Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-28
OmI1UVEVIIIvUEDI
Given One Year In Prison
On Burglary Charges.
Jury Returns Mixed Verdict In
WaterviIIe Assault Case.
County Attorney HiIdreth Asks for
Jail Sentences.

| In the superior court Wednesday
morning Fred S. Smith of Pittston
who pleaded guilty to several indict
| ments, charging breaking, entering an6
| larceny, was Sentenced to one year ir
| Jail. The cases against his wife Pear
Smith, who was indicted with him
| We're mol pressed.
Milton Steven of Fairfield, charged
with breaking and entering and lar
ceny from the house of George Tracey
and Percy Reed at Oakland, was
given q six-months Jail sentence and
Fred 3. Stevens, who was indicted
| with him for the same offences was
given q two-months Jail sentence.
The greater part of the day was ia
ken up with the cases of WQfred Lang
lois and Odeln Butler, who were jointly
indicted for assault upon officers Will
liam Albert and Herbert Gibbs at
Waterville, Jan. -. The case was
tried before a drawn jury with Sam
uei B. Edwards of Winthrop as fore
man. Clair for defendants.
Officer Albert was the first witness
called. He testified that on the night
of the 18th day of January between II
and Il O'Clock as he was standing in
the street talking with Officer Gibbs
and Frank W. Manson. He heard a
noise across the street in the Langlois
place and saw that the glass in the
front door was broken. He hurried
across the street to see what the mat
ter was When he opened the door
Langlois clnched with him. While he
was there heard Gibbs, who had en-
tered the place with him call for help.
Went from the back room where he
ard Langlois We're to the front room.
Found Butler On top O., Gibbs holding
on to Gibbs club. He struck Butler
and finally succeeded in getting hold
of him and taking him to the station.
Later found Langlois in the street,
very drunk and swearing loudly. and
took him into custody. Mr.. Manson
testified that after the officers went
in he looked through the broken glass
in the door of the saloon. Heard con-
versation between the officers and
men, partly in French. Thought the Of
ficers might have trouble and went at
ter another policeman, but was I'M
able to find any.
Joseph Noel testified to being in the
Langlois place at the time the trouble
with the officers took place. Saw Lang
lois push the door back. Saw Lang
lois and Butler struggling. Could not
saw which clinched first. Langlois tes-
tilted that he was not in condition to
tell what happened on the night the
encounter took place. Butler cannot
speak English, but through his inter-
prefer testified that he made no resist
ance to the officer, but said the officer
struck him. The case went to the jury
at 430 and after being out somewhat
over an hour returned what might be
called a mixed verdict. The jury found
Langlois not guilty and Butler guilty
upon the charge of assault upon Officer
Gibbs On the charge of assault upon
officer Albert the jury failed to agree
in the case of Langlois and in the case
of Butler brought in a verdict of not
guilty The court sentenced Butler to
$50 and costs or 60 days in jail. His
counsel took exceptions and Butler
furnished bail in the sum of $400.
While the jury was out on the Wa
terville case the State was allowed to
present it's side of q liquor nuisance
case against Clara Vaughan of Car
diner Former Deputy Sheriff Burns
testified to seeing men a number of
times in the past year go in and out of
her house at the corner of Water and
Mechanic street, intoxicated. Testl-
fed to visiting the house to arrest the
woman in company with Officer
Choate She was at the table with two
soldiers, all more or less intoxicated.
Had difficulty in getting her to go
with the officers. Former Deputy Sher-
iff Choate testified to visiting the
house with officer Burns. Said he had
a warrant from the Augusta municipal
court. City Marshal Cults Of Gardiner
testified that he had frequently seen
intoxicated people going in and out OF
the house. The defence in the Vaughan
case will be presented by Attorney
Whitehouse when the court resumes
its session today.
County Attorney Hildreth, as has
been his custom during this term OF
court moved for Jail sentence when
Amos Nadeau of Waterville came up
for sentence upon a liquor nuisance
Indictment and an appealed liquor
case from the Waterville municipal
court The court imposed 5000 and costs
| or four months in Jail on the liquor
nuisance and 500 and costs and GO
DAYS in Jail on the appealed case. Ma
deau through his counsel, F. w Clair,
| filed exceptions and furnished bail In
| the sum of $500.