Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-18

~ N '%",.'' and i,fa All other
.t-r"inf r Of '';'t.s'>t,.n ana Dyspepsia Sugar
",ed '@''e'' :,,o pIrtS'Tis SOY, or y mail nail
case Of Teed, laying stress on the fact
! that the man had been drinking. his
| previous good character. his age. he be-
| ing 60 years old, and his brilliant rec
ORD in the civil War.
Ralph l.. Teed. the respondent. took
| the stand in his own behalf He testi-
| fed that he had no trouble with White
| until Z few days before the shooting.
He objected To White keeping company
with his stepGaughter. On the night
| of the shooting he had drunk Quite an
amount Of beer. He did not want
White to pay attentions to his step
daughter as it was reported that White
was engaged to be married.
Questioned by the court the re-
spondent stated that he had no inten-
ton of hitting White with 4 buffet but
fired the shots to scare him.
County Attorney Beane stated that
the respondent was jealous of his ID
years-o!d stepdaughter and in the mid
die of the night the respondent fired
several shots and naturally the people
of Granite Hill We're frightened
iced was sentenced to pay a fine of
so ana costs ana in default of payment
to serve four months in Jail. the fact
that the respondent had been in jail
since May - being taken into cunsid-
Grafton in passing sentence Tccd
paid.
At th" afternoon session of court Ira
w. Smith of Augusta, indicted for as
Sault ana battery on Mrs. Annie Smith.
withdrew his plea of not guilty and
pleaded nuln contondere.
Attorney Whitehouse made u plea for
cltm-ncy and County Attorney ieun,
asked for a severe sentence, describing
= wife heater as brute ana calling at
tention To the fact that at the April
term Of court the respondent was son
tened to a term in jail for assault
and battery on this same woman
Smith was sentenced to serve eight
months at hard Labor in the county
Jail.
GeDrPc F.. Jordan of Gardiner. indict-
cd at this term for perjury in giving
false oath in regard to property be
i'lt LEV IL ~ 'tI Icl5ll. Dttll ttllllIlllS-
sinner. in i liquor case in which Robert
\. Packard Of Chelsea was the
spnndtLt. Jordan was represented by
Will &. Atkins Of Gardiner
Attorney Atkins spoke Of the prcvi-
Gus good character of the respondent
ard at the time that he made the false
oath he had been drinking quite hcav-
lily.
County Attorney Ecano stated that
h" wanted the practice of falsely
swearing t. the ownership of real e!s-
tate stopped.
The Respondent questioned by the
c"urt. stated that nj the time he went
bail for Packard he supposed that he
owned property at Bowd"inham.
Howard was sentenced to serve n
Year in the States prison at Thumps-
ton.
TIL next case to he called was that
If state vs.. Warren Casey Of Augusta,
an appealed search and seizure from
the decision of the Augusta municipal
court. f.. w. WhitehuuSc of Augusta
appeared as counsel for the respondent
The States case consisted of the evil
dcncc Of City Marshal George +.
L N'ltlltI s'llt ''IlNtlS Law renee tol-1]
and J. Napuleo on BiSSon, who testified
Ia Selling key Of ale and some hard
stuff at CaSeys home on April Is last.
Warren Casey. the respondent, took
the stand in his own behalf He tcsti-
| fed that he was an Insurance agent
ON the day that the officers had seized
the liquor at his house he was not en-
gagged in the sale "f liquor and had
| never been in that business The liquor
was for his own consumption and was
not intended for Illegal sale.
Mrs Emma Casey, wife of the re-
| sponient. testified that tine hard Liquor
seized by the officers belonged to her
self and son ana was not intended for
| Illegal sale.
The case was given to the jury at
40 o'clock and at 4.3l returned YER
dict Of guilty.
Casey withdrew his plea Of not
guilty To an Indictment for maintaining
d liquor nuisance ana pleaded n0lo con-
| tender.
on the liquor nuisance Indictment
| Casey WAS sentenced 10 pay fine of
$aIo and costs ana in H"fauit If pay
ment to serve fou" months IN jail The
search and seizure cas- waS continued
| for sentence.
| The next ease to be trirl is hat Of
State ~. Thomas Mclaughlin Of Hi
lowell. m appealed search AMI seizure
from the Hallowcll municipal court.
/ Will G. Atkins will appear as counsel
| for the rcGnnndcnt
Tn" Mclaughlin case will be followed
10y that Of state Us. William =. Quinn
cr of Augusta will appear as counsel
| fer the respondent.
| Court will Conven" at go o'clock
| Wednesday morning.
The following "r" some "f tho now
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