Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-16
SUPERIOR COURT,
Two More Liquor Cases
Go to the Jury.
Agreement Not Reached in
The Herrin Case.
0nyI a Few Cases Now Remain on
The Criminal Docket.

The superior court disposed of two
more cases by jury trial Thursday in
addition to giving several sentences in
cases, which did not come up for trial
There are now only few cases re-
naming on the criminal docket in adj
-dition to the continued liquor cases
from last term, in which the "spotter"
evidence failed to materialize at that
TIME, and the libel case against Rev.
H. \. Pringle. The first case for trial
today, will be the liquor nuisance case
against Charles e. Sturgis of Augusta
When sthe superior court opened
Thursday morning the jury brought in
verdict Of guilty in the liquor nuis-
ance case against William Il. Quinn of
Hallowell, which went to. the jury
Wednesday afternoon Counsel for
respondent, Fred Emery Became of
Hallowell, filed, exceptions. County At
torney Hildreth asked for a Jail SEN
tence on the ground that Quinn was an
old offender. Quinn was sentenced to
pay a fine of $500 and costs and 60 days
in Jail and in default of payment Of
fine and costs four months additional
in Jail. with the understanding that The
Jail sentence would be striker out if
Quinn would furnish bonds in the sum
of $500 to go out of the liquor business
and remain out for two years.
The next cases to come up were the
three against John Murphy of Augusta.
steward of the Eagles Athletic club
Joseph Williamson of Augusta APP
peared for Murphy. On an appealed
slot machine case from the Augusta
municipal court, Murphy pleaded nolo
and was fined 800 and costs and in
default of payment of costs 30 days in
Jail. On an appealed search and
seizure case he also pleaded nolo and
was fined 800 and costs and in default
of payment of costs so days in Jail.
On a nuisance case growing out CT
the search and seizure case and found
by indictment by the grand jury
Murphy was fined 5000 and costs and in
default OF payment of fine and costs
four months in Jail Demurrer was
filed to the sentence in the nuisance
case and the proper sureties furnished
by Murphy.
The case of state VS.. Alonzo F.
Gardiner of Charles. indicted for liquor
nuisance as the owner of a building
was mol pressed on the ground that the
case depended upon the previous case
against Ernest Mari in which the jury
failed to find a verdict
William H. Shaw of Augusta was
sentenced to $3.50 and costs or four
months in Jail upon a nuisance case
and upon an appealed search and
seizure case he was given sentence of
500 and costs and 80 days in Jail and
in default of payment of fine and costs
60 days additional in Jail. These two
cases were taken to the law court on
demurrer An Indictment against
Shaw for maintaining a drinking house
and tipping shop was placed on file
NJ f. Sawtelle appeared as counsel for
Shaw.
The next matter to come up upon
the County Attorneys docket was the
appealed search and seizure case
against Jennie Quincy, alias Harvey Of
Augusta w. H. Fisher appeared for
Mrs Quincy. The case went on trial
before the first jury. Three men on
the panel We're challenged by the
County Attorney and replaced by other
jurymen
The first witness for the State was
DEPUTY Sheriff Frank J. Ham of Au-
gusta. He testified to raiding the
house occupied by Mrs. Quincy on
upper State street, March 10 in com
pany with Deputy Sheriffs Nickery
and Rlanchette The visit was made
about o'clock in the evening. He
found a quart bottle of wine under
meath loaves of bread in wash bolle"
in a cupboard in the kitchen and saw
Mrs. Quincy take pitcher from
another cupboard and dash its contents
into the sink and then throw the
pitcher into pan of water. The SINK
afterwards smelied of whiskey. He
also found number of bottles down
cellar.
Deputy Sheriff George r. Nickery Of
Hallowefi testified to finding down Gel
lar washtub filled with half pint bot
files. some of them with liquor in the
bottom. He saw Mrs. Gurney's nus
band in the house and also announcer
man by the name of Lappin, who was
drunk and interfered the oHlcers III
their duty. Cross examined by Attor-
ney Fisher, Deputy Sheriff Nickery
stated that he examined about doz-
en- Of the pint bottles and found them
labeled the same.
Deputy Sheriff Joseph o. Blanchette
testified to visiting tie house with the