Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-01-05

The chief topic Of conversation 1t South
Paris aud indeed al over tho county
lust now II the peculiar case In which
Mr.. william l.. blood Il the respondent.
Il IL rare indeed that public ofiicer IL
attacked and charged In hls Official ca
pscity with rank violation of the laws
which be II sworn ca uphold and ex-
ecute, and when such charges are made
they ought to be sustained by the most
convincing proof or the persons falsely
making them shoald suffer the full PEN
alty Of the Law.
Mr.. blood ~as q duly commissioned
Deputy sheriff for Oxford Codnty aud
has during the past year been apparently
very active In the enforcement of the
liquor Law. seising aud llbeling many
package. Of the .ar,iept" at south Paris
aud other stations on the line of the
Grand Trunk Railway. The frequency
Of these seizures together With other CIR
cumstances regarded by some Ia be of
suspicious character led Mr.. W. ID. brett
aud Mr.. J. A. kenney of south Paris To
employ Detective &. N. wormell of
lIethel aud make an Investigation which
resulted In the arrest 10 Mr.. Hood upon
q warrant charging him With writing
and sending the orders for the liquors
himself under assumed names In order
To seiIe them when they arrived and
thu. obtain the fees about els In each
easel from the county for so doing.
A. We stated In the last Democrat the
court organized for his preliminary trial
consisted 90 Trial Justices j. u. Rich, ut
Bethel, aud J. A. Roberts, Of Norway.
The large hall at south Paris WAS crowd
ed With spectators. Hon. James :.
Wright for the state presented the
charge. against Mr.. Hood, while Hon.
John T.. ssasey and ~. q. Davis, Esl.,
~efe employed 10 defend him. Express
man BRITT of south Paris aud Dct-cti,e
wormell were put on the stand aud ~
ported the circumstance which led To the
arrest.
Mr.. Wright produce,i several orders
for liquor clslmoi To have been obtained
frcm liquor dealers In Bo.ton aud New
Ilampshlr, BY Detective wortnell. lie
also put In . letter Identified by Mr.. A.
". Bucknam 90 West Paris, as Que re-
cclsci by him la answer Ia q letter Ia
Mr.. Blood. Judge whitman of the Nor
way Municipal Court va. put on the
stand to prove the llbeling 80 package.
of liquor addressed as tbe.. orders called
for aud 81 the ssme amount aud Kind,
.elred by sheriff Hood.
Mr.. Merrineli 10 Bryant's Pond tesii.
lied Ia suspicious circumstances regard.
Ing the arrival 10 sheriff Blooi and
'.jsa IA J.pctag,' he '',ei, looiiag for" nj
th. expires. oIilce At Bryant's Pond, as II
BY pr-,iou. arrangement.
lion. Henry N. liearce, Treasurer of
the Norway saving. Rank, Hon. George
4. Wilson, Treasurer of the south Paris
savings Hank, Howard u. smith. E.q.,
Cashier IL the Norway National Hank,
aud County Treasurer George VI. At
wood, we're called BY the state as en-.
pert. In handwriting, aud after exsmln-
alton, expressed the opinion that the
order. for liquor sui IN. letter % \. ".
ilucsnam appeared "a have been written
bv the same hand. Later Ia the trial
william n. Neal, ESQ, 30 Portland, an
expert ~ many years experience, was
put upon the stand aud expressed the
same opinion.
III. defence claimed that Mr.. blood
.hould De- discharged b-csu.e the coun,
w tflt NtFFAui tuafkluk nun VIM Wv
frsuding the Inhabitants of the County
10 Oxford" "a. absolutely dl.pro,c,i by
the witness for the state, inssmuch a.
Mr.. blood had not vet drawn from the
county treasury the Zee. for .ciiln. ih.
particular package 81 liquor upon which
the warrant va. based. Mr. swasey
put In no evidence Ia defence ON the
ground thai he ~as not there Ia dlspruSe
" hat had not been proved.
The Justices hound Mr.. Hood over In
ih. sum 20 $50. for HE appearance at
the FEBRUARY term 81 Supreme Judicial
Court at rari. mn. lie Furnished good
bond.
III. FEELING. 10 many citizens ~ south
rari. regarding Mr.. Blco'i'. case ar. so
wrought az that prejudice prevail. both
for aud against him aud u would bc yell
for a. all Ia bar In mlnd that prcllm-
lnary hearing like the Que AZ South Paris
I. not for the purpose of determining
IN. absolute guilt or innoc-nce 10 the
party accused, bat rather for the pur-
po.e 10 asc.rislning whether there bs
pn.l-iAs cause Ia hold the accused Tor
trial by jury ~ hi. countrymen.
~ I. al.o well "a remember that under
our laws q man Ia presumed innocent
until be- I. proved guilty. The order u
Ian often fexsFseti