Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-09-18

James Hayward, for selling liquor,
fined $40 and costs, ST. Sc, amounting to
$47.56
Bates House, for selling liquor, fined
$40 and costs, S796, amounting to
$1I56. a
Berwick House, for selling liquor,
fined $50 and costs, $3.50, amounting
to $27.56.
A. J. Smith, for selling liquor, fined
800 and costs, 1856, amounting to
$27.56.
Robert Stewart, for selling liquor,
case adjourned till Monday.
The fellow who gave his name as
Henry Jones came from East Middle
bury, and calls himself Ross when at
home.
COMMENTS.
When we announced, yesterday NOR
ming, that we had not got the report OF
the Police Court, that had been furnish
ed us, in shape to publish, we only
meant that we had not authenticated our
history of the transactions recorded
therein, so that in case of denial we
could prove all that had been told us;
consequently, we withheld its publication
until we could find out the truth of the
tale we haG heard. The great question
with us has been, who is A. j. Smith !?
and we can only repeat the inquiry now
The rum-selIing establishment, whose
proprietor procured his servant to be
fined without the young mans knowing
| it, as related by us yesterday, was none
other than the Bardwell House, in this
village. On Friday, of last week, an
intoxicated man was arrested, and he dis
closed upon all three Of our hotels. The
Bates House and the Berwick House
were promptly fined, as set forth in the
report, but when the lengthy and
I wealthy proprietor of the ''Bardwell
appeared, he Indignantly denied a sug-
gcstion that he had sold out his bar, but
took the prosecuting officer into con-
sultation, and the disclosure against him
was made to do service on new COM
plant against A. ]. Smith And again
on Saturday the same little game was
played, and a. J. Smith was again
mulcted in penalty.
| Upon inquiry of the magistrate who
! rendered the judgments, he frankly ac-
t knowledged that no person calling him
self A. J. Smith appeared before him,
| but that John Cramton acted for Smith
| and pleaded guilty for him, We want
ed to know who this Smith was,
and sent two different reporters to
! interview those who would be likely to
know about it, and found the same re-
| port from both, that no such person was
known toany employee Of the Bardwell,
| and wecould arrive at no other conclu-
/ sion than that A. J. Smith must be some
new arrival or what is more probable, is
wholly fictitious.
There is statute law of this State
providing that if any Grand juror, and
other officers named, ON proper applica-
ton being made to them shall neglect or
refuse to do and perform faithfully their
| respective duties, such officer shall be
subject to indictment and fine of not
exceeding 800. Here was a sworn dis
closure AGAINST the proprietor of the
! Bardwen House, clearly that was prop
er application. That proprietor was al
lowed to go without any prosecution.
Was not that neglect of official duty,
on'the part of somebody? And then te
try to deceive the public by procuring q
fine for one or two offenses against fie
ticious person, or one who was nothing
more than a servant at the best, is carry
ing the imposition a little too far.
/ We are not over friendly to this law
as it is now enforced, and believe it is thu
eause of considerable injury, as well az
some good to the community. 1t does no
seem right that poor Kate Ready who
sold liquor TO support her young family
should be lying in Jail serving out sen
tence for a third conviction of Gquo
selling, and that the man who sells {
hundred fold more liquor and is ricl
and influential, should by comm
vance with the guardians of the law, b.
allowed to go free by paying few dol
lars for the mysterious A. J. Smith.