Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-03-05
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BILL IN EQUITY,
Unusual Request Made
By County Attorney
Alleges That WatervlIIe Wom-
an Maintains Liquor Nuisance.
Asks Injunction Retaining Use Of
= kBulIding for Such Purpose.

Gardiner has filed a bill in equity in the
supreme judicial court asking that Celina
Bolduc of Waterville be restrained from
using certain building in Waterville as
a liquor nuisance. A hearing upon the
bill is ordered by Chief Justice Emery
for the first Tuesday in April. The pro-
ceeding is somewhat unusual one and
the hearing and it's outcome will be
awaited with considerable interest.
The bill in equity is as follows:
STATE OF acknowledgements SIS. Su-
preme judicial court, in equity. State
of Maine, on information of Guy A. Hill
dreth, county attorney, VS.. Celina Boil
due of Waterville. To the supreme jul
dicial court in equity
Guy A. Hildreth of Gardiner in said
county. county attorney for said county.
in behalf of said State informing, COM
plains against Celina Bolduc of Water
vile. in the county of Kennebec and
State of Maine. as defendant and says:
First. certain lot or parcel of land
bounded and described as follows: West
65 feet by Front street; southerly by land
"a e'S i<oNNWoou SOflpdHs edSlcIIy
about IS feet by the Kennebec river; and
north about 175 feet by land of heirs OF
+. l.. Thayer. together with a right of
way in common with others over the fol-
lowing land. namely. commencing at a
point in the east line of Front street, l.
feet, measured on said street, north of
above described lot; thence at right an
giles with said street IS feet, thence north
parallel with said street Il feet: thence
east at right angles with said street SO
feet to the first described land thence
west on north line of said last named
land 100 feet to said street; thence north
on said street to the point begun at, ex-
cepting the headwater, which the said
company placed in said river in 1896 and
appurtenances thereto, on the first day of
January 1909. was, and on divers days
and times since has been and still is used
for the illegal sale and illegal keeping Of
intoxicating liquors and on said date
and on divers days and times since has
been and still is a place of resort where
intoxicating liquors are kept sold, given
away. drunk and dispensed in a manner
not provided by law. and on said date and
on divers days and times since has been
and still is a common nuisance to the
great injury and common nuisance of all
citizens of said State
Second. The said Celina Bolduc is and
has been since the said first day of Jan
uary, 1909, the owner and person having
control of said building and the appur-
'tenances thereto, and said Celina Bolduc
since said date has knowingly let said
building for the illegal purposes described
in Section ], and has knowingly permit
ted and still knowingly permits said
building to be so used.
Wherefore your complainant prays:
l. That the said Ceina Bolduc, her at
torneys, agents and servants, may be en-
joined and restrained during the penden-
cy of this suit and perpetually from US
ing said building or permitting the same
to be used for the illegal sale and lille
gal keeping of intoxicating liquors. or as
place of resort where intoxicating Ii
quors are kept. sold. given away drunk
or dispensed in any manner not provided
by law, and from the further mainte-
nance of said nuisance
. That said court may restrain, en-
join and abate said nuisance.
8. For such other and further relief as
the nature of the case may require
And may it please this honorable court
to grant the complainant its writ of in
junction. both preliminary and perma-
nent, against the said defendant, restrain
ing her, her attorneys, against and SER
wants, as hereinbefore prayed for. and to
restrain. enjoin and abate said nuisance,
and to issue it's subpoena to the said de-
PENDANT commanding her to appear before
this court and answer to this bill of COM
plant at the April Rules following. and
abide the orders and DEGREES of court
thereon.
GUY A. HILDRETH.
County Attorney.