New Britain herald., 1929-12-11

that a jail sentence be imposed in stead Of commitment 10 the re- furmutory.
 Judsn own replied that although WisLS term in re relormmory had not been productive of good results, he did TO, want to md him to jail or states prison. tIr thought the best solution was to return him to the rcf1rmatc...
 In thu case . hrou&h, Judge Brown remarked that here Was no purstion in his mind as to ll"or&h's
 ailt and tine jury had reached the only roaeiil" verdict.
 Sergeant D'Mara and Officer EI".y followed Sergeant AIcATay on the ~tn,ss stand yesterday afternoon. ,e~lifying To the arrests and Wisl>'a statement duplicating koou2h. The l@tter. according to the testimony, tCrced the money out of Yorks hauI in th, taNictb.
 Eorcihiy Eohbeh in Cab
 York testified that he lad EGG.7I aud one trolf~, token when h. came To New Britain he day in question, and he estimated that he spc.N ahout $4 on liquor in "WhiteN" Wish's smoke shop tt III Beav." street. Iio b",ame intoxicated, rc said, and recalled being carried in ar automoDil" He did not know Kcou@h and could not identify him as one of the men who put him into rue ear. but he recalled that Wa 'er Wisk had been in the sno&e shop. "Whitry" being his brother. He was arrested for drunkenness sometime after being put out of tn" cab on East street extension and tn" next day ho had oniy G" cents. Two Of the men in the cab hold him by the arms and on ot them forced the money out or his hands. he said.
 Nyron Isaii ski driver of The I9>i cab. told ot being sent out on the call abom I:%o o'clock in th" alter noon. and meeting TroH@h near ~!. Mary's school on Beaver street. Krough stopped him and asked lis mission after which he entered tn" cab and directed him 10 the corner o' Beaver and Broad streets. Whcre York Was with Wish and q mIn whose identity has not been disclos- .d.
 Driver Did N0t See Robbery
 Somoonc in the party told Imj- jeski 10 go 10 Allen street. which hr did. and then someone said som '- lining about York being an uncle "r old man" Imij~ski saw nobody lob York, nor did he hear the luttrr make an outcry. "ho meter read >r cents for the trip and Wi#,l save Inijvsk %I. Somone in the group told NiSk to give him $ more aul Wick did so. Then he drove doW1 the road short distance and turh- ,I around, under the impression that York could get to his hom" },ithoUt further hrip. EcOu@h asked for g. rid. back towards the center O. the city and XmiicsNi took hin 1o Beaver end I,asallc strr..s. Wis, uud the third man also rode and b. fore they rn inc cab. Wisk gave Iiujj"sII - cents aS "a tip.' 'is that alI right ?" Wisk asked him aul ImlioslI replied that he did no, know what it was aII about.
 Ni,I> Witness for Prosecution
 NiSN. on whose signed statement the New Britain police based the,r ease in la@gv measure. testified for the state and told of meeting kcough, whom h" knew by sight. d:; he was oH his way to the Eialto Iheatcr on Broad street. k"Ou"h called hitl 10 help him with Nor-. ~hO was iutoAica,cd on tn" street. Wiak went into a st ore and tcicpnoT ,G 10 one taxi cab company but @ot od another and soon q cab appeared on Beaver street. Krougn being n it The unidentified man was with EcoEGh, according 0 Wisk, and with the assistance of the taxi cab driver they loaded York into the cab aud started away
 WisA claimed that York sal be- tween keough and the mysterious third party and before reaching Allen street. keouGh forced in" money out of Yorli's hand. Wis. W@S sitting on one of the colapSib'n yeats in the cab all during the ride. IT, wa~ Keougn who gave Xmijeski
 B ut first and then another dollar. recording to WIsk. despite Zmiicski's : testimony that he received the money from Wisk "Keough sad the drunken lad was his father" ac- cCrdin" to Wisk. and a white house near East street extension was point ed ont at his homo. It was keOuGl also who gave XmijeSki the 25 cents "lip." according 10 Wisk, which was also contrary to Imijcski's testi- mony.
 At LasaIlr and Beaver streets; krough went into store and chang cd one of the $lO bills which he had taken from York. and gave Wisk $5. also giving $5 to the mysterious tEird IAan. Wisk said. The third man left them then, Wisk and kcUu@h walking to ''Harringt on $ place. and on the way keough tod Wi@k not to say anything to anyone about the robbery.
 Court RcbukcS Lawyer
 Cross examined by Attorney Me honough Wisk admitted that he had Drrn an inmate of the refOrmatorA a. Cheshire. The attorney then aS,i- rd him if he had pleaded guilty 10 tho charge of theft. and at once As. Histanl Stnln's AttorneN GaflneN on