New Britain herald., 1929-07-30
PMinuiM News
LIQUOR OFFENDERS
 GET STIFF FINES Man and Woman Found Guilty by Judge Ryder
 OTHER CASES ARE TRIED

1 Annual Picnic Of Baptist Church to
 Be Held Saturday-No Shortage
 of Water in PlainyiIle - Other
 Items.
 ] Two persons brought before the i PlainviIle town court this morning at 10 o'clock to answer to charges of manufacturing and selling liquor were found guilty by Judge Merritt o. Ryder a2t were fined s1U0 and costs each. Beth arrests were made 1 last Friday as the result of raids conducted by Constable George Schu- bert and Deputy sheriffs Carl Tuck CT ano George Greer of the office Of States Attorney Hugh NJ Alcorn.
 The case of Mrs. Annie Letinsky of Whiting street was first to be brought before the court. The off, cers who conducted the raid testified that they found three gallons of "hooch" on the property, also a still and 35 gallons of mash. The still was located in a small room in the Celldr or the mousse.
 Mrs. Letinsky told the court that she did not have the liquor for sell ing purposes and denied a report that she was furnishing liquor to men employed at the Plainville Casting Co.
 ] Prosecutor Charles F. Conlon stated that the woman and her hus- i, ont he 1 ago on the same charge and had been found guilty and fined. He said that he would not charge Mrs Letinsky with a second Dtfense charge but asked that she be given a heavy fine. Mrs. Letinsky was not represented by any attorney. Piasiek Found Guilty
 Michael Piasiell, whose home is located on the banks of the Pequa- buck river near the H. C. Baum factory, was the second liquor of fender to face the court. According to the testimony of the raidink off, cers, they found about five gallons of liquor and 25 gallons of mash. | Mir. Piasiel pleaded nolo contendere Woods of New Britain.
 Attorney Woods told the court that his client was experiencing consid- erable trouble at his home and that his wife had undergone three seri- ous operations. He asked for clemency by the court in dealing with the case. The attorney claimed that MT Piasiek was formerly New RrIt rN md fcy !, was a good living man and worked daily.
 Scored By Prosecutor
 Samuel Fables, 21. charged with operating a motor vehicle without q license, was heavily scored by Prose- cutor Charles F. Conlon and was fined S25 and costs by Judge Merritt o. Ryder.
 The prosecutor told the court that there were a number of young men like Fables running around the high ways in automobiles without licenses and showing absolutely no regard for the law. He asked that Fables be given a heavy fine
 Fables was arrested about a. 1 III. NOludF OH EIdSC Man street by Constable George Schubert. The of. | ticer saw Fables drive a car out from the rear of Guidans pool room and set out after him in an automobile. He overlook Fables near the Ma sonic home and the young man ad- mitted to the officer that he had no license to operate a motor vehicle
 Fined S5 and Costs William Hansen of Hamden was fined S5 and costs on a charge of violation of the rules of the road. He was originally charged with reckless driving.
 He was arrested last week bv Constable B. J. Wadsworth after his truck had collided with an automo- bile driven by Michael Buczko of West street, Southington. just be- yond Harts corner. Both cars were badly damaged in the collision,
 Annual Picnic
 The annual picnic Of the Baptist church will be held Saturday after noon and HNpDit,cr ot ,o to,,o .e