Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-31

committal as to what he intended to
do. No change of policy resulted. On
August the sheriff met by appoint
mont the commission and was inform
ed that the commission was not salts
fed with the situation. The sheriff
stated that he had done nothing in
Watervil!e during the summer and the
local deputy whom he had not seen
since the June term of court had done
nothing since the mayor came into Of
| flee; he relied upon the local author
| tiles here to look after the matter and
had rec, ntly been told by the mayor
that conditions were good. In Gardi-
ner he relied upon the local authori-
ties, turning over all complaints to the
city marshal. who told him there
wasn't much for the deputy sheriff to
| do: in Augusta he did not rely on the
local authorities but acted with the
marshal; he was doing all he could
expect to appoint special deputies and
he would not do this; if the commits
sion was not satisfied with those con-
ditions as far as he was concerned the
deputies could come in.
The commission believed that the
sheriff woul1i do no more than he was
then doing. and that for some reason
he had changed the policy of his first
term. Complaints continued to be made
and the commission determined to act
The mayor of Waterville expressed II
further desire for aid. The city mar
shall of Gardiner was Informed Of our
plans just prior to beginning work and
Informed us that he needed assistance
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alone and that the conditions in Ran
dOlph just across the river but outside
of his jurisdiction We're great annoy
ance.
On the night Of pit >. Obcd f.
S'tackpole of Bi.1dcford and Benjamin
+. Towne of Waterville, both appointed
Aug. 81. searched Il place in Waterville
without results. Mr.. Clifford and Mr..
Aver. who had worked in Androscnggin
county, seized q small quantity of liquor
in hotel in Gardiner, the jury after
wards disagreeing upon the case. Mr.
Stevens came to Augusta and worked
with Benz. Q. Pare of Lewiston and
James TCbbetts of Belgrade. both APP
pointed Aug. 81. small quantity Of
whiskcy was seized in one barroom
and in another in which werc Il number
| q.
seized. The next day beer and whiSkcy
were seized at a place near Togus pond
which had been complained Of rs Il
| Sunday resort, and on Monday 90 gal
Ions of rum, 10 gallons of whiskey and
120 bottles OF beer were taken from Il
place ill Hallowell to which the liquors
had been removed from neighboring
saloon when the fact Of the presence
of the deputies became known.
| The deputies have been kept in The
county until Dec. 81 1905. Except
when called to work in other places,
Messrs. Stackpole and Towne have
been at Waterville, Mr.. Pare and Frank
l.. Page of Augusta appointed Sept. IS,
1905. have worked at Augusta. MIR.
Tebbetts has been at Augusta and in
Gardiner Mr. Clifford has been some
of the time at Gardiner. Mr.. Allen also
worked in the county for Il short time
| Summaries Of the amounts of liquors
seized. and of the disposition of the
cases instituted by the Deputy En-
forcement Commissioners in the NUM-
Icipal courts ana Superior court. togct!l-
@: with the proceedings in the superior
court in these cases as shown by docket
entries. are given below.
The records of the cases of the en-
forcement deputies in the Watcrvlle
municipal court show that there were
| two defendants in one case of illegal
Transportation. They were fined $50
each and appealed. Five cases of il
legal possession We're brought up Two
defendants paid fines and three who
received sentence Of fine ami term
IN, toll 1aI n,,.
ure there were 26 defendants which
were disposed of as follows: Con-
| tinued I, discharged s. convicted 10. I'M
der bond for appearance from day to
day I. sentence fine. paid s. committed
1. appealed 4; sentence fine ana Jail,
committed 1. suspended during good
behavior l. appealed s; nuisance ,. held
for grand jury 9.
The records Of the cases in the Au-
gusta municipal court: Illegal posses
sion 1. sentence fine. appealed; illegal
transportation 2. sentence fine. appeal
ed: single sale 8, sentence fine 8. APP
pealed; search and seizure and seizure
As decision reserved 9, discharged 4.
convicted 80, sentences, fine paid Z,
fine. committed 2, fine appealed IS. fine
and Jail appealed 2; nuisance 10, quash.
ed I, held for grand jury =.
| The records of the Hallowell NUM-
cipal court show four cases Of which
all were convicted, three appealed from
a sentence to fine and Imprisonment
and one paid a sentence of fine only.
The Gardiner municipal court records
show that the deputies brought IS
cases in that city. II of which were
convictions. OF these one was dis
charged on the payment Of costs for
single sale, and on search and seizure
warrants. one paid fine. one gave
bond to keep out of the business for
two years and IA were given fine and
Jail sentence. OF these last two were
committed and the rest appealed.
The trial justice at Oakland heard
one case Of search and seizure. found
the man guilty and sentenced him to
fine ana Imprisonment. He appealed.
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