New Britain herald., 1929-06-08

Judss llansan for dischsrys.
 Dsiysr Gives vssuisa
 Woods testified that he was driv. ing at the approximsts rate ofsss or = miles an hour behind . sed.a which was about 50 feet away. \ trolley car was coming towards niM and after he paasei 1t about In front Of the A. & P. store he looked up Lincoln street to his right. Crowley called hey and pulled up the emergency brake. Woods did not see the girl. who came from his left. The foot brake was not applied be- fore. the girl was struck. he said.
 Joseph Crowley Of l0l Stewart street, owner of the truck. testified that he saw the girl about four feet from the truck. She was running across the street and he called t0 Woods and pulled up the emergency brake. Al to the noise Of the brakes he said there was something about his truck that causes them to ''squeal' when the truck h going at the rate of only s miles an hour
 Too Fast, Grrenstein Insists
 Judge Mangan repeated his mo- ton for discharge on the ground that Woods was not reckless and there was no criminal liability. Mr. Greenstein replied that the truck was going too fast for the particular corner where the girl was struck. It was unusual, he said. for . person seated on the right as Crowley was. to see person com- ing from the left. when the driver did not see her.
 The case of Michael Petrecca. IS, of s69 Hudson street, Hartford. charged with speeding. was nolled on payment of costs. Attorney Monroe s. Gordon represented Pe- trecca.
 Frank Dufene. ee, of 9s Green wood street, pleaded not guilty to the charge of violation of the rules of the road. and guilty to the charge of driving without a certificate of registration in his possession, and with defective brakes. His request for a continuance until June II was granted.
 Dufene was driving Spring Brook Ice Service Co. truck when it collided with an automobile dtiv- en by Miss Rose Fitzpatrick of 566 Arch street about 4:a5 yesterday afternoon at Elm and Chestnut streets. Officer Clarence Kunm found that trolley car was turn ing east on Chestnut street from Elm street and the Fitzpatrick car was going south on Elm street but had come to stop waiting for the trolley car to complete the turn. The truck swung around behind the trolley car or the wrong side of the street, according 10 the officer. and struck the Fitzpatrick car. Truck and car were extensively damaged and it was necessary to release the air from the tlre in the left frcnt ! wheel of the Fitzpatrick car and put on the power to get the front bumper of the truck away from the left front wheel of the car. An examination of the brakes dis closed that the emergency brake would not hold. Dufene. according to the police, said he applied the brakes but could not stop. ., Autoists Pay Penalties Raymond Brown, q, of 154 Jack son street, Ansonia. was fined $1O without costs on charges of speed ing and driving without an oper- ator's license in his possession. He produced his license in court. Ofi- cer L. E. Harper testified that he followed Brown last night on Stan- :ey street from Francis street be- yond Gillette's corner and he was going at the rate of 45 miles an hour.
 John Regalis. g. of 3lS Elm street was fined SIC and costs on the charge of speeding. He was followed by Officer Thomas Blan- chette on West Main street from Black Rock bridge to Plainville town line about 1:20 last Tuesday morn- ,ng but the officer could not over take bim. Rcgalis, on learning that the police were looking for him, surrendered.
 Officer Blanchette testified that he was driving at the rate of 40 and better" but could not overtake Re- galis. who turned into West Main street from North Burritt street and struck the left curb before straight ening out his car. Regalis testified that he was going to Plainville to bring his employer. Michael Daunih. a baker, to this city. Attorney Harry M. Ginsburg represented Re- salis. Judge Sake remarked that there are altogether too many acei- dents on the highways and too much reckless driving.
 Intersection Collision 1 Edward J. Smith, 26, of IT Rich ards street, pleaded not guilty to the charge of violation of the rules of the road and was fined $ without costs. He was arrested about s o'clock last night after collision at the corner of Hart street and Corbin avenue between his car and one driven by Arthur Wallace of 51 Belden street.
 1 Officer Thomas Blanchette testi- field that Smith was going south on Corbin avenue and Wallace was go- ing from Hart street into Corbin avenue Smith admitted that he went close to the left curb as he made the turn.
 Mrs. Bessie Ratings. 51. of 93 Arch street, who was riding with her son, Robedt Hattings, a naval offi- cer. in Wallace's car, sustained in- juries to her left ankle. leg and left forearm. She was taken to New Britain General hospital. It was said today her injuries are not considered