New Britain herald., 1927-09-29
WITNESSES TESTIFY
 ID THEFT OF AUTOS
Owners Take Stand Against Gar
 8ano and GiardianO
SUPERIOR COURT TRIAL ON
Police Sergeant Fcency Rcscnts Lawyers Insinuation That Missing
 MOtormctcr Had Been Planted fin
 Prisoners Cellar.
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 Hartford Sept. 2".-Leo Gargano and Tony Giardiano of 66 smith street, New Britain heard a mass of circumstantial evidence rolled up in superior court today as Assistant States Attorney F. L. Gideon pre- sented the states side of three counts Of theft Of automobile. Pres entation of evidence in two counts was made yesterday and it was ex- pccted that the case would be com- pleted late today,
 Attorney s. Gerard Casale, de- fense counsel said Gargano and Giardano would take the witness stand this afternoon and deny the charges. They have maintained that they are innocent, since their arrest in New Britain on August l5,
 States Witness Questioned
 This morning Attorney Casale called William kecgan, states witness. 10 the witness stand and questioned him as to the kind of q house Gargano and Giardiano lived in. Mir. keegan having testified yes terday that he found motormetor in the cellar. The cellar was dark, Mr. Kecgan said, and was well filled with various articles. To find any thing there was like looking for q needle in a haystack, the witness said,
 Sergeant Feeney and the land lady were present when the motor meter was found on either the 18th or 18th of August The motormeter was on q. shelf about shoulder high a short time after the cellar was | entered. In reply 10 Attorney Ca ] sale, Mir Keegau said it had never occurred to him that the motormetor might have been "planted' there by someone other than Gar6ano and l Giardiano.
 Sergeant Denies "Plant Sergeant Feency was next called
 to the witness stand by Attorney Casale and questioned as 10 what he found in the garage at @61 Broad street also whether or not the pris- oners rendered him any assistance in locating the garage. The attor- ney then caused a mild sensation when he asked Sergeant Feeney If | it was not true that the information | had been planted" by the sergeant on the shelf in the cellar at 66 smith street after having been found i in the garage at 351 Broad street
 The sergeant replied that he had rot planted" II.
 Sergeant O'Mara was called by Attorney Casale and said he was with Mr. Keegan and Sergeant Fee ! ncy when the motormeter was found. He could not say that the motormeter was in plain view as he 1 had not seen it before Mir. keegan
 found it. This concluded the cyl doncc on the second count.
 The state, opening the evidence on 1 the third count called Joseph Mas cia of % Crown street Bristol, who , testified that his car was stolen on August on Lake street. New Brit
 ain. between 7:3o and H:3o ?. m. i He did not see the car again un- 1 ti i' was at Beloins garage on l Church street, New Britain. In re- ply 10 Attorney Casale, the witness
 said he did not know who stole his ! car. There was a motormcter on the 1 car similar 10 one shown him in i court but he could not say 1t was 1 the same one. The spare tire cover ! shown him had hole in it similar | 10 the one on his car. he said. Sergeant Fccney testified that the theft of the Mascia car was re
 ported 10 the police. On August 1 18th the car was recovered on the l street outside tho Eoo agency at i Park and Elm streets. New Britain.
 Arrested With stolen Car i When Giardiano and Gargano
 came out of the agency garage Ser goant Feeney asked them for the
 car registration and found it 10 hear i Tony Giardianos name. The mon | were arrested and taken to police i headquarters. The tire cover and
 motormetcr were found in the gar Continued on Page 1D