Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-07

memoranda that is furnished me by the
county attorney at the close of each
term, and this is for the September
term, 1872 showing the names of the
respondents. and the witnesses who
testified in each case, and their fees.
Q. Let me examine ii moment,
please? a. That is for the September
term.
Q. And are all the cases mentioned
en- here liquor cases? a. All classes of
cases are there.
Q. Won't you take the time to look
that over and then answer my question
as to the frequency that the deputies
of Sheriff Moulton appear before the
grand jury in liquor eases?
Mr. CLEAVItS: The frequency ut the
September term?
Mr.. CULVER? You have taken
that as Il specimen term. ! am willing
to apply il to that in January as well,
or. If you wish, We will go back for
three or four years. a. / am prepared
to say that in every nuisance indict-
ment found at the September term, the
witnesses therein, before the grand
jury. were the so-called liquor deputies
% the county Of Cumberland, Sheriff
Moulton's.
q. And Mr.. Galley. without requir-
ing you u look at your records, but
from Your general information and OBJ
servation i'll that court whether or not
the same statement is practically true
for the past two years and three or
four months? A 1t is true since Sher-
if Moulton has been in office, l can
safely say that.
@. YOU have not with You. as I UNI
dcrstand it, your docket showing the
administration of the liquor law in the
superior court during all of Sheriff
Moulton's term? y. | have ii for the
three terms in 1912 and this term just
past. the January term.
"a. VIII YOU tell me the number of
indictments found at tho january and
May .terms. 1872, and the numtler of APP
peaIed liquor cases? a. Well, | would
have to compute them. add them up.
Mr.. GGIIlIYER Well. then, perhaps.
counsel Will agree that Mr.. Galley may
dor that, and that lie may submit further
data which We may read to the corlven-
ton and save time, 1.t Z
Attorney General WILSON: Under
Mr. Gatley's signature-that is ali we
require
Mr. PATTANGALL: ! suppose that
would apply to any information we
would like to get.
Attorney General WILSON: Will you
state now just what you would like to
produce or give us notice of what you
will require? We might want some
thing more if we knew what you were
going to ask for
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in giving notice to counsel on the other
side that we shall introduce evidence
covering the enforcement of the law as
appears by the court records during all
of Sheriff Meultons ineumbeney.
Attorney General WILSON: Particu-
larly what you want him to produce,
meant.
Mr., CULVER: We'll. we propose to
show il by his records, we will ask him
TO produce that.
Attorney General WILSON: under
stand you do not want to give us no.
tice of what you are going to ask him !?
Mr.. CULVER: l have just given
you notice.
= Attorney General WILSON: The
items you want.
Mr.. CULVER: How can 1 he more
Particular | propose To show the
number of persons indicted, the number
of appealed cases, with amounts of
money paid in as fines during that whole
term.
Attorney General WILSON: That is
all right
The WITNESS; May l produce that
Monday?
Mr.. CEEAVES: You can mail il,
You need not come down NATL It to Mr.
CULVER.
CHARLES /. DoNAHUE, first being
duly sworn, testified as follows:
Direct Examination By MIR. Clcaves.
q. What is your name? y. Charles
/. Eonahue.
q. And you are the recorder of the
municipal court of the city of Portland?
y. / am.
@. At request of counsel represent
ing the attorney general, have you cx-
amincd typewriter sheets containing a
list Of those cases originated in the lnu-
nicipal court of the city of Portland 10y
Sheriff Mnulton or any of his deputies
relating to liquor matters between the
first day of October. 1912, and the last
day of December of that same year?
A. Eugene l., Dodge, who assumed to
represent tile attorney general. submit
ted to me Dist of abstracts that lie had
made from the dockets of the municipal
court between oct. /, 1913. and the 31st
day of March, and asked me TO verify
the same, and | have done so.
@, Now those are in two separate
sheayes of sheets, are they, one from
oct. LIST, 1912. to the day of December,
the next from the first day of January,
to the last day of March? A They are
together here, but they can be readily
separated.
@. Are they separated by, titles at
the top of the sheet? y. Yes. sep
arated. by titles.
@. Have you compared those type
written sheets with the docket of the
court of the city of Portland,
and are they correct as abstracts?
y. They are correct.
q. And do those two sheets, or two
sets of sheets contain all of the liquor
matters whether complaints, warrants or
libels, which have in any way been
originated in that court by Sheriff Mou1-
ton. or any of his deputies? \. They
contain every separate docket entry that
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