New Britain herald., 1927-06-11
DANBERG F YEARS
 CLERK OF COURTS
YoluminouS Business Keeps
 Official Busy Year Round

| One of the busiest men in New Britain is Eni! J. Danberg, who will ] observe his 18th anniversary as
 clerk of courts on July 1. Police court matters. civil court cases, na- 1 turalization court activities, pass
 port applications and matter per
 taining to juvenile court, of which he is technically the clerk, fall
 upon his sh houlders. And still. the po- sition of clerk of courts is only a
 part-,me job, never having been made a full-time occupation. Mir. Danberg attended the public
 schools in this city and Upsala
 Academy. He was graduated from
 Yale University in 1918 and was
 later admitted to the bar as a
 practicing attorney. During 1914 he
 served as a member of the common council from the second ward but he was obliged to give up that position when he was appointed clerk of the courts.
 His office was first in Booths
 Black, where he carried On both his practice and his work as clerk. From there he went to the Nation- al Bank building, being associated in law work with Henry r. Roche. Later he moved his office to the po- lice station. so that he might be near ,he police court and the civil court When the civil side was moved 10 city hall. Mir. Danberg secured an office adjacent to the court room. He is located there at present.
 He has one assistant, Miss Dor othy Stevenson, who cares for much of the detail work.
 There has been marked increase in the amount of work to be done by Mir. Danberg since he went into office, There are. on an average, ao cases a month to be taken care of. in some manner or other. by the city court. The number of judgments rendered each month amounts to about 25, of which the majority are default judgments, where the de- fendants fail to enter an appearance or Tall 10 pltdu.
 Mir. Danberg estimated that the city court has about three times as much business to care for at the presen. time, as it had in 1915. with the police court activities increasing in like proportion.
 In 1915, ana before that time, the police court existed alone. The CIVIL cases, where damages asked did not amount 10 more than $1Oo, were tried before justices of the peace Where the damages asked amounted to more than s10o, the superior court took care of them. The city court came into being on the first Monday of July, 1915, and short cal endar sessions have been held each afternoon since that time, except during the summer months when there have been two sessions . month.
 Mir. Danberg estimated that there are about 15 more practicing attor- news in the city than there were when he took office as clerk Of courts.
 There is a great deal of detai, work connected with his position l which consumes a great deal or ! time. Although he IS allowed |" take outside cases. he finds that he has title time for practice.
 Mir. Danberg has found the nat'lr- ,lization court the most interesting | ,f his many activities. He is enabled q come into closer contact with peo- ole. he says, and there are many ,hances to study human nature.
 The naturalization court does uuce volume of business. It has been necessary to hold four sessions ,ear. in March. June, September ana December, in order to care for inc yreat number of applications me ,ast season was busy one TOT 'he ,ourt and Mr. Danberg expects that he coming session will also nave many applications to dispose or.
 Ahout 300 new citizens are ad- nitted each year, while there IS ah lyeragc of 80 applications session. The last session. however. saw i'o indications, while the next one chedulrd for the latter part Of lhiS month or the carly part of Ju'y' VIII ake care Of great many, also.
 Mir. Danhorg attributes the large umber Of civil cases to the marked
 -..,,a ;,, lreipaes ciivity in this l