Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-02


Antonio Balduc, on an appealed single
sale case.
A number of stiff sentences for pro-
hibitory law violations were metcd out
by Judge Hall ut fridays session of
the court.
The next case on the docket is that
of State versus George Landry of Wa
terville an indictment for single sale.
Court will convene ut $50 o'clock
Saturday morning.
At the opening of the superior court
Friday morning the jury in the case of
state versus George \. Darvian, a Wa
tervillc druggist, indicted for maintain
ing Il liquor nuisance, returned a YER
dict Of not guilty and the respondent
was discharged The jury had the case
under consideration for about two
hours. Fred w. Clair of Waterville
appeared for the respondent and was
warmly congratulated by the members
Of the bar on his presentation of the
case for the defence
At the resumption of the case of
state versus William Balduc of Water
Vile. proprietor of the Exchange Hotel
i'll that city charged with maintaining.
a liquor nuisance, Charles L. BesSey.pf
Albion, Il deputy sheriff, was called To
the stand. On the ninth day Of last
August the witness testified that he'
saw Frank H. Brown buy two drinks
and n half pint or whiskey at the En-
change hotel. He also saw other men
buying Whiskey and drinking it in the
hotel.
On cross examination the witness
testified that he did not know who the
men were who We're drinking in the
Exchange Hotel
Attorney Clair-'Didn't you take the
names of those men drinking there?"
Witness-"No, SIR
'And you came to Waterville for the
express purpose of getting evidence ?"
Il did"
Did you see William Balduc, this
in the house that day?"
81 did not
Deputy Sheriff George r. Nickery of
testified to assisting sheriff
GetChell and Deputy Sheriff Dawson
in search of the Exchange Hotel dur
Ing the week of the last Central Maine
fair. A man was caught coming down
stairs with several bottles in his pos
session in one of which there was a
small quantity of whiskey and in all
of which there were dregs of whiskey.
a man was found upstairs on a bed
aSleer dressed
On cross examination by Attorney
Clair the witness testified that he made
Il very thorough search of the premises,
upstairs and downstairs
Charles NJ. harrington, city marshal
of Watervil!c, testified that he had
seen intoxicated men coming from the
Exchange Hotel since the first of last
January.
on cross examination the witness tes-
titled that he saw William Balduc the
proprietor. drive intoxicated persons
away from the house.
After the opening by Attorney Clair
four witnesses were sworn in behalf of
the defence.
Philip GirouX of North Vassalboro. a
weaver, was called as the first witness
He testified that he met Antonio Balduc
whom the State alleged sold liquor to
Frank Fl. Brown on the day of the al
legged sale and the witness and Antonio
Balduc watched them sorting logs on
the Winslow side of the river all the
forenoon.
On cross examination by County At
torney IIildrcth the witness testified
that he had not been drinking on the
day that he and Antonio Balduc were
watching the men at work on the
BOOM The witness had known Anto-
Mo Balduc for II years
County Attorney Did YOU ever buy
any liquor OF Antonio Balduc?"
Witness-"No sir
And you had not been drinking on
the day that you and Balduc went To
the boom.''
I had not been drinking that day,
no SIR
AND YOU and Balduc stayed down to
the boom that day without taking a
drink?''
I'VE did,
IcWctt Pratt of Fairfield, who was
on the boom at Winslow, tes-
tilted that William Balduc and William
GirouX were at the boom on the day
they said they were there. When the
witness left the boom at quarter of II
on this day to go to dinner Balduc and
GiroGX We're at the boom 'hOuse
On cross examination the witness tes-
tilted that from their appearance Mes
srs Balduc> and Giroux might have
been drinking.
Frank Caro- of Waterville testified
that he was employed on the boom at
and remembered that Balduc
ara GirouX came to the boom on the
OF August 9th, and stayed
there until o'clock in the afternoon.
The witness stayed at the boom until
. O'Clock in the afternoon and when the
witness left Antonio Balduc was in his
bunk.
Antonio BalLuc testified that he was
q brother of the RESPONDENT and worked