New Britain herald., 1930-09-08
FIVE CHARGED WITH ].
 KEEPING BATTERIES.
Complaint By Dealer Results in
 Clean-Up During Week-End

Five alleged violators of the stor- age battery law were rounded up over the weekend by Sergeant P. A. McAvay of the detective bureau on complaint of the O'Neil Tire & Bat tery Co.,, the allegation being that motorists rented batteries from the company and failed to return them. The old batteries were left for re- charging and the owners did not call for them as they agreed to do
 Lawrence Knapp, 19. of 446 West Main street, pleaded not guilty but was fined $5 without costs and or dered by Judge Sake to return the battery to the company today. He rented a battery on April 27 and returned it ss short time later, when he rented another which he still has, according to the evidence. Michael w. Bannan of the O'Neil Tire & Battery Co. testified that efforts were made to communicate with Knapp by mail, but registered let ter came back unclaimed although 1t was known that Knapp was living dt llle duuGeSS gwen.
 Knapp told the court he and his brother owned an autom obile at the time the battery was rented but later his brother took over his share. His brother volunteered the statement that he had told a rep resentative of the complainant to charge the account to him, but Judge Saxe said that did not change the situation.
 c. ANah Ventres of Hartford. for merly of Berlin, forfeited a s25 bond by failing to appear in court He is alleged to have kept battery rent ed from the. ONeil Tire & Battery Co.
 Arthur F. Sullivan. 2S, of S5 South Burritt street, similarly charged, was unable to be in court because of business. and a con- tinuance until Sept. 13 was or dered.
 The cases of Andrew Maietta of S5 Lafayette street and William Ma done of 63S East street. similarly charged, were nolled by Prosecuting Attorney Woods
 Woman Declines to Testify
 Luclus Knight, 31, negro of 51 Hartford avenue, was charged with breach of the peace and assault on Luella. Layton, negress. of the same address and was fined s10 and costs. Detective Sergeant P. J. O'Mara tes- tlfled that the woman had a cut on the forehead and bruises about the eye when she made the complaint, but after Knight was arrested she sad he had only pushed her. As rear as Sergeant O'Mara and Off, flcer Harper were able to learn, the couple had dispute over money matters, causing the assault
 when the complaint declined to take the witness stand, Judge Sake remarked that it was apparent that she and Knight had talked the sit nation over before coming to court. Knight also declined to testify.
 Kick Keeps Woman From Court
 A continuance until Sept. 16 was ordered in the case of Boleslaw 4ushewich, 40. of 364 Elm street, charged with breach of the peace and assaulting his wife. Mrs. Yushewich was unable to be in court because of injuries sustained about the body when her husband kicked her, according to the police.
 Officer James Sullivan and Super numerary Officer Dawley made the arrest late Saturday night after hearing screams from the tenement occupied by the couple Mrs Yushe- wlch had been drinking, it is said, and her husband could not get into the house when he returned from a farm in Southington, where he is employed. After gaining entrance he is alleged to have dragged her out of bed and beaten her