Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-01
'M0' HARRIS FINEDs
Judge Peasley Hacked on S25
 for Selling Without License
RESULT OF LOTUS CLUB kAID!

Judge Peasley's Opinion of Those Who Testified Yesterday The Case Has Occasioned Whole Lot of Talk, as
 the Membership of the Club is Large
 and Far Reaching Case of T. F. De-
 vine Against \. 0. Warner Being
 Heard Before d Jury.
 Tn passing sentence upon the ac cused ill the Lotus club alleged gain- bling house cases i'll the city court, yes terday, Judge Peasley said that many of those who testified for the defense were men who undoubtedly attended to their duties and on that account did not hear the reports regarding the club. The police could hardly have been mistaken. They are on the streets and in way at all times to receive in- formation and hear reports that are not in general way liable to reach business men. On that account he would have to find the accused guilty. Since these cases have been disposed of many of those who were subpoenaed as witnesses but were not called to tho stand have, At is said, declared
 knowledge of the gambling houses anl doubtful games.
 Regarding the two cases for violating
 the liquor laws against Moses Harris
 there Was no 6efsHse- If1seeulin2
 Agent Pierce said that # tlie accused cduld show tlnat the goeeesis of tnS sale of liquor at the Lotus.
 1 devoted Co the naintaD sssS l0h fstlfs ganization he wcGlsssAsFahee oi sat q lthis Attorney FTeE aE 70 case To lclub w3s -f,a ahas Eephed thaf the l in inc civ Taina ls any ati.er eiafs i g,oncf;.3fs ciy Like. for intaHee tas < fhe Bnrns eIIsing society, tbe TvnaS l ofbeP4 Tbs/lth and any n{4alieF nH I FTa4rsss. ssAsass eaSp was iJi0Hala ae4ifft se because said Are iefra f f.tsAilHa fc have been tlie oae ia ,starr5 l Mheh tIle police arrived there grt
 l1at hiattef proceedings gsnli tx ip st4tutea against ally nep56a5 tf elllb W, as he lad sstid. if atftl,l not ha sloNA tAat ttfe proceeds tE lne sala of htiitofs were nQi tl,sled into the cnffars
 5L theAeiap f1r US own uses Sergaant Dla Re4g, Detective Cahey and tho of,i- i cers Whosw were in the raid Then tasti. Hed. There was no defense and tha case was continued to this afternoon Ihere were only the attorneys en- gagged ill the case and Harris and Con.
 way Ill the court room this afternoon
 When Judge Peasley resumed tlla
 bench to give his decision. He said
 that there had been Il prima facie case | made out against Harris; that accord- Ing 10 law any member of the cluh present at the time of the raid in tbe rooms could be arrested. There was
 no defense and in the absence thereof
 Judge Peasley said there was nothing
 left to do but find the accused gniltv4l
 on both complaints. A fine of S2GS
 and costs. was then imposed on ea.Ssa complaint. An appeal was taken m.AE der bond of $10o' which was furlt nished by Thomas F.. Guest gl Eugene Thompson was fined S5 fofs assaulting Samuel Logan. clerk in the5
 Earle house, and Morris Blaclnan wal
 fined $7 and costs for theft of K A pounds of junk from the WaterbsA Scrap Iron Co, and $10 and costsf2Ri4 dealing in junk without a license. t3f
 The district court. civil side. took sS6 S
 the transaction of business to-day af-
 ter two ad1ournments. The jury coul-
 prisess the following: SoutlIburv.
 J. Middlebury, William Wood Miles Ben- son, Dwight NJ. Atwood: fNauga5tlelS. George D. Bissell, Horny Sykes: Thonaston, Jonn F. Todd George IT. Stoughton; Prospect. John R. Platt. Halsey $. Clark; Wolcqtt, IT. T.. An crews, Luke HendetsQh; Natcrbury Emmons N. Chipman,f Adam Faber. 'WatertoW,l. James G. Sl1elton. Fletch- CT Judson: Woodbury. Lyman w. Car rlngton, Watson Austin: Plymouth Zelotes Grannis and c. Hobart Smithlsg The case before the jury was thaEs1l or Thomas F. Devine, assignee, prin|NS cipal of the Bank street school, againsta { H. Q. Warner of New Milford. AtNE torney O'Neill appeared for the plaint4tH TIT and Warner of Woodbury for the E defendant. Two years ago John Fss F Devine, brother of the plaintik. liar- NJ vested 7,290 pounds of tobacco. Theg l defendant agreed to buy H. TobaccdsSs was then selling for twenty cents al&Sh pound Two or three times defend ant agreed to take the goods t6 his%a place of business, but eacl time fqX N warded an excuse. Meanwhile tfle price of tobacco in itsNfaw state was going down, ip-s AIr Devine saw that lnless he asposed of his crop very soon heFould suffer great financial oss He sent 8 final word to Mir varner, who agreed again to take if way But again he failed to do sosg.s nd then MT Devine sent him woS 5 hat he would sell the crop, or auS ould q 1t, at the prevailing mi sS rice, twelve and a half cents pdtise4 7f M md sic him for the balance at th%sV ate 4 twenty cents pound. the pricdASI Ir Warner had agreed to pay for it. Y rhishe did, receiving $92947, and suf- NN erd loss of $52S.55. He assigned lis claim to his brother. the principal 1.-the Bank street school, so that the tse could be heard ill the district turt for convenience.
 MAY LOSE TRADE.