Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-26
/, THE POLICE COURT.
The Three Interesting Cases o
Saturday Morning.
Thought She Was in Gardiner-A
Visitor from Bangor.

There was another roundup of VIOLA
| tors of the law, at the police court
room, Saturday morning, and three
cases were disposed of by the court, in
the presence of a small but apprecia-
tive audience. 1t was strange coin
cidence. but the docket was dupll-
cate to the one which the court dis
posed of Wednesday morning, mas
much as one of the offenders was a
woman.
The woman in the case was Jane
futile. Jane is old enough to know
better than to toy with the stuff
which warps mems brains and robs
them of their coin, but nevertheless
she was very drunk on State street at
an early hour Friday evening, and was
promptly gathered in by Officer Dut-
tom
1t is not known where she got her
liquor, but it must have been of an
inferior quality, Cor after good
nights rest at the station, she came
before the court yesterday morning in
a condition that was very much I'M
balanced mentally. She thought that
she was in Gardiner, and the court
could do nothing to convince her that
such was not the case. Neither the
surroundings in the court room, nor
the beautiful landscape which could be
seen from the court room y windows
could change her belief one iota, so
they let her think as she pleased.
OF course she declared she was not
drunk They always do in such cases.
By way of explaining why she was in
court she said that she had been over
a.. 80 he nly,t, a
had purchased two half pints " that
she had been in the habit of doing so.
and that they never asked her any
questions about it, either. After that
she went up into a lawyers office, and
on coming out. had a fainting spell,
and fell down in the street. Then"
she said, IAN officer came along and
arrested me. and here l am, right here
in Gardiner" At the conclusion of her
recital. the court, moved to sympathy
on account of her dilapidated mental
condition, allowed her to go on proba-
ton.
Thursday night there was bit of
misunderstanding in the fire room at
the pulp mill, and the result was that
Frank L. Hodgdon swore out war
rant against Geo. Wilson, for assault
and battery. Saturday morning they
settled the matter in court. In his
testimony before the court, Hodgdon
stated that he was an engineer, and
that Wilson was fireman; that he
was telling Wilson how to fix the fire,
and that the latter struck him Is
times Wilson's testimony, which was
corroborated by that of Algie Dudley,
another fireman at the mill. was that
Hodgdon was not an engineer, and was
merely wheeling coal-wOrking under
Wilson: and that one time when Will
son was fixing the fire, Hodgdon in
terferred. and Wilson told him to mind
his business. Upon Wilson saying
this, Hodgdon, who had fire hook in
his hands. raised it over his shoulder
to strike Wilson, who was STOPPING,
and said: "I'll fix you." Wilson saw
the act. and grabbing the fire hook
with his left hand struck Hodgdon
three times with his right, and finally
succeeded in getting the fire hook
away. Wilson's claim of self-defense
was sustained by the court, and he was
discharged.
The remaining case of the three was
that of John Campbell of Bangor. Mr..
Campbell claimed to the court that
he got drunk in Bangor, and came over
to Augusta to see relative, but as the
court is not disposed to encourage any
such practice on the part of the thirsty
citizens of the Queen City of the East,
Mr.. Campbell was given 80 days in
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