New Britain herald., 1927-10-11
MOTHER COMES ID
 DEFENSE 0F SON
 HELD FOR MURDER
Winsted Woman Says Pre,Natal Influences Have Had Effect
 on John Billadela
ROBBERS FRIGHTENED
 HER, SHE TELLS COURT

NVOOAANN lNAV1A ! AANAD
 HER, SHE TELLS COURT Torrington Police Captain Testitic>
 That He Had Received Previous
 Complaints That Accused Youth
 Had Been Annoying Young Girls
 Between Ages of Five and 12
 Years.
 Litchficld Conn, Oct. II lp, - Prenatal conditions which the de- upon the life of John Billadella on trial for the murder of Rose Bor- dino, aged 10, at Winsted. were de scribed to the court by Mrs. Maria Delutre mother Of the accused. his noon. The defense is present. ing it's side and Mrs. Delutre Was called 10 tell of the circumstances surrounding the birth of John, her second child.
 Mrs. Dclutre said she married Joseph Billadella in Tunis. Africa.
 Was Badly Frightened
 Shortly before John was born. she said. band of robbers came 10 the house where she and her husband were living with intent to rob them. No defence could be of- fered as there were no arms in the house but neighhors did frighten away the robbers by discharging q gun. She said that the excitement affected her so that she had re. pAated hemorrhagcs and other con ditions continued. She said that she nurscd John and one doctor told her that instead of giving nourish- ment she was giving poison to the babe.
 Mrs. Delutre was tostifying Of he, lie al the time John was an In- fant when noon recess was de- clared
 Had Several Complaints
 Captain Nicholas Calahrese ol Torrington in his testimony said that on May q. 1926, lie received complaints that Billadella. had been annoying girls between the ages Of and 1o. Billadella was on parole from the Noriden school for boys at the time and he was returned there.
 The state had rested on Friday and the defense had opened. Cor oner Samuel 4. Herman had Of fered the stcnographic notes Of his inquest to the admission of which defense counsel had object ed. Frank B. Mum, ot the defense, had at tackcd the manner in which the cor oner had questioned Billadella. and the session ended with the statement of MT. Mum that while he objected 10 the coronarS transcription Of the record Of the inquest going in as evidence he did not object 10 having the three judges study it.
 Case Is Delayed
 Opening of the case was delayed half hour this morning while q case from the docket was disposed of. Then the defense called Will | liam F. Nierintz, civil engineer, of Torrlngton, a state witness. and he i was asked as to certain measure ! ments he had made at the New Eng . land Knitting company and at the 1 New England Pin company, the . question having to do with visibility . between the two buildings which are adjoining. Clinton E. Ford of i Winsted, photographer, also state witness was called and oucs- toned about pictures he had made at the two buildings, and here again the questions had 10 do with yisl- bility between 'le two plants. The Knitting compuny's plant is running while the Pin company's building IS empty.
 Other Testimony
 Harold s. Case, juvenile officer of the Winsted borough court. related to the court how Billadella and an- other youth carried a five-yea old girl from the Torrington- -Winsted road into a deserted shop near the city dump and after handcuffing her assaulted her on September &, 1924. The witness said that Billadella told him that the child was returning from school at the time they took her. Case said he got the facts which he related from Superinten- dent of Police Slocum, the girls mother and Billadella himself. He also had some notes of the case.
 On cross examination, Case was asked by states attorney Holcomb to read from these notes, Case was reluctant 10 do this saying that they had quotations from Billadella and were more or less obscene. Judge Nickcrson ruled that the notes could be admitted as a defense exhibition and Mr. Mum for the defense then waived the reading of he notes. Court took a recess at this point ; hat the judges might examine the lotcs. Another witness called after Mr. $ 'ase had testified was Rosario God { % of Winsted. employe Of the New Knitting Co. for twenty ! ;ears, who testified that workers in \ lis room were continually at win lows overlooking the New England Pin Co.'S plant. s