The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-29
Carmen Vaccaselli
Fined In Thomaston
Benedict Street Driver Assessed for Operating Car
Without Carrying License or Registration

Thomaston, Jan. 20 - In one of
It's busiest and most largely attend
ed sessions in recent years, the court
here disposed of six cases last night.
Five Of the offenders, all aut-of-
town residents were charged and
found guilty of attractions of mo-
tor vehicle laws, while the fifth,
localite, was accused and likewise
found guilty of possessing and keep
ing gaming devices on his store
premises.
Stanley Urban, %, of Torrington,
who entered plea of guilty to vio-
lation of the rules of the road was
fined IS to which was added SO court
costs.
Christopher Dugan, 20, of Kings
ton, N. Y, pleaded guilty to driving
with an overcrowded front seat and
he also drew S. fine. Court costs
in his case were IS.
Both drivers were involved in the
same accident on the Torrington
road near the Frank Fem home
Sunday night about 1915 o'clock.
Officer James P. Ryan made the ar
sreSts.
James Avenia, 80, of Morris street,
New Haven, was found guilty of vio-
lation of the rules of the road and
fined IS. Court costs of $3.50 were
added. Avenia was arrested Tuesday
night about z p. m. by Officer Ryan
following an accident on the Wa
terbury road below Shadow Lawn.
The New Haven driver who charged
with failure to grant the right OF
way to Albert Grohs, of Torrington
driver of an E. j. Kelley truck.
Newton Gets Nolle
A nolle on payment of $40 was
granted in the case of Fletcher D.
Newton of North Woodbury. who
was charged with speeding by Off
Ger John Wilcox of the Litchfield
barracks.
The state officer also had another
case in court; that of Carmen Vac
caseln of Benedict street, Water
bury, whom he charged with fail
ure to carry on operators license and
refusal to produce registration. The
latter charge was changed in court
to failure to carry car registration
when the accused maintained he
did not refuse to produce his car
registration. Since he had no regis
tration in his car to produce. He eX-
planned that he had previously given
the registration to his wife SO that
she might purchase an auto stamp.
In regard to his lack of drivers
license he explained to the court
that he had loaned it to a friends
so that the friend could produce it
at a tavern in Ansonia as proof that
he was old enough to be served a
drink.
State Officer Wilcox in his presen-
tation Of the case to the court said
that he had observed car parked
just below the Reynolds Bridge
about about a. m. on the 18th
clay of January and again at 4:20
In line with his duty of patroling
bridges he had questioned the Oc-
cupants, who were the accused, an
her man and a girl. Vaccaselli, he
I'd, had given him name which
n q check-up with the state de-
partment he found to be wrong and
the girl refused to divulge her
name. Questioned by the court as to
why he has given another name
than his own the Waterbury youth
explained that he didn't want the
girl to know who he was.
He was fined SO on each count and
obliged to pay SIS court costs making
a total of $11.
Ruggie Fined
Ernest Ruggie, 80; East Main
street store proprietor, was fined $50
and paid an additional $10.10 for
court costs when found guilty of
possessing and keeping gaming de-
vises on his store premises. Ruggie
who has twice previously been found
guilty here on similar charges was
arrested Monday about 1918 by
State Officer Samuel Rome of the
Beacon Falls barracks.
The state officer informed the
court that when in Ruggies store
shortly after noon Monday he had
noticed two punch boards on dis
play and that he had suggested to
the owner that he clear the prem
Uses of them. He said he had oc-