The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-09-12
Nine Respondents Brought
into Barre Court on
Charges
2 LIQUOR SEIZURES
BASIS FOR 2 ACTIONS
Alleged Sausage Theft Case
Ends in Conviction
To-day

| Officers from police headquarters and
the sherff's department put in the bus
lest time of the summer yesterday and
to-day, when nine respondents, charged
with various offenses, were rounded up
and brought into court. Deputy Sheriff
w. +. Cutler of South Barre, who went
to Graniteville yesterday to subpoena
witnesses for the grand jury hearing,
was the man who started the ball a-roll.
ing. While calling on his clientele in
upper Granitevile, the deputy glanced
across the street and saw what he claims
was Illicit peddling. Crossing the road,
he arrested Arthur A. Mitchell, local
tea man, and confiscated three quarts OF
whiskey, the same stock in pint bottles,
| a pint of wine and two pints of alcohol.
The man accompanied Deputy Cutler
| to Barre, where he was lodged at police
headquarters. In the meantime war
rant was secured and the deputy and
Officer Harry Gamble went to barn
on Brook street, said TO be used by
Mitchell, where they seized whiskey in
two quart bottles, three pint bottles
pint receptacle. A search at the re-
spondent's rooms in the Morse block re-
vealed no contraband goods. When ar
raigned before Judge II. w Scott in city
court this forenoon, the respondent en-
tered plea of not guilty and was re-
manded to the police station until he
could furnish bonds in the sum of ST.,
600 for his appearance at hearing in
city court tomorrow afternoon. The
bail was secured and he was released.
The respondent is charged with selling
and an alleged offense of the same kind,
to which he pleaded guilty in county
court, is still hanging over him in the
shape of suspended sentence
Abrouheim Allen and his wife were
later arraigned on Illegal selling charges
TO which they pleaded not guilty. Bail
in each case was fixed at $500, with $50
additional on the liquor seized yesterday
at the south end hotel so called. AL
lens bonds were furnished by DR. Joe
w jackson and Messrs. Deeb Habeb.
Hyder Habeb and Joseph Shadraoui came
to the relief OF Mrs. Allen. Their cases
were continued until Sept. %. S. Hol
lister Jackson represented the respond
ents.
On warrant issued from city court
at the request of Grand Juror A. G.
Fay, Chief Sinclair, Officers Harry Gam
BILE and Join w. Dineen and Deputy |
Sheriff Cutler went to 50 South Main |
street yesterday and raided the Allen |
apartments in the south end hotel. In |
the dining room they found barrel of |
beer, several bottles of whiskey il is
alleged, and a surfeit of "empties" kick |
ing around the room The alleged con
traband goods were seized and Allen |
and his wife were placed under arrest
on selling charges.
The Sausage Case.
The sequel to the missing link case,
which stirred police circles yesterday,
came this morning. when George Taeey
came into court for hearing
on the petit larceny charge pre-
ferred against him by the grand juror.
Tacey refused to reverse prior plea of
not guilty and the hearing proceeded.
One link of bologna sausage was the
in the case, il being alleged
that Taeey decamped with the sausage
from A. Martinetti's farm on the even
ng of Aug. 81.
Donald Carl stephens, faEm hand,
who lately transferred his agricultural
pursuits to Northfeld Falls, testified to
seeing Tacey take the sausage from
.able in the Martinetti kitchen on the
hight already mentioned. Witness stat
d that he saw the respondent tuck the
sausage down his trousers leg. There it
must have remained some time, he con-
inued, for he saw Tacey disappearing
round the corner of the house and to
,is best knowledge the bologna had not
hanged location. The witness went on
o teH of notifying Mrs. Marinetti of
he alleged theft. Asked by the grand
uror as to the length of the link, Mr..
stephens described it as "about two
oot"
Mrs Martinetti's testimony was large
i of a corroboratiye nature. She val
led the absent link at 81, intimating
hat sausage in these times of high =,
rices was hard to replace. She spoke
o Tacey about the alleged theft, she
aid, but he denied any knowledge OF
he sausage. Respondent declined to /
ross examine any of the witnesses or \
o testify in his own behalf and was J
ccordingly adjudged guilty and fined IS L
nd costs of 1898, which he was nm {
BILE to pay. An officer took him this !
oon to county Jail, where he will serve !
he alternative sentence of 81 days. c
Other and Minor Charges.
Edwin B. Wilder of Mortified and Os-
ar H. Silver of this city were arraigned i,
efore the court near noon on intoxi-
alton charges to which they pleaded
uilty and arranged to pay fines of s.
nd costs amounting to S4.45 in each !,
ase. Il was a first ofFense for both 4
espondents. Wilder, who is said to 4
ave come to Barre from over on the 7
og early in the week, with his COM Fl
anion, was arrested near the Granite ;
rect bridge yesterday afternoon by
hief Sinclair.
A quintet of five North Barre youths
lme before the judge last night on N
reach of peace charges preferred against
lem by the grand juror. On the blot
IT at police headquarters their names
opeared as follows; George Smith. John oI
ingston. Arthur Broderick, Edward d
ingston and Enrico Lott. Each en- et
red a separate plea of not guilty ana in