Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-07-09

weic made. According 10 Mr. MorroW' |
Burlington's intoxication cases before
the city court in May, 1902, were Z; in
May, 1909, &c; Montpelier's cases for
April, 1902, 6; for two weeks April, 1908,
81; Rutland's cases for May, 1902 A. for
May. 1903 6S; arrests of all criminals In
burlington in May, 1902, 10; In May. 1903,
los. OF the immense revenue feature
Mr.. Morrow said "Mddlebury has
licensed three bars at $500 each and two
drug stores at $40 each, total or $242O;
one-half goes to the State. and Middle
bury has sl,210 and is paying out for eX-
| ira police protection 500. Fair Haven re-
ceives $l,35O revenue and pays out $1,000
| for police protection. Vergennes receives
$40 revenue and pays out 1915 for extra |
| police protection. The extra expense OF
maintaining the peace In almost every |
| town where bars have been licensed ex-
| ceeds the half of the license fees coming |
| to the town. Neither will the State be
| enriched by her half of the immense |
revenue Consider this one item of try
| ing and boarding the drunks. Forty-four |
| DRINKS in Burlington in May took 10
days In jail making 440 days board; at SO
| cents day, 500 that the State must pay. |
| The State must also pay for trial of these
| men $3.50 each or 1922, total of s642 for
| one month. At this rate the state will
pay for trying and boarding Burlington's
| DRINKS in jail $500. There are six cities
in the State and at this rate the cost to
| enue Is about $45, 000."
COSTS OF A DRUNK EXPLAINED.
When the prudent Montpelier man be-
comes loaded with prunes 1t behooves
him to know what 1t costs, and where
the costs are. When he starts out. as
many have, on the onerous but SEEM
ingly easy task of compelling the brew
cries to work nights to keep UP he does
not stop to figure those costs, but the
morning after when he feels that the
peace and dignity of the State have been
| violated and the stern majesty of the
law has him by the nape of the neck
with both hands and one foot he has
time for reflection. He knows the first
trip costs him s. and costs. The second
about SO and costs. Now what bothers
him the most barring his thirst is the
subject of costs. lie don't understand
them. If he had his way there wouldn't
be any COSTS as his load of prunes cost
him enough +. o. b. in Montpelier. They
are figured out after this fashion pro
vided he is all ordinary night ledger
with contrite forgetfulness in the
morning. For such person the cost is
s179. He might ask why it isn't $40 or
even $50. Why this job lot. cut price,
mark down figure of S.19? And TINS IL
the tale to the story. First of all comes
the prosecuting officer, who makes out
: the warrants and sees that the State is
.
is 81 80 with 10 cents for mileage. a total
, of 81 So Next is the court. judge or JUS
tice as the case may be, who receives
, on a plea of guilty $500, warrant SIS cents,
record 20 cents. a total of S1S. The
officer ma liking the arrest is third on the
list He receives 30 cents for the arrest,
, 20 cents for the mittimus and one mile
. travel of 20 cents, cents for reading
the paper and 10 cents for attending
court, total of M.al. The jailor is last
as we'll as least on his charges, his fee
for one days board being 30 cents. The
total of these make the grand sum of
STA although it can he varied on a
sliding upward scale according to the
= lighting qualities of the person arrested
\ A trial by court would give the prescott
d ing officer 500 and by jury $50. The
court would get 81 il there was d trial
| hy court and g. If n trial by jury to-
ecthcr with other smaller fees. The wit
u nesses and the jurymen are the poorest
t paid receiving only 90 cents day and
10 cents mile for travel
THINKS A WARRANT NECESSARY
= Acting on request of Mayor Jackson
= CITY Attorney j. W. Gordon of Barre
. | has given an opinion on the LEGALITY 81
- making arrests for intoxica tons withou
- a warrant under the new license law
u. He said he believed it rather unsafe fol
=, the police to arrest DRINKS without
warrant, unless there was breach o
- the peace. Just what was breach o
w the peace was difficult to define. tnde
" the old law an officer had the right t.
y arrest a man for simple ntoXication bu
- that provision had been repealed Th
u, matter was left with the city attorne,
:, to see if A city ordinance could be en-
- acted that would permit the police to ar
rest intoxicated persons without war
% rant.
s. HORSE AND RIDER KNOCKED
s DOWN.
George Capen of bennington, Will
driving cattle on horseback June a. wa
l. very badly injured. The horse whic
had been urged to its utmost speed RAJ
l. violently against one of the cattle, knock
o. ing it down and falling over 1t and roll
n ing over George who had been throw
~ from the horses back Men near b
ID who picked George up, supposed him t
20 be dead but in about two hours he re
r. gained consciousness. and though YER
no badly injured it is thought he will re
e. cover.
m SENDING MILK TO BOSTON IN
III PROFITABLE.
- 1t has been contendcd by many farm
ne ers of late tIat II was more profitable
IL car their milk to Boston than to dispos
e. of it at the creamery, but w. S. Perry q
al Weathershed after a careful test an
he comparison is convinced that the return
ey from Hillside creamery are the NOR
a favorable. to say nothing of the tim
m and labor saved to the farmers wife