New Britain herald., 1929-08-30
LEN|ENCY SHOWN
 HIT-RUN DRIVER
Court Believes Statute Intent
 Does Not Cover Case

Frank Paulauskas, fl, of TIP Chapman street, was found guilty of evading responsibility by Judge M. D. Sake in police court today but because of the fact that the circum- stances did not impress the court as constituting the kind of case the sta ute was aimed at particularly, Judge Sake remitted $50 of the min mum fine of $50 and costs.
 Officer Peter Skierkowski testi- fled that Paulauskas drove from North street into Oak street about parked car owned by John Cher nisky of 3S Dewey street in front of II Oak street, denting the rear left fender. The officer accompan- led by Officer John w. Riley, enter ed the damaged car and gave chase to Paulauskas, oyertaking him at Acorn street. He appeared to have been drinking and when questioned about the accident he was fresh" and said he did not care" accord to the officer.
 Chernisky and Edward Urbansky of 59 Willow street testified that they were in the car with the lights burning when Paulauskas' car swung into Oak street. Their car was about 75 feet from the corner of North and Oak streets facing north on the east side and when it was struck icIy Ch Tn 0 CT but he did not stop and the two policeman leaped into the car and the chase was on.
 Paulauskas denied that he had anything of intoxicating nature to drink and blamed Chernisky for parking with a door of his car open. He said his car barely grazed the other, but he would have stopped had there been room at the curb. Questioned as to the distance he travelled before stopping he estimat- ed that Acorn street was about 50 feet away from the scene Of the col lisiou. but Officer Skierkowski, in reply to Judge SaXe, said it was three blocks away and Paulauskas made no move whatever to stop un- til he was overhauled.
 Pauauskas claimed he prepared 10 stop as soon as he heard the po- lice whistle, and Judge Sake said he felt the case was out of the or dinary, there being very minor dam age, and he also took into consid- eration the fact that Paulauskas had a clean record during the B years of his residence in New Britain
 James Sullivan, 25, of 3S Wilson street, pleaded not guilty to evading responsibility and had his case con- tinued until September $. He was not represented by consel.
 It was His Night to Argue
 Henry F. Merron. 19, of POT Bea- yer street, was fined s5 without costs on the charge of breach of the peace and gave notice of an appeal but after court he withdrew the notice. He was arrested shortly be- fore 1 o'clock this morning by Su- pernumerary Officer T. J. Mullen who testified that the young man had been drinking and he elected him from the Central Lunch on Main street, ordering him to go home af- ter he had caused a disturbance by arguing with a man. Returning from the police signal box across the street short time later the officer saw Merron arguing with another man.
 Merron admitted that he had been drinking "a little" but he had not caused disturbance, he claimed. He went to a theater and then was about the streets, he said, intending to go home after having lunch. The man with whom the officer said he was arguing was a friend, he said. and there was no argument The friend was in court but was not called to testify.
 Sends Daughter to Buy Liquor
 Nicola Giaiano, 3S, of 1S9 Hart ford avenue, charged with breach of the peace and assaulting his wife was given another chance, judgment being suspended. His wife ac- cused him of sending their daugh- ter out to buy a pint of liquor last night, and when she demonstrated with him for doing so, he struck hcI