The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-09-09
JEROME IS FOUND
NOT GUILTY OF
GAMBLING
Magistrat, Apologies To New
York Lawyer
CHARGES ALL FELL FLAT
Witnessed Swore That They Saw
Him Playing Cards On Rail
road Property
CHARGES ALL FELL FLAT

Coalicook. r G., Sept 9.-William
r. Jerome was acquitted last night on
the charge of having gambled on
! Thursday last on the station proper
Is Of the Grand Trunk railroad while
waiting for the immigration authori-
| tiea to paas cn The case OF Harry X.
| Thaw. In discharging him the court
! apOlOgged for the humiliation 10
which he had been subjected. The
herring before Magistrate Henry Mnl
yena Of Sherbrooke tasted less than
an hour II began atF73s O'Clock and
n $40 the court said sir, you are
h0nCrably discharged"
When acquitted. Mr.. Jerome thank
ed the court. spoke tlatteringly of his
reception in Canada and added that he
did not attribute his arrest and brief
imprisonment last week to the think
iug~people Of the Dominion. He took
a late train from Coaticook last night
i'm order 10 be IN New York today and
will return 10 Montreal for the argu-
mnnts IN the latest Thaw habeas writ
20 be- held before the kings bench at
Montreal on Monday the l5h.
Townspeople packed the courtroom
when 4ihe clearing was opened last
night AZ G. Hanson, JOINT crown
prosecutors opened The case with the
reading OF the complaint Of Milford
Aldrirh. mill hand. who swore that he
had seen the defendant playing cards
for money at the railway station. Sta
htes we're quoted to show that this
was an indictablo offense punish
able with years imprisonment.
Michael knight, white haired, so
years Old. leaning on 4 blaekthorp
stick, took the stand lie had seen
The derendant playing "a little game
Of draw in the station yard lie said
The defendant had been pointed out
to him as Jerome of New York.
did You see him win any money!"
asked the Joint prosecutor.
"a saw bill changed" answered |
HE Witness. II could not say who |
won it,"
Tho croesexaminatlon conducted |
By MIR Jacobs was very short. why |
did yon stop tu watch the gamef' he |
asked
"Because 1t was in an automobile |
and man in front had n little type |
writer IN his lap a-writing, and | was |
interest ed" This was a New York |
newspaper man writing his story UNI |
der difliculiies.
Fred Chesey. a younger man than
Knight. testified on direct examna.
ton that be had seen the defendant |
playing cards for money
ibid yo,l see him win any?" asked |
Jacobs On cross-eXamination.
II saw him take it. replied the wit
nesN strutly amid laughter.
levi Moore heavy set and as, re-
iold the story of the poker game.
Did y0a atc the defendant win mon
eygr asked the joint prosecutor
NO, sir" said Moore. There was
40 crossesa;nination
Jonathan Chesley. nearly So and
sncw.whiie Of hair and beard. was
the last witness. lie related the now
familiar details of the little game of
draw. and when asked if he had seen
Jerome win money said promptly,
Yes. sir
'fIow much?" inquired the joint
proceoutor.
Cant say" sal dthe aged witness.
He VAS not cross examined.
Summing up. the prosecution point
Ell oct that a Dominion law had been
| enacted 10 protect the public from
card sharps on trains, steamships and
| other public conveyances and that
according 10 the evidence William
Travers Jerome, late district attor-
ney OF New York. had violated this
Law
Magistrate Mulyena leaned back
4 ana pundered for not more than so
| seconds. In rendering Judgment he
| said, Il shall he very brief | believe
| every right.minded man in Canada
| regrets and feels the humiliation al
| the indignitv which has been placed
| upon you. 10 is excusable neither in
law nor in fact. The evidence adj
duced at this hearing gives no rea-
sons for the charge which you have
suffered.
Il believe. sir. in all the circumstan
ces you will not attribute the appar-
ent ofiense offered you while in
friendly country in the discharge of
your duty as n public officer TO the
real thinking people of this communi-
~. Pm are. sir, hOnOrably discharg
ed" Dead silence greeted the con
clHsion of the courts remarks.
Then Mr. Jerome stood up; You
urfy feel rassured. your lordship." he
said that ! understand thoroughly
the circumstances OF this case. Since
! have, bepn IN Canada ] have been
received with uniform courtesy in
Sherbrooke in Montreal. and. 7 may
say. IN Coaticook. by the thinking
people am sure those who have
been Incorporate have been misled
| f..ff.rr ~ faour.ura ~ 81. Fars1 fHss.