New Britain herald., 1927-07-16
DRIVERS FINED $50 IN POLICE CAMPAIGN Speeding and Defective Brakes Bring Five
 to Court

In police court today, Judge Morris D. Saxe heard five cases of motor vehicle law violations and inn posed fines aggregating sS0 and costs. Prosecuting Attorney Joseph e. Woods presented the states cases.
 Joseph Winnik, aged 23, of 240 Chestnut street pleaded nolo-con- tendere to the charge of speeding. State Policeman Wadsworth testi- fled that he was driving westerly on East Main street between 12:30 and 12:45 o'clock yesterday noon when Winnik's car, going in the same direction, ran against a standpipe in front of Landers, Frary & Clark S factory on East Main street, a short distance east of Center street. The officer went to the police station and in the meantime Officer Strolls reached the scene.
 Officer Strolls testified that Win hicks car struck the standpipe. No- body was injured.
 Attorney Albert A. Greenberg, ] representing Winnik, made the claim that another driver failed to give signal as he was about to pull away from the curb. There is possibility that Wipnik can re- cover from the other driver. the at- torney said.
 Judge Sake imposed a fine of s25 and costs, remarking that Winnik | was driving too fast. considering the ! congestion on East Main street dur ing the noon hour. The force of the impact also indicated that he was driving too fast, the judge believed
 Attorney Greenberg doubted that Winnik's speed was excessive. He pointed out that the state police man testified he was going 22 miles an hour when Winnik passed him at Hartford avenue and East Main street. Judge Saxe said Winnik must have been going faster than 2z miles an hour in order to pass the officer, and therefore he was driving too fast, all things considered. | James Lapore, age 20. of 47 Eas, street, Plafnville. was fined s20 anG costs for speeding. Serg cant Feene, testified that he followed a cal driven by Lapore from Lincoln stree to Wooster street on West Mair street at 10:45 o'clock last night ant observed that the speed was 4 miles an hour. After passing Wooster street he increased the speed to 5( miles an hour and passed severa cars. When stopped and spoken tt about the speed, Lapore told tht sergeant he was "crazy." He wa very ''fresh," the sergeant testified
 Lapore denied, on the witness stand, that he was driving fastel than 35 miles an hour.
 | Joseph Samojedny. aged 30, o 232 Curtis street, was charged witl driving without license in his pos session and with impropec brakes Motorcycle Officer w. S. Strolls tes tifed that Samojedny was driving 1 truck on Franklin Square yesterda. afternoon and while the foot brake worked satisfactorily there was n' emergency brake. The police wer testing brakes when he passed.
 Samojedny said it was spar
 truck and he felt that it was no absolutely necessary to have al
 emergency brake as he always pu
 the machine in gear to hold 1t.
 and costs for having imprope Judge Saxe imposed a fine of s1
 and costs for having imprope ] brakes and suspended judgment ol , the other charge. as 1t was provel
 Samojedny had a license but did no } have it with him at the time he wa arrested.
 ! Arthur Westman, aged 22, of 12 Franklin street was charged wit operating a car without having license in his possession and wit improper brakes. Officer Delber Veley arrested him during the test ing of brakes yesterday afternoo (Continued On Page Efve\