New Britain herald., 1930-04-24
FINDS CRUEL TRICK l. PLAYED ON DRIVER
Machine Overloaded During His
 Absence, Woods Reports

Frank Amodio, 3S, of 221 Elm street was the victim of "a cruel trick" last Saturday, Prosecuting At torney J. G. Woods told Judge NJ. D. Sake in police court today. and the | charge of overlooking an automobile | truck. on which he was arrested, was l nollcd.
 | Amodio is a furniture mover the prosecuting attorney explained, and as an accommodation he took the | job of carting bricks from a build ing which is being razcd near the post office on high street. He knew the law allowed a weight on his | truck equivalent to about 1900 bricks and he intended to carry no moro, but before the truck was loaded he became ill and stepped into the post office for a few minutes, only to | have the workmen put on a load which was more than the law allow cd.
 He is as innocent as Your Honor" :" MT. Woods declared "The men. in | their enthusiasm to get the bricks | carted away, played a cruel trick on him and it is too bad we cannot prosecute them but we cannot, be- cause it would be impossible to ob- tain a conviction" Judge Saxe made no comment.
 Auto Brakes Useless Joseph Blair, 16, of 49 Pleasant street, bought an automobile for soO recently and had it registered in the name of q man who boards with his family. About 10 o'clock last night nc was driving west on Austin street when upernumcrary Officer Dewey Hultcn observed that ono light on the car was not burning. When he called to Blair to stop the car con- | tinued for about 30 feet and the officer suspected that the brakes were not in proper condition, so he tried them and found neither foot nor emergency brakes working.
 Blair was unable to produce his operators license and was arrested on charges of driving without hay ing 1t in his possession, and operat- Ing a car with defective brakes He admitted having left his license at home when he changed his clothes, but claimed the brakes were in good condition so far as he knew. Judge Saxe fined him S5 and costs on the defective brakes charge and suspend cd judgment on the other charge when Blair produced his license.
 The question of financial responsi- bility arose during the trial and Prosecuting Attorney Woods told the court the boarder referred to by Blair will be arrested on Blair's ad- mission that the car was not in- surcd. Blair claimed the boarder l intended to trade the car for another one, and for that reason did not in- sure it, but Prosecuting Attorney Woods pointed out that the law re- quires drivers between the ages of 6 and s to furnish proof of finan- clal responsibility. and as the board CT has the car registered in his name he is the actual owner and as such ! ''iNSt iiOt JNI illlI t u1JN tI DtlNGCI the ages mentioned to drive unless proof of financial responsibility is | furnished.
 Officer Louis E. Harper testified that he tested the brakes and they were useless. He also talked with Blair about the circumstances under which the car was registered and quoted Blair as having claimed to be without knowledge of the re- quirements of the law relative to financial responsibility
 Driver Fined St0O
 A, fine of s100 and costs was i'm posed in the case of Karl Balcku- lin, 3o, of G15 East street, who was