Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-15
POLICE COURT
Elmer {. Brasier Given Hearing On
EmbezzIement Charge.
Case Postponed to Monday. Daniel Mahoney
Given 80 Days for Drunkenness.

Inc case of Elmer L.. EraS.er, charged
with embeZzlement was the chief thing
before the police court. yesterday This;
consumed the time of the court for about
three hours and furnished considerable
entertainment for the usual number of
spectators who gather whenever q case
is Ia come off. The prisoner appeared be-
fore the court shortly after . o'clock. hay
ing Attorney George &. Sheldon To defend
him agains, the charge
Recorder Goddard called the coEpiain-
ant to the witness stand and she. with
the aid of an interpreter. told her story
Mrs. Soucy has heen employed in the
kitchen at the Factory boarding house
and Braser was until recently cook al
the same place. Mrs. Soucy has a large
family OF children. and for some reason
unexplained in court she took certain
sums of money which she had saved from
her own earnings ana those OF her chill
dren and turned them over 10 Braser to
he deposited in the bank. She and Brasicr
were To put their money together and he
suggested that perhaps ii woIld be a good
idea to wait until The sum had reache I
500 and then deposit il. She asscntel TO
this.
The first sum which she paid 10 him
was SIG about Thanksgiving time. This
was followed two weeks later by SIS more
and The next pay day she gave him 50.
The last amount was about Christmas
when she gave him enough TO make S99
in all. In February. on account of sick
ness in her family. she asked him for S..
which he gave her. The next month she
got so more for the same reason. She
says She has not received anything far
Their than this and claims that there is
Still a balance OF SA her due.
She did not mistrust anything wrong
| until she was warned by friends who told
her that Braser was spending money
very freely and that he was intending 10
leave town. This was about three weeks
/ ago and she went. Monday of this Week
and demanded her money. Brasier agreed
to pay it, Tuesday but as Mrs Soucy-
was informed that Hrasier was 10 leave
town the following morning she thought
it the safest To swear out 4 warrant for
his arrest.
y part of Ms. Soucy'S testimony was
| corroborated by the testimony Of her
daughter Leila Soucy. who saw 4 part OF
the transactions. This concluded the tc.;-
| timony for the State
| Brasier took the stand in his own behalf
and admitted that he had received money
| from the complainant at various times L.
| be deposited. The whole amount was SSl.
| He stated that at one time there was SOC
| in the wallet in which he kept the mon
| ey. but 81 Of it was his own. At the
| time re went into bankruptcy last
spring. he sent his 9-ytar-uld son to Mrs
Soucy 10 ask permission to use some OF
| her money to pay the expense of the 10
gal process. Her permission was obtained
and he used $50 All the remainder "a,
| claimed to have paid back To hcr IN
amounts of from 81 to SO. The young
lad whom he alleges asked permission Il
use the money testified to obtaining Mrs
| Soucy's permission to use the money
| In his defence. Mr. Sheidon admitted
the Indebtedness Of Brasier to Mrs Soucy
to the amount of so. He Gained that
this was only civil liability and that
his client could not be held on a criminal
! charge. He offered To make such settle
ment of the case as could he mutually
! agreed upon.
| After Mr.. Goddard had made his areu-
ment the court suggested that perhar-
| the parties might come to some aere,-
ment before his decision on the case. 1.
was consequently continued until next
| Monday, but the proba bilities are that Il
settlement will be made before that time
The only other business coming up was
| a charge of drunkenness against DanIe
Mahony. He was found guilty and sen
fenced to 30 days in Jail and committed.