The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-10-30
10 VICTIMS PLEAD
GUILTY AND ARE
SENTENCED
Five Others Chose To Stand
Their Trial
IN UNITED STATES COUR |
Great Roundup of Respondents But
Most Of the Offenses Are of a
Minor Nature.

Rutland, oct. 30.-Filteen respon-
dents, charged with a variety OF oil
lenses faced Judge James l.. Martin
of Bradleboro in United States Dis
trict court yesterday morning and
of these men, 10 of them pleaded
guilty and either paid their fines or
took the alternative Jail sentences
imposed by the court. Charles Avon
of Keene, N. H., William and Peter
NORM and Benjamin Williams, the
latter collored of Nashua, n. H., who
are accused of robbing the post
Offices at Barnet and East Ryegate
pleaded not guilty and Attorney c..
V. Poulin was assigned as their cOun-
sci. 1t is expected that the last of
these respondents will change their
pleas this morning although the
government officials would not adj
nit this last night. A w. Fisher
from the northern part of the state
charged with a violation of the meat
inspection act in shipping bob yeal''
also pleaded not guilty.
OF the men who pleaded guilty the
most conspicuous was an Italian by
the name of A. Guerro of Mortified,
who admitted sending matter
through the mail which was said to
be inhammatory, but according to
the statement of a United States
mail inspector the offense was
technical one and the fine was SCI at
$50 and costs This was paid. Guer-
70 is a granite worker and a few
months ago he was approached while
at his work and asked to aid a
widow in Hopedale Mass whose
husband was killed during the re-
cent strike trouble in that city. He
gave the solicitor so cents and in re-
turn was handed a postal card with
this inscription printed in Italian
"assassinated by a bullet in the head
by guard or policeman employed
by His Excellency Draper during the
strike at Hopedale, April "a, 1913.
The officials refuse to prosecute" A
short time after Guerro used this
card to communicate with a friend
and it was because he sent this
through the mail that he was
brought into court.
John NJ Hilliker, Roy and vii
liam Rockland, who live on Lake
Champlain near the Canadian line
pleaded guilty through an attorney
to shipping fish out OF season and
they were fined 500 in each case.
the $500 being paid
II. T. Chase admitted shipping
bob veal" and he was fined $50 and
costs which he paid. c. b. Sandura
of Burlington pleaded guilty to an
offense against the immigration
acts. A young woman relative Of
the respondent sought admission in
to this country and before she had
passed the proper examination on
her eyes he brought her into the
state.
Levi Croteau and II. W. Chase of
Windsor the latter big lumber deal
er, were fined jointly $40 and costs
for a violation OF the immigration
acts. They pleaded to attempting
to import II men from Montreal in
to the state of Vermont to do con.
tract work on a lumber job. 1t was
stated by counsel for Mr.. Chase that
he was unfamiliar with the law and
did not mean to commit any offense
against the government. Mr.. Gro
teau was his foreman and he went
to Canada after the men.
Emile Dubois and Julian Gamelin
both pleaded guilty to a violation of
the Mann white slave act and
they we're each sentenced to the
county Jail OF Addison county for a
term Of six months.
Yesterday afte- a jury was drawn
and the trial started I'm the case OF
the United States against George
Scribner Of Montpelier in which the
respondent is charged with sendinl
unavailable matter through the
mails Miss MAY Lager "A young
girl who received a piece OF poetry
testified as did her mother an,
father.
They Shine.