New Britain herald., 1927-08-20
JUDGE SAKE FACES
 BIG COURT DOCKET
Unusually Heavy Calendar Dis
 posed of as Week Closes

Family trouble, street fight and alelged violation of the motor ve- hicle laws were aired before Judge M. D. Sake this morning in police court Prosecuting Attorney J. G. Woods presented the states cases.
 John Mulvihill, aged 31, of "A Church street. pleaded not guilty to the charge of breach of the peace. Supernumerary Officer Loviner Johnson testified that he arrested Mulvihill at 11:50 last night for arousing the neighborhood near 394 Park street Persons living at that address said Mulvihill rang the door bell and tried to gain entrance.
 Officer Johnson said Mulvihill showed signs of having been drink ing but not sufficient to be charged with intoxication.
 Mulvihill in his own defense testi- fled that his home is in Milford and months ago to work in a factory. He was drinking last night ''in Q certain place" and gave a stranger $ to buy more liquor. The stranger did not return and Mulvihill went looking for him.
 Thinking he had turned in at 394 Park street he tried to locate him and in 50 doing aroused the neigh borhood. He said he had never been arrested before. Judge Sake impos ed a fine of S5 without costs.
 The case of Anthony Barnowski, aged 22 years, of 371 Broad street, charged with reckless driving, was continued until August 26, as Baro- nowski Is in bed with injuries sus- tained in an automobile collision on Plainville road last Monday night.
 Otto Kent of 134 Columbia street, was fined $fO and costs for drunken ness and breach of the peace and was warned by Judge Sake that he is in danger of being sent to jail if he continues drinking. He was ar. rested at his home yesterday after noon on complaint of his wife by Officers Strolls and Liebler.
 Officer Strolls testified that Kent was shouting and otherwise disturb ing the peace and had done damage in the cellar.
 Kent said he has been working at night for 20 years and feels the need of liquor. Yesterday he drank too much and became unruly as re- suit. He admitted having been warned to discontinue drinking, on a previous arraignment in court.
 Rudolph Hanson, aged 27, of 45o Main street was fined $5 and costs for breach of the peace and assault ing valdemar Rydquist of 4o2 Church street and the later was fined 310 and costs for his part in a fight at the corner of Main and Church streets about o'clock this morning.
 Officer William Grabeck made the arrest. Rydquist accused Hanson of annoying him for two weeks with out reason. Last night he struck Rydquist and the latter retaliated. Rydquist admitted having been ar rested before. while Hanson had never been before a court.
 Iver Erickson, aged 25. of Ill Lawlor street was advised by Judge Sake to stop drinking. Mrs. Brick model man when sober but very abusive and disagreeable when drinking.
 Last night he was under the in- fluence of liquor and threw him. self on the bed in such a way as u-L Su-nS sleeping with the mother.
 The latter pushed him over and he became angry and pushed her out of bed and kicked her. She struck back and ran screaming to her mother, who lives in the seo- ond floor tenement. Police head quarters was notified by telephone and Officer Hellberg and Super numerary Officer Lovines Johnson arrested Erickson for breach of the peace and assault.
 Officer Johnson testified that al- though Erickson had been drinking he was not sufficiently under the influence to be so charged.
 Erickson testified that he had a few drinks with his landlord and being tired he lay down on the bed. He knew he was near the child, who is under care of a phy- sician. but he was not hurting him. He denied kicking his wife.
 He would not have pushed her had she not struck him and pushed him out of bed. He admitted having been arrested once before and he made him ugly. Judge Sake sus- pended judgment and warned him against coming before the court again.
 Peter Netopski, of Seymour street who was fined $10 and costs yester- day morning for his part in drunken brawl was fined s10 and costs for breach of the peace and drunkenness and warned by Judge Sake that he may expect to be sent to jail unless he leaves liquor alone.
 Officer Hayes testified that Me- topskfs wife complained to him about o'clock yesterday afternoon and he went to Netopski's home and arrested him. A coffee pot was on the floor and there were other indi- cations of melee. Netopski was intoxicated, the officer testified.
 Netopski testified that his wife and another couple were drinking and induced him to join them.
 He did not want to drink as he realized that liquor made him "crazy" and had resulted in his ar- raignment in court yesterday. How ever, his wife told him to forget about that case and he did to the extent of two drinks. The upset con- dition of the tenement was the re- suit of dancing by his wife and the other couple.