The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-22

early fl1ls afternoon, and Judge Inglis will then take the motions for dismissal under adtisement. Mo- ti0ns to strike out portions of the testim ny given by state witnesses will be made later this afternoon.
 Great Responsibility
 aT1ney ask your honor to assume great responsibility in this case, < cried Alcorn, who immediately thereafter admitted that he did not deny the power of the court to dis miss . case on trial to a jury, when there $ insufficient evidence.
 'sTne court should approach such responsibility with great care and caution" he said quietly. He re- ferred to the fact that Tong and tedious investigation" by IS grand jurors had preceded the bringing of the conspiracy charges, and that the grand jury was justified in rec Onlmending that the charges be filed.
 s'The prosecutor was justified and glad to follow out the recommenda- tiofls," he said.
 Berates Atty. Crawford
 Apparently incensed by the accu- stations of Attorney George W. Craw- ford yesterday that he had "a prose- cutor's mind," Alcorn took occasion to berate Crawford's arguments for dismissal especially.
 Maybe the special prosecutor has a prosecutors mind," he said, "But if that is true, the prosecutors mind is serving a real and justifiable and proper service" It can't be possible that the 18 men of the grand jury had prosecutors minds, he contin- ued.
 Referring to the arguments made on Tuesday by Attorney James D. c. Murray, for the dismissal of Mayor Frank Hayes, Alcorn said that Murray frankly admits" the state has attempted to prove 20 con- spitacies, but had charged only one.
 Concurs With Claim
 sT am glad to concur in the claim that 20 crimes have been com mitted," he stated.
 @The defense counsel have studiously avoided the law of the state of Connecticut" Alcorn charged referring to the numerous eases which had been cited my the defense lawyers in their arguments.
 Hardly a man had the courage to mention Connecticut cases" he continued, making specific reference to the Prker case. ''When your honor tried to get Attorney Crawford to say, when he attacked the form of tho information, that it was covered by the Parker case. he would not say it," claimedt Alcorn.
 Other Cases Cited
 The Kissel case and the Spalding case were also cited by the special prosecutor in his arguments, asking Judge Inglis to refuse the defense requests for the dismissal of the conspiracy charges. Alcorn claimed that If the defense counsel had de- voted their arguments to Connecti- cut citations, he would have to spend less time in his reply.
 sIt was q mutual purpose to cheat and defraud the city of Waterbury of three and one-half million dol- lars we know of," he cried, "and how much more we don't know"
 Continuing in his attack on At- tosney Crawford, Alcorn stated that he could not account for the "men- tal twists in the lawyers mind when he argued the law of the in- formation. When he interrupted during Crawford's argument to re- quest that he read page three of the information. the defense lawyer re- fused, Alcorn said.
 Quotes Federal Case
 He quoted a federal case, which he said, lis almost a pathetic opin- ion of the facts in this case" The case was decided in 1882 as "dan-