Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-05-07
IN COURT CIRCLES.

Charles l.. Stone was arrested Thursday
charged with being drunk Friday, April 90,
and plead guilty before Justice r. e.
Davis who fined him IS and costs. Stone
disclosed on Mrs. Adeline Mercier, who
lives on South Battery street. Oscar
Stone. Who has been In jail stree April
q. paid tho same price for his drunk,
and he, too, disclosed on tho Mercier
woman. This Is the second offense OF this
woman and for her assistance TO tho
liquor agent was invited to spend couple
OF months in Rutland and also fined $50
and costs. An appeal was taken and she
was released on $500 bail.
Joseph Croto was araigned Thursday
morning and tried in the City Court for
furnishing Mitchell Benware with liquor.
He was fined $50 and ordered to pay costs
amounting to s2le5. He appealed the case
and was released on 500 bonds.
Mitchell Benware was Ieaeased from jail
Thursday Afternoon after pa y-ng his fine
Of s. and costs amounting 10 j9.f1 for get
| ting intoxicated.
James Childs pleaded guilty iB the City
Court Saturday to selling cigarettes to
boys under IS years Of age and was fined
$40 and costs.
Eugene Gosselin appeared In City Court
Monday to answer to the eharge OF SELL
ing cigarettes to minors. The hearing wao
con tinued.
George Terrio and Alexander Shackett
were arraigned in City Court Monday on
the charge OF stealing lumber valued at IS
from c. W. Cudair. After h~a-1ng the
respondents were discharged. S9ey Grand
Juror Don A. Stone prosecuted md S. NJ.
Flint appeared for the respondents.
The hearing in the case of Eugene Cos
selin for selling cigarettes to minors was
finished In City Court Tuesday. Ciosse-
lin pleaded not guilty but after a hearing
was found to be so and was fined 81 and
costs, but appealed and furnished $50 bail
The case OF beer seized the other day
by the sheriff al Mrs. Chisholm's on Col
lege street was ordered returned after Q
| short hearing.
Sheriff Reeves and Officer Brunette
searched the resort known as Daniel Sui.
livan's on the corner OF Cherry and Bat.
terry street. about $50 o'clock Tuesday
morning, and located q barrel Of beer
which they seized. Edward O'Brien claim.
ed the stun In City Court In the after.
noon and was assessed the costs OF seiz.
ure and fined $50 and costs for having II
on hand. The case was appealed and the
required amount OF bail was furnished.
Deputy Sheriff Jerome DumaS searched
Donnelly's Hotel yesterday and found
a supply OF "thrce per cent" and some
straight lager The latter ne seized The
search was the outcome of the drunk OF
Oliver Latour and his subsequent dis.
I
Chief Dumas arrested Title MCGOWAN
and Lille Barton yesterday afternoon
for vagrancy and lodged them in Jail
The two women have been In the poor
house for a time, but ran away Monday
and since then they have been ION the
town" Tuesday night they slept i'm ar
old barouche in a shed at the fair grounds
and last night they slept In Jail. They
will be given hearing in the Police
| Court to-day.
City Court held another. brief seancs
with the rum drinkers and sellers yester.
day, oliver Latour pleaded guilty to the
charge of intoxication and was accord.
ingfy fined IS and costs OF Ssoi.The alter.
nate sentence was 10 days In SAIL, which
he preferred. He said he sent a young
boy, Willie Woods Down to JAMES Daley's
for some whiskey. Daley was brought
In and said he hadn't sold THE boy any
but was found guilty and sentenced to
one month In the House OF Correction and
fined 10 and costs OF $n.s8. He appealed
and furnished $3.50 bail.