Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-12

| @. q. HALL. Judge.
| FREDERICK ". PLAISTED. Sheriff,
| G. w. JONES. Clerk
| FRED +. BEANIE. County Attorney.
| .FEED W. LEE Stenoerapher
Thursday, April II. l9o1.
Thursdays session of the superior
| court Was not altogether without in
| tcrcSting features. for Jacob Granger.
under cross examination in the trial
| for larceny from the person of Dennis
| Rafferty,. admitted that he kept luupr
| IN 4 hide in the woods near his home
The admission was rather unexpected
/ and created Il mild sensation. inas-
I much as The charge Of maintaining Il
liquor nuisance is now pending against
lim. Both James and Jacob Granger
We're found guilty of larceny of 50
from the person Of Dennis Rafferty,. ~
inmate Of the T"guS Home
tharlt 5 Gri,r of Augusta allowed his
caSJ. to come 10 trial and when the. at
lni1IeyS Wcrtf about to make their ar
Gumemts. Withdrew his plea of NOT
guilty and pleaded molo cont"ndere. liz,
was lrmIndrd IL Jail for sentence He
W;,s charged with III" larceny Of $50
from the person of Timothy T-WkS-
bury. an Inmate. of the s;nitiers' Home
at roeu&.
Charlr.; - t.lirr III Augusta was The
first Respondent To answer to his name
for trial. He was charged with the
larceny If 80 from Timothy TeWks-
bury on March ~ IN a boarding house
in Augusta after being together
throughout thr day ana after having
lia,l :, number az drinks together
+. " WhlehnnSc appeared rs counsel
for HE defence.
Timothy TcWkSbury was the first
Witness TO be called. lie stated that
his home WAS in Dexter, but that he
Was nuW an inmate of the Soldiers
Home II ToguS. Ills story was as fol
l"vs: Il FIRST saw Grirr Two o. three
tags before the 9TH, ON the 22nd of
Starch ANA tie next time ! saw him
v.:S on Sunday, the 2ith. | had been
drinking ami didn't want to go To my
folks in The condition | Was in 50
.i<cd him where | could get Il place 10
stay Two or thrr days I'LL got Sobered
| OF. lie said. ,tll right, come down to
lIhlloWell 20 my sislcf's.' We got two
rints ana drank cut of them on the
way down ana after | eo' there don't
remember much.
We came back about seven O'Clock
| in the evening and went 10 the cor
poralion boarding house. i got 4 room
there ana then he went nut | went to
bed and slept Il couple of hours. Then
] woke NJ ANA he came into the room
and asked mo how | felt ! told linn
thar fe! sick ana he said: Let me
I;Nr some money and I'll so get YOU
something. +o ! fiShed round ana
found so bill ana gave il to him
asked him hOW long he would be gone
anal he said, Not five minutes Tie
next time | SAW him was at the police
:tation.
The witness was cross examined at
some length by Attorney Whitehouse,
hat he chung to his original story
During the latter part of the cross eX-
animation the witness was asked if he
did not charge some one else with
Iakin" the money, but he denied it,
Deputy Sheriff Donovan was then
t1lled to the stand and he stated that
another ynnng man was brought INTO
me ponce station on suspicion. but
thar though TcWksbury did say at first
breath that il Was the man. he imme-
dlittly corrected himself ana did not
Identify anyone until Grier was
brought in
Henry DUNES. proprietor # the
boarding house was next called. He
SI'd that III" two mon called there
about 7.@o O'Clock in the evening and
that the soldier was given Il room
Gri"r paying for il. Grirr then went
4 Oh IA
O'Clock and hired 4 room for himself.
He didn't see Gri"r again, but when
Tcwkehirv came down III the morning
ne Immediately asked where that
fcllcr went" ana said that he had been
rnbbrd OF $50
III" only witness for the defence was
Charles +. Grier, the respondent. His
81 1ry of the proceedings differed some
What from that of Mr. T"wksbury. and
on cross examination, differed some
what from what he told himself, the
FIRST time. Court took Il recess of ten
minutes before the arguments Of the
attorneys ANA when il again convened
Grier Withdrew his plea of not guilty
and entered q plea of noln cOnIcndere.
He was rcmanded 10 jail for sentence.
The cases against James and Jacob
Granger Wcr" then called They are
charged with the larceny Of $yJ from
The person Of Dennis Rafferty, an in
mate nf tho Soldiers Nome at Togus
on March %. The defence was repre-
scented by T.. w Whitchouse.
Dennis Rafferty,. the alleged victim Of
the assault and robbery, was the open
ing witness for the State. He is a
feeble old veteran, Of over 20 years Of
age. and trembled constantly while on
the stand. On the left side of his head
was the dressing over wound, which
was some two inches or more in dia-
meter ami as large as an egg. Raffer-
tvs story was even more ,pitiful than
those Of the other veterans, who have
been before the court this term, 10
appear against the thrifty citizens Of