The Portland daily press., 1897-08-31
THE MUNICIPAL COURT.
Steamboat Orators Fined-Penalties I'M
posed on Various Other Offenders.

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| The steamboat orators arrested Sunday
furnished the principal case in the NUM-
cipal CourtMonday morning. The two
men, Charles E. Griffin and Samuel J.
Thompson, were arraigned, charged with
| making loud noises on the street.
| Deputy Marshal Hartnett said that he
| found the two men on Commercial street
Sunday yelling, one for the Casco Bay
| Line and the other for the Har pswell line.
They were trying to drown one another
| out, and made a great noise, attracting
a crowd. The deputy said he told them
to stop, and one of them referred him to
his employer. The deputy thereupon
| arrested both.
| Thompson said he was hired by the
Casco Bay Line to stand at the head of
Custom House wharf to solicit passen-
gers. !, The other company had had men
taking passengers away from the Casco
| Bay line, as he had been told. 1t was
| his business to offset this.
Manager Isaiah Daniels said that the
only soliciting done by his line had been
| to have some of the men go to the head
of the pier to guide Harpswell passengers
who came in over the railroads with cou-
pom tickets. If such passengers get onto
the wrong wharf they are liable to get
left and thus lose their trip before the
mistake can be rectified. On Sunday the
other boat running from Portland Pier
had man go up the wharf, and the
HarpsweH line, by paying part of the
| expenses had him shout for them also.
| Some dispute arose as to the number of
men used. Manager John Temple, of the
stances under which his line was repre-
scented. The Judge said it seemed to him
| that this Was not a case calling for any
severity The only object was to keep the
streets flee from disturbance on Sunday.
| The deputy was fully within the line of
his duty, and should be upheld There
fore each man would be fined IS and
costs, and the fine would BIO suspended
during good behavior. Thus the steam
boat companies would be relied on to see
that their employees keep the peace in
| future.
| Andrew A. Barrett, charged with tax
ing calking mallet from Frank Adams,
said he was in one sense guilty. He took
the mallet because he was hungry. Mr..
Adams said the mallet was taken from
him; it was worth So
| Barrett said he took the mallet and
pawned it because he was hard up and
hungry.
care you the same Barrett who was
convicted of drunkenness and disturbance
| in this court last June?" asked the
Judge
Y 81 believe / am, replied Barrett. He
was fined $40 and costs.
BENZ. f. Mclaughlin, found by Officer
Frank on Fore street badly intoxicated,
was fined SIS and costs.
Eugene f. Cunningham, found intoxi-
Gated on South street Saturday afternoon
by Officer SkiIlings, was fined So and
costs.
Michael j. O'Donnell. found intoxica-
ted on Commercial street by Officer
Frank, was fined IS and costs.
William A. Porter, found intoxicated
on Danforth street by Officer Skillings,
was arraigned. Porter said he had been
away for two or three years and asked
clemeney. He was fined So and costs.
Joseph j. PRESLEY found intoxicated,
was fined So and costs.
Bridget j. Gorham who was found in
the house at 276 Fore street Sunday, in
toxicated and making disturbance, was
given 80 days in city house OF correction.
Thomas James, colored, found on
franklin street Saturday, very drunk by
Deputy Sheriff Plummer, thought That
he might reform if given chance to take
the pledge. He was fined So and costs.