The Republican journal., 1908-01-16
DISPOSITION OF LIQUOR CASES.

USPOSlIM VI UQUUM OAStS.
At the January term of Supreme Judicial
| Court sixty cases we're found on the docket
which were continued from the last term Of
| court, and a like disposition of them was
made this term by continuing them until
next April. Three new cases came from
the police court on appeal and the grand
jury found six new indictments, SO that
nine new cases were found and disposed of.
| viz:
Winfield S. Edminster, proprietor of the
Phoenix House, demurred to the following
four cases after receiving sentence aud
filing exceptions, which virtually means q
I! plea of guilty but allows him to take the
eases to the Law Court and to delay serving
them until they are reported back from the
Law Court which meets next June.
In case So, which was an appealed search
and seizure case, he was sentenced to pay
fine of 500 and s7.92 costs, and in addition
thereto to serve 60 days in Jail and in de
fault of fine and costs to serve 60 days
additional.
In case S54. common nuisance indict-
| ment, the sentence was to pay fine OF $500
aud $40 costs and in addition thereto to
serve four months in Jail and in default of
fine and costs to serve four months addi-
tional This case to take effect after case
S52
Case S55, Common seller, a fine of 500
and $40 costs and in addition thereto to
serve 80 days in Jail and in default of pay
ment of fine and costs 80 days additional.
was imposed to take effect after S54.
In case $50, single sale, the fine was $50
days in Jail, to take effect at the expiration
of case 855.
These cases aggregate $5S795 and eight
months in jail EdmiDster left Jail last
October, having paid fine of $500 and 13
months in Jail
Jerry Staples, who works at the saloon OF
Jesse E. Staples on Main street, was tried
on one case for single sale. Ralph Hayford
was foreman. The jury acquitted him. On
another case for single sale he was tried
aud convicted. Wilbur E. Barker was fore
man of the jury, and on another case for
common seller he was tried and convicted
with the same foreman. Jerry Staples was
sentenced on the last two cases to pay fine
of 500 and $40 costs, and in addition there
to to serve 80 days in Jail on each, one case
to follow the other, SO that the total amount
is $220 fine and costs and 60 days in Jail. He
filed motion in arrest of judgment, so that
his cases go to the Law Court also.
Fred NJ Staples was tried on common
nuisance case as proprietor of the Common
wealth Hotel since Nov 1st. L. F. Hurd
was foreman of the jury which convicted
him. Staples had another search and seizure
case to be disposed of, but his attorney, Ar
thur Ritchie, brought into court Monday
forenoon before sentence was pronounced
in the nuisance case Dr.. Elmer Small and
Mayor Hanson, who testified that Staples
was unfortunate, as he had an insane broth
er to support in an asylum, and wife who
was hopeleSsly crippled. needing the daily
attention of Mr.. Staples to move her in bed.
His attorney stated to the court that pc
riod of Jail sentence would hopelessly dis
courage Staples and reduce his family to
want and asked the court to continue the
cases for sentence until the next term of
court, stating that Staples would give bonds
to keep the peace ais provided III Chap. 1856,
Sec. 9, of the Revised Statutes. The court
asked County Attorney Thompson what he
had to say about the case. He had little to
say, and seemed willing to let the cases be
continued. The Judge brought out by per-
sonal inquiry that Staples had served seven
months in Jail Oh a former occasion for
liquor selling while his wife had been sick,
and that he had again broken the laws. The
Justice then severely reprimanded Staples,
telling him in Substance that he had no
sympathy for him whatever; that he was
asking the court to do more for his wife
than he had done for her himself, as he had
defied the law while she had been helpless
with the full knowledge that his acts were
likely to again deprive her OF his aid and
support during another period of Jail SELL
tence and that due 10 that fact he had less
sympathy for Staples himself than he would
have had had that condition not existed, and
he suggested to Staples that he might not
expect any mercy from him should he ever
again appear in court before him under like
circumstances, finally ending with the state
ment that "whle l may err this time in my
judgment on the side of melcy wish it to
be fully understood that it is wholly for the
wife, l have none for the defendant"
Staples gave bonds for appearance at the
April term, with L. l.. Gentner and John b.
Darling sureties, after his two cases were
allowed to be continued to next term.
These with the 60 old cases make 62 cases
to go forward for the April term.
Edwin A. Jones did not appear at court,
as reported last week in The journal and
the principal and bondsmen we're defaulted
in the total sum of $500. 1t will now be
the County Attorneys duty to sue the bonds
men for that amount. The mittimus for
Jones' commitment are in the sherif's Of
fee and they carry total sentence of three
| fines and 60 days in Jail for violation Of the
| law last summer.
HAPPY WEEK AT FRED TOHNSON,S.