New Britain herald., 1927-10-27
CLAIMS SIDEWALK
 IS NOT HIGHWAY
Lawyer Offers to Prove COnten- tion to Judges Satisfaction

Whether or not q sidewalk K part of a public highway within the meaning Of the statute relative 10 inc driving Of motor vehicles IS q auaetior on which Jud-" Henry r. Roche and Attorney Lawrence J. Colon flsu greed in poi."@ court to- gly and tho cas. o' Alexander ps..o,ys]i. agoI Is. Of &4 t-2 orange street. charged with driving without a license and driving Whii" his IT, r.u~a was under su@prusou. was con- rfnu,d untn November 9. at which frrlo Attorney Colon and Prosecuting Attorney !. C. Woods will submit Irzat authorities on tho point,
 ,tter officer Edward F. Ilicly had testified to arrestiug EH1ho"ski 7r,,.lav ,yeniug following an accl- dent on Orange street. and Miss Mary Carney ot the state motor Ne- nIrIc commissioner office at Hart ford had testified relative to i,utow- skis license suspension, Attorney Colon moved for discharge on the ground that RutoWSki was backing 4 truck over the sidewalk, which IS not part of the public highway. If licensed operator drives on the side walk he is not liable 10 arrest be- cause il is not part Of the pubic Highway. Attorney Colon contended Therefore. Rutowskl Was entitled to a discharge.
 Well If you want q ruling on It, I will say right now that my opinion is that the sidewalk Is part of the public highway" Judge Roche said. Attorney Colon replied that he felt certain he could find authorities for his contention if allowed time until tomorrow to produce them. Prose- cutting Attorney Woods said h" would be too busy 10 look into the question today, so weeks continu- ance was agreed upon.
 Car Overturned in Collision
 The case Of Harry Nelson, aged 34. Of 1897 Park street, Hartford, charged with reckless driving, was continued until Monday morning be- cause of the absence of witnesses. Nelson was driving an automobile north on Hartford avenue about l0:30 last night when his car struck machine operated by Howard l.. Hanford of 9lS East street, going east on Winter street. Sergeant John c. Stadlcr. who investigated. report ed that Nelson's car was going at the
 sIn .l n I the other car was going at the ap- proximate rate of l or 20 miles an hour and had passed the center of the intersection when it was struck.
 The impact overturned Hanford' s car and forced it against coupe owned by Prank Grubar, which was parked on Winter street. The three machines were damaged but nobody was injured.
 Not Guilty of Evasion
 f.ltro Audi, aged 35, Of 21 Pine hurst street. charged with cNading responsibility last Saturday evening about 7:4V o'clock, was discharged. Attorney Albert A. Grecuberg repre- >.nt"d him.
 Supernuuerary Officer Glgliottl testified that he was at the corner of Main and Winter streets when he heard d crash and as he turned about he saw q truck in charge Of Audi resting againrt the sidr Of t sedan in front of the New Britain bay Nursery on Winter street.
 Audi drove towards Main street and. the officer called to him and asked him why he wgs driving away. Audi told him he did not think there had been any damage caused The ouIcur found q dent on in" body and d dent OH the fender Of the sedan. which is owned by John E. Moran of iJ Francis street.
 Frank Edwards of %SG Ellis street had charge of tn" sedan with Mr. Moran's permission and had left ii at . the curb while he was at the office ot a physician, He said the dent in the body of tn" sedan wac expensive to repair.
 II was on the beading and for that reason tn" N VcodWorh on inc interior must he taken out in order to repair the dent.
 Mir, Moran testified that the fanI- "r was moi only bent but cut. The ear was u"W and tn" total damage will cost about 80 to repair, h." said. In reply 10 Attorney Grr"ubrrr, Mr. Moran denied having discuss'd the ,.mouut Of damage with ropro~enfa- Nves of th' company carrying th" in suraucr on Audi's truck,
 r. J. Alcln.ru"y of N Beaver street testified that he heard the crash and saN tb' damage 10 Mir. Norau~ car. H. said ii N4s not an especially loGi uois.. Recalled 10 tn" stand hy Mr. Noods, he was a-,. | It his hearing Was defective and he promptly and emp'u'icaly d,uol hat he could moi hear Us well as 1h" aN"rag. person.
 Audi testified that ly vas driving