New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
TWO HOUR BATTLE ECHOED IN COURT Three Released From Custody
 and One Found Guilty VISITING NURSE CHOSEN

vile To Take Position-Parent and Teachers To Raise Funds Fo Jennings School Playground. A Sixth avenue boarding hous. quartet with . penchant for tw. hour battles was dissolved today ir city court by Judge William J. Ma lone. when one of its members, Nil chael Skerboto was found guilty O assault. drunkenness and breach o the peace. He was sentenced to 6( days in jail.
 Skerboto was the only one of the four men arraigned on a similar charge to be found guilty The oth. CTS were released after Judge Ma lone decided that they had come as near the truth as possible. Those who faced the court were Frank Daniels. Michael Skerboto. Joseph Vierovoy and Michael Donacz. The two last named were represented by Attorney Noble F. Pierce.
 Daniels. Vierovoy and Donacz pleaded not guilty to the charges of assault, breach of the peace and drunkenness. Although Daniels re- ceived severe scalp wound last Sunday night when the two hour battle occurred. he showed no traces Of the encounter in court this morn ing. Skerboto had a badly discol- ored optic, and the other two men were unmarked.
 Policeman Edgar Norton who ar rested Daniels and Skerboto last Sunday night was the first witness to testify. He stated that he was on duty near Pierce's bridge when he noticed Skerboto staggering along the road dead drunk" He ques- tioned the man and was led to an address at 1 Sixth avenue. where he found Daniels lying across the bed with blood oozing from a vicious scalp wound. The wounded man said that Skerboto had crowned" him with beer bottle. Dr. Charles Kent of Forestville took six stitches in Daniels head and for a time it was feared that he might bleed to death.
 Both men ewere arrested. but Daniels was fH such bad condition. that the case which was originally scheduled for Monday had to be postponed. Meanwhile. vierovoy and Donacz were implicated and locked up by the police under $200 bonds.
 According to the court testimony. the fight started over the fact that Skerboto was wearing a suit which Daniels claimed as his property.
 Despite Judge Malones assertion that all the men were lying. their stories could not be shaken, and they all ran along the same line. Policeman Norton attested to Vie rovoy's good character. This man said he was the propretor of the boarding house.
 When called to the witness stand. he substantiated Daniels testimony that Skerboto had assaulted the man while he was lying i'll bed. The boarding house keeper said he had interfered. and Skerboto, in a mad drunk, had grabbed him by the throat. He defended himself until the intervention of Donacz. who, he said, had grabbed Skerboto and thrown him to the floor where he struck his eye on the corner of a chair.
 None of the men. with the eXcep- English. Their testimony was in- terpreted by Policeman Joseph Strup.
 Wife Fails to Appear
 "Getting drunk in bed is about the best way known" said Judge Malone when John Maumchik was arraign- ed on a charge of drunkenness and breach of the peace. Through his attorney. Anthony Rich, Maumchik pleaded guilty to the drunkenness charge and was fined $10 and costs. There was no evidence against the man with the exception of testimony offered by Policeman Meyers, who arrested Maumchik early this morn- ing on complaint of his wife. The blue coat explained that he had found Maumchik drunk in bed, while his wife stood out on the street afraid to enter the house.
 Judge Malone severely censured persons who make complaints to the police and then fall to appear. Mrs. Maumchik. although told by police to be in court this morning. did not testify. Judge Malone was at first willing to continue the case until tomorrow morning, but upon request of Attorney Rich. who explained that his only available witness could not appear tomorrow morning, the case was disposed of with 6 small fine.
 $25 Check for Police.
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