New Britain herald., 1927-12-16
DRIVES AUTOMOBILE. WITH N. J. MARKERS
Factory Official Failed to Regis
 ter Car in Connecticut

Roger W. Whitman of 6G7 Corbin avenue. local factory superintendent, has been driving an automobile in the state of Connecticut since Aug ust without having it registered. if was disclosed today when he was asked for his registration, having been notified last night by Officer John Okeefe 10 be in police court on charges of driving an automobile without lights and with no certificate Of registration. The officer stopped nm on Arch street after noticing that light on the car was not burning.
 This morning. Assistant Prescott ing Attorney w. NJ. Grecnstein told Attorney Harry NJ. Ginsburg to have Whitman bring In his certificate of , registration and nolle would be en- tered. Then 1t became known that although Whitman had a bill of sale to snow that he had purchased the car, 1t was still registered in the name Of the former owner, in New Jersey and Whitman had no Con- necticut registration.
 | On recommendation of Mfr. Green stein, Judge Roche continued the case until tomorrow. It Is under stood that the laws of Connecticut ! as regards registration will be com- piled with in the meantime.
 i Fool Credit Tiro Store Joseph DeRosa, aged 23. of 47 Pine street, Meriden, and Luke De Baise, aged A, of S9o South Main street. Wallingford, charged with obtaining goods under false pretens- es, had their cases nolled on pay 1nent of costs. MT. Greenstein told Judge Roche that each Of the young men obtained two automobi tires and tubes on October 20 at the | Union store on Main street, this city, and represented that they were the owners of automobiles. Each paid S2.1o and agreed to pay S2 weekly. the total charge In each case being S23.10. DeRosa gave the registra- ton number of a car owned by his brother. Edward DeRosa, while De- 1 Raise gave the registration number Of car owned by Mary Kane of 1 1
 Westerly Terrace. Hartford.
 When the Union store had oc-
 casion to send a civil officer to col
 feet payments on the tires it was
 learned that neither DeRosa nol
 DeBaise actually owned an automo.
 bile. AS one of the conditions or
 which they were given the tires was
 that they represented that they
 owned cars, Mir. Greenstein issued
 warrants for their arrest. DeRos;
 was arrested late yesterday by De.
 tective Sergeant Ellinger and Ser
 geant Stadler went to Wallngfort
 early today and brought back De
 Baise.
 MT. Greenstein told Judge Koch. the young men had made full rest tuition and he felt that in view 0
 their youth and also the fact tha ! their action seemed to have beel more or less a prank, he felt tha the ends of justice would be met h a nolle on payment of costs. Judg
 Roche agreed.
 . No Registration, Wrong Markers Michael Cornish, aged 23, of 4 Church street, Huntsville, charge,
 with operating an automobile with out a certificate of registration an,
 With improper markers, failed t
 answer when his case was called and Judge Roche ordered a S3 cash bond forfeited. Cornish tcle phoned to Clerk Danberg after cour : that he had trouble with his car an, |. was unable to reach court on time : It is expected that the forfeitur 5 will be erased and the case reopene l if Cornish presents himself in cour l tomorrow.