Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-17
Louis Ceroux Found Guilty
Oh Illegal Possession
Is Fined S1OO and Costs, with
Usual jail Alternative.
waie'viIle Larceny Case Carried
Over to This Week.

N Tia uhenlng Of court SATURDAY
morning the cas- of Louis GerouX
charged with the Illegal possession Of
intoxicating liquors, WIS heard and
after ali the evidence had been pre-
scented the jury found Mr. Gtroux
guilty and the court imposed a SEN
tcnce Of 500 and costs and in de-
fault Of payment 80 days in the coun-
ty jail. Mr.. GeruuX through his at
torney. Emery O Beana of Hallo-
we'll, pleaded nolo conteadere to the
second charge of maintaining a liquor
nuisance and the court placed the
lntaN tntent on tile.
Tn tirst witness for tn state was
| Joseph p. Mccarthy a deputy sheriff
ot Waterville who testitied that on
March II he VITA Officers Beliveal
and GaGnon went to the home a
GernuX whore after threatening To
break down tine doors they were ad-
mitted and found in the shed at the
rear of the kitchen a kag Of High
land Spring ale and surrounding it
were four men, but only one was in
toXicated. Witness said that GerouX
was there III his shirt sleeves and Wit
ness told the respondent that the ke !
Was what he wanted, Whereupon Ge-
roaN replied We'll 60 aheed and take
it. Witness stated that he never
knew GerouX to have any business
The next witness was Deputy Sher-
lift Harry Beiliveau ana he stated that
he accompanied Mccarthy and found
EereuX there with Paul Lubier and
Timothy Sexton and three other fell
lows hut Sexton was then the only
one drunk Witness made the re-
spondent nut on his coat and they
arrested him. Respondent made the
following statement: IF | had my
coat on you wouldn't have got me-"
Vital Gagnpn, a special officer of
Waterville, was tine next witness and
stated that the respondents mother
said: we are not the cnly ones.
why don't Nou go across the street -"
Respondent stated Well this means
60 days Witness asked. Are YOU
acquainted with the judge 30 Answer:
wv ell I've seen the old fellow once
or twice" He stated that the liquor
WAS not concealed but in Il shed Wis
ible from the street.
Louis GerouX then took the stand
in his own behalf and stated that
lie never sold liquor. He said he
shined shoes for q living and was
also IL laborcI. There WAS a bunch
of fellows over in my brothers bar
Der shop and ! had some beer thar
was getting HAT. and | gave them an
invitation over to drink it up" 1t
was Highland spring ale and came
from the GlenWood Spring at Angus
= Moi, -
use. Thn door wasn't locked when
the police came.
Paul Lub;"r, one of the men present
when the raid took place, was ralle /
and told the same story as Louis
but said the shed door was fastened
Witness said; Il never paid Louis
for any ale and didn't see anyone
else pay him anything" Sheriff Rich
ardson took the stand and testified
that he had received a telephone call
from Watcrville stating that the re-
spondent's mother was unable to be
present. on account of old age. This
concludet all the testimony and the
jury returned the above verdict.
The next case was that of State VS..
Edward Goodson. John b. McHaftic,
Thomas Mccarthy and Fred I.ashus.
all Of Waterville and charged with lar
ceny from the person of William Grov-
en- an aged man who had come out OF
the woods and had about $50 on his
person. Ralph w. Crockett of Lewis
ton appeared for Mccarthy, McHattie
and Goodson, while Emery O. Beano
OF Haliowell appeared for LashuS. All
the evidence was not in at the ad-
journment OF the Saturday session and
will be finished at the opening of court,
at 10 o'clock this morning.
William Grover was the first to take
the stand and stated that on Jan. IA
he had come out of the woods with
about $59 in his pocket. He arrived
in Waterville early in the morning and
the first person he met was Mccarthy.
and witness asked him whore he could
get a drink. Mccarthy replied that he
could get him a pint but not a drink
witness gave him a dollar and Nc
CarthY got the liquor and returned
with the change They then met Nc
Hafiie and after while met Goodson
but witness didn't remember of seeing
LaShuS. They Went to Il reSta aurant
and purchased something to eat and
then something to drink, and witness
told OF half q dozen rum shops they
went into. After awhile someone sug-
gested THAI they go out on the Plains
and they started for there. Witness
said he fell down and broke Il pint
and cut himself. After they got out
near a schoolhouse. the three men
grabbed him. threw him down and
robbed him. a policeman icame along
and he told him, Whereupon the Officer