Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-08-07
THE MERRY WAR GOES ON.

THE MERRY WAX GOES ON. Another Interesting Trial of ''Pnr-
 tition'' Law Niolators-AEent Col
 ley Not to Be Downed Without q
 struggle.
 After the routine business of the police court had been disposed of this morning before Judge Cowell, Liquor Agent Colley produced another bunch of complaints and selecting one against Thomas Kane, grocer and saloonist at 1O4 Cole street, said he was prepared for business. Mir Kane entered plea of not guilty. Officer Noonan, the only witness for the prosecu- ton, said that the barroom was separated from the grocery store by wooden parti | ton. When he examined the premises Sunday the folding doors in the partition were thrown wide open, and although full and unobstructed" view of the in | terior of the barroom, according to Agent Colley's interpretation, could not be ob- tained, it would have been impossible for anyone to do business ill the saloon or stand in front of the bar without being observed from the street Three witnesses testified that it would be impossible for Attorney Donahue appeared for the de fendant and made an able argument, talk ing the same grounds as he did in his argument yesterday. He said that in the | construction of the statute we must con l fine ourselves to something similar to a curtain or screen, and quoted a case of q somewhat similar nature where a superior court held that farmer who labored on Sunday was not guilty of violation of the law which said that tradesman, l artihcer, mechanic or other workman should not work on Sunday, because the word farmer was not specified in the l statute.
 Bernard Thompson, 24 Bridge street, 1 was the next prisoner. Attorney Donahue appeared for Thompson and Officer Noonan was also the witness in this case. As i'll 1 the former cases partition divided the l defendants grocery store from his saloon, partly obstructing the view of the latter from the street. The curtains were raised the screen doors thrown open and there was no attempt upon the part of Thomp- son to violate the law.
 The case against Owen Thompson of Baldwin street was nolled. Agent Colley stating that since Sunday Thompson had removed the Instructions and complied
 with the law.
 Officer Dean was placed upon the stand , to testify against Michael Cooney, who
 keeps saloon at No IS Grand street As
 in the other cases it was plain to the officer
 that the defendant had endeavored to com
 ply with the law, but there was one corner
 of the room that could not be seen. Fol
 the defense Cooney and Patrick O'Connell , testified that the entire interior of the room could be seen from the door and window. The case was adjourned until tomorrow to get the testimony of Officer McAuliffe.
 Peter Bennett, of II Unien street, was ir
 the same boat as the others. From the windows the interior of the saloon could
 be seen, but chimney obstructed the view to some extent. Attorney Root ap- , peared for MT Bennett and varied the monotony by an attack upon Agent Colley
 He said that while he did not fancy some
 of the remarks of Brother Cole there was ! good deal of truth ill what he said He supposed that if the dealers did not keeI
 their windows clean Colley would claim they were guilty of violation of the law James Murnan of 90 South Main street was also represented by Attorney Root
 Officer Dean testified that a small portion of the rear of his saloon was obstructed by stairway. Both the front and rear ot bar could be seen from the front windows
 A diagram was used to illustrate the inte
 rior of the barroom. In his argumen, Mir Root once more attacked the agent - and claimed that he was influenced tc
 bring these cases by the $10 fee In re
 ply MT Colley used pretty strong language and claimed his position was perfectl, honest and honorable.
 It was after 12:3O o'clock when the case } against B, Heany was called, and as tht witnesses had gone home at the suggestion of Clerk Webster, who was getting tired and hungry, the case was continued unti
 Friday and the court adjourned
 Prosecuting Agent Colley was in New 7 Haven last night in consultation with Agen, Niles of New Haven, who he says agrees
 with him in his interpretation of the law,