Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-18

been one of party of five that had spent hours of Sunday drinking cider mixed with Jamaica ginger in Rem ick's back room. led up to the appear ance of both men in court, Connell on a charge of intoxication and Renick for breaking the liquor law.
 Besides selling to Connell ReniclS made sales of bottles of hard cider to Capt. John Murray and Special Of- hcer Harry Stratton on Sunday.
 When put on the stand Renick did not deny this, but said that he be- neved he had right to sell sweet elder; he shad sold the cider openly and says that Prospecting Attorney Huber D. Card had told him a year ago that he could sell sweet cider. Renick confessed his inability to tell when cider ceased to be sweet and entered that condition known as hard. He even took a drink of the cider sold by him on Sunday and offered as evidence against him in court and declared it to be sweet. Everybody else in the case (they only smelled) declared it to be hard.
 As a witness against Renick, Con- nell testified that he and four other men went into Renick's place about ten o'clock Sunday morning and sat about tables in the back room drink ing cider mixed with Jamaica ginger until about two o'clock. Connell said he had had some whiskey before go- ing to Renick's, but was drunker when he went in than when he came out. He told of having many drinks, bought a glass at a time.
 Renick admitted selling them cider and told about throwing two of them out when they became boisterous. He also admitted during his testimony Sunday and that he had also sold Jamaica ginger. He would not ad- init, however. that he knew what the ginger was to be used for. He plead -G .In4 N-w. r.f A1a.a liquor law at every turn and declared he had no intent to do wrong.
 In view of the feeling that has de- veIoped in Putnam during the last year and a half over the tnterpreta- ton and enforcement of the Sunday laws, the remarks of Prosecuting Att torney J. F. Carpenter, after a con- tinuance of the Renicl case for one month had been agreed upon, are of special interest.
 For Renick's enlightenment and to state his position to the court rela- tive to the transaction of business on Sunday, Attorney Carpenter said that by his own testimony Renick showed that men were in his place drinking cider mixed with Jamaica ginger, which is violation of the liquor laws under the interpretation of the supreme court MT. Carpenter also fck allowing a rum -besotted crowd of 1oafers to 1oiter around his store on Sunday under such conditions as those that have existed there, so long as he was prosecuting attorney of this city. He also wanted it clearly understood that because a continuance of the case had been asked for. there was no req son to infer that the defendant was going scot free. He hoped the store would be conducted not as it has been conducted, with a crowd of ioafers drinking in the back room.
 Continuing, MT. Carpenter said that he wanted the .people of Putnam to understand that there is to be de- cent Sunday observance in this town and that they are going to have a clean Sunday, so long as he and his assistant continue in their present of- fices. Things may be sold that are needed and he wanted the people to
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