Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-27
Verdict Of Guilty in Hon.
|ehan Nuisance Case.
Trial Of Another Case Against
Same Respondent Begins.
Testimony for State Will Be Taken
This Morning.

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guilty at 5 p. NJ. Wednesday in the
liquor nuisance case against Peter a.
Houlehan Of Farmingdalc, which has
been on trial in the Kennebec county
superior court Tor the past two days.
The trial of another liquor nuisance
case against the same resDondt mt was
immediately begun upon the conclusion
of tl.is case.A jury was drawn and the
taking of the testimony in the case
will begin Immediately upon the open
ing II court this morning.
The state continued the presenta-
ton of its evidence in the liquor NUS
ance case against Peter A. Houlehan
of FarmnSdale at the opening of the
| su )crior court Wednesday morning.
Constable Martin Burns of Gardner
testified to visiting the Thorne stable
on Aug. -. and seeing brought from
| the basement. faucet, measure for
filling bottles and a basket containing
corks, which was identified by him
when exhibited in court by County At
| torney Hildreth.
Judge James NJ. Larrabee of the
| Gardiner municipal court was asked
| to read from his docket any record OF
conviction Of the respondent under a
| search and seizure process at the
premises mentioned in the indictment
since Jan. 1907. Judge Larrabee read
the following from his docket which
he testified referred to liquors taker
| from the Thorne stable.
Aug. "a, 1909. Peter A. Houlehan
search and seizure. Aug. &c, plea Of
not guilty. Aug. 30, found guilty
| fined 800 and costs and 60 days il
| Jail. Sept =, fine and Jail sentence
mol pressed on payment Of costs.
Aug. %, 1909. Peter A. Houlehan
search and seizure, plea of not guilty
Aug. 90, found guilty. Sentence i'm
posed of 500 and costs of $15.S2 anC
so days in Jail. Appealed and fur
nished sureties. Sept. 6. Jail sentence
moi pressed upon payment of fine ano
l'costS.
Judge Larrabee on cross examina
ton stated that only two labels were
presented at the trial in the Gardine
municipal court bearing the name o.
! w n Trask. Witness testified tina
the respondent stated to him that he
didn't own the liquors seized but would
settle rather than take the>case fur
Their in the courts.
| Attorney Heselton.-"Dd you take {
bond of Peter Houlehan in the sun
of $1,000 not to violate any provisions
1 of the prohibitory law for the mex
three years."
| Judge Larrabee,-'I did and the
bond is on file"
| Attorney Heselton.-"Was that VIII.
| maid IA and +.
tied the case?"
Judge Larrabee,-"The mol pros en-
tries were made after the bond wa:
given
Attorney Heselton,-"Did you consul
with County Attorney Hildreth re-
| garding this settlement"
Judge Larrabee,-'I talked the mat
ter over with the County Attorney"
Attorney Heselton,-"Dd Mr.. Houle
han at any time plead guilty?"
Judge Larrabee,-"He did not. He
was found guilty"
County Attorney Hildreth,-"Did
| influence you in any way in remttine
the Jail sentence in Mr.. Houlehan':
| cases p"
| Judge Larrabee,-"Yo did not. W.
| had thought there would be jai
sentence
Eugene Neal Of Randolph, a truck
man in the employ of S. w. Talbot
testified that since 1907 he had beer
sent by Mr.. Talbot to deliver good:
marked w. H. Trask. Witness hat
delivered them at the stable door o.
2. A. Houlehan on Mechanic street
Witness never saw Mr.. Houlehan a
no CT Oh in ba,
he delivered the goods.
Henry Roberts of Farmingdale. an
other truckman in the employ of S
w. Talbot, testified that he knew OF
no one by the name of w. H. Trask
Had hauled goods marked in that
name to the Houlehan stable on Back
street.
\ recess was taken at 1020 in order
to allow Judge Larrabee to return to
Gardiner and present to the court the