The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-10-30
A. Guerro of Mortified Was
Fined $50 in u. S.
Court
NINE MORE MEN >
PLEADFr mN ArY
While Five Others Pleaded
Not Guilty at
Rutland

Rutland, Oct. 30.-Fifteen respond
ents, charged with variety Of offenses,
faced Judge James l.. Martin of Brattle-
boro in Uuited States district court yes
terday, and of these men ten pleaded
guilty and either paid their fines or
took the alternative Jail sentences i'm
posed by the court Charles Avon of
Keene, n H., William and Peter NORM,
and Benjamin Williams, the latter col
ored, of Nashua, n. H., who are accused
of robbing the postoffices at Barnet and
East Ryegate, pleaded not guilty and
Attorney G. v. Poulin was assigned as
their counsel A.. w. Fisher, from the
northern part of the state, charged with
a violation of the meat inspection act in
shipping bob veal" also pleaded not
guilty
OF the men who pleaded guilty the
most conspicuous was an Italian by the
name of A. Guerro of Northfield, who
admitted sending matter through the
mail which tended to be infiammatory,
but according to the statement of a
United States mail inspector the Of
fense was a technical one and the fine
was set at $50 and costs. This was paid.
Guerro is granite worker and few
months ago he was approached while at
his work and asked to aid widow in
Hopedale, Mass, whose husband was
killed during the recent strike trouble
in that city. He gave the solicitor 80
cents and in return was handed a postal
card with this inscription printed in
Italian "Assassinated by bullet in the
head by guard or policeman employed
by His Excelency Draper during the
strike at Hopedale, April "a, 1918. The
officials refuse to prosecute.
A short time after Guerro used this
card to communicate with friend and
it was because he sent this through the
mail that he was brought into court.
John NJ Hilliker. Roy and William
Rockland, who live on Lake Champlain
near the Canadian line, pleaded guilty
through an attorney TO shipping fish out
of season and they We're fined 500 in
each case, the total of $500 being paid.
II. T. Chase admitted shipping "bob
veal and he was fined $50 and costs,
which he paid c. b. Sandura of Bur
lington pleaded guilty to an offense
against the immigration acts. A young
woman, relative to the respondent,
sought admission into this country and
before she had passed the proper exam
ination on her eyes he brought her into
the state.
Levi Croteau and H. w. Chase of
Windsor, the latter big lumber dealer,
were fined jointly $40 and costs for
of the immigration laws They
pleaded to attempting to import IL
men from Montreal into the state of
Vermont to do contract work on a lum
ber job. 1t was stated by counsel for
Mr.. Chase that he was unfamiliar with
the law Mr.. lCroteau was his foreman
and he went to Canada after the men.
Emile Dubois and Julian Gamelin
both pleaded guilty to a violation of
the Mann white slave act" and they
were each sentenced to the county jail of
Addison county for term of six
months.
A jury was drawn and the trial start
I'd in the case of the United States
against George Scribner of Montpelier in
which the respondent is charged with
sending lmmailable matter through the
mails. Miss May Lagor, young girl.
who received a piece of poetry, testified
Is did her mother and father Mr..
Scribner is represented by Theriault and
Hunt of Montpelier and District Attor-
ley Alexander Dunnett of st. Johnsbury
appears for the prosecution.