Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-28
MUNICIPAL COURT.
Judge Andrews Has Very Busy Ses.
sion Wednesday Forenoon.

with variety enough in the eases to
! mold the interest Of the audience
| throughout the session. The audience
was large one and it is hardly neces-
sary to say that it was very apprecia-
tive, and although the list of attrac-
lions had not been advertised on the
outer wall of the building the number
which had assembled at the hour Of
opening court required that extra
settees be brought into the court room
in order that all might revel in luxury
| while the unfOrtunates before the bar
| were being made to feel that the path
| OF the viOlatOr Of the law is indeed n
thorny one.
| The first case called was that of
James and Jacob Granger of Chelsea,
father and son, who We're in court to
answer to a charge of assault and
robbery, having been arrested on a
warrant sworn out by Deputy Sheriff
Donovan of this city in response to a.
complaint made by Dennis Rafferty,, a
member of the National Home. Raj
ferty claimed that while at the Granger
place Saturday night and Sunday he
had lost his pension money amounting
to between 500 and $50, and also testi-
fled that he had purchased liquor of
both the Changers. He also had a
wound on the left side of his head
| which had required the services of a
surgeon, but just how he got it was not
| brought out at the hearing.
James Granger stated in his testi-
mony that Rafferty, had been found in
| the snow by the roadside and had by
the members of his (Grangers) family
been taken into the house Saturday
night and kept over Sunday, but de-
MED having sold Rafferty, any liquor,
and the testimony of the younger
Granger was about the same except
that he stated that Rafferty, had paid
him for the nights lodging and food.
The court found probable cause to pro-
nounce the men guilty and imposed on
each fine of $50 and costs and 80 days
in Jail on q charge of single sale and
held them in the sum of 5000 each for
the April term of the Superior court on
| a charge of robbery.
The next case was that of Charlie
Grier, who was up on a charge of lar
ceny of a $50 bill from the person of
Timothy Tewksbury, veteran of the
Home who is at present out on a fur
Tough, the alleged theft having oc-
Cured on the night Of March "a. Ac-
cording to Tewksburys story the de-
PENDANT was endeavoring to do the good
| Samaritan act by getting him
boarding place, in the course OF Wnlch
endeavor he invited Tewksbury TO go
| to Hallowell. Eventually in the course
| of their pilgrimage they found their
way to the factory boarding house at
the upper end of Water street, "here
Tewksbury went to bed. He further
stated that he gave Grier $50 bill TO go
ont and get some liquor, and that Grier
| went out as requested but failed TO re-
turn. Grier pleaded not guilty to the
| charge. but the dark cloud OF suS-
melon was too heavy for him to dissl-
nate by any testimony at his com
mand. and he was held in the sum OIL
s3On for appearance at the April term OF
the Superior court.
| Frank Cardinal of the Hayseed ave-
nue. district was the next candidate LOT
the degrees which were being conferred
by the court, and was up on charge
| of search and seizure on warrant
sworn ont by Deputy Sheriff Donovan,
| who in company with Deputy Marshal
| Parmenter had called at the Cardlnal
homestead Tuesday evening ana con-
fjscated seven full pint bottles OF WINS
kew. a pint bottle half full, ana also
| mint bottle filled with rum. Mr.. Cardl-
nal maintained complete innocence Oh
any intent to dispense the contents
of the bottles among his fellow men.
and claimed that the liquor was for
himself alone and for medicinal pur-
| poses. He told the court that he was
under the doctors care and that the
use of the stimulant was recommended
by that party. The presence OF par
rel of empty bottles which the officers
found however, together with the stun
| which had been seized, seemed to lEdI-
cate to the court that there had in the
mast been too much sickness for one
family, and Mr.. Cardinal was fined $loo
and costs and given an additional SEN
tence of so days in jail.
Following the above came three
members of the National Home who
| were I'D for intoxication. but the court
| thought that they had been punished
enough by the stuff which they had
taken into their systems. and allowed
them to go free.
| The closing case of the list was that
| Of Marshall H. Smith, who lives near
the Togus reservation, and who was
| arrested on q warrant sworn out by
| Deputy Sheriff Donovan, charging him
with keeping a house of i'll fame. An
Augusta woman and man connected
with the National Home, who were in
the Smith house at the time of the raid,
were also in court on charge OF
adultery. The party was represented
| by Charles L. Andrews of Heath &
| Andrews, who waived the reading Of
| the warrant and entered plea of not
guilty, but the court ruled that they
be held for the April term Of the
superior court, Smith in the sum Of
5000. while the others We're allowed to
go on their own recognizance.