Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-09

Fred w. Clair of Waterville for the

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| respondent.
! Deputy Sheriff Charles C. Besse, Jr,
| of Albion testified that he was in Wa
tervile Aug. II. Witness saw Frank
Brown go into the Bay View hotel and
came out later with Il pint of WhiSkey.
Frank Brown of Albion testified that
he bought a pint of whiskey of David
Pooler in the toilet room of the Bay
| View hotel on the forenoon of Aug.
II. Witness paid Pooler rs cents for
the whskey Witness also made Il visit
to the Pay View hotel on Aug. 9 and
purchased liquor of Pooler.
Attorney Clair-"You and Mr.. Besse
were working together, We're you
not?"
| BroWn-"We We're in way"
i Attorney Clair-"What was the ar
arrangement? Were you paid by the day
or so much for each sale you got cV-
idence OFF,
The witness hestated in answering
the question but finally allowed that it
was the understanding that he should
be paid so much for each sale of
which he got evidence.
Deputy Sheriff Besse, recalled by the
defence, testified that he was in the
Bay View hotel on the 9th and not on
the 18th, and on that day heard Brown
ask Pooler for a pint of liquor and
saw them go towards the dining room.
The first witness called by the de
fence was the respondent. David Pool
| er, night clerk at the Bay View no
tel. Witness testified that Besse ana
| Brown visited the Bay View House
| Aug. 3, when he was acting in the ca
pacity Of hell boy. Witness met Brown
| in the house Aug. II and Brown asked
| him FOR Whiskey. Witness told him
| there was none in the house and he ask
ed him if he could go out and get
him some. Witness told him he could
not Witness had never sold Brown
any liquor.
| County attOrney-"Did YOU sell lid
uor when YOU was bell boy at the
| Bay View hotel, before you were night
clerk"
Witnoss-"I sometimes served lid
nor to the guests when they asked
| for it,
County attorney-"When Mr.. Brown
| testified that you sold liquor to him
and he paid you Is cents for Il pint of
it. was he mistaken or not"
Witncss--"Ile lies. | never sold him
any liquor"
| Frank r. Reynolds of Waterville tes-
| tilted that he met BeSSe and Brown in
Waterville Monday. Aug. 8 Brown
asked witness if they We're doing any
| business at the Bay View and witness
| told them, mo Witness went into
the hotel later and heard Pooler re-
fuse to sell Brown a pint of Whislley.
Mrs. Eliza ClUkey, cook at the Bay
| View hotel, testified that she was in
| the provision room opposite the desk
| in the Bay View hotel one morning
and heard a man ask Pooler if he had
any liquor and Poolcr replied that he
| was not selling anything Witness was
| not sure that Brown was the man. but
| heard Dave PoOler say chats Brown
| Fred NJ. Savage of Waterville. for
mcrly proprietor of the Bay View ho-
| tel, testified that David Poolcr was
working for him as bell boy at the Bay
| View hotel in August Witness teSti-
fed that he did no further business in
| the liquor line after the seizure by the
| officers in May. No liquor was about
the hotel in August The present pro-
| prietor of the Bay View House is
| Frank e. Thompson.
| Cross-cXamned witness testified
that Poolcr took liquor to the rooms
of guests before the seizure made by
| the officers in May.
| Frank Brown recalled by the state,
testified that when he visited the Bay
| View House Monday, Aug. Q, it was
in the evening and the lights were
lighted, and the visit on Wednesday
was made in the morning.
The arguments We're finished and the
case went to the jury at Sc
| George A. Daviau of WatcrVlle
| came up for sentence on an illegal
| keerinG case in which he had been
| found guilty at the present term of
court. County Attorney Hildreth ar
gued for a fine and Jail sentence. as
the case was one against drug store
in which it had been particularly hard
to convict. The court imposed q fine
of 500 and costs and in dafauit of nav
ment of fine and costs so days in jail.
4 Jail sentence Of 80 days was remit
ted if the respondent should furnish
bonds in the sum of $1,000 not to vio-
late any provisions of the prohibitory
taken before sentence was pronounced
by the counsel for the respondent to
statements in the warrant and to the
| admission of evidence.
The jury in the Pooler case just be-
fore adjournment brought in n Yer
dict Of guilty. Exceptions We're filed
by counsel.
| Demurrer was taken on the other
single sale case and Poolcr came III
for sentence on both eases. A sentence
of $50 and costs or 60 days in jail was
imposed in each case and Poolor was
required to furnish in addition bono
of $500 not to engage in the liquor
business for two years.
ONE DEAD-ONE INJURED.
Wild Runaway With Disastrous Re
Suits Eridav in Portland