Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-05

we shall show that Il year ago last
October, and we shall offer an attest
ed copy of the record of the city OF
Bath, that the occasion became such
! that the city government passed a
special resolve instrueting the mar
shall and the police To take cognizance
of the violations of the liquor law
and proceed to "clean up the city" as
the expression WAS in the resolve; and
that the police for Il time did pro-
coed under various searches and seiz-
ures with, plenty of results, but that
if or his deputies.
Therefore, we submit that wher
that evidence Is taken and when tina
is before you You will realize whether
or not the oath which the sheriff ha
taken to diligently and faithfully in
Guire, has been complied with. An,
therefore / feel that we all, because
we are in n criminal court and we ar
not even in Il civil court-this is {
peculiar proceeding and we are all in.
1 terested in seeing the good name o.
eur commonwealth vindicated. AS yot
4 listen to the testimony we ask that
+ You all keep in mind these words. thai
the sheriff shall diligently and faith
fully inquire and that through il al
va may continue to see the figure o.
our mother State standing with rigi
arm pointing straight down the broad
highway which she has commanded
her servants to follow.
We viii now call our witnesses.
Witnesses for the Government call.
ed and sworn.
i Mr.. CHARLES +. OWEN. having
been duly sworn, testified as follows:
Examination by Mr.. Plummer.
@ What is your full name? A
! Charles E. Owen.
o. Where do you reside? y. Wa
! teryille, Maine
q. Whether or not YOU have with
IN the past three months visited the
internal revenue Office at Portsmouth
and examined the records there Of the
payment for taxes for retail Liquor
dealers for the county of Sagadahoc
\. l have.
@. Have you an examined copy OF
such records with YOU? ~ | have.
@, AT what date did you examine
and verify that copy? A. 1 examined
this copy of March 18th. and also
again the day before yesterday and
Yesterday.
@. March 18th of this year? A
Yes, sir.
dent please, of course it is under
stood that in offering this list we dc
not rely upon that as proof and 81
course we have the complete list, al
though we understand that druggists
who have certain standard proprie-
tary medicines, have to have this
license, and that is why a complete
record is here.
@. viii you read the names of such
men of Bath as you find by the record
have retail liquor dealers license?
\. And the retail malt dealers licenses
alsoa
G. wish you would read just the re-
tail liquor dealers
\. Alpha Club, 122 Front street. VII
liam l.. Whitney director, T. w. Marks
president, L. =. Hackett secretary. Mary
L. Belcher, 40 Water street: Patrick NJ
eonley, u Front street; James Devise
80 Commercial street; Gertrude David
son, 136-13S Commercial street; b. f.
Dougherty, y Center street; Elks Club
8 Lombard street. H. NJ. Hallett, w. T.
Leyden, f. Z. Torrey. II. s. Harris
house committee; Joseph c. Footer, Go,
Center street; Forresters' Association, AZ
Front street, Albert j. Gallant steward
G. II. Johnson treasurer, James Patton
Andrew kingsbury, Neil Mcqueen; john
Cannon, Main street; Grand Orient Mu-
tual Benefit Association Club, Harry
iiodgkins president Albert a. Gras:
vice president, John c. Wakefield treas
urer; y. IIallett & Company, 20 From,
street, Fred c. Cox treasurer Hartlet
Il Chcltra-that is d Wholesale dealers
malt license. Mrs. Gertrude Hobbs, liz
| 14S Main street; Iron Workers 4,ssoeia-
ton, Moses Sweet president. John II. Nc
Mann secretary-treasurer, +. b. Amber
son and George PATEL, connected, and
| that is 769 Washington street: " H.
jackson, II Vine street; w. NJ. Levitt
| Il Center street; Joseph Levy. $50 Com
| mercitl street; Rolan o. Lewis, lIarboI
| View hotel; Il. j. Lyons Il Company,
Ferry street; Mrs. Charles T. Lynch
| Edward j. Lyons; Lewis J. O'Brien
| Ferry street, Columbia hotel: John
oBricn, 70 Center street. Owl Associates
club, li5 Front street; Earl G. Legion
| secretary, j. Fred Cothean, Edward Il.
| Whltchousc, John Burgess, Edwin j
Lee committee; Fl. II. Perry. 136 Com
cercar street: Joe y. Perry 10 From,
| street. Sagadthoc Club, &c Front street
G. F. Masoon president, a. G. Page vice
president, G. r.. Donnell secretary-treas-
afer c. c. Skinner steward; Robert Sill
| by, % Water street; Suffolk Club, o.
! Front street, Charles Cheltra president
| II. NJ. Hartleb treasurer. Charles Nc
| bougall steward; l.. b. SWEET Company
| l& Washington street; l.. b. SWEET Com
pany. 100 Front street l.. b. SWEET pro-
| prietor; w. L. Temple 100 Front street;
| d. H. Warner 2 King street; Weber
| Drug Company. 81 Front street, NJ o.
| Weber proprietor. That completes the
| list.
| q. Now will yos state what is the to-
| tai number of licenses indicated
| there? y. | have given you only the re-
| tail liquor dealers. The total number OF
| licenses is f3 That includes the retail
! malt liquor dealers tax and also the
wholesale matt liquor dealers tax; there
are seven retail malt liquor dealers and
| two wholesale malt dealers and 81 retail
| liquor dealers
| Q. How many of these licenses are out
Il at.l ..f