The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-01-09
ENFORCEMENT IN WALDO COUNTY.

| The liquor cases of Edwin A. Jones, True
G Trundy, ward Hanson, Guy Gray. John
f. Ward, and Robert Logan, which were TAX
! en- to the Law Court last September on ex-
ceptions, were sent back last week with
judgment for the State. The mittimuses were
issued and given to the sheriff for service.
All the respondents except E. A. Jones
were found and taken to Jail January End
| to serve at least 60 days each, and II their
fines are not paid the full time of service
| will be seven months for each respondent,
except Trundy. His will amount to five
months, as he had one case less than the
! others. If their fines are not paid, all but
Jones will be obliged to give their note to
the County Treasurer in the sum of $500
each for maintaining a nuisance. Jones
| will give his for 500, as he was fined on a
search and seizure case. 1t will be remem-
| bered that the Indictment against Jones for
| maintaining a nuisance was not tried last
! September. For some reason that case was
| continued. He was tried and convicted on
three searches covering the same period of
| time that the nuisance Indictment covered,
| so that the evidence to convict on the null
! sance case must have been sufficient
At this time Jones has not been
| found and the sheriff has given notice
| to his bondsmen that the mittimus is
in his hands and that the respondent is
present term of the Supreme Judicial Court,
that the bond of $1,000 will be defaulted.
! Many of our citizens are highly interest
| ed in these cases as they want to know the
actual responsibility of bondSman. Ii
there is no responsibility, bondsmen can be
readily secured at any time; but if there is,
| it will be more difficult to secure bonds in
| the future. Current gossip states that
cases against bondsmen are always "fxed'
and that bondsmen have to pay at most
ony portion of the original amount.
| There is, however, special statute which
forbids this. The following paragraph is
| from section So, chapter 20. on page 337 of
the Revised Statutes: "No portion of the
| penalty OF any recognizauce taken under so
much of this chapter as relates to intoxicat-
| ing liquors shall be remtted by any court
| in any suit thereon, nor shall surety in
any such recognizance be discharged from
| his liability therein by surrender OF his
| principal in court after he has been de-
| fauted upon his recognizance unless the
principal has been actually sentenced upon
| the indictment or complaint on which the
recognizance was taken"
general raid was made Jan. 2nd by
Sheriff Carleton and force of Deputies on
all the places where liquor is supposed to be
sold in Belfast, and as a result two well
known liquor dealers were brought before
Judge Rogers of the Municipal Court and
| found guilty and were given the usual
sentence of sixty days in Jail and a fine of
| 500 and costs. The Sheriff was assisted
by Deputies Hurd, Ellis, Drake, K. E..
Littefeld and Frank A. Lttetield-the
| latter two newly appointed men.
| The officers found the place owned by
Jesse E. Staples at 81 Main street closed
and ''nothing doing" The place has recent
ly been run in the name of John E. Ward,
but has been kept open by clerks for "a
week or two. At the Phoenix House,
which has been the leading hotel in Bel
| fast since the closing of the Windsor, a
varied assortment of liquors was found,
| consisting of rum, gin. port wine and
whiskey-in all several quarts. This search
was led personally by the Sheriff and as a
result ". S. Edmnster, the proprietor, is
again held for the January term of the Su-
preme Court. 1t will be remembered that
EdminSter recently served 13 months in
Jail for liquor selling, was discharged in
| October last and while serving his sentence
asked for pardon by the Governor and
Council. The petition was signed by a
large number of influential business men
and others in this city and surrounding
| towns. 1t stated that administers sentence
was too long for the offences committed
| and that he would not be able to live out,
his term of Imprisonment, as he was sick
man. 1t is now recalled that the pardon
| was refused, the sentence was served out
prohbitory law Many will ask themselves
how much did that petition encourage Ed
minister to go forth and again defy our
State laws
At the Commonwealth Hotel, run by Fred
NJ. Staples, the officers found hidden in a
barrel of flour having a false head five
quart and two pint bottles of whiskey.
Staples has been caught before and served
Jail sentence, but for a year or more the
place has been run under the management
of Homer Carter and later by Guy Gray,
who have each been convicted and received
Jail sentence and fine.
Saturday, Jan. 4th, Jerry Staples, who
works at the Staples saloon, 81 Main street,
was arrested on two warrants by Sheriff
Carleton and Deputy Ellis, one for single
sale and the other for common seller. Judge
Rogers found the respondent guilty on the
single sale and gave sentence of 80 days
n Jail and fine of $50 and costs, from
which Staples appealed and furnished bail,
as he also did in the second case, on which
he was held for the grand jury ia like
amount Jesse E. Staples and Herbert L.
Stevens were his bondSmen.
VALUE OF RIGHT BREATHING.