Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-06-01
LIQUOR CASES SETTLED
And Seme of Them Heard in Court
 This Morning.

Liquor Prosecuting Agent Pierce was so pressed with business this morning that for a few minutes he did not know where he was at when Judge Burpee opened city court. He held punches of writs in his arms and ne did not know which were nolled and which were not. He called one or two cases and the next moment re ca4fed them. finding that he had nolled them for the costs. Finally, however. ne got down to the case against Au- relius Reichenbach, president of the Concord1a Singing society, for selling on Sunday, April 10. Attorney Brett appeared for the defense.
 F. Neumann, recording secretary of the Concordia Singing society, was the first witness called, and immediately MT Brett objected to his testifying. MT Fierce claimed the evidence to show that MT Reichenbaeh was president oe the society and that as such he sold beer indiscriminately on the date men, toned
 Mr Brett again objected and said that some of the first citizens of the town are members Of the society.
 Judge Burpee said he would like to hear some law from MT Pierce in SUD- port of his claim. After MT Pierce had quoted from the books, the court said 1t was new proposition to him to hold the president of a society re- sponsible for something a member did and, moreover, when the president was not present during the commission of the act. He never before heard it was legal to hold one man responsible for the act of another. Express legislation made saloon keeper responsible for the acts of his bartender as such. There was to be so much said about it that it was decided to adjourn the case to next Saturday.
 The cases against Robert Molsen of the Bank hotel for keeping open his ban on Sunday, December 20. and sell ing on Sunday, April 10, were then taken up State Policeman Michael Joyce Of Pennington testified that on each of the occasions mentioned he had supper in the hotel and afterward had a bottle of beer or two with his colleagues, John A Flynn of New Britain and Charles 4. Hazelhurst. They said they were sent to Waterbury by their chief. Thomas Egan of South ington, and no one else.
 Officer Flynn said he had about a dozen beers that Sunday. and then at the request of Judge Lowe, counsel for the defense, he began to tell where he had them, but the court shut him off because the information was i'm material to the ease.
 Judge Lowe said he was merely try ing to find out if the witness was sober when he had the few bottles of beer at the hotel. Officer Flynn said he was able to tell ale from lager and that lie is becoming an expert on the question Of intoxicants. As to his ca pacity for beer he could not say what it was.
 The same evidence applied to the first visit made on December 20, only that Flynn registered as W. F. Burns, NorthamDton Mass. Hazelhurst could not recall what name he regis tered under
 In summing up. Judge Lowe said the accused had a good record and that ne is organist in one of the local church es. The conduct of the state police, he said. was nothing more. than trap for decent people. Molsen was found guilty and fined $50 and costs on each complaint
 All the other liquor cases were set tied for $50 each. In one case the settlement was for $125. On account of the police being state officers the terms of settlement were costlier than they otherwise would have been, for according to Prosecutor Pierce, the settlement in the majority of the cases was for S25 and costs.