New Britain herald., 1927-05-18
WOMEN CAN'T HIDE
 BEHIND CHILDREN
Judge Holds Liquor Selling Nothtr for Superior Court

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 Iotha for Supaiol Court
 T am afraid that the situation has got to the point where women with children believe they can do as they please and not be prosecuted" re- marked Judge w. c. Hungerford in police court this morning as he held Mrs. Rose Morawsli, aged s7. of 247 Washington street, for superior court in 5000 bonds after finding Ter guilty of violation Of the liquor law on two counts in her store at .4s Washington street. That theory is wrong." the judge con- tinued. "It has been admitted that she Is 8 second offender but I do not wish to send her to jail. I will bind her over to superior court"
 Mrs. Mcrawski. through Attorney Thomas F. McDonough. pleaded not guilty and said she had been i'll for three days prior to the raid last Sat- urday afternoon about 4:30 o'clock. when a milk bottle partly filled with alcohol was seized by Detective Sergeant Ellinger and Sergeants Flynn and O'Mara. Jennie Stefan- ski. aged 1e. of 247 Washington street, testified that she worked in the store three days on request Of Mrs. Morawski and she did not know the liquor was there. She said many men came in under the influence of liouor and bought cigarettes and to- bacco. She was obliged to call Mrs. Morawski to eject them. she said.
 Sergeant Ellinger testified to the raid, which was made after the search warrant was shown Mrs. Morawski. Complaints had been re- ceived about the place by the po- lice. he said, and Sergeant OMara testified that he has seen men or drinking habits go in and out of the store. The sergeant said he and other officers have rafded the store many times and convictions have been obtained in court on liquor Ia" violation charges.
 Attorney McDonough contenoeo that the states case was weak. as there was no evidence that liquor had been sold in the store ana the fact that complainants who do not come into court and submit to cross examination tell the police the law ia heinz violated is not sufficient to prove reputation. Mrs. Morawski ha. five children. he said. and If convicted she will be a third or fender, having been found. qulity twice before. Attorney McDonough said he realized that the argument of denendents has been used consid- erably in court to obtain leniency for women but it is a fact and as such it is bound to come to the irony in cases of this kind, he said.
 Wife Refused to Go Home
 Mrs. Mary Brennecke. aged 2e' of 2s Willard street. was fined s and costs for drunkenness and her hus- hand. Joseph Brennecke. aged S2, of the same address. had judgment suspended on charges of assault and breach of the peace. oitlcer Peter Cabelus testified that Bren- necke complained to him shortly after g o'clock last night that Mrs. Brennecke was intoxicated in her n1other's home at 200 Hartford av- enue.
 He wanted her to 60 home. he said, but she was noisy and abusive and would not leave. Acting on the complaint the officer. accompanied by officer Maurice Flynn. went to 200 Hartford avenue and found Mrs. Brennecke intoxicated. She accused her husband of having assaulted her and demanded that he be arrest cd. The officer told her if one was arrested, both would be. ' x.
 Brennecke pleaded guilty to the assault charge. He said hs went to the home of his mother-in-law and found everyone In the house. in- cluding his wife. intoxicated. He asked her to leave with him but she refused and. aided by her mother launched an attack of vile names against him. He did not mean to assault his wife but a blow aimed at her brother struck her in the face.
 Mrs. Brennecke denied most em- 1hatically that she was intoxicated. She wanted it understood that she does not drink but last evening she had just a little, probably a tea spoonful, so she could not have been intoxicated, she claimed. About p. m. yesterday she stopped at the home of her husbands sister and had some words" with her.
 The latter probably told Bren- necke his wife was intoxicated but 1t was not true, Mrs. Brennecke said. She denied she used improper language towards her husband. He has never been on Main street with her in the 12 years they have been married and he never calls for her to accompany her when she is out evenings. she said.
 Judge Hungerford started to ad- wise Mrs. Brennecke to make an ef- fort to live without quarreling, but she showed a disposition to argue the point and when she was quilted by Court Officer Lanpher. Judge Hungerford said he had intended to suspend judgment, but now he would impose the fine.
 Fined 35 For Fighting
 Andrew Sariski. aged 23. of 7S Wilcox street and Louis Dehm. aged l9. of 45 Griswold street, were each fined $5 and costs and placed on probation for thirty days. They pleaded not guilty to the charge of breach of the peace and said they