoo he will probably be un- V
 
 Judge filings attention to the fact that although the state produced no } witnesses who saw Korellzia driving 2 'ha car. the yonns man came into court and told the truth instead Of ! .attompting 10 escape punishment by l getting his friends to come in and 2 substantiatc a lie. |
 Judge Alling imposed fine of h SloQ and cos,s and a jail sentence of ( five days.
 Coffee House Raided
 The ease of Mike Woman charged with violation of the liquor law. was continued until Saturday morning. He was represented by Attorney AL a fred Levitt and pleaded not guilty. o His coffee house at 434 Main street ! Was radcd Saturday evening by De- D trctivo Sergeant Elingcr, Sergeant l D'Mara and Officer Feeney. q
 Ignores Traffic Signal II
 George Kukish. aged 9S. of SC c Sexton street. pleaded not guilty to [ inc charge of Iisobcying the signal Of Traffic officer Edward E. Riley Saturday afternoon. Kukish said he was compelled 10 drive against the } traffic at Main and East Main street s 10 avoid a collision with a truck. q He said he would not have been ar [ rested had he mol been fresh" with q tlJc officer. V
 Officer Riley testified that there h was am odor Of liquor from Kukishs a breath. Detective Sergeant McCuc q was put on the witness stand 10 ! testify 10 Kul,ishs condition hut O Judge AlJing interrupted to remind l. the prosecuting attorney that Ku- O kish was charged will disoboyine d traffic officers signal. not driving while under the influence Of liquor. Judg, A'ling asked Kukish what 0 right he had to drive between two S trucks and. Gning him s. and costs, a told him not to fo it again. u
 Evasion of Responsibility
 Although he maintained that he was not aware that his automobile = hgurvd in d collision at the corner Of West Main street and Corbin ave nue last evening, Joseph Rysko, N aged 24, of gS Wilcox street. was found guilty of eyadiHg rcsponsibii- ily and violating the rules of the road He was fined S5o and costs on the first charge and s10 and costs on the second.
 Eyskos car driven by Angelo Marchoso under Rysko's instruction. struck a car driven Ey Fred Puriu- ton and in which Mrs Purinton and '
 
 daughter. of 23 Griswold street, were riding. Mr. Purnton testified that he had just made tho turn from