The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-21

william Graham, Christopher Crane and Robert Moran, who were sent Co jail for six months, and fined 5000 each.
 Other lesser principals were sen- tenced to jail for from 30 days to four months. Minors, including store keepers who sold to individual cus- toners were given suspended jail sentences of six months each and fined not less than $200.
 Slow Tedious Task
 The Rrraignment of the accused for sentence was a slow and tedious task. States Attorney Fitzgerald and Assistant States Attorney Wal ter w. Smyth, who prosecuted the cases, recommended that jail terms be imposed in each and every case, but Judge Simpson stated that the ends of justice would be met If the smaller operators were simply fined and given suspended sentences.
 A large number of those who were sentenced to jail were given a stay of execution until next Tuesday so that they might arrange their busi- ness for their enforced absences.
 Prellminaries
 Preliminaries to the actual are raignment of the men featured a statement by States Attorney Fitz- gerald, which included marked re- ferences to the investigations of the Waterbury extraordinary grand- jury. He charged that the opera tors had continued their Illegal businesses in spite of the wide spread publicity given the grand jurys report, which alleged that widespread conditions of organized gambling existed here.
 Trifie More vigllant
 "The only result of the tremen- dous publicity of the grand jury re. port had was to make them @ trifle vieilant." said Fitzgerald.
 Fitzgerald then proceeded to ex- plain to Judge Simpson the opera tions of the lottery and policy rac- kets. Exhibits which were taken from the stores during the whole sale raids of September 3 and l2 were in the court. Several lottery slips were shown to the Judge.
 3i Cases Remain
 only 3i cases remained to be dis- posed of this afternoon. The nia- jority of them involved Naugatuck principals and operators of policy. MT. Fitzgerald told the court that tho cases included operations 4n Cheek Value, Empire. Lucky Day and old Reliable and Liberty lottery trades.
 He reported that the Check Value trade at least had interstate rami- fications, and that the P, B. l. Is ct present Investigating one Thomas Loughlin of Lynn, Mass, who ale iegedly delivered such tickets to Leventhal, alias White.
 Made S52,000 Yearly
 Agr, Fitzgerald told the court that LeVenthal had told County Detee- tive Edward J. Hickey when he was arrested at New Britain, that his annual income from the sale oi the tickets was $62,000. He said he had reason to believe it was much mdee.
 Commenting on LeventhaTs ac. tons, Fitzgerald said, His conduct shows absolute disregard for the law-which is also true of the other defendants"
 Attorney Max Traurig appeared for Leventhal, and made a lengthy plea, in which he stated that pub' lie opinion is actually in favor oi repeating the lottery laws. He sait that inasmuch as there was no evil dence of political corruption oi bribery prevalent, some considera- ton should be given the accused.
 Asked Suspension
 without exception, counsel for the accused asked for suspended sentences.
 Judge simpson then interposed some comments, recalling that when he last presided here there were "lo or IS lined up on similar charges ' He continued. "The only difference iE that At that time we had no