Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-12-17

! ~ matter of comfy. Certainly ! rre
sumo no Governor desires to keep bat
| characters IN mis- state, and I should be
very slow In finding any technica iity as 4
reason Tor keeping this man here | haC
| occasion. as l remarked to the Council
70 examine into the question. very care.
| county, as to the right to deliver a mar
as fugitive from justice who had reall.
participated in the case but what he ahd
cone had peen In the jurisdiction of an
| conclusion, after examining The authori-
ties ana talking the matter over with two
OF the Justices of our supreme court
Judge Whitehouse being one, and they
man was not fugitive from Justice. and
had no right to issue reuuisition,
nave read this indictment quite care
1uily. II Is not an Indictment for OBJ
tanning these bonds by reason of forged
papers, it is an indictment for utterinlr
Forged papers; and it gives copies of the
three fOrgeries, claiming that the sigma
tnre or the engineer is a forgery. not
the signature OF the President, who was
the man asked for here. IT does NOT al
iege anywhere in the indictment, al
though l do not know as that woujd he
necessary, that the trustees, which was
livered any bonds upon the strength OF
TINS forged paper. There is no allegation
OF this kind. 1t does allege, however
that on three occasions this man uttered
forged paper as l read it. Every word
OF that charge may be true; he may have
uttered that forged paper and sent it
tnere, and yet not be a fugitive from ius-
tice: For. as claimed by the counsel. it
mIsnt nave peen constructively sent there.
looked carefully through the papers and
through the affidavit, to see If there was
any evidence from the trust company.
but found none. | was rather expecting
TO hnd an afiidavit from the trust COM
pany setting forth the facts that the
party came there and presented that
paper for himself. but l found nothing
of the kind. In short. in the papers where
ne IS charged with uttering this forged
paper l find only this affidavit from Mr..
Burke. l did not know but Mr.. Burke
was acquainted with Mr.. Lancaster, but
Mr. Burke has testified as to his knowl-
edge in regard to his. On the face of the
papers it seems to me that everything
may be true that is charged. and yet he
may never have been in Massachusetts
Not withstanding that, | might honor the
requisltion and let you take your remedy
by habeas corpus. l should be inclined to
honor every requisition and let the judge
of the court rather than myself show
that 1t was technicalty, were it not
for this fact. we'll known to us all. that
here is this old fight going on. these bills
in equity and suits between these parties
and the long time that this has been per-
mitted to slumber. | state frankly that
do not feel at present, at least until there
is other evidence and until | can more
fully understand the case. that it would
be right to send this man to Massachu-
setts. | fear very much that the object
of getting this man there is to force some
kind of settlement of Il civil suit. II
may not be- And you have heard what is
said by the authorities which l read. for
] simply cite authorities.
THE man who is charged here has
held very honorable position, IA posi-
ton of considerable trust and confidence.
He was president of the railroad COM
pany. the name of whose engineer it was
said :; that he forged. as | understand it.
They claim that this forgery took place
on three separate occasions, commencing
from year and a half to two years ago.
Il wish to say that while l desire to
honor the requisition. and this. | believe.
is the only one l have hesitated about |
cannot see my way clear with the papers
as they are. for it seems to me that to
any legal mind there are defects in these
papers much more serious than in those
which they have refused to honor from
this State. With the papers as they are,
and my view of the motives underlying
the prosecution, do not feel that at pre-
sent | shall grant the request. | will
place them on file. and if at any future
time. after civil litigation is closed and
other evidence is produced. so as to sat
isfy me that this alleged uttering was in
Massachusetts. perhaps | may honor it, |
But at present, Mr.. Attorney, l thing
shall not" l... 90.
In executive session they voted to table
the petitions for pardon of Anna LaFon- |
taine and Samuel Lick until the next
meeting.
ordered. that upon the payment to the
State treasurer by the Portland and |
Rumford Falls Railway Company of
$1191.17. the treasurer is authorized to
give said railway company receipt for
the $2571.0S. being the amount of all taxes |
assessed by the State against the Rum |
ford Falls and Buckfield X. R., and the |
Portland and Rumford Falls r. r., from
the year 1881 to the year 1894 inclusive.
James W. Wakefield, State liquor com |
missioner, in his report states that he has |
sold during the year $50 .537.22 worth of |
liquor in the following quantities. and |
of the different varieties: Whiskey, |
56o5,2S gals; brandy, sl7n gals; gin
922.SS gals; alcohol. 46941O gals: rum
tsl2.54 gals. wine. $3.50 gals: sherry rum
263 gals. Bottled goods-W hiskey. 27S12 |
dozen qts.; brandy. Is 1912 dozen qts.:
gin. 26 dozen Gts.. and dozen |
pts: champagne. 2 dozen qts., and 9
dozen pts. porter. 2O4 dozen qts, and 81
dozen pts. ale, 227 dozen qts., and IS
dozen pts: rum, 10 dozen qts. wine. !
As 1912 dozen qts.; beer 800 dozen pts;
cordial. dozen ats.
The following table will show the value |
of the amounts bought by each of the |
towns and cities:
tAuutIIl otc3-vI |