Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-05
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Q. About how much was being
handled there? \. oh, sometimes 20
haff barrels; sometimes 10 ard sometimes
80 would come in At lines.
q. And how often werld these con-
signnlents CONF? a. Two. or three
times "a week.
g. Do you know where this lager
beer was Acknowledgment of?
A. Around ut the different shops and
places around town.
O.. Did YOU deliyer any of it yourself?
A. Il have in days gone by, yes, sir.
G. Dds you deliver any of it to Joe
nnotef. during lat tinfe? A. Yes, sir
q. Who were.sen,c of the. other deal
crs in Bath whose names have been
read here, toby !. that you delivered to?
I.cavitt? A. Naxsstr.
G. Cannon? "A. Yes. sir.
@ The Colombia hotel? A. Yes, sir
q. The American House? A. No, sir.
G. ANA John OBrien? "A. No, sir.
g Tim MeAuhfe? \. YES, sir.
q. Dandy Varney? A. No, sir.
q. The IIarbor View? A. Yess sir.
q. And about how long. how much o.
period of tAlic were you delivering
those goods there, a year or so?
~ Yes, drove a team there. yes, sir,
about two years.
@ Now did you deliver these goods.
openly. in the daytime? A. Yes. sE .
JOHN j. KEEGAN, sworn for the
prosecution, in answer 10 questions by
Mr. rluminer. testified as follows:
G. What Is your name2xA. John }.
keesan. m
@. And what il YOUR POSITION A.
I. sal
@. You reside in Bath? ~ | do.
@. When did YOU assume the duties
of Judge of the Bath municipal court? A.
The first OF last October about that date
@. Among your duties isdit'Yonr duty
to issue warrants ON complaints? a. 1t
@ During the time that YOU have been
judge of this municipal leo,uibnhas sthe
sheriff or either of LIS. deputies sworn
out amy warrants troy ksP'our COURT A.
No. sir. ~ all
G. During that same peyiod of time
have there been warrants. sworn out
against liquor sellers y. Yes. sir.
@. BY whom? A. By the city mar
shall and | don't remember any others
without looking upon the records
@. Have there been warrants swcrn
out against liquor seli@s during the past
three months? "a 49,
the court with ~ have.
@. Have YOU maSe j transcript of the
summarized facts taken from your book?
y. | have.
@. So that YOU can give quickly what
we ask? a. Yes. sir
@. How many liquor complaints have
been made during the past three months
and warrants issued thereon? ~ Dur
ing the past three months?
q. Since January l. 1918. y. Four.
@. BY whom Were those complaints
sworn out? \. Three BY the city mar
shall and one by Charles \. Mcmahon.
@. VIII YOU state against whom those
warrants issued? a. One was issued
against Grace Albertson one against
James Davis, one against Kate Half. one
against William c. Maines of Georgetown
@. Who is McMahone y. lie Is one
of the selectmen of the town of George
town.
q. Iie,is not a deputy SHERIFF 4. NO,
sir.
q. Now during the months of last year
that YOU were judge of this court. how
many complaints were made against IL
quor sellers? y. During the last month?
q. During the months prior to January
], 1913, since you became Judge? y. Two.
q. BY whom were they sworn out? A.
One Was sworn out by Joseph Burabec
and one by the city marshal.
@. Who is Joseph Burabeer A. lie
was at that time a clerk at the Harbor
View hotel.
q. lie wasn't a deputy sheriff, was he?
a. No. sir.
@. DO you know what the result OF
the search at the 1Iarbor lew hotel
was? ~. Conviction.
Q. And what did they capture. if any
thing? ~. You want u list of the liquor
seized?
Q. Yes. y. Seventy nine quart bottles
of whiskey. los pint bottles of whskey,
81 half pint bottles of whiskcy, seven -
gallon Kegs of whisllcy, % bottles or ale
u bottles Of beer.
q. What was the date of that collec-
ton? A. October r..
@. Last? A. Last.
q. And who was the party arraigned
ON that search and seizure? \. Roland
Lewis
@. And was he epnvicted?f y, Yes,
sir. ''.g -
e Now qni ,yonr bqolls haAXaa YOU eH-
an'incd.lle records and made the min
utes as far back as January 1gl2? 4,
Yes. sir,,, i"t
Q. During spll p lqiS f5' ts fms do 9g66 You
find ANY complaint, having been sworn
xout by the Sheriff from 'Sagadahoc
COUNTY or either of his deputies a.
No, sir fsEz..'4'+' -sszs@-
q. You speak of the houses 136 and
$50 Commercial street. Those people
were before your court? y. They We're,
yes, sir.
Q. When A. 1856 Commercial street
kate Hall was before my court,
March ii, this year.
Q. What business did it develop she
was doing at that place? A. That she
vas selling Intoxicating liquors; also
running Il house of i'll fame.
Q. And were the girls of the house
in court also? A. They We're.
9, What developed in the case of
15o Commercial street? Were they be-
fore your court? A. They were.
G. What developed there rs to the