New Britain herald., 1926-07-16
CATCH EX-POLICEMAN
 FOR DRUNKEN DRIVING
BobrOwski Arrested After Collision on East Main
 Street

Out of sympathy for the wife and
 children of Andrew Bobrowski, a
 former supernumerary policeman, of I'll Curtis street, Judge B. W. AL
 ling made a departure from his
 practice of fining drunken drivers
 S100 and sentencing them to five days in jail and continued Bobrov- skis case in police court this morn-
 ing until August 21.
 Bobrowski, who is S5 years of age and has been arrested several times TOT various otfenses since leaving the police department. pleaded not guilty 10 the charge of driving an automo-
 bile while under influence Of liouor on East Main street last night about lo;1s o'clock but Supernumerary Officers James NJ. McCue and
 Michael Brophy testified that he was
 unfit to drive. He staggered and
 there was an odor of alcohol from
 him, according to Officer McCue. or
 ticer Brophy did not smell alcohol
 but in his judgment, Bobrowski was unfit to drive.
 BobrowsM was driving east on
 East Main street when his car col lided with a car driven by Joseph Kern of 1104 Stanley street. which was going west. Officer McCue was standing at the corner of Hartford avenue and East Main street and heard the crash. When he arrived at the scene, he found Bobrowski reclining over the drivers wheel and his car in a crosswise position head ing north, He asked Bobrowski if he had been drinking and Bobrow- ski said he had two glasses of wine. Asked to walll q few paces. Bobrow- ski staggered, the officers said.
 In his own defense, Bobrowski said his daughter was injured yesterday morning by being struck by an auto mobile, and his wife is an invalid. He had been to the hospital to visit his daughter and when the accident occurred he was going to HurIburt street to do mechanical job for 8 | man named Frank. There was q car parked on the south side of East Main street, near Landers factory, and Bobrowski was driving past it. with the left side of his car a few inches onto the trolley track area. He said Kern should have been on | the north side, going west, but he was too near the center of the street and the collision resulted.
 He had two glasses of wine at i supper, but he was not drunk. He always drinks wine with his meals, | he said. Asked why he does not re- port to the probation officer as he agreed to do the last time he was in court, he said he works about the | house in the evening on account of the inability Of his wife to attend to | her household duties and frequent 1 ly he works overtime in the factory, | so he does net have time to report. !
 He bought his automobile for $15 and uses it to deliver washings, he said.
 Judge filling said there is no ques- tion that lie was under influence of | liquor last night and he should | know enough to remain away from the wheel after drinking wine. He asked Bobrowsli If he is willing to his license and the an- swer was that he needs the license because he would have to carry the laundry bundles if he did not have the car. "I guess you will have to carry shem," the judge remarked, and he turned the license over to Clerk Danberg. After court the clerk returned the license to Bo- hrowski. The license will be sus-