New Britain herald., 1930-12-02
BEL9N|zI ADMITS
 FORGERY CHARGES
Youth Held on Four Counts iD
 Police Court

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 Police Court
 Alex Bc1ouiH. Ie. oG Flanders road, southiugton, pleaded guilty to four counts O. forgery at lodaH's -rssion oC police court and was hound oy,r to the December term Of the superior court which opened to- ,lav a Hartford. Tho technical harac Of breach of tho peace on which he was originally held vas rollcd today Nbr0 tho other charges were brought.
 He was arrested last Saturday night by Sergeant Edward kjeIy nho met htm walking along Broad street.
 Tie lo.al roltge had been quietly checking ap or th" mans actions for some time prior 10 his arrest after several volpiaiDt~ were TO- ,eI>rI alegiu- that hc had heen ratstng aorthIess theyhs about town. BclonUi was specifically charged roday with having forged four checks III tho aruouut ot &I@.5o. All of lhc4, cheeks vrrl drawn or the rommyrclI Trust to sud tho names of T, l., TruGou, Joseph Arnour and John Rhode wen, forged to them. Arbour's nalEr vgs utcd on two of inc checks. Tho frs. O. these bad checks vas drann on November l7 and tho last Of }hc for oGcuscs vas oouimucd on November -S. police >aid.
 rIcad~ Guilty
 A".r thr warrant hal uccu read and Belon5zj bad entered a plea of g4ilty Prosecutor Woods commended Sergeant Michael J. Flynn or his cX- rolIcn; " ork n trarhn1 down the operations ot the youth. He present. d the court aIrG a confession a1- legedly gotten rom BelonizI by the police sergeant and asked the court ro find uronaola caNso and brd him over.
 RcCorr passing 5ldznent in the matter Judge >ahc asked the prose- cutor whether he was ehareng the man with forgery o. with obtaining money nuGor tals. mctcnsos. Woods replied that the ol.u4o constituted n out and ou1 G,rgnry and he also 1toriu,l she court that ii VAS the >ccond of.nnSe O Is kind stating that Eaion1i oas drought heck to rhis city from HufiaIo on Norcln- her I7. 1'., hy Sergeant McAvay and vas sNru ri jail sentence of 60 days from superior cour. at Hart ford.
 Judge Sa1e in view or the cir cumstances found probable cause and hound the man over under 8 bond Of 22.0p0,
 Given Continuance
 Walter Wisk who vas arrested yesterday afternoon 'n connection with the raid condueted by the po- ice Sunday al tho Hillside Social club a- >1 Broad street pleaded not guilty 10 tho charge of 1lolarion of the iQuor Ia" q today'- session and through his counsel Attorney Martin Stempnu, "as granted con- 'iuuance untjl peynmbor l.
 Wis< Was arrested by Policeman Dclbcrt NcIey or d warrant sworn 10 by prosccutor Joseph C Woods,
 Nirror Stan3ieHics l4, Of 24H Washington street. who was arrested shorlly before 8 o'clock this morn jrtg by Notorcycle Policeman Louis Harper and charged at todav's ses- sion with speeding pleaded not guilty to the char was found guilty and fined $i0 without costs.
 Policeman Harper testified that he notired Sta0IlteRinz Hhon he passed the intersection e Farming ton and U~-ooa u1cuu"zg bccausc of the rat~ O sped at Whjnh he seemed o be traTcIing. olloutng him he told the court that h" caught I'D with him at inc corner of La sallc street and place him under ar rest He further teStihod that Stan hicnicz WAS driving at rate Of speed in excess Of 4g miles per hour
 says Officer Erred
 When StankicNicz took the stand he insisted on telling the court that iItI pun ltiGl4 'h C'5 III II bi It| 1ti ID the truck he vas driving could not possibly have been traveling IS fast as alleged hy the policeman ill view of the fact that 1t vas governed down 10 2J miles per hour.
 Following his insstenco on thls point Policeman Harper was re- called 70 the stand and stated that he man had toId him at the time of the arrest that fhe goscrnor vas set al . miles per hoHr.
 Despite this testimony Sfanhir- ~icz assumed T aellie"r@ut attitude and s'aa'faStly beloved that the DO liceman was in error He Ecpt ill., sistjnG on this and suggested 10 th" court that his arrest vas tho result of a personal arudge held against him by the policeman. Judge Sake old StankIewicz that he did not believe that Harper Was the type of man 10 hold 6 grudge against anyone, When Stankiewicz still per sisted in telling the court that the policeman was guilty of error Judge Saxe closed the case when he im- patiently remarked that he vas ot the opinion that the accused vas he one in error.
 Placed on Probation
 Judge SaHe also disposed Of thc case against Henry McGowan ot 1o5 Franklin street who was charg- cd at yesterdays session with drunkenness and breach Of the peace by placing the man on pro- bation after suspending execution of a jail sentence of } months.
 McGoUan was arrested Sunday night by Policeman William Sulli- van in q house on Hartford avenue when he was discovered with an onen t,,iFo n 1,;s bond