Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-12

that time. except that by request of
the city marshal and upon his assur-
ance that he would undertake to en-
force the law the deputies were with
drawn from ROckland in September.
Since that time conditions have chang
ed for the worse. and we ascertaned
that liquor was being sold freely in
the city, and on the 18th day of No
vember our deputies resumed work in
RoclllanG. making four successful raids
From the tabulatio it appears that
all five cases which were on the docket
at the January term. 1907. four being
search and seizure and one nuisance
case. are still on the docket, although
recogniZances have been defauited and
scire faciaS proceedings begun upon
two Of them. Eleven new cases OF
search and seizure and two for single
sale appealed to the supreme court
were all continued at the September
| term. Twelve nuisance eases Were bOun'
over from the. lower court. IL two q:
theS. T." Indictment was found, and
| the other ~ were continued.
In S2g<,dafor county as in the other
| coui.ties. the deputies who had been at
close OF the year to give the sheriff or
poitunity to enforce the law. R2ports
of similar conditions to those in othei
counties we're received, and verified by
inv.sti gation. and as conditions con-
:inucd ;,d, notwithstanding notice by
the commissioners to the sheriff dcpu-
ties We're sent to begin work June %
1907. The last term of court in this
county is held on the fourth Tuesday
of December. 50 that it happened that
no new cases were begun by the en-
forcemcnt deputies subsequent to thai
trm until the summer of 1907, and the
tabulation shows the record of these
new cases.
In this county one respondent paid
800 and costs without appeal in the
lower court. The other cases We're dis
posed of as follows: One for illegal
keeping was mol pressed, one search
and seizure case was mol pressed, and
one party was sentenced 10 60 days in
| jail on search and seizure case.
Against one respondent there We're four
cases. On one, a search and seizure
case, he was sentenced to so days i'm
| prisonment. another for the same Of
Tense and one for single sale were con-
tinued The fourth case was for nuis-
ance. upon which he was bound over
| but no Indictment was found.
In PcnobScot county our deputies be
gan work August 10. There had bee,
frequent public statements that condi-
tons were bad. and that liquor was
openly sold in Bangor and elsewhere
As in other cases we endeavored to get
| e.. l~x- tIa snio A
ter careful investigation we became sat
istied that this was not being accom-
plished and was not to be expected. and
arrangements were perfected to set a
competent force at work. and the work
has been continued up 10 the presen,
time. The August term Of the supreme
court had commenced when the depu-
ties began to make seizures There has
been no criminal term since that tim,
in the county. so that we are able tC
report only the figures from the lower
court. The tabulationS extend to the
| first of November. The| do not i'll
clude cases where searches We're made
and nothing found. not cases where
| liquors were seized and no party ar
rested
The table shows 81 cases on search
and seizure process. is of these were
sentenced t. pay 800 and costs, nina
Of them paying and seven appealing
For nine the sentence was 500 anC
costs and 50 days imprisonment and all
appealed. Six cases were mol pressed
three were discharged on hearing, and
two defendants defaulted their bail
There We're II cases of illegal posses
sion. of which six were sentenced t.
pay $40 and costs. FIVE Of these pay
ing and one appealing One was SEN
fenced to $1,000 and costs and 60 day
and appealed: two cases were continued
for sentence. and three were discharged
on trial
There We're IS nuisance cases. L
which we're bound over. two discharged
on hearing. five mol pressed and on,
Jefaulted bail
The work in the above five counties
by no means represents the entire WORT
Of the commission. We have received
and attended to many complaints
throughout the State. referring them
generally, when they arose in counties
to which we had not sent deputies.
to the respective shcriffs, and in many
cases these have apparently received
prompt attention. In accordance with
orr established policy and, as We be-
licve. with the intent of the law. we
have used all possible cffor+ to obtain
| local enforcement. and hay no doub:
that conditions have been imprvcd in
counties whore enforcement has nther-
to been more or less lax. by reason Of
the understanding that the commission
would enter such counties if failure by
the local officials should continue