The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-22
Defense Counsel Start.
 Quiz OF Harley ". Tripp
of Board of Finance Explains Procedure of Business Controller Lea Success Aiding City Meet Financial Obligations.

By Alcorn:
 o. What is your husbands name?
 A. Joseph P. Sitka.
 o. Where is he employed?
 A. He has business of his own. o. And where are you employed?
 Al am employed as clerk in the assessors office in Bristol.
 o. And how long have you been clerk in the assessors office in Bris- tol?
 A. Since June 1881.
 Q.And are you familiar with the records?
 A. am.
 O.And suppose as clerk you had something to do with making them up?
 A. Yes.
 o. At our request you brought here, the assessors records with ref erence to one Donate Pietraroria, known also as Dan Peters?
 A. Yes.
 It appeared that there were no lists for Donate Pietraroria for the years, 1883, 1884, and 1886. In 1885, there was listed under the name of Daniel Peters, one Ford touring 1880.
 Savers Testifies
 John Savers was the next witness. The more important testimony fol- lows:
 Questioned by Alcorn:
 o. MT. Savers what is your occu- patton?
 A. Chief clerk in the State De- partment of Motor Vehicles.
 o. How long have you been in the employ of the Motor Department?
 A. 9 years.
 o. And as chief clerk of the mo- tor vehicle department, you are in complete control of all registra- tions?
 A. Yes.
 QAt our request you brought here the information with respect to the registration of Frank Santalucia or Frankie Burns of Waterbury, Conn.,?
 A. have.
 o. Will you produce them? Now with the original of those before you, will you say to the jury what motor vehicles were registered, if any, in the name of Frank Santa lucia or Frank Burns during the year of 1930? (The witness stated that the records for the years 1930 to 1883 had been destroyed)
 Q. How about 1884?
 A. 1934-I, have one commercial car from Frank Santalucia.
 o. Describe the type of car.
 A. Make-Ford. 1892 Ford.
 Q. And the carrying capacity of the car?
 A. Carrying capacity, one ton.
 e. Now, for the year 1895, will you give the information with respect to the registration of 1885 of Frank Santalucia?
 A. I have one Ford dump truck, carrying capacity 200O lbs; that was cancelled November 2 and trans ferred to another Ford dump truck. That is the only vehicle that have for 1895.
 o. And what was the carrying capacity of the truck to which it was transferred?
 A. Same-2000 pounds.
 @. That is what year?
 A. 1936-the year of manufac- ture.
 Q. I mean the registration we're talking about-the year 1885?
 A. Right.
 @. That is the only registration of motor vehicles for Santalucia for the year 1885.
 A. Correct. Q. Will you pass to the year
 A. 1936--one Ford truck in the name of Frank Santalucia, carrying capacity. 1000 lbs. That was can celled May and transferred to an- other Ford dump, carrying capacity 5000 lbs.
 e. Do you find any more than the one Ford truck registered in that year? A. No.
 Santalucia's Trucks
 Q. Will you pass to the next year?
 A. 1937-in the name of Frank Santalucia, one Ford dump carry ing capacity, 5000 lbs; cancelled or May F and transferred to another Ford dump, November. 1887, carry. ing capacity 5000 lbs. That vehicle was cancelled December 27, recort of transfer made from Frank Santalucia to Frank J. Santalucis Co.,; another Ford dump truck carrying capacity, 5000 lbs; Stu. debaker dump, carrying capacity 5000 lbs; cancelled December 27 change of name from Frank J Santalucia to Frank J. Santalucis Co.,; another Stakeholder air com. pressor, carrying capacity, 5000 lbs cancelled December 27. changed tht name from Frank J. Santalucia tt Frank J. Santalucia Co.,; another Stakeholder air compressor carrying capacity 5000 lbs, cancelled Decem. Der 27, changed the name iron Frank J. Santalucia to Frank J Santalucia Co.,; a Studebaker dumr truck, carrying capacity 5000 lbs. cancelled December 28, changed thu name to Frank J. Santalucia O.. one Ford pickup, cancelled Decem. Der 27, from Frank J. Santalucis to Frank J. Santalucia Co.,: a Macl crane, cancelled December 27, trans. ferred to Frank J. Santalucia Co.,; { Ford dump truck, carrying capa. pacity, 5000 lbs, cancelled May 12, 1887, transferred to a Fore dump truck that was cancelled or May 12-just record transfer. have a Ford dump, carrying capa. city, 5000 lbs, cancelled December 28, changed the name to Frank Santalucia Co.,; Williams trailer cancelled December 27, changed thu name from Frank J. Santalucia t Frank J. Santalucia Co.
 e. Now will you give us the mum. Der of vehicles without transfer tha were returned for registration? A. Twelve trucks involved but ten registrations.
 o. I mean the number of regis. trations? A. 10.