Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-22
SUPERIOR COURT.
Wi|fred Lang|ois Receives
a Heavy Sentence,
Dennis A. Garity Of HaIloweI|
Not GuI|ty Of Nuisance Charge.
Case Against Charles CALI Not Prossed-.-
Court Continues, This Week.

| OLIVER g. HALL, Judge.
| FRANK J. HAM, Sheriff.
| CHARLES w. JONES, Clerk
| THOMAS LEIGH County Attorney.
FRED w. LEE. Stenographer
Saturday, jan 20, 1906
! In the superior court Saturday, before
Judge Hall, Wilfred LanglOis of Water
| VILE appeared to plead to an indictment
| found at this term for maintaining a
liquor nuisance. Through his counsel
| Fred W. Clair of Watcrville. I.anglois
filed Il demurrer and was sentenced to pay
| 4 fine of 500 and costs and three months
/ in jail, and in default of payment of fine
| four months in Jail additional. EXccp-
| tons were taken and the case will go to
| the law court. Lanslois was Later ar
raisncd on IN appealed search and seizure
! case. The witnesses for the State were
! Enforcement Deputies Stackpolc and
| Townc.
Testimony was offered to show that the
| enforcement deputies searched Il place
| operated by the respondent in Watcrvli,'
and seized a large quantity Of liquor
which was found in Il sc-callcd hide in
! thhe basement of the building. The sciZ-
urc included - pint and y half-pint bot
| ties filed with whiskey three quart bot
| ties of whiSkey and a jug containing Il
| quantity of lcuor Of Il similar character.
| Samples of the liquor were Offered in
court us evidence. The defence sought
| to show that the warrant upon which the
search was originally made was defcc-
| tive, it alleging that tn" l.an@lois place
wis located on Water Street whereas
the thoroughfarc is legally called South
| Main street.
| The court instructed the jury that if
| it found that the street WAS as well
| known as Water street" as Ivy any oth"r
name, it might consider the warrant cf-
| fcctivc After Il brief dclbcration the
| Jury returned Il verdict of guilty.
| On an appealed search and seizure case
| AGAINST Charles CALI of Iiallowcll, Ccun-
| ty Attorney Leigh entered Il mol PROSE-.
| The next case for trial was that of
| State versus Dennis a. Clarity of Hal
| lowell on an indictment for liquor NUS
| ancc returned ut tits term. This case
| was another of the so-callcd 'SturGis
cases" ana the testimony for the State
was put in by enforcement deputies. The
| dwelling house of Garritv was searched
! by enforcement deputies Dec. % last and
4 quart bottle partly filed with whiskcy
was seized and in another building near
Ivy the deputies seized IL livc-callon kcG
| of liuuor of n similar character.
| Tho State attempted to show that this
kccc Of whislley was also the property OF
| G.tfaity Tho respondent was represented
| Ivy Fred Emery Ecauc of IIal!owcli, and
after Il short d"libcrHt'on the jury return
| cd IL verdict of not guilty.
Court adjourned until Monday morning
at 10 o'clock.
| It is believed that the criminal dockct
! of til, january term of the superior court
! will he cleaned up by the middle Of tho
| week The FIRST case fer trial Monday
| will he that Of state versus Harry Hop
kinS of Augusta. liquor nuisance. and that
| will bc followed by the case Of State
| versus Harry r. LiShncSs. Augusta. on
two counts. one for liquor nuisance and
| ono for con mon seller.