New Britain herald., 1928-09-06
BREAKS DRY Law,
PAYS fine Of 500
Rousholss Rlrty on Elm St
Ends In Five klT6k

After William Hoffman, aged 10.
of 1OS Seymour street. had been
found guilty Of drunkenness and as
sault on Oscar Lindquist. aged IS. of
32S Elm street. In police court to-
day. he was charged with violation
of the liquor Law and found guilty. .
fine of 500 and costs being impos-
ed. On the charges OF drunkenness
and assault. the penalty was SIS and
costs and a suspended Jail sentence
of is days.
Hoffman and Lindquist were ar
rested about 1920 last night by Mo-
torcycle Officer Louis E. Harper In
three room tenement at 27S Elm
street, and at the same time Edward
&c. Farrell. aged %, of the Hotel
Savoy, Hartford. formerly of New
Britain, and Bert Timbrell. aged So.
of 712 Stanley street. were taken by
the same officer. who charged them
with being drunk. Thomas Kane.
aged 81, of q Olive street. was ar
rested short time later on the
charge of breach of the peace, OH
Ger Harper testifying that Kane was
one of three who ran out while the
others were being caught. Kane de-
MED having been In the tenement
at the time, but the officer was posi-
tive he had seen him leaping of a
veranda. Judge Roche fined Kane
$40 and costs, Lindquist SO and
costs for drunkenness and assault on
Hoffman, Farrell SO and costs with
suspended commitment to the
state farm, and imposed commit
ment to the state farm In Timbrelrs
case. Assistant Prosecuting Attor-
ney w. NJ. Greenstein told the court
son of Timbrell had telephoned the
request for commitment. as his
father is not wanted at home on ac-
count of his drinking habits.
Policeman Forces in Door
| Officer Harper received a COM
plant that there was a fight In the
tenement and when he arrived,
someone braced himself against the
door and would not admit him. The
officer thereupon forced in the door
and saw Hoffman and Lindquist in
a fighting pose. Lindquist was
found to have a bottle Of alleged
'moonshine" in his pocket and there
were several empty bottles having
traces of alcohol about the tene-
ment, while one bottle was partly
full OF the same kind Of liquid as
that carried by Lindquist. A drink
ing glass was also found.
Lindquist. after declining to COM
ment on the charge OF drunkenness
and assault, was called to the wit
ness stand as the star witness
against Hoffman on the liquor law
violation charge. He testified that
he bought a pint Of alleged liquor
from Hoffman and paid him $3.50
for it, but Hoffman, In his own
defense, denied that he ever sold
liquor to anyone, and remarked that
he would like to know where the
money went II Lindquist had paid
him, as he was almost entirely with
out money all day.
questioned by Mr.. Greenstein
Hoffman said he rented the tene-
ment with the intention Of living in
it with his wife and children, but
after he had paid months rent in
advance, his wife decided to move
to Hartford. Being unable to OBJ
tain a refund of the rental, he de-
cided to use it as his headquarters,
his occupation at present being a
clothing salesman for a company OF
"woolen people" in the west. He
had been In the tenement only two
days, he said, and he was certain
he had samples of the clothing
somewhere in the three rooms. He
could not recall the name of the
firm employing him because he had
been in the business only 4 few
days. he said.
Brought Their Own "Lunch"
| Asked why he had SO many bot
ties on the premises, he replied that
Farrell owned one, Lindquist owned
Ianother Kama brought Ore and