New Britain herald., 1927-08-26
HASTE COSTS SO FOR RECKLESSNESS
Me0 Too Anxious to Arrive" Terrorize Others, Judge Says

After nearing the eVldence ln the reckless driving charge against Mas sino Sarrantonio. aged 40 years. of 6s Fremont street, in police court today. Judge Morris D. Sake made a finding of guilty and imposed a fine of s6o and costs. with the ob- servation that men who are too anxious to arrive terroriZe others on the highway and cause accidents" and only the fact that the driver in this case has a good record saved him from a more serious penalty. Attorney S. Gerard Casale. repre- senting Sarrantonio. gave notice of appeal to superior court in bonds of s100.
 Sarrantonio was driving an auto mobile towards West Hartford shortly before 8 o'clock Tuesday evening and a car driven by Joseph W. Sullivan of the Hotel Beloin was approaching in the opposite direc- ton when the crash that resulted in Sarrantonio's arrest occurred. Ac- cording to the testimony. Sullivan was on the extreme right side of the highway and made every effort to avoid the collision. Sarrantonio claimed that his car skidded when he applied the brakes to avoid strik- ing a car directly in front of him, the latter vehicle having come to a sudden stop. Sullivan and his com panion. Charles Fay, were positive, however, that Sarrantonio's car left the line of traffic and appeared to have been attempting to pass other cars when he found he did not have sufficient room to do so and there fore tried to pull back into line.
 Judge Sake said he believed there was an element of recklessness in the accident. He was convinced that Sullivan had done everything in his power to avoid it and there was not | single bit of evidence before the court on which the blame could be placed against anyone but Sarran- tonio Attorney Casale replied that simply because car skids on a wet pavement and strikes another car the driver should not be held guilty of recklessness. The cars impressed him as one for the civil courts to decide, but Prosecuting Attorney Woods disagreed, saying the gener- al assembly does not make laws governing criminal acts, for the pur- pose of having them ignored. The claim of the defense attorney in this respect is "the last ditch, just like Busters last stand Mir. Woods said.
 John Namnoun. aged 34, of 33 Harvard street, pleaded not guilty to the charge of assaulting Louis Buchas, and the latter's son, Frank Buohas. who live at 3s Harvard street. He was represented by At torney Albert A. Greenberg, and the testimony indicated that there is trouble in the neighborhood due to children's squabbles. Yesterday afternoon, Namnoun's wife and Frank Buchas had some words.
 About e:3o last evening. Nam noun struck the latter on the head with a stout club, inflicting a cut about two inches long He also at tackled the young mans father with the club.
 e Namnoun testified that his wife and children were afraid to remain in the house because of the an- noyance caused by the Buchas fam fly. He spoke to Frank Buchas about his alleged actions and the latter called him vile name. He then yielded the club with all his force on Buchas and his father.
 Mrs. Namnoun testified that she had trouble with the Buchas family who accused her little daughter of the theft of an old rusty pocket book. They attacked the child and drove her 100 feet from the house. Mrs. Buchas, her daughter and son took part in the squabble. The wit ness reported the trouble to her husband when he returned from work and the attack with the club resulted.
 Attorney Greenberg contended that there was a degree of justif1ca- ton to the assault although Nam noun undoubtedly used more force than was necessary but he was driven to desperation by the annoy ance to his wife and children. Nam noun is already seeking another tenement in order to escape further trouble, the attorney said.
 Judge Saxe said it would not be very happy situation if everyone went about averaging grievances with club such as was used in this