New Britain herald., 1929-07-09
BLANES STRAW HAT
 FOR WRECKED AUTO
Waterbury Fireman Fined By
 Judge Merritt 0. Ryder
NESGODA FOUND GUILTY
Meeting of American Legion Aux Hilary Tonight-Services at Bap- tist ChurCh-LoCal Man Fined in hinGton--lntcrcsting Items,

SouthnC hnCt0n--IntcrCSting Items.
 At the sesion Of the town court held this morning at 10 o'clock, an innicent straw hat was blamed for the automobile accident which oC- cured on June 80 on Whiting street near Homestead avenue. re- sulting in injuries 10 two men that necessitated their removal to New Britain General hospital. The men. T. J. Costello of Waterbury and John Shea of Manchester. were in court this morning, Costello being charged with reckless driving.
 Constable George Schubert testi- fled that he was called to the scene of the accident about 6:25 a. m. and | found that the car had crashed into telephone pole. wrecking the ma | chine. He found that the car in it's l contact with the pole had broken off l a transformer which had landed on 1 the body of the machine. Outside Of this. the officer said that he had no l other evidence to place before the court.
 Prosecutor Charles F. Conlon told the court that there was practical! no evidence Tn the case outside oi information given by Miss Julia Au- gustino of Forostvillc. who was 1T the machine when the crash oc. i cured. Miss Augustine told the pros ecutor that Mr. Costello had at.
 tempted to take off his straw hat ant
 throw il into the roar of the ma.
 chine. As he did so, he brushed thu
 hat against his eyes and lost contro
 of the car and the crash followed. The prosecutor told the court tha many important men in Waterhur,
 had called him up and spoken wei
 of Mir. Costello. He found out tha
 the Waterbury man had been fire
 man for 10 years and had nove'
 been arrested before,
 Tn the face of the lack of eyi
 Gcrce and the good reputation O i Mr Costello. Prosecutor Conlor
 asked that he he dealt with in a con
 sideratc manner. Judge Merritt O Ryder fined him S10 and costs, stat
 ing that his license would not b. affected in anyway.
 Ncs2oda Found Guilty
 Daniel Nesgoda. 23, of Westwoor
 Park. charged with breach of tn,
 rcacn, was fined S5 and costs b, judge Ryder. The case took mor'
 than 40 minutes. testimony being of fcrcd by eight people.
 Ncsgoda was taken to the Noy
 Britain General hospital on June .?
 suffering from q severe injury to hi , back. Al first it was feared hi back was broken. He refused to t"' the hospital authorities how he ha , been injured.
 Constable George Schubert starto
 an investigation and discovered tha | there had been a fight at Nesgoda house and that rhc man had receive the injury in tho scuffle.
 The argument took place betWea
 Nesgoda's famile and the family c his mothers sister. all of whom liv l in tEc same house. NeSgoda toI
 the court that hc cam" down stair
 a' 12.U3 o'clock and told his relative !io stop playing th" piano and danc inc. because his brother was siCl ; He claimed that Immediately he wa : pushed around and in defcndin . himself was injured when he wa
 knocked against veranda raj , N"snoda told inc court that he Ina - knocked on fhe door and was nc 5 looking for trouble. He denied hit 5 tn~ anyone.
 I His mothers sister, however, ha f six witnesses in court who tcstitie - lthat he had struck a woman Whc , ho entered the room and had als | hurt her hushand \ blood staine shirt was produced in court 10 bac mp the statement.
 Prosecutor Conlon told the cou' : that Nesgoda had admitted that I
 had been drinking during the ev'
 ming in New Britain and that he ha come home looking for trouble an therefore had received fl, He state that Ne"Goda could not mind h
 own business and that th' tostimor
 proved that he deliberately struck
 woman and her husband and th'
 tho two families have had conside - able trouble hnforc.
 " Mir. Conlon asked for stiff fir : and said that NeHeoda w2s luck '. that he vas not charged with assau - and battery.
 e Judge William r. N1n2an Of Ne I Britain, rcprcsent!nc Nc*goda, clain d ed that his client had. in roSpectf' e manner. requested th" noise make D. to have their children stop playir '. the piano hut had been severe $ dealt with. He stated that Ncsgoda l. relatives were just as much to blan - as he was and that anyone playir T, a piano @t that late hour of the nigl
 was guilty of breach of tho peace HIS FRIENDS