New Britain herald., 1928-11-26
AU7O|ST IS freed
ON SERIOUS Count
Arthur Brown Found Not Guilty
on AlHliushtsr Cblrse
OTHER CASE IS CONTINUED
to Como Up In City Court On
December S-Drinken Drives Gets
80 Days-Kaplaa Case Nollcd.

December S-Drllnken Drives Gets
80 Days-kaplaa Case Noilcd.
In q trial which lasted over an
hour in police court today. Arthur
A. Brown OF 223 jacobs street was
found not guilty of granddaughter
and reckless driving by Judge VIII
liam J. Malone. The charged were
preferred by the state following the
fatal injury to Antonio Cavalieri Of
81 Park street at the corner of
School and West streets on Novem-
Der 18th. Cavalieri was struck by
Browns car and died less than two
hours after at the Bristol hospital.
Prosecuting Attorney James r.
Mather presented the case for the
state and Judge S. Russell Mink de-
Tended.
DR.. A. s. Bracket. medical exam
iner. the first witness called. stated
that he had made an examination of
Cavalieri about an hour after death
and found that a fractured skull was
the contributing cause. Officer
James Keith. who arrived on the
scene shortly after the accident, fol-
lowed the medical examiner on the
stand and testified that an exam
| ination of the brakes on the car by
him while driving it to police head
quarters showed the footbrake to be
in poor condition. He added that
he moved the car when he was un-
| able to find Brown at the scene. Ser
kcant Henry Jeglinski testified to
making measurements the next day
which showed that Cavalieri's body
when found. WAS on the south cross
walk, % feet from the west side of
| West street.
| Earl Fitzsimmons, the next wit
ness called by the state. said that he
was driving westerly along School
street when he noticed Brown cross
ing the intersection in southerly
direction on West street with the
signM against him Brown. He
estimated Browns rate of speed at
IS miles an hour. H ealso noticed
that something was dragging under
Browns car and realized that some
one had been hit. 1t was his idea
that the man had been struck on the
south crosswalk.
Christ Shoal and Joseph Coughlin
both correlated the testimony OF
Fitzsimmons In regard to Brown
having passed over the intersection
with the signal target set against
him. They were passengers In the
small roadster operated by Fitzsim-
mons.
Henry F.. johnson, also state
witness, testified that he saw the
man being dragged along under
Browns car and at that time also
noticed that the signal was red. He
did not see the man hit.
The testimony of the defense wit
nesses also tended to convince the
court that Cavalieri. instead of being
| struck on the south crosswalk, as
claimed by the state, had been struck
on the north crosswalk. Brown, the
! first witness in his own defense. testi-
fled that he was proceeding souther-
~ along West street and that the
| signal indicated green, giving him
the right Of way. He noticed Cav
alieri ind slowed up. but then no.
ticing the man stop, started across.
Just as he reached the north cross
walk, however, Cavalieri, he stated,
stepped directly In front of the car.
He Immediately applied his foot
brake and continued across the in
| tersection, stopping on the south
Crosswalk.
Browns testimony was corroborat-
cd In its entirety by +. A. Daigneault.
A. G. Farley, A. c. Perring. and Mrp.
Clara Dean, Browns sister. who
were riding in the car with him at
the time.
Andrew Save of Save and Zeman-
tic testified 10 having tested the
| brakes on Browns car on October
81 and putting them In excellent
condition.
The case this morning attracted a
| large amount of local interest, u
, number Of local attorneys remaining
throughout the trial.
Given Jail sentence
A Jail sentence Of thirty days was
meted out by Judge William J. Ma
lone in police court this morning 10
Stanislaw Bouffard of A York
street, Hartford, who was charged
| with driving while under the inhu-
ence of liquor, reckless driving and
evading responsibility.
Bouffard, according to testimony
furnished. while driving along Broad
street Sunday afternoon, first side
swiped an automobile operated by
Henry A. Wolletscheid Of Lynn.
Mass. He failed to stop. however.
and a few moments later crashed
head on into second automobile
operated by Joseph Ozerhaski Of
Terryville. Mr.. Ozerhaski's father