New Britain herald., 1928-06-11

full cut. but otherwise not injured. When he told the court he had been in the hospital. Prosecuting Attor- ney Woods told him he was fortu- nate not to be in the morguc.
 George Guenthcr. aged 20, of 65 Connecticut avenue. who was ar rested by Officers John O'Brien and William J. Mccarthy on the charge of reckless driving. following a col llsion about : o'clock Saturday night tat Dwight street and Dwight Court. pleaded not guilty when arraigned in court. and after the testimony 1 was complete, Judge Roche said he 1 felt there was sufficient evidence for i q conviction on the charge of speed | ing but he did not believe reckless driving had beeu proven. Prosecut- 1 lnl Attorney changed the charge to one of speeding and recommended a i fine of slo. which Judge Roche inn posed, remlttlng the costs.
 Guenther, according to the testi- mony. was driving on Dwight street and a truck driven by Frank Ga Der Of l2 FairNiew street was being backed out of Dwight Court. with a guide. According to the witnesses, | Guenther's car was being driven at the approximate speed Of 45 miles an hour, but Guenther. who has 1 been driving for about four months, estimate the speed at 80 or S5 miles an hour. The car and truck were damaged.
 | John Halrarson, aged 55. of la9 l Chestnut street. charged with evad- | ing responsibility, was represented 1 by Attorney Albert A. Greenberg. and the charge was nolled by Prose cutting Attorney Woods. Detective Sergeant w. P. McCue made the ar rest shortly after o:30 o'clock yes- terday afternoon when Halvarson returned to the corner of Elm and struck q car owned by Bernard and Joseph McAyay of Bronson street. and driven by Thomas Cunningham Of the Y. NJ. C. A. dormitory. He ! told Sergeant McCuc he knew his car had struck the other machine but he continued on his way and on his arrival at home, decided 10 re- turn.
 Sergeant McCue and Officer Fred Wagner happened to pass the cor her and learned from Bernard Me- Away that Halverson had driven at q rapid rafe of anec6 op fbe u.ropr side of Chestnut street. his car strik- inf McAvay's machine when the lat ter was almost across the intersec- tion. The left front fender of Hal verson's machine was damaged while the rear left fender of Me- Avay's car was damaged and the glass was broken.
 Walter Ferry, aged 3S, of 416 Main street, pleaded nolo contendcre 10 charges of drunkenness and talk ing an automobile without permis- sion of the owner. and his compan- ion, William Frazer, aged 34 of 124 Rockwell avenue, entered the same plea to charges of operating an au- tomobilc without permission of the owner, without license and while
 under the influence of liquor. They were represented by Attorney Thom- as F. McDonough, who asked that Judge Roche be mercifnl and dis
 pose of the cases in a manner that
 would permit the offenders to re-
 turn 10 their work. He said there
 was little to be said in their favor
 because they have exceptionally bad records. but Frazer has a wife and
 small child who are entirely de-
 pendent upon him. while Ferry has
 been contributing towards his moth-
 CTS support. Prosecuting Attorney
 Woods replied that Judge Roche should not be expected to shoulder the responsibility in the cases. but