The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-05-03
U. S. CIRCUIT COURT.
BEFORE JUDGE WEBB.

BEFORE JUDGE WEBB.
Wednesday-The two young men from
Amity, Arthur Estabrook and Arthur w.
Simpson, who pleaded nolo.oontendere to in
dictments charging them with raising two
dollar bills to tens, came up before Judge
Webb today for sentence. Their counsel,
Hon. George EBird asked for the mercy of
the court, on the ground of their previous
good coduct and their family connections.
Judge Webb, in imposing sentence, spoke
of the duties devolving upon the court,
made harder when those who ought to be
sentenced connected with families
deserving the sympathy of the community.
1t is impossible to regard such an offence as
trivial and to suspend sentence would be to
make a mockery of the court. A fine woulC.
fall upon the friends, who are innocents
The scourging and penalties of the law
should be felt by themselves.
Estabrook was then sentenced to $40 fine
and Imprisonment at hard labor in Portland
Jail for ten months, on each of the two in
dictments found against him, the sentences
to be served at the same time so that
ten months in Jail will be the term of
his imprisonment.
simpson received exactly the same
sentence.
Both took the matter calmly and displayed
no emotion, whatever.
District Attorney Dyer for the govern
ment.
Bird for defence.
The libel of Captain George A. Sawyer of
Millbridge VS.. the schooner Everett, Captain
Marshall and her cargo, was heard yester-
day The libel alleges that on the 18th of
April last while violent snow storm was
in progress, Captain Sawyer, in his tug boat,
discovered schooner Everett lying in an
exposed position on the lee side of Narrows
Island, in Addison bay. Captain Sawyer
went On board the schooner and talked
with Captain Marshall, who said that the
schooner had been in that position since
the preceding Sunday, and that he and his
crew were nearly worn out. Captain Mar
shall said the schooner must be moved.
Captain Marshal asked Capt. Sawyer if
his tug was large enough to take the
schooner to Millbridge and he said no.
Captain Marshall then requested Captain
Sawyer to proceed to Millbridge for help.
He did so and got Capt. Wyman and his
tug, with extra hawsers, and returned to
the Everett. Captain Sawyer further
alleges that it took him the entire day to
get the Everett to place of safety. The
sea was running high and the men engaged
in the work were exposed to constant
danger, suffering greatly from cold and ex-
posture. In addition. he was obliged to leave
hawsers and anchors and it took all the fol-
lowing day to get them again.
The libel asks for reasonable salvage, SO
per cent of the value of the schooner and
cargo being claimed.
On his part, Capt. Marshall denies all the
allegations of the libel and says that he was
not in dangerous position and that the
schooner was held by a strong and suitable
hawser, which was attached to the outer
side of Narrows Island. Captain Marshall
says he offered $40 for the work, but that
after the two tugs reached him the captain
refused to tow him in for that sum. At their
request he met them on board one of the
tugs. They..wanted him to allow them to dc
the work and fix the rate of payment after
wards. To this proposition he refused his
assent and agreed to give them each 1875.
The case was not concluded yesterday.
| Hon, George E. Bird is counsel for
Captain Sawyer and Benjamin Thompson,
| ESQ.,, for the schooner.