Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-22

this morning is that of State VS.. Han
lnah Woodward of Sidney, an lndict-
ment for cruelty to animals. NJ. S. Hol-
| wav of Augusta is the counsel for the
respondent.
The case of State versus Joseph M.
| Thompson of Hallowell. indicted for
the larceny of $50 from Reuel IL. Seek
| ms. was resumed at the opening of the
superior court Tuesday morning.
! M. II. Goliath of Randolph, night
baggage master for the Maine Central
Railroad Company at Gardiner, called
| by the State, testified that he loaned
the respondent a lantern on the even
ling of August 30, the respondent stat
| ing that his wife had lost her bracelet
ard he wanted to find it ii he could.
| The woman whom the respondent SAID
was his wife was in the ladies' room
and she left On the Pullman that night
| for Boston.
City Marshal George r. Vickery of
IHallowell, recalled, testified that the
Respondent told him after bis arrest
that he bought his liquor in Boston.
| Reuel II. ;5eckins, the complainant,
recalled, testified that he had mot been
drinking on the afternoon when he lost
his money when the respondent called
at his shop and he did not send the re
spondent out for liquor.
Judge Benedict F. Maher of the Au-
gusta municipal court produced the
records of his court showing that
Thompson had been convicted of the
larceny of feather beds and intoXica-
ton.
The tt orlpson case was given to the
Jury at II o'clock and after delibera
ton of half an hour a verdict of guilty
was returned
County Attorney Hildreth asked that
a stiff sentence be melted out to
Thompson whom the county attorney
lclassed as a dangerous criminal.
Thompson was sentenced to serve
one year in the States prison at
Tnomaston.
The next case to be taken up before
the Jury was that of State versus 10
siah Allen of Augusta, an indictment
for common seller. County Attorney
Hildreth appeared for the State and f
w. Whitehouse of Augusta for the re-
spOndent
The first witness called in behalf OF
the State was George r. Vickery OF
HalloWell, a. deputy sheriff. He tcsti-
fed that he saw the respondent make
Il six sales of liquor on the Thomastor
road about the first of last June. The
witness and Deputy Sheriff Bucklin OF
I4itchfield went out to the vicinity OF
the National Home early one morning
About o'clock Allen began to do bust
ness in the road, making several sales
to the members of the Home. Witness
caught the respondent in the act OF
making a sale and arrested. the re-
spondent telling the witness that he
made the sales on the government res
ervation. The sales were made on the
Thomaston road, $50 yards from the
Copeland place. and they were not
made on the government reservation.
| On cross examination by Attorney
Whitchouse the witness testified that
he knew that the distance from where
he saw the respondent make the sale
of liquor to the Copeland house was
$50 yards because he had measured it,
The witness saw sales of liquor made
to soldiers and saw the money passed
to the respondent.
Questioned by the court the witness
| t'Slilttu an tIle StltN Nti' Iiit'ue
in one day and the transactions did
not take place on the government res
lervation.
| On redirect examination the witness
testified that whiskey glass was
found on the respondent when he was
Iarrested.
Deputy Sheriff Albert r. Bucklin OF
Litchfiell testified that he was with
Deputy Sheriff Nickcry and they saw
the respondent make several sales OF
liquor none Of which were made or
the government reservation.
| on cross examination the witness
testified that he did not know to whom
the respondent made the sales but the
members of the National Home
The jury in the case of State VS.. Jo-
siah Allen of Augusta, an indictment
for common seller returned a verdict
of guilty after a deliberation of a few
minutes. Allen was sentenced as fol-
lows: Common seller indictment, fine
of 500 and costs and 80 days in jail
and in default of payment 80 days adj
ditional in Jail; appealed single sale
from the Augusta municipal court, fine
of $50 and costs and 30 days in Jail and
in default of payment to serve 80 days
in JAIL appealed single sale from the
Augusta municipal court, fine of 5000
and costs and 60 days in Jail and in de-
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