New Britain herald., 1929-11-27

the cellar until Sergeant Feeney told him about it.
 He received a monthly rental of
 $50 for the use of the premises by the Junto club, payment being made by klukenski.
 TcstiticS Regarding Locks
 Sergeant P. J. O'Mara was called by Prosecuting Attorney Woods 10 demonstrate the locks and keys i which were taken off the doors of the building. The sergeant made it plain that he made no claim to being an expert on locks but said he
 had worked on them and he no ticad that one of those in question had been filed so that the number did not appear.
 After the state rested its case, Judge SaXe denied motions for dis charge on behalf of klukenski and Stack. and the defense called An-
 thony Sausanasich president Of the club, who testified in Lithuanian
 through Attorney Thomas J. Cabel-
 us, acting as interpreter.
 Defense OlIcrs Testimony
 Stack, according to the president. WAS an cmplOye of the club. his duties being to sweep the floor anI keep the fire. for which he was pai1 Sl5 week. Tn" beer was brought by the witness for the purpose Of
 "treatinG' on Thanksgiving, and he had not sold any Of it prior 10 the raid.
 klukenslii, according 10 the prcsi- dent is treasurer of the club and pays the bills. but he had nothing whatever to do with the beer. As to the alleged alcohol. the president
 said he was not aware of it's pres cncc on the pr, r,miaes but if the po-
 lice found il there. he supposed he
 would be obliged to take the re- sponsibility for it.
 Organized For "NoCiability'
 Cross examined by Prosecuting
 Attorney Woods, the president said the Jmta club was organized for
 purposes of sociability and each
 member paid $ a month due be sides B initiation feet. They
 planned to buy a lot on which 10 play ball. he said. and 10 that cn ] they were making up fund. DO all the members knock on the door
 on their way home from work 10 | inquire where the ball lot is going i 10 be?' Mr. Woods asked. Counting up the members whose l wora listed on the rolls submitted in
 evidence. Mir. Woods figured that the club could not hope to make money very fast at s1 a month, but the president insisted that the liquor 1 law was nC+ being violated to swell l the treasury. The beer, he said, was i bought from Spring street bottlcr i who also sells soda water 10 the ] club.
 stack Denies Knowledge | Stacks story was that he knew nothing whatever about the beer and liquor taken in the raid. He had one key for the front door and one 1 key for the club cellar, but he did not know anything about any other cellars in the building. His right arm is disabled, he said. preventing him from doing manual labor and when he told the police in the cell that he was obliged to do something for a living, he meant .lc was un- able to do any kind of work other ] than cleaning G., the clubroom, and 1 he had not intended to give the inn presson that he was selling liquor. Klukenski did not take the wit 1 ness stand, but his counsel main
 tained that the states case was not 1 at all conclusive, as there was noth-
 ing but Sergeant Fccncy'S testimony 1 that he saw the barber running with
 q bag in his hand and later the i jug was found under a stairway out side the building.