New Britain herald., 1929-11-08
DRIVER FINED Sl5
 FOR DOUBLE CRASH
Bridgeport Salesman Makes Good Impression on Judge Saxe

A plea of guilty by Charles r.
 WAkerson, 43, Of 556 Carroll ave-
 nue, Bridgeport, seemed to Judge
 M. D. Saxe to call for penalty and
 he imposed fine of s25 and costs
 but remitted s10 in police court to-
 day, the charge being reckless driv-
 Ing. Wilkerson, who underwent an
 operation last week and showed the
 effects of his illness plainly in
 court, did not care to say anything
 about the double accident in which
 his automobile figured on West
 Main street yesterday forenoon, but
 Judge Saxe questioned him and
 elicited an explanation which i'm
 pressed the court favorably.
 Wilkerson, who is a salesman,
 said he had never been involved in
 an automobile accident in the 20
 years he has been driving, said he
 could not account for his loss of
 control yesterday unless the steer
 ing knuckle broke. He was driving in a westerly direction near Brad ley street and Wakefield court and
 sideswiped d parked car, after which he continued for fully 250 feet and ran into another parked car. T don't know how I happened to sideswipe the first car," he said. l"1 thought I pulled over 10 the left far enough after feeling the bump,
 but evidently I had not, for I ran Directly into the rear of the second
 car. I did not even put my foot on the brake. l cant explain what happened"
 go Wilkersor was taken to New Britain General hospital after the accident. but refused to stay there later than 10 o'clock last night and was released. He sustained & pain ful cut On the chin, necessitating several stitches, and seemed to be very weak. Motorcycle Officer AL fred Tanguay, who made the arrest. Said in reply to a question while testifying, that there was absolute ly no sign of liquor on Wilkerson, and another witness said he esti- mated the speed of the car at about S0> miles an hour.
 a Drunken Driver Fined sfOO
 Harry Farrell. 35, of 19 Pulaski Street, pleaded guilty to the charge of driving while under the inf1u- 'ence of liquor and was fined s1O0 and costs, with a suspended jail Sentence of 30 days. Judge Sake warned him that his patience was at an end and the next time Far Tell is convicted of any charge he twill go either to jail or the state farm. He placed him in charge of the probation officer to pay the .tne and costs.
 ts Motorcycle Officer David Doty testified that Farrell was intoxicated yesterday forenoon on Broad street, and backed speed wagon truck against another automobile, dam aging it. Farrell asked for leniency and told the court he was going to work in factory next week and would never drink again. He met a Friend yesterday whom he had not seen since he was in the army and to celebrate their reunion they had n few drinks.
 ', Probation Officer Connolly told the court in reply to questions that Farrell's wife works every day and there are three children in the fam ily Not payment has been made on the last fine imposed Oh Farrell, and he has not been entirely regu- lar in his reports to the probation officer, it was brought out, to which Farrell replied that he has been unable to earn enough money to make payments on the fine and support the family. He pleaded for another chance for the sake of his family and Judge Sake told him he Should have thought of his depen- dents before getting behind the wheel Of a truck in an intoxicated tondition.
 .+ Truck Spceder Fined
 4 Louis Greatorex. 26, of 1l67 West Main street, Waterbury, pleaded not guilty~to the charge of speed ing but admitted driving a truck at ~the rate of 30 miles an hour on West Main street part of the way between Bradley street and Elm mons place at 12:15 o'clock yester- day. Motorcycle Officer David Doty claimed the speed was 35 to 3S
 miles an hour, but Greatorex dis 'puted the statement, claiming he passed a car at the rate of 30 miles -sn hour but went no faster. A fine Of s10 and costs was imposed