The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-24
THE MUNICIPAL COURT.

pIeaded guilty to ID charge of stealing
candy from one of Cloudy q Kent's teams.
John b. Kehoe appeared for the respon-
dent. The judge gave Quinby 80 days in
Jail. and said to him after imposing SEN
tence: "Your record for some time past
has been course Of persistent thieving.
You have been up here before and I told
you then as / do now, that unless you
reform you will bring up in state prison
as a common thief. l believe you are
incorrigible -
John &c. Walsh of Battery e, I'd q. S.
artillery for larceny of bride belon g.
ing to John #. Bond, was sentenced TO
30 days in jail for drunkenness and fined
IS for larceny.
Thomas WEIGH pleaded guilty to two
charges of assault, one on Frank S. Reed
and the other on Michael L. WEIGH. WEIGH
had no excuse to offer except that he was
drunk and didn't know what he was do
ing. He was sentenced to three months
in Jail on each complaint. Your record
has been one straight monotonous line
of misdeeds for the last four years, u said
Judge Robinson. ''You are beginning
to reach the goal I predicted for you
some time ago"
The town Of Windham was represented
| in the court this morning by two
young men who were arrested
| by Deruty Sheriff Edward
Plummer on Tuesday on suspicion of
having stolen $74 from William H.
Manchester of Windham. They both
| pleaded not guilty and were bound over
under $500 for appearance on Friday
morning as continuance was ordered to
that time, as Mr.. Manchester did not
| appear in the court. The facts in the
case seem to be as follows: The two
men and Manchester all went off in the
woods together Sunday. They had been
indulging quite freely in hard cider, and
Manchester fell asleep. When he awake
he claims that $74, which he says. he had
with him when he lay down, was gone.
He therefore. charges his companions
| With taking the money. On the other
| side it is claimed that Manchester never
had such a sum of money and if he did
he lost 1t. The respondents know nothing
about it's disappearance. County Attorney
Libby represented the state in this case.
/ Samuel Page, who has been employed
| as night Waterman at the Portland bridge
| by Contractor Griffin while the paving
| is going on, came to his work Monday
night in such an inebrlated condition
that he was not allowed to go on duty
and was sent home A South Portland
man named Flayin was put on in his
place. About 10 O'Clock the same even
ing Officer O'Neal of South Portland saw
Page at the bridge. still drunk. One of
the lanterns was missing and several had
been smashed. Officer O'Neal arrested
Page for intoxication and sent him to
the Portland police station. The next
day at low tide the missing lantern was
found beneath the bridge on the flats
Lawyer Kehoe, who represented Page,
said that the man was drunk and
thought he was still watchman; he would
reform if the court gave him the chance.
81 suppose the same conld be said about
switch man whose intoxication might
cost hundreds of lives, said the court.
| Thirty days in jail was the penalty
| John Rafferty, and John J. Quinean-
non were arrested by Officer White.
| Francis &c. Woods received $50 and costs
for resisting police officer and 80 days
| in Jail for drunkenness.