New Britain herald., 1927-11-26
LIQUOR V|OLATOR
 IS SENT TO JAIL
SelZlnan Also Fined SM0-
 Other Police Court Cases

Pleading guilty to the charge of violating the liquor law on Nov. 2t. III his store at 116 Winter street. corner of Spring street. and there fore being a second offender, Mi chael Selzman, aged 40, 49 Hurlburt street, was fined s2O0 and costs and sentenced to jail for 10 days by Judge M. D. Sake in police court to- day. Sergeant P. J. O'Mara testi- fled that he and Sergeant M. J. p. m, the day of the arrest and after q search, Sergeant O'Mara found q copper tank of seven gallon capacity concealed in the wall under a win- ! dow, with an outlet through a joist in the cellar. Selzman threw away the contents of two glasses at sight of the police, but he denied there was liquor in the glasses, the ser geant testified, although there was an odor of liquor apparent.
 1 Attorney Irving I. Rachlin made a plea for leniency, and told Judge Sake Selzman was in financial straits being unable to pay his taxes and interest on mortgage, in addition to being in poor health, and steps have been taken to dispose of the store. The attorney produced writ ten evidence in support of his state ments and said it is Selzman's inten- i tion to go to work in a factory and live within the law.
 Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Greenstein observed that Selzman had not thought of all the extenuat- ing circumstances recited by his at- torney, until it was too late to avoid arrest, and Judge Saxe said the charge of being a second offender against the liquor law is serious despite the points brought out by | Attorney Rachlin. He asked MT. Greenstein if the state wished the court to take jurisdiction rather than bind Selzman over to superior court and MT. Greenstein replied that he believed it advisable to do so. Spcc(er Is Fined
 Walter Davis, aged 40, of 11S Ev- ergreen avenue, Hartford, pleaded guilty to the charge of speeding. Motorcycle Officer w. s. Strolls tes- tified that Davis drove truck at the rate Of 40 miles an hour between the g. & r. Motor Sales Co. and Allen street, on Stanley street, short ly after o'clock yesterday after noon. At Allen street Davis reduc- cd the speed of the truck to 3S miles an hour and the officer arrested him near Sefton Drive.
 Davis had nothing to say and Judge Sake imposed a fine of S15 and costs.
 Another Auto Case
 | Frank Haupt, aged 3o, Of Berlin street, Southington, was charged with operating an automobile with out having a license in his posses sion, and driving a car with impro- per markers and defective brakes.
 Officer Thomas Blanchette testi- fled that he stopped Haupt on West Main street about 7:30 last evening to warn him not to continue passing traffic on curves along the highway because of the danger. He as1ed him for his license, which he could not procure, saying he had left 1t at home unintentionally. The regis tration called for a coupe but Haupt was operating a touring car. He told the officer he had taken the markers from the coupe and placed i them on the touring car.
 Relatives to the brakes, the officer said he drove the car from the po- ] lice station to a garage on Church f street after the arrest was made i and he found the emergency brake was useless while the foot brake would not function except when pushed to the floor.
 Had No License
 Chr!sty Nelson, aged 22. of Beckley, was fined s2 and costs for driving an automobile without hav- ing license in his possession. Off, cer Peter Skierkowski testified that he made the arrest on Main street about 9;15 last night. Nelson pro- duced his license in court.
 Joseph W. Lucas, aged 21, of 34 Richard street, was fined $ and costs for failure to obey a traffic signal. Motorcycle Officer w. S. Strolls testified that Lucas drove past the red light and turned left into South High street from West Main street shortly before 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon. First he said he did not notice the light and then he said he had seen it, ac- cording to the officer Lucas pleaded guilty and had nothing to say. Haupt declined to make state ment until Assistant Prosecuting At f torney Greenstein questioned him. Then he said he had the brakes re- lined three weeks ago and believes they were ill good condition. He knew 1t was unlawful to change markers from one machine to an- other, he said. He produced his ! operators license and explained that he had inadvertently neglected to have 1t with him last night.
 Judge Saxe suspended judgment on the charge relating to the license and imposed a fine of s5 and costs OF each of the other counts.
 Joseph Theberge, aged 47, of S4