Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-12

been turned OVER to the county treasure
| on cases against these same people VIII
had been brought UP before the cour
for maintaining nuisances. Mr. Pattan
gall also brought out from Clerk Bel
leau that these cases all have II crimina
| record through the disposition of thei
cases in the court according to the cour
records.
Defence brought out also fact that 81,
of these old cases have been carried
along from original dates before Mr.
Hines assumed his Office of county at
torney.
Clerk Belleau agreed that the number
of nuisance cases nnder Attorney Hines
was about as usual
At the January term under Judge Spear
no warrants issued. Clerk Belleau sale
that in all his experience he had never
been asked save once to make ont 8
bench warrant.
Mr.. Pattangall brought out the admis.
sion from Clerk Bclleau that It was the
usual thing TO collect cash on mitti-
muses. against dealers and settle the
case in that fashion. these collections
being turned into ,ythe county treasury
Mi. Pattangall figured that in the &c
nuisance cases against which mittimuses
were brought the 5000 collected amounted
to about the same as a fine Of 500 and
costs.
Before Judge Savage as the clerk re-
membered co. Atty. Hines moved the
calling of the docket. This on the occa-
sion when Judge Savage ordered entries
Of seire facias writs.
Attorney PattangaIl adreitly ques-
tioning Clerk Belleau brought out the
answers that it has been the custom to
| enter mol pros in nuisance eases and
| that The mere face of entering mol pros
| would show neither vigilance or lack
| Of il on the part of the county attorney,
Also that mol pros are by custom en-
| tered ON payments OF cash and some
| Judges have ratified such action. -
Judge SHELTON in redirect brought out
| admission that appealed search and
seizure cases coming from lower court
| accompanied grand jury Indictments and
| the indictments did not thus originate
with county attorney.
| Judge SHELTON showed that the NUS
anee cases had to appear on bench war
rants and did not on mittimuses if they
paid the fine and that respondents in
such cases can thus escape certain
judges Atty. Pattangal got in evil
denee through his questions to Clerk OF
Courts Belleau that mtttiInus calls
for either payment and Jail sentence or
simple payment without jail.
Attorney Pattangall sought to show by
witness that Atty Hines was properly
performing his duties and following es-
tablished custom. In trying Ia go back
Ia 1901. when Judge SHELTON WAS coun-
~ attorney. in an effort to prove prece-
dent, he raised a small tornado that
promised to enliven proceedings of a
very duh and stupid session. Both the
attorney general and Speaker Peters
put a stop to the procedure, the Speak
er informing Mr.. Pattangall that what
eyer other attorneys had done had moth
ing 10 do with this ease and Atty. Cen
eral Wilson rebuked Brother Patt. in
timating that Patt had no business to
call attention to brother lawyer thus.
Patt was squelched but apparently un-
convinced
The ex-attorney general WAS also
rounded up when he sought to extract
from Clerk Belleau (whese name is pro-
nouneed Ballou. blythe was9 his per-
sonal opinion OF the good conduct of
Atty. Hines. -
Clerk Belleau. however, was allowed
to say that from all he had seen of the
county in court he was an excellent
county attorney
To the uninitiated the processes of
the hearing We're worse than Greek but
toward the last of the session it grad
ually dawned upon some of them that
Lewiston and Androseoggin had been
enjoying in its rum trade the Bangor
plan and from this plan came the $1,000
mentioned as turned into the county
treasury by the sheriff Also that the
mol presses on nuisance cases generally
meant that mlttimuses had been served
the victim paid the fine thus imposed
and went free to continue in business
until the next roundup occurred
recess being proposed around 10
O'Clock. it was objected to by the State
and the hearing continued with the
testimony of three deputy sheriffs. ST.
mon +. Wadsworth. f. E. Bechard and
). u Ghabot. all of whom acknowledged
'Hat they had been given no scire IA
eids "rits to serve. although they had
asked the county attorney for the job
Oh serving them. They testified that
the county attorney had Informed them
each mat they should have such writs
| 20 serve and when Chabot asked when
NC sald writs would be Forthcoming,
MI Hines remarked: "Oh, sometime
recessed, at 1915. until $50 A. NJ,
SATURDAY in joint convention.