New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-05-02
HITS Pole, FlEES,
Driver FINED SIS
Ttrni Convicted on Evasion Of
Responsibility Charge

A fine Of SIS and costs was i'm.
posed by Judge Stanley J. Tracesk
in police court TO-DAY in the case Of
Vincenty Terni. %, Of - Wilcox
street. on the charge OF evading re-
sponsibility. Lacking the money
with which to make payment, TERM
gave notice of an appeal to superior
court.
| The arrest. which was made last
evening by Sergeant P. J. O'Mara.
came about through an investigation
into a report by Officer Daniel J.
Cosgrove that an automobile truck
struck telephone pole on Star
street Monday and the driver did not
stop. The registration number of
! The truck was turned over to the po-
lice by witnesses and it was learned
that Terni was driving. the truck
being owned by Frank Ritoli, grocer.
! of 100 Commercial street.
TERM, according to Sergeant
O'Mara, admitted that the truck
struck the pole while being backed.
The Is year old son OF his employer
was with him at the time and sug-
gested that they drive away, but
later Terni telephoned from a store
at 80 West street to the Connecticut
Light & Power Co. that some wires
were down on Star street. He did
not give his name, however. nor did
he state that there had been an ac-
cident As a matter OF fact, the
wires were the property of the tele-
phone company and not the light
and power company.
The pole was struck hard enough
to move 1t at the base and knock
down the wires. Sergeant O'Mara
said he could put his hand into the
ground beside the pole, where 1t was
forced out OF position.
Terni pleaded guilty and had
nothing to say after Sergeant O'Mara
concluded his testimony.
Pleaded For Another Chance
Roy johnson. -. Of 113 Beaver
street. begged to be given chance
to behave in charge of the probation
officer after pleading guilty to the
charge of.breach of the peace and
assaulting his wife, but Judge Ira
ceski told him he had been arrested
a sufficient number of times to have
learned to behave and it he came
into court again on the assault
charge he would go to Jail for six
months. A Jail sentence of 80 days
was imposed.
Officer Edward Musxynski test-
fed that he was called into the
johnson home about l o'clock yes
terday morning and found Mrs.
johnson in tears. She showed him
marks which she said resulted from
her husbands fists. He vas intovi-
Gated. she said, and had run away
after beating her. The officer ask
ed for a warrant and johnson was
brought in last night.
Sergeant p. J. O'Mara testified
that he interviewed Mrs. johnson
yesterday noon relative to the as
sault and saw the marks. Mrs.
johnson tested that she was afraid
Of her husband when he was in
toxicated. He threatened to batter
down the door with an axe If she
did not admit him when he came
home early yesterday morning. He
struck her In the breast with such
force she was knocked to the floor
and then ran away.
There are no children in the fam
lily, and Mrs. johnson said she
works in the Stanley Works every
day. while her husband last year
about three months. Con-
ditions are such that she cannot
continue living with him, she de-
clared.
johnson admitted that he gave
his wife a backhand slap but denied
that he had struck her hard enough
to inflict black and blue marks. He
came out Of jail only recently, he
said. and he promised to mend his
ways il given another chance on
probation. "Never no more" he
said. but Judge Traceski sent him
to Jail.
Bliyen Fined 500
Harry 9. NJ. Bliven, 80. OF "a,
Garden street. Hartford. pleaded
guilty to the charge OF operating an