New Britain herald., 1928-10-08

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| FOR Higher COURT
Minsliuehter Charge Subtan.
duM At Hearing Today
AMMERMAN'S BOND Is $1,000
Was Driver OF Car That Killed
bradley Doy-LiQuor Law Viola
TOR Is Fined-16-Year-Old Boy
Found Drunk-Otl,cr News Items.
After hearing numerous witnesses
this morning in the case of William
AmmerIpan. %. OF King Road.
charged with manslaughter. Judge
William J. Malone found probable
cause and bound the accused over to
the superior court under bonds of
1000. zimmerman was arrested on
Friday. September 2Sth. after his
automobile had struck and killed
Robert Bradley, five-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Bradley of 81
King road. Prosecuting Attorney
James +. Mather presented the case
and Judge s. Russell Mink was
counsel for zimmerman.
DR.. A. 8. Bracket, local medical
examiner. the first witness called by
the state, testified that death was
due to a fracture Of the skull at the
base Of the brain. In addition the
boys left leg was broken above the
knee and there were number OF
Commissions about the body.
Charles E. Burrill. local photogra-
pher. was called to identify several
pictures which he had taken Of the
scene Of the accident.
Travelled t48 Feet. state Alleges
Motorcycle Policeman James
Burns, who investigated the ac-
cident. testified that zimmerman.
after hitting the boy. had Travelled Il
distance OF las feet with his brakes
applied. finally stopping oft the
highway after the machine had
struck a large boulder. The Travelled
way at the point of the accident, ac-
cording to the officer, is II feet, ~
inches wide.
Edgar NJ. Beal of SCOTS Swamp,
Pennington informed the court that
zimmerman passed him on King
road just south of the corner of
Washington street. Beal testified
that he himself was proceeding at
speed of approximately IS miles an
hour and that zimmerman was
going considerably faster. On
cross by Judge Mink,
Beal admitted that he had no speed
ometer on his car and had only been
driving a car six weeks.
| Mrs. Martha Schaefer. an aunt OF
the dead boy. testified that he saw
the boy from the front window of
her home nearby. At that time the
youngster was on the right side of
the road almost in the ditch" Of
fcer Edgar Norton. who was with
Officer Burns when the investigation
was conducted. corroborated his
brother policcman's testimony.
| zimmerman was placed on the
stand in his own defense and in
formed the court that he could see
the children for a distance of be-
tween four and five hundred feet.
When he first noticed him. he
stated. he blew his horn and they
Immediately went to the right OF the
road. When almost up with them.
Robert stepped into the road so sud
denly that he was unable to escape
hitting him.
Judge Malone denied the motion
Of Judge Mink that the charge be
! dismissed and followed the recon-
mendation Of the prosecuting at
torney that the case be turned over
to the higher tribunal.
No. Take I BRISTOL
Liquor ViOlator Fined
| Michael Pelenskis of Is Norton
street was fined $3.50 snd costs in
the city court today by Judge Will
liam j. Malone. charged with keep
ing liquor with intent to sell and
reputation. He was represented by
Attorney Joseph p. O'Connell and
Prosecuting Attorney James r.
Mather presented the case.
Pel"nski was arrested shortly be-
fore . o'clock Saturday night by
Sergeant Henry Jeglinski and Off
Ger William Thompson after they
had found five gallon can of al
cohol and one gallon jug partly
flled with the same liquid.
AutOiSt Fined
Joseph Kolack of Meriden, chare-
ed with operating a motor vehicle
without a drivers license, was fined
SO and costs.
| kolack was arrested Sunday night
in Forestville center by Officer Vic
tor Chabot. who stopped him for
driving in to close proximity to the
car ahead of him.
Injured In Crash
Oscar Buckwalder of Hillcrest
Court. Forestville is in the Bristol
hospital suffering from painful in
juries caused when his automobile
left the road on Broad street Just
west Of Forestville center early Sum-
day morning and crashed into an
iron guard fence bordering the Pc