New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-09
CONSUME II P|N7S
IN DRINKING BOUT
Host and House Guest End Day
in Pitched Battle

Having returned from Jail few
days ago. Leroy Johnson. 81. Of 1lC
Beaver street. who has been arrest
ed a number Of times and has not
worked enough to say SO in the
past year. according to his wife. was
sleeping late yesterday while his
wife was working in q factory.
About . o'clock he heard q knock
at the door and Adolph Larson, Is,
OF $50 Main street, who also Is not
a stranger to the police. entered.
Producing a bottle. Larson asked
johnson to have = drink, according
to the latter's testimony in police
court today when both were ar
raigned on charges OF drunkenness
breach Of the peace and assaulting
each other. johnson refused at
first but finally Larson poured "a
drink big enough to kill horse"
and after Johnson finished it and
became intoxicated, an all day
drinking bout was staged.
I'VE drank about ~ pints,"
johnson said. II tried to get Lar
son out OF the house and get rid
Of the bottles before my wife came
home. but he would not go and we
had fight. did not hit him with
a bottle, but l hit him with my fist
and knocked his head against the
stove. Larson's head was BAN
daged and beneath his left eye was
Z discoloration that might have been
put there by Dempsey.
Finds Evidence OF Strife
Offncer John Riley testified that
he was detailed to Johnson's home
by Lieutenant Rival at o'clock
last night and found Larson bleed
ing from q cut on the back OF the
head. Bottles. dishes and other
utensils were broken about the
kitchen as was the porcelain top OF
the toilet box, and while he was
there johnson came in and said he
had gone out to call 2 policeman to
eject Larson. The officer after
hearing the details. arrested both
men. Larson told him johnson
had welded a bottle. inflicting the
injury.
Mrs. johnson testified that she Is
obliged to work every day as her
husband makes no effort to support
the household. There are no chill
dren in the family. Johnson admit
ted that he was drunk and struck
Larson, while the latter admitted the
drunkenness charge and pleaded not
| guilty to the other count. Johnson
made the claim that he is unable 10
ages to earn money he gives it to his
wife. They have 5000 in the bank in
her name but it his money. he said,
whereupon Judge SAKE interrupted
him to tell him not to boast about
his money. You're only just out OF
jail" he said. "You we're in here in
October and I suspended so days
sentence to give you a chance. Then
you came back in November and
Judge Roche revoked the suspen-
sion and here you are back again.
don't want 10 send you back to jail
50 l will allow you chance to gel
work. I'll impose a suspended SEN
tence of so days and place you IN
charge of the probation officer, but
il you come back here again within
n year you are going to Jail"
I'm Larson's case. Judge SAKE i'm
posed a fine Of $40 and costs. sus-
pending execution and turning Tho
matter over to the probation officer
Mrs. Johnson, referring to Larson a.
IAN old man." accused him Of com
ing to their home and making" hel
husband drink. but Judge SAKE told
her that a glance at her husbands
record was sufficient to convince
him that it was not necessary Il
force liquor on him.