New Britain herald., 1930-04-22

sing of New Britain National bank testified that Gordons balance was
 withdrawn on February 27 and on the 2Sth there was no money on de- posit in his name.
 Gordon's testimony was contradict
 ory to that of Miss Chester and he
 said without hesitation that when
 she said under oath that he handed
 the check to her she was not telling
 the truth, and she knows she's not | telling the truth,'
 He admitted that in all his deal 1 ings with the Liberty Baking Co l he had post-dated his checks but | always made them good. In this in-
 stance the company would not sup | ply him with bread until he made 1 the check good, so he was obliged to | discontinue his dealings there. He l insisted that Samuel Schneider is tho
 real boss of the Liberty Batting
 Co.,. although he holds no position 1 there.
 Asked by Mir. Woods why he had
 not mentioned Applebaum to him when they discussed the case in Mr, i Woods office. Gordon replied that | NIT. Woods assured him that he was interested in the case only as prose- outing attorney and could do noth- ! ing but his duty. "Iou said you would prosecute me, so what was l i going to do. tell you the whole thing? Gordon asked. ! Harry Netupsky, proprietor of a ! gasoline station at North street and | Hartford avenue, testified that he saw Gordon and Applebaum in con- versation and the latter accepted something from Gordon but Nctup- sky did not know what 1t was.
 Sergeant Fccncy was recalled to | the witness stand and testified that | he was present when Gordon and Prosecuting Attorney Woods had a conversation in the lattcrs office. 1 MT. Woods, according to the ser- 1 seant asked Gordon two or three times whether he had post dated the check and Gordon replied negatively. 1 Throughout the interview, Gordon
 admitted that he lacked the ncccs- Sary funds to make good the check | but if given time he would take care
 of it. He said several times that Sam ] Schneider met him on Arch street 1 and demanded the full amount of the check, refusing to permit him
 to pay it in installments.
 The defense called several wit
 nesscs who claimed to know ''all about" the case and one told Of
 hearing Miss Cncsters father, who 1 ii an officer of the company, sly
 Gordon would be prosecuted and l testimony would be offered that the check was not post-dated.
 Prosecuting Attorney Woods re- minded Judge SaNc that it was not
 necessary for the court to make q | finding Of guilty or not guilty, as the alleged offense was one in which |
 finding. of probable cause coull | be made and the ease sent to super
 for court, Attorney Grcenberg re- l piled that he was not concerned l bDOul lilC tIu~StlOll Ol Jul iSulCtlOll, and Judge Sake interrupted to say
 he would not dispose of it today. | still Attorney Greonberg requested | that he be allowed 10 speak for a | minute or two. He then proceeded | tc arraign Miss Chester, first assur- | ing the court that he was gricye'l | at being obliged to say so, but she was perjurer in several instances, | and the Liberty Baking Co. Inc,
 was desirous of convicting Gordon | because he had withdrawn his busi- ness from the company and given t to the United Baking Co.
 Going into Miss Chestcr's testi- mony, Attorney GreenberS asked | why she had taken the check out of a drawer on April 2S if it was | true, as she claimed, that Gordon walked into the office and handed i! to her that very day. He also mado | capital of the states failure to call 1 Miss Chester's father to the witness 1 stand, declaring that the state dii | not dare to have him testify in the face of the testimony of defense | witnesses with whom Chester Ina | talked about the check. T did not | even know he was in the couit | rcom," Prosecuting Attorney Woods | said, to which Attorney Greenberg
 replied: Well, he is here and he had plenty to say in the corrido: to the witnesses, too.'