Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-18

! J., druggists were brought into court. each
| one of then: h.tvInG u United States Ii
| cense. The only thing for them to do
| was to plead guilty 1t was submitted az
| the hearing that if they had taken thel"
charcrs with the jury thry would have
got ont. But the prosecuting attorney did
OF """d ~ sc any further than TO pro-
duce the records from Portsmouth show
ing that those men had United States IL
Sc, ..nC immediately they would he
found guilty without further trial.
think my friend will admit that
Air. MFRRil.L: Not one WORD OF 1t
face that druggist holds a United States
license is prima facie evidence to convict
him?
Mr. MERRILL: TIL" statute provides
that the license snail be prlnla f1tIe oVi-
dence.
Mr.. O-RRIEN: Their that is all the
proof THAI the prosecuting attorney needs
To set ur. He mas simply 10 produce M
rocrrl. Some of YOU gentlemen nave
served on iuricS. some OF YOU nave bcen
tried by iuries. G-huehtcrD Take your
chance with the jury. The only MANY
sensible. honest and truthful thing to DO
is to do what all those druggists did III
Bangor, to go in and plead guilty. They
plead guilty and they were fined vi"
apiece. My friend may sly that mos
druggists We're not reputable DRUGGISTS.
j only need to remind hin, that one oI
thCSH men who was fined $40 in Bangor
was man than whom there is more more
rpput BILE. trustworthy OF honest man IN
the State Of Maine in any business. ana
| that man to-day is Il member oil our Sln''
board of pharmacy and appointed ny the
Governor which is pretty good evidence,
and that is Mr. Davis Of the board OF
pharmacy And the records OF the 81
pren,e court at Bangor will show that Nc
has been fined $lle for liquor selling 'ipoi,
! the mere fact that he held United
States license.
The gentleman would have you believe
that the moment this bill becomes a law.
every person running Il so-called drug
store is going to have the privilege oi
selling liquor for medicinal purposes.
This bill especially provides that tne olils
persons in the drug business must De rep
ntalle druggists. and that fact IS 70 "
determined by the State board OF pIdI
macy. and unless they receive Their PEI
nit as reputable druggists from the sun sun
| board of pharmacy. Their they canno, SCI
liquor without being in the same c,aea
as the common liquor seller III we pa..v
in the hands of that board the authoIns
to issue the permits under which by t h1
provisions Of this bill certain men si,n,
lie allowed to keep liquor for medicII'a'
purposes. | believe that the great n,a
jority of the members of this Hon .ls,i
should have no fear but that they VIII
do it Justly and honestly. that there W..
be no man who has been IN th 1r,,m lists
business. none except reputable drussIsn1ii
will receive these permits. Ihen II WI.
he nossible for any man to go to rep,
ntahIo man in his own town or city it1u
hayo n prescription compounded III 80, -
Of Illness in his family. without askiils
that man to make himself criminai ~
the eyes Of the law of the great STATE VI
Maine. ,
MIR HOWES of Palmyra: Mr.. Speaker,
7 think that the gentleman from LeW's.u
IL consistent with his previous recoru 81
in regard Ia the temperance ISSUE.
we have a bill here which the druss 10
themselves are divided on. some oL an
hest druggists in our State 90 not W." WIZ
this bill This is the sam" D',l IL, found
been tried in Kansas and has oeeh Lot w.
w,n,ing. II has been found merely .a,
rnan door TO the rum shop. X Iii.a.
wants a u,,art of rum he is gong 10 III III
i. and he don't care anything apoua my, nv
.ertiicate 1t amounts to nOthihs ~ ~
in,en,ent I live within rev Hii .:eeor.
tbren different drug stores IN tnree mn.,,or
~ towns / could get Quart OF Iiduo ~
in n,ch of those three towns anu en-
hodv would know whether l iiao u9.' Low
or not Yor have been told that tsiin ,,nr.
is r,ntccted by the State noaru y, pa
40, Section of Chapter " on ~, nv honrd
yised Statutes says. II the ~, t,ot inc
citing at such hearing shaii hiu . Iii, of
person so complained asf ~. saiI hoard
-, acts charged against him' STU .har-
nv az. ,,,snand his registration as q piie.
!.;ct md his certificate tnereoi'; ,do
ln.o, torn, as the board in theiI J' tsa
slich ~, ~, due consideration OF w
s snc,'.' ~ deem for the best lntea,her
,,,', ,,,,I,Iic or may revoke IL M If
the pnoiic o.e,tifcate of registration Oh
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