The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-10
SEVERAL COURT CASES.
Four Were for toxieation-Errant Boy
Back Again.

-Four arrests for intoxieation were
made by the police officers over Sunday,
one arrest being made by each of the
four officers. The quartet was arraigned
in the city court this morning and two
Of them paid up and the other two went
TO the county Jail. W. J. Pierce, ar
rested Sunday afternoon BY chief Sin.
clair, pleaded guilty to a subsequent Of
fense and paid a fine with costs amount
ing to S22.44. u Armstrong, arrested
Saturday night by officer Gamble, plead
ed guilty to a first oiFense and paid a
total OF $3.50. w B. Martin, arrested
early Sunday morning by officer Carrie,
pleaded guilty to a first oifense. He
was assessed sl2.69, which he was unable
to pay, and went to Jail for 20 days.
Napoleon paquin, arrested Saturday
night by officer Dineen, pleaded guilty
to a subsequent offense This was the
second time Paquin had been up for a
drunk within a week The last time he
disclosed on Joseph Thibesu as the man
who had furnished him his liquor, but
Thibeau proved ain alibi and was dis
charged This morning Paquin was
asked to disclose again, and he told that
he met an unknown" man, whom he
gave so cents to 60 and get him some
whiskey.
Paquin had been released on his prevl-
Gus charge on his employers agreeing
to pay his fine for him II he would re-
turn to work, but it seems that he
worked only few days, and his fine
had not been paid Judge Scott sem
4o,,.,J bt,, a. tha ,n,,rrx fasI fnr ~
days on his previous offense and at the
expiration OF this sentence to serve 30
days more for to-days offense.
Though he was well treated, lonesome
ness, he said, caused Merton Martin to
escape from the Vermont industrial
school at Yergennes last Tuesday for
the second time within three weeks.
He arrived at Williamstown. where his
home is, last Friday night and, break
ing into the store Of which his father,
Edgar Martin, is proprietor, hid under
counter sll day Saturday and when
the store closed up Saturday night he
filled a suit case with clothing from
the store and, taking about $40 in change
from the cash register, walked to the
Gulf house, where he went into barn
and slept on the hay until Sunday morn
ing.
He was found by the proprietor of the
Gulf house and turned over to constable
A. A. Reed of Williamst0wn. who brought
him to the lookup in this city last even
ing. Constable Reed then telephoned
to sheriff Baldwin at Wells River that
he had the boy, and the sheriff win ar.
rive to-day to take him back to YER
gennes. Martin told the officers here
that he had no fault to find with his
treatment at the industrial school, but
he was lonesome there and did not like
20 stay.
lie was taken back TO vergennes after
his first escape two weeks ago to-day.
On his first escape he returned to VIII
liamstown and broke into his fathers
store and took 81 from the cash regis
ter. Martin said that he made his sec
ond escape last Tuesday by jumping
down through a scuttle hole in the barn
floor when no one was watching-him
and made his way back home by Jump
ing freight trains. Martin Is IA years
of age aud was sent TO Vergennes last
spring for the remainder OF his minority
for stealing.