New Britain herald., 1930-03-18
LONG COURT FIGHT
 OVER SUM OF S3.22
Constable ClynS and Meriden
 Attorney Dispute Small Sum

For three-quarters of an hour this morning the time of a judge, three attorneys, and a constable was taken in city court hearing and the ques- tion involved was whether or not Constable Frank E. Clynes owed At torney I. Henry Mag sS.22.
 Judge Stanley J. Traceski entered the court room at 1 o'clock and did not leave it until 11:45 o'clock. He said he did not like to make a de- cision on a matter of this kind and hoped that the parties would come to a settlement.
 The events which led to the suit began in January of 1929. Attorney Mag, who is Meriden lawyer, was engaged by Hutchinson & Winch Co.,, 10 collect a bill from Harold A. Knowles, shoe merchant on West Main street. New Britain He met Constable Clyncs in the office of At torney Edward A. Mag of this city and asked him to collect $10S.23 from Knowles. According 10 Clynes the Meriden attorney gave him in structions 10 either collect the money Or take out 100 pairs of shoes. The constable claimed the attorney asked him if he were married and Clynes who was not married at that time answered negatively. The attorney said the constable could take out shoes and use some of them for his own benefit, according to MT. Clynes' story.
 Check Was Returned
 Attorney Mag said he merely asked that the store be attached if the money were not procured. Clyncs claimed he was able to collect SSo which he gave to MT. Mag in cash. He said the balance would be paid the next day. According 10 the con- stables story, he sent the Merider attorney a check for $25 shortly after after that day, but Attorney Mag sent the check back with the statement that the sum of $2S.o2 was due him.
 Four letters were sent from Mcri- den relative to the transaction and telephone calls were sent in but the two parties could not come to an agreement relative to the sS.22. Settlement Efforts Fail i When the hearing was about to start this morning Judge Traceski was informed that the case involved that amount of money and he ask | cd if it were not possible to bring about a settlement. Attorney Ed ward Rosenthal, who represented Judge Mag, told the court that his side would have been glad to make a settlement but had not received encouragement from the other side. Attorney William Hagearty repre- sented Clynes. When it became ap- parent that no agreement would be reached Judge Traceski said, All
 right, I'll hear it.
 The four letters sent to Constable Clyncs were put in as evidence. Clynes was put through a stiff cross examination by Attorney
 Rosenthal, who at times urged the constable to refresh your memory | tlNHtS lCSlllltu llldJ llS lCttlNtu l check from Knowles and after in- vestigating it found it was collect able. He cashcd the check and all l lied it to his trust account in the 1 Commercial Trust Co.,, where it re- mained waiting for the Meriden lawyer to collect.
 Suggests "Shattered Memory
 Attorney Hagearty in a talk at the close of the meeting said he knew Clynes since he was in knee brooches and he said he had never known him to be dishonest. Attor- ney Rosenberg said that Attorney Mag was q man of such financial standing that he would not be con- ccrned over a fee of $250 and he certainly would not be lying about it. Mir. Mag was a former corpora ton counsel of Meriden. The plain tiff claimed he received $50 in the first payment rather than sS5. In conclusion Attorney Rosenthal said Clynes either has a shattered memo l ry or he was not telling the truth.