New Britain herald., 1928-07-09
|AU70IST IS FINED
$500 after Crash
Hit and Run Driver Hailed Into
Police Court
JUDGE WAS INDIGNANT
Finds That Defendant Was Telling
Iies-Drunken Autoist Also is
Also finesl-Also One From New

The failure of the driver operating
an automobile bearing the license
plates issued to Victor Nanoni of
Fan Mountain, to stop after side
sMlplng the car of James Mcmahon
on the Memorial Boulevard Saturday
evening, cost Nanoni 5000 and costs
IN the city court today. when he was
| charged with reckless driving and
operating an automobile with I'M
proper registration. The license
plates We're attached to car differ
ent IN make from the one for which
they were issued by the motor We
hlcle department.
McMahon. who made the COM
plant to police headquarters after
the driver of the car sideswiplng
MN had failed to stop. testified in
court today that after hitting him,
Nanonls car left the road and
travelled distance of about so feet
on the lawn between the two boule-
ward drlNeways. He also furnished
the court with the registration num-
Der.
Nanonl pleaded not guilty to both
charges, claiming that he was not
the operator of the car. When asked
by Judge William j. Malone as to
who was driving it, he stated that
ne dld not know. Although the same
question was asked by the court on
three occasions, Nanoni still insisted
mat he had not the slightest idea
as 10 MS identity In imposing the
heavy fine. Judge Malone stated tina
he believed Nanoni was living"
Fined for Drunken Driving.
A tine of 500 and costs was i'm
posed by Judge William J. Malone
IN the city court today on Jacob
wagner of Cypress street, charged
with driving under the influence of
lquor, reckless driving and resisting
an officer. The accused plead
guilty to all three counts.
Officer Edward O'Connor. who
made the arrest, testified that his
attention was called to Wagner by
the cratic manner in which the car
was being operated, as it turned into
North Main street from Laurel
street. He signalled to Wagner to
s'op out no attention was paid to
| ms order. Communicating a car.
the officer followed Wagner through
the North Main street traffic, over
Nortn street and finally over-tool,
MN on Federal street. When he
called Wagner's attention to being
| drunk. the latter asked him: What
OF IT, In endeavoring to remove,
wagner from the wheel, he was
| opiIgeo 10 use a considera BILE
amount of force and according to
the oHlcer's testimony. the accused
resisted even after being taken to
headquarters.
Wagier readily admitted his ru;l+
ana, IN contrast to many drivers
held for similar offenses, expressed
MS sorrow for his actions. This at
Nude apparently influenced the
court IN dropping the charges of
reckless driving and resistance
New Britain Driver Fined.
Anthony Degutis of ISL Hartford
avenue, New Britain. charged with
reckless driving. was fined s25 and
COSTS. lie was arrested near Pierce.s
Bridge on Broad street Saturday
evenlnw by Motorcycle Policeman
Edgar Norton.
-Four Weekend Accidents
-Four automobile accidents, all Of
minor nature. We're investigated
by the police department over the
weekend
AT $50 p. m. Saturday, Officer
William Thompson, after investiea.-
ing collision between cars operat-
ed by Sophie zablinski of North
Main street and George Galski of IS
Crescent Drive. placed the latter IN.
der arrest on a charge OF reckless
driving.
According to the police. Mrk
Szabllnski was coming out of a
driveway near the Turner Heater
factory on North Main street when
her car was struck and pushed a
distance of approximately so feet by
Galski's car. Neither driver was IN
lured. Upon the request of Prose-
cutting Attorney James T. Mather,
the case was continued until Tues
day morning by Judge William J.
Malone
Cars operated by John E Taylor
of 60 Burlington avenue and Emil
NJ. Dionne of % Putnam street were
slightly damaged as a result of a
collision at the corner of Federal
and Summer streets Sunday after
noon. Taylor's car was overturned
but the driver escaped injury. Both
men appeared before the prosecut-
ing attorney this morning and
agreed 10 settle the matter civilly.