Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-22

49, So OIlt pS bllt anu treated the N
very ably Among other things he stat
ed that the charges We're brought hy
a man from nowhere" not by citi-
zen of Bangor nor Of Penobscot county.
During his remarks Judge Newell
scored Nh Prin@le unmercifully Tor
bringing such charges when there was
50 little 10 SuDstantiatc them
Charles j. Hutchirs Of Brewer. the
first witness to be called was the coi,n-
sci for Ring in the case where County
Attorney Patten Was angry because lie
dc not get ii conviction. The witness;
reviewed the testimony as he remem-
bcrcd il. He also repeated. to the best
Of Ms memory, the story Of the three
Driscoll cases ana told Of the results in
two Of tie cases. Attorney Hitchin,,
related the evidence iii the several
cases very fully.
Inc crnSS-eXaminat;on was con-
Gucrcd by Judge tleaves. The first
questions we've GrOn the rejection Of
the list OF alleged names Of owners OF
internal revenue licenses. and it devn,-
oped that Mr.. l'ringle tried to Introduce
III" list not 70 testify that the list was
tru" or that the list was used as 4
hteih0randt 10 refresh the memory o.
Alr. prilel" as i witness.
Forrest J. Martin Of Bangor Il repre-
sentative. was excused from serving as
y hlrl:!hrr Of the convention ana was
th"n called as witness for the defence
ii" also testified as to the testimony in
TN" ':lor@e case. When he was through,
the counsel for the prosecution waived
the right I" cr0Ss-cxaminc I:cp. Martin
ana said III Il they were not only VIII
ll=E bEt requested thnt he resume his
seat in the c"nv"nti"A. lie did this.
Willis y. Patch. IN attorney, was
called and testified to rulings Of tho
court in favor of Mr.. Plinolp, namely
that when an effort was made 10 trace
MS steps in Bangor. it was excluded on
the ground that it Gight cmbarrass fu-
turc prosecutions
Albert l.. Blanchard, another Bangor
attorney. was called. He told of the
conference III the judges room when
he told Mr.. Prin2le that he should card
hln It developed in cross-eyamination
tAat Attorney Blanchard won his case
ON IN" point that the name OF The per-
son litYIlS a revenue tax for ia Hay
market So, ard the name on the war
rants We're not Identical. Daniel ".
Mason related the evidence Of several
c;iSrS IS he remembered it.
j. p. Bass was the next witness to be
called and quite a buzz went over the
convention. This was followed bv abso-
late silence, except for the questions
ana answers &C Judge Newell ami Mr..
Bass. The first part Of Mr.. Bass testi-
m"ny was a brief history of the cam
pdlgn conducted by the Civic League
against him ana his paper.
Mr.. lass said that he told judge
Chapman that all the cases would be
to the law court on the ground
th@t he was not advertising LIQUOR TO
be sold in tho State Of Maine that he
had as much right TO advertise for in
tefStdte business as the various ma ga
zines and newspapers of other states
which are sold in this State Tho Wit
ness denied that ne ever tcicphoncd TO
Judge Chapman. to fix up case. On
rroSS-cXamnatiOn he said that 50 fay
as he knew Mr.. Strickland ana Mr..
HaIrigan did not appear in court on
any of the cases.
City Marshal T. Herbert White of
Bangor testified that the warrHnts
against Mr.. Bass and Mr.. Strickland
were not served because the former
was in Bar HarbOr and the latter at
Fort Point. While waiting for their re-
turn tn" warrants were pineon-hOlcd in
The desk Of the witness; ana forgotten
He was croSS-cXamincd at some length
as 10 why he did not serve the war
rants, hut held to his original statement
that they were overlooked
Fx-city Marshal John c. Bowen testi
fled concerning certain premises occu-
pied by parties charged with liouor
selling, especially the Morse case. The
witness denied that he had ever been
asked by County Attorney PIttcn io
search Mr.. Morse's place for LIQUORS.
At this point the convention took n
recess until As in the evening.
Albert S. Spratt Of Kenduskcag. 4 IL
quOr deputy, testified that cases brcu.-ht
on warrants granted him to serve were
heard speedily in Judge Chapmln's court
The witness told Of visiting the Morse
place several times
Wilbur w. Emerson Of Hampden. an
nthcr liGuor deputy. said that he had had
The same cNpcri"nc" as the previous Wit
ness with cases in the court
H2rry l.. Friend Of F,tna. ano:hor dcn-
utv sheriff. testified that ~ had been in
Bangor for two periods and had had his
cases speedily and fairly disposed Of.
tl"rk Frank \. Adams Of The Bango-
municipal court testified concerning the
liau1r cases Of the court and tlcir dis
rosal. lie testified that in "a search ana
seizure cases - resulted III jait sentences.
ll2 paid lin" and costs y were roI rross-
ed. were continued for sentence and /
was discharged. For illegal trausportq-
tion or went % iail, pad n.cs. | was
c5niinuoi. IN cases Of single sale. jai,
sentence was given in 2 cases. f!nc and
costs were paid i'm =. . We're mol pressed
2 were discharged and 8 were dismissed.
Thcrr were eight cases against j. J.. Bass.
'cut q q nuisance cases. Is were bound