Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-11

ana OAK streets that l visited. That one
there dndicating).
| O. What is that. a shop or a tene-
ment or what is it? A. 1t was just a
little corner store, looked like, seemed to
dc at one time apparently a store and
now it is simply place where evidently
liquor is being sold. Twisted that place
and there was simply the odor- of liquor
having been sold and the only man that
was there was the bartender or the man
| in charge.
| Q. Had you been in that place at
any time previously during this year?
A. l had in January.
| q. Had you in January visited all
OF the places to which you have called
attention as having visited either Sat
Grday. last week, or Monday, of this
week? a. No, | did not because in
January 1T that time / was not as
mucl; interested as | was. Saturday
and Monday. l simply went to proba-
bly, q dozen or Is of those places in
January to see whether-what the eff
ect had been of the search and seizure
OF tie previous week.
Q. Bro. Thayer, how many purchases
of Intoxicating liquor did you make in
Bangor, last Saturday? a. -Four.
Q. And visited the places you have
spoken OF, Saturday and Monday? You
visited the places that you have al
READY spoken of? A. did
Q. At any of those places did you
find any closed doors, any locked doors,
fastened in any way. OF any watchers
a. Well. didn't visit place that was
locked. There We're one or two of those
marked on Exchange street that were
closed on Saturday, the one next to the
jameson place ON Harlow street, the
shack, and the one next To II We're
closed. Saturday noon, Saturday eve
nins: the best one and next to the
jameson place on Harlow street, was
| open.
Q. But did you find any watchers al
any of those places that you visited
A. They We're either absolutely closed
or open and easily entered.
/ q. Ana any time upon any of your
visits during the present year nave
you found any fastened doors or OBJ
served any watchers at any OF thesS
places? A. None whatever.
Cross determination by Mr.. Stearns.
| Q. Do | understand. Mr.. Thaver
that YOU are Il Bangor lawyer? A.
am.
Q. Where is your office? y. "A Cen
trai street
@ And in whose employment were
yoG in making these inVe5tiSa tons
commencing last January? y. | was
in the employ of no man.
| .. Do you mean to say that you die
it voluntarily? A. | did.
@. And when did you say you be-
GAM A. After the first raid that was
made by Sheriff Emerson. | began this
year after the first raid was made
began some time ago to make these in
vestlsations.
@. How long ago did you begin tf
make Investigations A. When | re-
turned to Bangor about year ago last
November.
y. Mr. Emerson wasnt sheriff then
y. He wasn't
.. And did you continue these in
yestieations throughout the whole pc
nod until last February A. If yor
call them Investigations.
Judge CLEANES: In the. other ease
iJudgc Stearns, there was some ques
ton as to whether We could compare
conditions existing, this year. Will
tlose under some previous admins
tration, and the Chair ruled that W.
should not put in any specified time tf
show what conditions We're under any
former administrator, but of course
| in answering questions describing con-
diticns seine latitude is allowed tbs
witness. Unless some reason appears
under which conditions should b,
properly admitted, for the present the
Chair will exclude testimony prior t.
January first.
Judge STEARNS: / might as well be
heard al this point. II l understand tn
ruling to be this, that we shall not bf
permitted to show the conditions that
existed in Bangor when this sheril
came into office, then l am very great
" surprised Suppose the sheriff.
| think the objection goes to exactly this
| point-suppose the sheriff had the tasf
set before him to clean out the Augear
stables, for example, as Hercules did
and you should say that he should not
be permitted to show the condition ol
these stables and the amount of filth
and refuse thai would have To be re-
moved. | say il is directly in point. II
woG;d ne an injustice to this respon-
dent, with this issue upon him, if he be
not permitted to show the conditions
that existed before the first day of Jan
uary.
| The SPEAKER: Mr.. Attorney Gener-
al. do you desire to say anything?
Judge CLEANES: | will say. Mr.
Speaker. in behalf of the attorney gen
erai, that we had 10 objection to the
sta tement of facts. but il was compar.
ing in his mind conditions existing
last year, with those existing, this year,
and giving an impression whether they
| were better or worse.
the SPEAKER TIE ruling previous
ly made was that it is not admissible
or permissible to testify or to bring in
evidence to show whether or not con-
ditions, this year are better or worse
than those existing under some. other
administration, the reason of that be-
ing that that doesn't get you anywhere,
because to follow that out and know
what the conditions really are. yo!
have got to prove what they We're un-
lder the administration referred to. Does
the counsel see the point the Chair
makes?