New Britain herald., 1930-08-11
Bristol Mews
ALLEGED LIQUOR
 MAKERS JET FINE
Bristol Police Spend Saturday
 Making Dry Raids
DEFENDANT TALKS FRENCH


 Three Feet Of Water in Pond at
 Rockwell Par,>-He,i,eA by Life
 Guards.
 Telling the court, through a French interpreter, that 4 quarts of home -breWed beer Of alleged alco- holic content, was used merely to treat friends and vas never offered for sale, Leo Pouliot, 30 Summer street, was fined s35 and costs this morning on charge of keeping il- legal beverages with intent to sell and with having reputation for selling intoxicating liquor. The beer was found in Pouliot's home Satur- day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock when police made raid.
 Frank Maronski of II Willoughby street, charged with keeping with in tent to sell and with having q repu- tation for selling intoxicating liquors. was fined s1o0 and costs by Judge Donovan after the last named count had been dismissed. The police raided Maronski's home Saturday evening and uncovered five one-gal- lon jugs of alleged distilled liquor and 130 pounds of rye mash. The defendant was represented in court today by Mather and Mather.
 S,, the court her husband used the li- quor because of frequent alment with stomach cramps. bronchitis, asthma and heart trouble" Ills physical condition. she said, was poor and the presence of liquor in the house was q, necessity, She added that because of her feet be- ing swollen after work she used al cohol to ruD them and reduce the swelling.
 Manufacturer Fined
 Charles Wellspeak of Farrell ave- nue, was arraigned before Judge Donovan on charges Of manufactur- ing and keeping intoxicating liquors with intent to sell and was fined $50 and costs. Seizure of Considera bIe manufacturing equipment al We'll speaks place was said by police to be the largest in the history of the department. A police squad. con- sisting of Sergeants Henry Jeglinski and Aldie Brault. and Officers Will liam Thompson and Dewey Carpen- ter visited the Wellspeak residence shortly after noon Saturday and con- fscated a 60-gallon and an eight gallon still, both of which, they said, were in operation at the time. 200 gallons of mash. quantity Of all legged liquor 400 pounds of corn sugar. three coolers, two oil burners and two coils, II was necessary to | transport the equipment to police ] headquarters in q large motor truck
 Officer Carpenter asserted in court 1 today that he received telephone l call from a woman Saturday while he was on desk duty at headquar- ters complaining of activities at the Wellspeak place where. she said, li- quor was being sold and stills were being operated The officer stated that the complainant refused to give her name.
 Wellspeak remarked to the court that no liquor had been sold at his place because Of the fact that it was impossible to do so just yet, the dis tiled liquid having not been aged sufficiently. He said he had been working ten months 10 manufacture 100 gallons. The reason he manL- factured liquor. he avcrred. was to earn a living" Bonds, following his arrest by police Saturday, were set at si,O00.
 Woman Revived
 Mrs. John Soils of Hartford was revived by Life Guards Alfred Nc Cue and Alexander Benecick at the Rockwell park lagoon yesterday afternoon after she had nearly , drowned in three feet Of water near pool. Light artificial respiration and spirits Of ammonia were administer ed the woman before she responded. According to Life Guard McCuc, Mrs. Soils slipped and fell face first into the water and, highly excited and frenzied, almost tore the bath ing suit Of a man. who was standing nearby, from his body as she struggled to remain above water,
 Boys to Get Serum
 Dr. Benjamin B. Robbins, health officer, yesterday said that the par onts of George Hodgkinson. Jr,, II, and Robert Gensenback, 12. cousins, who were bitten by a rabid dog last Tuesday on Pennington avenue. have agreed to have their sons In- ocul&ted with serum SO that they 'yl be immune from rabies Dr, Robbins administered the first in lection of serum Saturday night aft CT the case of the first named lad had been investigated by Dr. Morris knowlton of the state board Of health, who urged that the parents accept treatment for the children.