The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06

en a hearing in the borough court
 room last night ct 8 o'clock. This
 was the charge of absenting him. self from the borough without per-
 mission of his superior officers. On this count he was assessed two weeks pay starting from the time of hi sus- pension by Chief Adamson on Janu- ary 25, and given a reprimand by Warden Frank I. Green. Officer Farrar the board voted will return to duty tomorrow.
 Faulty serving Of the notice on Of- ficer Farrar in not citing all of the charges resulted in one of the charg- es Immoral conduct" being dropped after a conference of Borough At torney Martin L. Caine and Attor- ney Martin E. Gormley who repre- scented Officer Farrar as counsel. This left two charges to be heard, one on conduct unbecoming to an officer of the law and the other the violation of the police regulations, absenting himself from the borough
 without the consent of his superiors.
 The case was carried on partical- ly throughout the entire hearing by the two attorneys, the board
 mem bers asking very few material questions during the hearing.
 Borough Attorney Caine immedi-
 ately after the hearing was called
 informed the board members that
 the notice of charges served on the
 officer were not correct and legal in accordance with the police rules.
 The police rules he stated specified
 that when an officer is cited on
 charges, the notice must contain all of the charges and the circumstances | read the notice served on Officer
 Farrar which was simply to the effect that he was suspended for ab- senting himself from the borough without permission of his superior
 officers that he was charged with Immoral conduct" and conduct un-
 becoming an officer. Nothing as to
 the nature of the charges was incor-
 porated in the notice. The borough
 attorney also called attention to the
 signed statement of a young lady,
 formerly of the borough but now of
 Floral Park, N. r., which was re-
 sponsible for the immoral conduct
 charge being preferred
 | Attorney Gormley in commenting
 on the signed statement of the young lady stated that it was not
 legally worth the paper it was writ l ten upon, as it was not sworn to-.
 Attorney Caine agreed with Attor-
 ney Gormley in 50 far as the legal | ity of the paper was concerned, but that it must be considered that 1t
 was made in good faith and with | good intent. Attorney Caine and | Attorney Gormley asked leave of the board to confer for short time. The
 two attorneys left the room and re-
 turned shortly. Attorney Caine in- 1 formed the board that he had
 reached an agreement with Attor-
 rey Gormiey and that Mir Farrar
 through his counsel had waived his
 rights of proper notice and that | counsel had agreed to disregard the l charge of immoral conduct but
 would consent to have the charges 1 of the young woman and the count
 of absenting himself from the bor-
 ough without his superior officers consent. Attorney Gormley con- firmed the statement of Borough Attorney Caine adding that he knew | and realized Officer Farrar was not properly before the board on charg- es but that in view of the fact that | the matter had been dragged along i for the past two weeks and had been given much publicity, all kinds of wild rumors and stories being tLDTOdu dUOuL lIS CIoCs liC IllOubh that Officer Farrar had been unjust Iy humiliated enough, and desired to have the matter heard last night and have it over with and that he | was ready to go ahead and hear the case on the charge of the young lady and on the officer being absent from | the borough without leave. Attorney 1 Gormley stated that the statement of 1 he girl accused Officer Farar of a serious offence. The person mak- ing the statement is not here, and does not give Officer Farrar or his
 counsel an opportunity to cross ex-
 anime. Attorney Caine stated that in agreement with Judge Gormley he had stricken from the charges the
 immoral conduct count and had
 unbecoming an officer and with ab- senting himself from the borough without leave and if it pleased the board they wuold proceed along the lines suggested, and recommended that the immoral conduct charge be dismissed.
 . Burgess Anenberg suggested that the board proceed with the hearing under the conditions as agrede up- on by the two attorneys.
 Warden Green addressing Officer Farrar asked him if he wuold plead guilty or not guilty to the charges. Officer Farrar stated that he pleaded not guilty.
 Chief of Police Adamson was then called by Attorney Cain. In answer to questions by the borough attorney he stated that Officer Far rar had been a regular patrolman for about ten months until Sunday, January 25, when he was suspend ed. Officer Farrar, Chief Adamson stated last worked as patrolman on the night of January 3 and the morning of January 4. Attorney Caine asked Chief Adamson if he talked with Officer Farrar on the last day he performed duty, the chief stated that he did. The conversa- tion was that Officer Farrar told him he was sick and that the doctor rec commended a four weeks rest. The chief stated that he said alright and asked the officer for his revolver. At this point some questions by Attor- ney Caine were objected to by Att torney Gormley and the borough at- torney withdrew them. Attorney Caine asked the chief if he read a certificate from Farrar's doctor. He replied that he read a certificate from Dr E. F. Williams, stating that Officer Farrar was apparently suf- fering from nervous breakdown, he stated that as he remembered the certificate recommended a week layoff. At this point Attorney Caine inquired as to the statement of the young lady made on Janu- ary 8, 1881, and if the statement as signed was witnessed by himself and Officer Anthony Malone. Jr. At
 torney Gormley broke in at this point and expressed the opinion that the first charge should be set- tied before lodging into the second. This was satisfactory to Attoreny