Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-09

ditions by the sentences they impose.
do not speak of that as u criticism
of the supreme court of This State |
: bow To no man i'll my respect for that
court. The fact that those men who
recognize the different conditions is the
highest praise that YOU ean impose or
give To them
Now ii is plain why the State in its
| opcniug,-and / think they will not take
| that position now. however. in their ar
guneut. that in respect To certain places,
and the attorney for the State face
| tiouSlN called one Of the women Angc-
| lima April-that the high sheriff of
| Cumberland county moi only permitted
| intoNiCantS to he sold. but that he pro-
| tcctcd the open places. That was their
| position. ana IL that is their position
/ now. we propose to meet it, not only by
HcSlimony but by records. We propose
! To show by records. some that have al
| ready gone III, aud others which are
| open and Will he pat in hy us. that the
| reason why These places were selected
| was because previous thereto there had
been u wake of crime among certain
races in Portland, ana that being called
to the attention of the sheriff by no
| less a judicial official than Judge Con-
molly. who requested him--itnd Judge
| Connolly takes the responsibility of it
to give special attention To such places,
| and to kitchens bar rooms. That ac-
counts for the fact that women have
been brought in first rather than the
| open places.
For the purposes of comparison. We
have prepared and propose to show to
YOU the record of jail sentences I'M
posed from the time of Mr.. Pierson
down To tho present time. In.19oi and
1902. which are the so-called pierson
and Dunn administrations. the total
number of Jail sentences imposed was
seven. Five in one year and two in
the next. During the following years.
| which were Mr.. Pcnnells administra-
ton, Jail sentences We're imposed as
| follows:
1a0s I: 1901, ) sos. S; 1906. :. 1907,
3; 1908. :.
During the Trefethen administration,
and during which time the stursis dep
utes We're in Portland. Jail sentences
were imposed as follows: 1909 commit
ted for non-payment of fines. 6: straight
jail sentences. 4. 1910. committed for
non payment of fines, Is; straight Jail
|
administration, committed for non-pay-
ment of fines, 30; straight Jail sentences.
I. 1912 committed for non-payment of
fines. 81; straight jail sentences, 7.
| 1913. committed for non payment and
straight jail sentences, one. a favor
able comparison at least of the years
included.
| Now it would seem from the evidence
which has already gone in that all the
sheriff had to do in the county and his
four deputies WIS to go out and search
for rum. That is not true. We have
in Cumberland county three terms or
the superior court, each year. Those
| terms are in session | think for an av-
erage of between % and 50 days, 1t is
equivalent to almost three months. each
year. The sheriff of the county almost
invariably is present during the grand
jury work and during the trial of cases.
We have three terms of the supreme
court. / am speaking of the criminal
work. Then we have three terms of
the supreme court. where the sheriff
is supposed to open court and almost
invariably does. These last from three
TO four weeks. We have altogether nine
terms of the superior court, including
the civil business, where the sheriff is
obliged to be present almost daily.
Now what of the duties of the So
called liquor deputies? The so-called
liquor deputies for the past two years
and three months have not only policcd
the liquor situation in Portland but have
been obliged by direction of the county
commissioners to police practical ~
every section of the county in so far as
crimes of violence are involved. They
are obliged to go all through the county.
Those four men, gentlemen of the
convention, receive a regular per diem.
and the county commissioners. wisely
and economically or otherwise, insist on
those four deputies doing this so-calletl
criminal work out in the country, and
will not authorize the sheriff to employ
and send out there other deputies.
IT has been brought out in testimony,
| aud we Will show you other Instances,
| where an Italian riot was going on at
the moment, "a telephone message was
received and n demand for an automo-
| bile so that those officers might quickly
go there and uphold the laws of the
State. The automobile was refused by
those county commissioners.
We are going to say this To you: That
| the statement of Mr.. Mcdonald when
| he said: I'VE will give you 100 Off
GERS if you wish them" was buncombe,
ana not stated seriously, but in a joking
| or facetious manner. 1t would have
broken Jim McDonald's heart TO have
| given them one more officer. and he re-
| fused to give them one more, as. he
admitted himself.
During the term of the superior court
| the rum deputies are obliged to trans
port prisoners back and forth to Jail,
and they are obliged to attend the grand
jury and attend court. 1t takes prac-
tically the time of one to keep the rec
ords of seizures made and to make out
warrants. because in each case war
| rants must be made out.
| We propose to show to you, gahtlemen,
| some records of enforcement / hold in
my hand and after it has been identified
by proof, printed record of seizures
made by the deputies of Sheriff Moulton
during the years 1912 and 1913 taken from
the sheriffs record. This record shows