Morning journal and courier., 1889-09-16
TIRE POLICEMAN ANDTHE BOTTLE
How One Boston Lawyer Succeeded In WtnnfnE Liquor Caso.
 

A story, by far to good to keep, is told at the expense of one of the sharpest of the Hq- uor officers in the city of Boston. The police- man, who is nothing if not "good fellow" made seizure of liquor in kitchen ginmill in one of Boston's outlying districts. A large quantity of stuff was siezed outside of the premises, and large bottle, containing about a gill of sseau de fen" was found concealed in the room where the illegal traffic was carried on. On this bottle wes label, which corre- sponded with the labels on the bottles found outside. The proprietor of the place was consequently summoned to court to answer to a complaint charging him with illegally keeping intoxicating liquors. A lawyer was retained for the defence, and appeared at court before the session of the court opened. Now it mapped that this same legal light was interested to some extent in politics, and had been the previous evening in attendance at one of the numerous conventions of the Dem ocratio city committee, and had, after the convention, indulged to quite an extent in in-
 toxicating liquors.
 After cordially greeting the complaining
 officer in his case the lawyer con6dentially
 informed the s'copper" of his condition and
 the cause thereof, and ssksd him if he had
 broken package of salleviator" in his pos-
 session, to which the mpsthetic officer re-
 piled: "I have about gill of stuff in bottle
 I seized down at -s the other day, and l guess you can have nip out of that" The
 bottle was produced and the limb of the law
 took drink, swallowing every drop in the bottle. This was disposed of by being terward the case of the commonwealth vs. was called, and the lawyer and the liquor officer, with his witnesses, proceeded to the court room. The officer was sworn and proceeded to testify to the effect that [ ! number of bottles and jugs were found out | side the premises of the defendant, and { bottle was seized on the premises, containing officer, twas label which was the same es-"
 ttI object" came promptly from the defend ants counsel. s'Where is the bottle3'' It is said that the expression on that offi- cer's face when that question was asked him was worth going miles to see. He looked at the lawyer and at the judge, he gazed around the court room in vacant kind of way, he slapped the witness stand in front of him several times, as if for an inspiration, and fi- nally blurted out, "lt is down to the station house."
 "Why isn't 1t herea" came relentlessly from the lawyer.
 "I forgos it," and the sweat stood in beads on the officers brow.
 "Wsll," said the lawyer, "producs it, ol don't attempt to testify what was on the la- bel, if there was anything on it." The officer said he did not think he could find it, and stepped down from the witness stand and the remark he made in an under tone to that lawyer will probably be recorded in the book of destiny against him. After some argument the defendant was dis- charged The lawyer and the officer don't speak now as they pass, but the lawyers di. gestion was not iMproved when he learned from his client that "hs didn't care snap for the whiskey any way, as it only cost $120 a pallon"