New Britain herald., 1930-03-19
BLAMES AVENUE
 FOR HIS THIRST
You Can't Help Drinking Ihere," Man Tells Judge

If you hang around Hartford avenue you can't help drinking" Joseph McNamara, 30, of 55 Oak street. told Judge M. D. Sake in po- lice court today after pleading not guilty to the charge of non support and admitting that he had been drinking more than he should since being laid off on the East Main street subway job on February 1o. Keep away from Hartford acenue If that's the case Judge Sake ad- Tlsed him. and continued the case for one month in the hope that Me Namara will find employment and support his wife and five children as his wife testified he had been do- ing prior to February r.
 Mrs. McNamara told the court her husband gave her only S2 since he lost his work, and one of the chill dren has just been discharged from the hospital while another is still there for treatment. He has been drinking steadily. she said
 Mcnamara, in reply to question by Assistant Prosecuting Attorney w. NJ. Greenstein as to where he got money with which to buy liquor, said he had friends. He expressed d willingness to work and Judge SaXe suggested that he stay away from liquor and make a determined cf- fort to obtain employment so that he might stay out of police court.
 Attorney Michael A. Sexton ap- peared for John Langen. 2S. of 195 North Main street. Manchester. who was brought to this city from Man chester yesterday by Sergeant P. A. McAvay on a non support charge. The case was continued until to- morrow, Attorney Sexton suggesting that the probation department make an investigation into it.
 Dodges TaNicab Fare
 Adolph Abucewicz, 43,, of 60 Franklin street, who is oh proba- tion for past offenses, pleaded guilty to the charge of evading taXicab fare and Judge SaXe scored him severely, imposing suspended jail sentence Of 15 days and continuing him on probation with a warning that only for the fact that he has eight chil- dron and would lose his job if sent to jail. he would receive substan- tial sentence.
 Sergeant r. A. McAval testified that Abucewicz engaged a taxicab in Hartford last Sunday night and on arriving at his home, left the driver, Charles Hathaway of Hartford, waiting outside the house for tle money and then did not pay him. Abucewicz claimed to have taken a trolley car out Pennington avenue by mistake for one coming to New Britain and when he learned his CT TOT it was too late to get another car. so he came home by cab. He neighbours home intending to bor- row the money, but when he re- turned he could not find the driver.
 After court Abucewicz assured Hathaway he would send him the money. The trip cost S4.90, exclusive of the overtime charge for waiting, and if the driver cannot collect. he will be obliged to pay his employer out of his own wages.
 Speedcr Fined St0
 Otto C. Ilfland, 25, of 55t: Grand street. Hartford, pleaded guilty to the charge of speeding and was fined Sl0 without costs. Officer Peter rolo1,,c 1,ot Ina, T 1o arrest about 6:50 o'clock last night on East street, after following 1ff- land from Clayton to Newington avenue and observing a speed of A5 10 50 miles an hour.
 William H. Turner. 3S. of 4 Vine street, Middletown. pleaded guilty to the charge of overlooking an au- tomobile truck and was fined S21 and costs. Officer Alfred Tanyuay testified that he stopped Turner on Corbin avenue about , D. un. and found the load on the truck to be 5S50 pounds in excess of what the law allowed Turner is employed by the Cromwell Quarry Co. and was hauling from the sherman Sand Co, pits.
 A nolle was entered by Assistant Prosecuting Attorney W. N. Green stein in the case of Hyman Rabinow of 76S Arch street, who was arrest ed last week on a breach of the peace charge resulting from an all tercation with Henry Schupack over a sign advertising a sale in Rabi-