The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-02-27


County Registry in which The Islesboro Land
and Improvement Company transfers the
lsiesboro Inn and adj acent buildings to DR.
Samuel &. Dixon of Lower Merton Township.
Pa. DR.. Dixon has begun. pre- arations to add
about 100 feet to the Inn. in the present style of
architecture. David Smith has leased the Inn
for the 1913 season.
A tree open air exhibition of rough riding
will be given in front of the postoffice Satur-
day, March LIST. at 10 p M by Prof E. W.
Ness, and an educated pony will perform for
twenty minutes. Prof. Ness has been showing
IN the dance halls near his home in Searsmont.
where he is wintering. For the last twelve
years his horse. dog and pony show has been
performing in the far west and south He is
thinking of going to England with one of his
best horses next year.
POCKET PEDDLING AND PERJURY It has
been the talk of those opposed to enforce
ment that the closing of the bars simply turn
ed over the business of selling liquor in
violation of law to the pocket peddlars, who
were regarded as practically immune from de-
lection and punishment. Last weeks develop
ments indie that they were mistaken in the
latter conclusion. Sheriff Cushman having
seen the delivery of a box containing liquor
to George Jones went to the latter's residence
on Washington street last Thursday morning,
accompanied by deputy Beach, and found
what he went after. Beside the stove in the
Kitchen there was cavity in the chimney in
which was some light stuff for kindling, but
under that were four pints and eleven half
plnts of whisky and two gallon jug contain
ing quantity of that liquor. The liquor was
seized and Jones placed under arrest and that
afternoon he was taken before the municipal
court. He was adjudged guilty, and given a
fine of 500 and costs and 60 days in Jail, with
6o days additional in default of payment of
hne and costs. He appealed and furnished
bonds, with Nath'l W. Delano and Elvin HIM
son. sureties, in the sum of 5000 each. At the
trlai George h. Forbes, who lives with Jones,
testified that he knew nothing of any liquor.
had sold none and received none since last De-
cemoer. Unfortunately, for him, the sheriff
had evidence to the contrary having found in
the Jones house box that came by express
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Tor the arrest of Forbes and he was taken be-
| fore Judge knowlton of the municipal court
Friday, charged with perjury. The records of
the express company were produced, showing
/, that box containing liquor was shipped from
Boston Feb. 1lth and was delivered to Forbes
Feb, 18th and signed for by him. The records
also showed that few days later box was
received from Boston addressed to James F.
Smalley, also an inmate of the Jones house
and the last shipment was to Jones himself
and was seized as reported above. Forbes
made no defence, was adjudged guilty and
put under $500 bonds for appearance at the
April term IF the S. j. Court. He was unable
to obtain bonds and was committed to iail
The penalty for committing perjury is given
in Chapter 1913 of the Revised Statutes. as fol-
lows:
SEC. l. Whoever. when required to tell
the truth on oath or affirmation lawfully adj
mlnlstered, wlifully and corruptly swears or
afhrms falsely to material matter in pro-
ceeding before any court, tribunal or officer
created by law, or in relation to which an oath
or animation is authorized by law, is guilty
OF perjury; and whoever procures another to
commit preJury is guilty of subornation of
perjury; and shall be punished in either case,
II the perjury was committed in the trial of
crime, punishment by Imprisonment for life,
by Imprisonment for any term of wears not
less than ten. and if convicted in any other
case, by Imprisonment for not more than ten
years.
1t will be seer that the maximum penalty
in the case reported above is ten years i'm
prisonment, and consideration of that fact
should lead future witnesses in louor casas to
adhere more closely to the truth They had
better tell the truth than face the alternative
of imprisonment for a term of wears up to
ten. There is another feature Of the law that
should not be lost sight of. Chapter %, sec
ton So of the Revised Statutes saws: 1.-The
owner, lessee or person renting or eas ng any
building or premises, having knowledge that
Intoxicating liquors sold therein, are liza
BILE severally or jointly with the. person sell
ling or giving Intoxicating liquors as afore-
said"