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SO SHE YIELDEDMan Charged with Statutory Offense Should Know Fate Today.Willistm E (Ted) j^asvis, with statutory offenses on tnre® counts, will know his fate today, ah the testimony was before the jury in criminal session of the Superior court yesterday afternoon, and t o first nf the frguments was made ty Stoto’s Attorney William H Comley vesterdav aftenoon The a.ia)^nGnls should all bo In before Judge George 12 Hinman and the iiuiy this n^on.Tides to Knlt;3 Suit.Twice during the trial yesterday Jacob S Raskin, counsel for the defendant, offered a* motion f nonsuit, on the ground that fsjets not sufficient because there had been nothing but contradictions in Mia* Bettv Demyen'a answers both to the court and counsel, and that she admitted that she tells lies when occasion warranted them, and on the ground that she was not guiltless.The second time the motion was offered was at tho conclusion of all the testimony, but each time Judgo Hinman dismissed it on th« ground that the question of the value of the girl’s testimony was a matter for the jury to decide.At the opening of the trial yester-' day Miss Demyen, chief witness for the state, appeared unable to standthe strain of .the cross-examinationof Ruskin. who succeeded often m confusing the witness in her statements as to datesWhy She TicWofl.In her testimony Miss Demyen said thojt the reason that she yielded to Lewis was that he was so persuasive and that Lewis showed her the diamonds m his teeth; that he told her he was a dancer and an J| torThe testimony of Sergeant Mnhael Arnolshy was that the girl charged Lewis with acts when she was brought before the invest gallon bureau on May 6, Lewig replied that lie- statements were not true, and added 1 i jt if he nod wronged the girl he would marry her as that was the best wav out of it The sergeant denied Miss Demyen ,testimony In that he assisted her in fixing a date, but added that he took down a1924 lt;pilendar for her to fix her own dates Practically the same testimony was given by Se^gennt Michael J Larney who was present at the interview He said Lewis went over to the Demyen gill when she began to cry and ss| d “Now if I have done any wrong I am willing to Hght it/* Lewis Denies Acts.The testimony of Will am E Lewis the accused, vvas an absolute demaj of all the acts charged against him. He Emitted that he had taken Betty out seven or mce times, but neyer committed an overt art, and that he never had liquor In his car.Under cross-exslmination by State’s Attorney Comley the accused stated that he had taken Betty out twice to New Haven with one *'Gus/’ whose last name ho could not remember and another girl The accused a?lid that he me Gut the first time near the Atlslitic Hotel and the second time on Stratfleld avenue, near Newfjeld All that he knew was that Gus brought some liquor along each time He said that he was born April 21, 1894.Mother Testifies.State Senator Gerry paddock, brother-in-law of Lewis, testified that tho mother -of the accused •was bed ridden with rheumatism m 19 24 and was at his homeland he too3c her to the Momaupin cottage in April of 1 924 Mrs Mary Montis the mother Of Lewis testified that she occupied cl bed on the first floor of her cottage in April and up till the of summer, and therewere no partes as Miss Demyen had described She saidfthat she was too 111 to be taken up stairs, and thafc the first time she saw Miss Demyen was in July, 1924, when Her son Introduced her*
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Bridgeport Telegram
Bridgeport, Connecticut, US
Thu, Sep 10, 1925
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