New Britain herald., 1927-01-13
SEIZURE OF BEER
 ENDS IN Sl0O FINE Paint Merchant Denies Owner
 ship But Is Convicted CUSTOMER ALSa IN TOLLS
Boy Scouts Elect Officers and Ap- point ommittees-Serious Fire in Main Street Shoe StOre-Obserye Golden Wedding.

The testimony of a discharged en-
 ploye, together with that furnished by customer, was responsible for
 the conviction in the city court this
 morning of Michael II. Hebert on charges of keeping beer of more
 than the alcoholic content prescribed
 by the Volstead act, manufacture of
 the product and reputation. Judge William J. Malone, who was on the
 bench, imposed fine of s100 and
 costs on each of the three charges. Hebert's paint store at the corner of Main and South streets was visit
 ed yesterday afternoon by Sergeant Henry Jeglinsky and Officer Will liam Thompson, a search revealing
 IS cases and 10 bottles of beer in the cellar. Upon questioning Hebert, the officers were informed that the beer belonged to a Melrose Martin,
 painter, who had been working for Hebert but who was discharged last Tuesday night. Martin was later ap- prehended and he told the police that the beer was made by Hebert 1 and that he had simply bottled 1t He also stated that while he was In Hebert's employ. it was the under standing that in case of raid. he (Martin) was 10 take the responsi- bility.
 John Loman. who conducts a small store at 42 School street and
 who was also arrested later in the afternoon on charges of keeping
 beer, told the court that he had given his order for the beverage to
 Martin and that both Hebert and
 Martin had delivered it. Payment,
 however. w2s made 10 Hebert.
 Hehort. who was fined s200 and
 costs for a liquor violation on De-
 cemher 24, 1928. while on the wit ness stand today referred to the
 confscated evidence as "my beer"
 in spite of the fact that short time
 before he had informed the court that he had nothing to do with either it's manufacture or sale. This apparent slip of the tongue tended
 to lend credibility to the story told by both Loman and Martin.
 Martin, who the court felt was a tool, was given a suspended jail sen- tence Of go days, il being the under. standing that he would arrange tc leave the city. Martin admitted tc the court that he had served term Of three months in the Hartford county jail as a result of a burglary committed In this city In 1925 and that he had served a three-year prison term in Vermont for similar offense.
 Leniency in the case of Loman was recommended by Prosecuting
 Attorney James T. Nather and a
 fine of s25 and costs was imposed by Judge Malone.
 The analysis of the beer Tn the cellar of the Hebcrt establishment showed ii 10 be Of 3.S per cent al- CohoGc content while that in the T.onan store contained 2.5 per cent The analysis was made by Samuel Josolowitz. member of the high school faculty.
 k. of P. Meeting
 The rS gular meeting of Ethan ! lodge. Knights of pythias, will hl held at s o'clock this evening in Arcanum hall
 To speak At Forum Meeting Miss Margaret Slattery will be the speaker at the First Congregational : church forum next Sunday evening Her topic for the occasion will be
 Youth Seeks a New Day"
 ] Hearing on Street Name Chanscc l A hearing has been called by the city council for 7:30 o'clock. Tues 1 day, January IS at which time the 1 change Of names of a number oi
 streets in the city will be discussed Considerable confusion has resulted ! in the past due to the similarity in names Of a number Of streets and
 il is proposed to make the changes i effective before the new street signs
 are set up. The list of changes pro- posed by the street committee is as ! follows:
 ! Orchard street be named Chestnut ! street; North street west Of North ] Main street. be called Terryyille av- enue: North street east of North Main street. changed to Pennington avenue: Williams avenue to James
 street: Pequabuck place to Jacobs street; Prospect place to Atwood , street. Maple street 10 Bellevue av-
 onue; South Elm street 10 Market ! street: Pond street 10 North Main
 street; 1ngraham place to Elias
 street; Franklin place to Reill!