New Britain herald., 1929-12-17
WOMAN DENOUNCED
 FOR LEAVING DOG
Given Suspended Jail Sentence
 Of 30 Days by Court
WALTER JEWETT, 69, DEAD
Funeral of Alli-On \. Clar!i-NEcct- in'- or American Legion This ENs- nng-Iax Figures Practically the same as iu l32S-Ncws Items.

same as ll l3HS-NcWS Items.
 Mrs Della Tatone of Waterbury. formerly of Whiting street, Plain vile, was severely denounced in the town court this morning by Prosec'l- tor Charles F. conlon for her alles- pups The trlal lasted nearly Hn hour and was featured by verbal contests between the prosecutor an the defendants counsel. Judge Merritt 0. Ryder gave the woman a 90 days suspended jail sentence on He also fined her 5 and costs foT harboring an unlicensed dog. Constable Gleason Saunders, Dog Warden Philip Moreno. q represen- tative of the Connecticut HumaHe Society. and neiShbors testified thit the dog and it's pups were found in the house in q pitiablc condition, needing food and water. All tesli- fled that there no signs of food n the house and that the animals were | in q weak condition. Three of tn" pups died shortly after they were i discovered,
 It was claimed by Prosecutor Con- ] lon that Mrs. Tatone left for Watcr-
 bury on Friday. December 6, and | left the dogs in the house WithOat
 any thought for their nourishmcnt, | Mrs. Tatonc claimed that she dil not leave the house until late Satur-
 day and that she left food for the ! dogs ill the cellar. She intended 70
 come back the next day from W"-
 tcrbury but was held up by the
 snow storm. She stated that tn,
 dogs could not have been in NcrA
 poor condition if the police officer,
 dog. she said, was owned by hrr
 husband. who vas not living Wit'
 her at the pre- sent time.
 None of the witnesses could tel
 who was the owner of the dog out, side Of the fact that it lived at tho home Of Mrs. Tatone. The defen&, claimed that the state had not prov . en the ownership of the dog an moved for q discharge. Prosecute Conlon came Lack to state that Mrs
 Tatone had admitted OH the stan, , that she had harbored the dog thereby making the request of tn
 defense for discharge appear ab Q surb.
 I11 !, l. e Mrs. Tatone had fed the dog and it a pups before leaving for Waterbur, Q the charge of cruelty should b V pressed against her because the ami Q malS were III starving conditio = when they were found. He scvcrcl
 upbralded Nr. Tatone for her sc
 ton and said it was one of the mos , pitiful cases thrt had come to hi i attention. He recommended that in
 court innict at least suspcnde
 jail sentence.
 y Fined SlO and Costs
 Raymond CogShall of Plainvill
 appeared before the court to an
 swcr to charge of violating th
 fish and game laws by hunting rat , bits with ferret. He was fined $l | and costs hy Judge Ryder
 :, He was arrested Saturday after = noon by the game Wardcns, Wh D. found five rabbits and a ferret l
 his possession. They testified thS n only one Of the rabbits was sho (, while the other four had been SC 0 -urcd through tn" ferret. The gam Y Wardens also said that condition Ii Saturday were very good for track s ing rabbits.
 e The Plainville man claimed thf q he shot one of the rabbits and in l. others were given to him by anotF
 CT hunter he met in the sWamps. H
 admitted having the ferret in Il a possession. He produced numbe e of witnesses who testified that track T ing conditions for rabbits were veI " poor Saturday because Of the heaN