New Britain herald., 1927-11-05
DRUNKEN AU7O|ST
 IS HEAVILY FINED
Jail Sentence Suspended- -Other
 Court Gases

Frank Sconocchici, aged 90, Wa. fined SlDh and costs and given a sus pended jail sentence Of 15 days bl : Judge M. D. Sake in police cour today on the charge of operating a.: automobile while under the influ. ence of liquor. Officer Thomas Lee and David Doty testified that they were at the corner of Arch and Walnut streets about 1905 this morning and heard the noise ol grinding gears of an automobile or Walnut street. A few seconds later the car, driven by Sconocchici, came down Walnut street in low gear and zig-zaSged from one side of the road to the other
 ] Given the walking test" Sconoc- chief was barely able 10 stand, the officers testified, and Sergeant T. J Feency, who was on desk duty when he was brought to the police station, testified that he was "helplessly drunk
 | A'NoitcINlliNi, III illS cN II utitllS', denied that he was under the in tiEence of liquor but he admitted having had one drink Of wine and three drinks of beer. He was sleepy because Of the latcness of the hour, he claimed. He said he came to New Britain from Avon two weeks ago and is making his home on , Oak street.
 Che Headlight Out, Fined S5 John Wynn, aged 20, of 656 West Main street, pleaded guilty 10 charges of operating an automobile without a license and registration in his possession, and only one head light in the car. Judge Sake i'm posed a fine of s5 on the headlight charge and suspended judgment on the others, as Wynn showed the necessary papers.
 Officer William Grabeck testified that he saw a car driven by Wynn going west on East Main street about 11:45 last night and stepped into the street to stop it as one light was out. The car went about 900 feet and then stopped ani backed up.
 Tho officer told Wynn about tn" headlight and Wynn made reply in q fresh and sarcastic" manner, ac- cordng to the testimony. Asked for his license and registration he was unable to produce them. Relative to 10 the headlight the officer said Wynn told him he knew when he left the garage that one bulb was burned out.
 Wynn, who is bus driver in the employ of Rocco r. Cocchillo. testi- lied that he discovered that only one light was burning after he had left the garage on Oak stf t, and there was no way of obtaining a bulb. He denied the officers testimony as to his dcmeanor when spoken to.
 Must Support Children
 Ralph Portenza. aged 3S. Of o9 Locust street, was ordered 10 pay s7 weekly towards the support of his tIIlII 'ii. hllt tl "lIOIl W III bc years of age in January and tn" other , years of age in April.
 Mrs. Por'crza testified that she left her husband three years ago and now lives with her mother at IA Pleas sant street. She received & weekly from her husband although he was ordered by the court 10 pay only $G, but three weeks ago reduced hcient for the support Of the 
 Portenza. represented by Attorney & Gerard Casale, expressed willing Ecss to support his wife and children but the former will not live with him. The reason he changed pay msnts from SS to s6 was that he is on short time in the factory and earns only s2o.25 q week. His own living costs Sl5.
 Judge Sake remarked that Por- tenza has been conscientious in the past and in all probability will carry out the order of the court without a bond. In the event that he be- comes able toearn more than s20 weekly the matter of an increase in payment may be taken up.
 The continued case of Alexander karas, aged S2, of Broad street. with non-support was con- tinued until December 3t.