Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-03-31
SKOWAECAN;
N. P. Goliath, Northwest
Garry, Found Not Guilty
In Liquor Case Which Has At
tracted Much Attention.
Funeral Of Late Mrs. Florence Wei
ler...personaI Mention.

Martin r. Goliath, postmaster and
hotel proprietor at North West Carry
near Moosehead lake. was on trial be-
fore a jury in the supreme court
Wednesday forenoon on the charge of
search and seizure, an appealed case
from the Skowhegan municipal court.
The respondent was represented by
Hon. Forest Goodwin. AT the close of
the States evidence the respondent
through his attorney made d motion
that a verdict be returned for the re-
spondent on the grounds that the State
had failed to prove it's case. Justice
Peabody sustained the motion and the
respondent was found not guilty.
The case has had more or less inter-
est throughout the county since its iirst
advent into the courts. 1t was the
latter part of February that Colbath
went 20 the station at kineO and called
for some freight and also told the
agent, Virgil Bell, that h lColbath),
expected some liquor to COM if it had
not already arrived. 1t was then in
the express office. The liquor was con
signed to Martin Prescott and Mr. Col
bath told the agent that Prescott
would come after it. According to q
law, an order was necessary from the
consignee ard Goliath signed III" order
Martin Prescott. Tho agent learned
that Goliath and Prescott were the
same man and he would not deliver the
liquor, which was 19 gallons OF WhiSkey.
The agent communicated with the
American Express superintendent ana
in the meantime the liquor was seized
by Deputy Sheriff Charles Chute Of
SkOWhegan. At tho hearing in tho
lower court the respondent waived
reading of the warrant and entered .
plea Of not guilty.
Justice Peabody in his decision said
that the liquor had not been delivered
to the consignee and that in his opinion
that the interstate commerc" law pro-
tccted the cOnsignee from the PrObib-
tory law.
In his motion for verdict for the
respondent, Hon. Forest Goodwin said
that the state had failed in producing
evidence to show that the respondent
had kept the liquors in deposit and
that he had liquors for Illegal sale.
State vs. Vede Gilbert of lockwood
was on trial Tuesday afternoon on the
charge of search and seizure. an ap-
Dtdlpl case lIoul tIlt 'NhoWilceSoli NUM-
ipal court The jury returned a YER
dict of guilty. The sentence Of the
lower court was affirmed. 800 and costs
and 30 days in Jail.
The case Fred Russell VS.. The OK
ford p of II. Insurance Co. was taken
up before Justice Peabody Tuesday
afternoon. 1t was agreed by the at
tornevs, Butler * Putler. for .he plain
tiff and James Wright for the defend
ant that the case should go TO the law
court. The action is to recover insur-
ance money for the loss of buildings
by the plaintiff in South Solon about
year ago which were insured in the
defendant company. The amount o.
the policy was 5000. The defendant
company contends that it is not Ii
atle for the insurance as the plaintiff
did not pay his assessment. The plain
tiff's contention is that due notice was
not given.
The funeral of the late Mrs Flor
ence tMitchelD Weller We're held Tues
day afternoon. Rev. B. B. Merrill OF
the Congregational church officiating.
The remains We're taken Wednesday
to Lawrence. Mass. for interment. The
bearers were Michael Corey, Fred
Hurley. Charles Turner James Gill
fillan. Stock Barron and Harry Louth-
ier, The remains were accompanied
to Lawrence by the members of the
immediate family and Mrs. John Rob-
inson. The baby born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Weller on the day of the death of Mrs.
Weller died Tuesday night.
Frank Parsons, for several years
chauffeur for F.. p. Nilcs, left Wednes-
day for Denver Col, where he has a
position as demonstrator for an au-
tomobile company.
T.. p. Viles, who has ben spending
the winter in Augusta with his son.
Blaine Niles and family, has returned
to Skowhegan for the summer and
opened his home on Madison avenue
All indications show now that the
SkoWhegan High school will have one
of the best baseball teams that it has
mad for sometime past. 1t is true that
the team lost good man in James
Read by his graduation last spring, but
there are some excellent men who have
negun to show up splendidly ON the
team. The team has not entirely been
made up. but there is little doubt but
that the following men will be on. khe
team: LaCasce. Badger, BurrilkssSy-
inohds, Fowler. Murray. and Pierce.
George Merriam, secretary of the
BOYS r, NJ c. A. in Portland. is visit
u,s nus parents, Rev. and Mrs. George
Merriam >'' So
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