The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-23
including Those Who Had Filed
Claim to Wine Seized.
AT 4 .,.,s ,m% ,m~%' WEBSTERvILLE
Hearing Was Held Before Judge Scott
To-day, as Result of Which Six Men
Were Bound Over to County Court
in Total Of $1,000 Bail.

As the result Of hearing III the case
OF State VS.. intoxicating Liquor, seized
at the johnson house in Webstervlle on
the night of November 10, sextct of
men were held for county court before
Judge Ii. W. Scott in city court this
morning, and barrel OF wine taken rs
contraband goods at the raid was con-
demned. The six alleged keepers, who
began to rustic around for $4,000 bail
ms soon as the court handed down lis
decision, are men who filed claim on
the wine early in the week. Their
names are Casimino Campo, Juan Perez,
Antonio Boubin, Lorenzo Ala, Manuel
Campo, and Daniel Cacicedo. Unless
| the bail is Forthcoming, they will be com.
mitted to the county Jail at Montpelier
until the case comes up for trial at tho
March term of court.
Evidence which led to the arrest of
the men on the keeping charge came
from Daniel Pratt and Peter Connors,
although dozen persons were on the
stand at one time or another during the
forenoon. States Attorney J. Ward
Carver conducted the prosecution and
Attorney William Wishart represented
the defense. On the stand Mr.. Pratt
told of selling calves, apples and steers
to the men who occupy the Johnson
house. The dealers relations had been
of friendly nature and he was won't
to drop into the house occasionally and
enjoy wine. When he couldn't produce
the money, the tenants trusted him; at
other times it came at sc per glass.
Peter Connors, stationary engineer,
told of buying wine at 25c per quart.
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Charles Cruickshank had accompanied 4
him on these occasions, although he had
seen no one pay any money for wine.
Daniel Mcleod said he had paid mone9
for wine at the Johnson house, although
he couldn't remember who received the
money John McPike testified to drink.
ing wine at the same house, but he had
always been treated
Alphonse Alloy furnished story that
bespoke exceptional generosity on the
part OF the inmates at the johnson
house. He had imbibed Of wine at the
house two or three times AZ week for at
east two years and never under any
would the occupants con.
'ent to accept pay. He had even gone
10 far as to leave money on the table.
,nly to return a few days later and
ind the coin waiting for him undis-
urbed William Laird said he had been
. the house and drank wine there sew
raj times. But he was also the object
i Spanish hospitality and not one cent
ould be force. thrust or foist on his
osts. Nor had George Mckenzie, who
ccompanied him on one of these visits,
cen allowed to settle. Ben Woolhouse
nd James Ahern when called to the
tand declared they had never been near
he house DUSTY or Leslie Berrow
ad tested the Spaniards' wine. but had
ever paid any money for the bever-
ge
A touch of humor was added to the
tuation when Young Henry Turcot
tine to the stand. Turcot stolidly inti-
Iated that he could not speak English
nd told the prosecuting officer so in
lst so many words of pretty good Eng
sh. jesse Cayhue was summoned as
i interpreter during Turcot's testimony
I'd the witness told of going to the
,hnson house for visit with the oeeu-
lnts. Asked ii he could speak Spanish.
urcot replied in the negative Interro-
tied as to whether the Spaniarls could
'eak French, and he again replied IN
e negative Witness afterwards re-
lied that they had both conyersed in
common tongue, the English, and he
rs allowed to leave the stand. Others
ho testified during the hearing were
icers participating in the raid.