The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-05
Jury Returns Another Yer
dict in Barre Liquor
Selling Case
MRS. M. VALENTINE
SAID SHE WAS IN PARIS
When Two Barre Town Men
Testified They Bought
Liquor

Another verdict of guilty in a liquor
selling case was recorded in Washington
county court early last evening when a
jury returned with the conviction OF
Mrs. NJ. Valentine of Blackwell street,
Barre on one offense.
The prosecution in the case hinged on
in Barre or France at the time of the
alleged sale of liquor to Murdo Beaton
and Murdo Mcleod, both OF Barre Town,
who testified to buying beer and whi.-
key of the respondent at house on
Blackwell street during the summer Of
1911. Neither was able TO give the day
of the month or even the month but
both knew it was Saturday night, be-
cause they arrived in Barre by train,
and passenger trains run on the line
only on Saturday nights.
After these witnesses had told their
story, the respondent went on the stand
and testified that she went to France
in the summer of 1911, leaving Mont
real during the first of May and return
ing in October. In order to prove her
statements, she presented correspond
ence steamboat passenger list and book:
let, as tending to show that she left
in early May and came back in Oeto-
Der.
States Attorney Carver then assert
ed that the testimony of the state PLACED
the sales late in the summer Of 1911.
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the respondent admitted being back.
The jury took the case at 4:30 and in
side half an hour was back with itS
verdict of guilty.
This morning the case Of state vs..
Gomi OF West Berlin, charged with sell
ing illegally, was taken up and it was
only partially finished when court took
a recess at 1880 till Monday afternoon.
The Jurors drawn are; G. G. Sleeper, G.
NJ. Chandler. f. d. Barton. II. X Bush,
A, G. Coleman. w. A. Cooley ]. G. Tuck
err, H. ]. Bullock, H. G. Carr. John A.
Foss, Lee Daniels and George b. J. Ed
wards.
States Attorney Carver is prosecut- |
ing and L. r. Davis is defending. One
witness was heard this morning. he |
being Harry Mctiowan who testified |
that he had bought liquor at the Comi |
house, leaving 50 cents on the shelf. !
Asked how he knew what amount TO |
cave. he said he left what was custom
Try in license days.
G. II. kendriek of Barre. holder of |
Incense, pleaded guilty to I
selling liquor without a prescription.
New eases docketed are. State VS. Decota
)ctavio, breach of the peace, bail fixed at
Il ,000 and state VS.. p w. Perkins, sell
ng evergreen trees without a license.
Several other liquor cases were taken
ip. Howard Decell entered a plea OF
furnishing liquor ard was fined $500,
With costs of Si4.02 Sentence in the
ase was suspended and Decell was placed
n the hands of the probation officer,
:. A. Smith, for one year, the respond
Mt being called upon to pay the costs
efore June !. For committing breach
{ the peace. Arthur Densmore entered
plea of guilty and paid fine of S2j,
fith costs. Pleas of guilty in liquor
ases have been entered against James
,nright, Theresa Counica and Luigi Ger
soil.
States Attorney Carver has mol
rossed the following actions NJ. NJ.
ordon. intoxieation; Cleopatra Camazzi,
!. Birossi. A. /. Foster, Odell Gilbert, ,
larry Broferri, liquor; W. r. Brown,
pen and gross lewdness; Albert Long
imp and John Arno selling; Neil :
napp, larceny, respondent now serving !
sentence. II