New Britain herald., 1927-02-10
THREE DRUGGISTS
 PAY S200 FINES Found Guilty in Court Of Yio,
 IatinS Liquor Law DRIVER SERIOUSLY HURT
Werner Greene Buried in WreckaSe When Auto Hits Trec-Bristol Brass Corp. Re-Elccts Officers Cops Still in Business.

Brass Corp. Re-Elccts Officers 1 Cops Still in Business.
 1 Following the campaign started
 last week by Prosecuting Attorney
 James T. Mather to clean up the
 liquor situation applying to drug
 stores, three more arrests were made
 last night when Joseph Mastrobuoni, I proprietor Of the Boulevard Phar- macy at sS Main street: Morris
 Hickman. proprietor of Hickman s
 Economy Drug Store on Riversid"
 avenue, and George Biackall of the Blackal Drug Co.,. at l7S Main
 street were placed under arrest by
 Sergeant Henry Jeglinski and Off, cer William Thompson. The specific charges against each were two counts Of sale Of liquor on illegal prescriptions, the dates specified
 being January Y and February |. i Fines of Sg0V and costs, totaling s314.40 were assessed in each case by JuGg; Joseph Nj. Donovan.
 Mastrobuoni was represented by Attorney Noble E. Pierce who en- tered q plea of nolo contendere as did Judge S. Russell Mink for Rick
 man and Attorney John C. Blackall of Hartford for his brother. George ! Blackall. Each lawyer addressed , inc ha in yiaIx. 1 of the fact that the druggists were simply rendering a service more for ! accommodation than gain that the court be lenient in the imposition of , fine. Judge Mink stated that the : prescription was a technical point ill the case and the question arose ! in his mind as 10 just what an eX- tent such paper was negotiable. He pointed out that none of the men involved had gone into the
 business from a bootlegging stand = point and that all were not only | responsible but respectable men in i the community.
 { Prosecuting Attorney Mather in-
 formed the court however. that
 there was nothing technical 10 the
 cases. The violations had been i committed flagrantly and the names
 used on the prescriptions had been
 filled in by the druggists themselves ! in some intances after blanks had
 been received from physicians. he | aaid.
 i Judge Donovan in reviewing the case felt that the responsibility Of l the men should really be an urge ! 70 him to impose heavier fine than | on some less respectable and less
 capable Of making a good liveli- i hood without resorting to the dis | pensing Of liquor. He felt. how 1 ever, that they were also entitled to , consideration for entering. through 1 their attorneys. the plea of nolo con- 1 tendere and thereby eliminating the ! necessity of presenting a consider able amount of testimony.
 | There is speculation as to what | the next step Of the prosecutor will :, be, if any were taken. A number U. PLY oiN Ntls SuiIIilOTEH IO , his office in the city hall today and l interviewed but whether any ar rests will be made Is as yet un- 1 known.
 ! The revoking of liquor permits of the three druggists involved leaves but one drug store In the city at the
 present time equipped 10 dispense liquor on doctors prescriptions. ! It developed that the investiga- ton by the prosecutors office was started as result Of number of
 complaints received rom all sec
 tions Of the city. including parents
 Of youths ranging from IS upward
 some of whom were from the so-
 called leading families of the city,
 Auto Hits Tree, Driver Injurcd 1 werner Greene of 45 Harrison
 street lies in serious condition at the ! Bristol hospital as result of in iuries sustained when the car he
 was operating collided head-ou with
 a tree on High street at c:S0 this morning. The car was practically demolished by the impact and 1t was necessary to remove Greene through
 the top of the auto on account of 1 the twisted condition of the wreck
 age.
 Greene remained unconscious dur { ing the morning and N-rays were | taken 10 determine the extent of his injuries. He was considerably
 bruised about the upper part of the body and sustained a sieep gash In his head The latter injury is caus- 1 ing the most uneasiness.
 He was attended by Dr. B. N
 Whipple.
 Local Man on Federal Grand Jury Walter L. Crouch Of ESQ Summer
 street. this city. was member Of
 the federal grand jury which indict-
 nd i5 men In the alleged million dollar conspiracy to divert commer-