Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-11

". blu you Will any pou
: for selling them? A. l did not.
II @. Did you call the attention of any
body to the fact that lie was violating
the law? A. 1 did rot.
@. You made no attempt whatever t
enforce the law? A. l did not.
Mr.. cLEAVES: A question or two
neglected to ask YOU Two weeks ago
, last Saturday, was there any ale OF
draught in any OF these places
A. Yes. sir.
/ Q. When was ale on draught shut
off? A. Well. very largely. on Fri
Il day night, a week ago last Friday night
@. After the publicity had beer
| given to the Governors message.
/ ~ Yes. sir.
O And did YOU any barrels of
beer being moved out of these places
where recently before that you had
seen ale being served on draught?
A. | saw what / supposed was the NOV
ing of it, and my attention was called
to 1t by some demonstrations of that
kind.
O. You saw barrels being moved out
of those places? A. / saw them more
particularly on the streets. on teams.
O. Was that in the daytime or night?
! A That was Ill Tue evening.
| Q. In the daytime during the present
year have you seen and beer being haul
ed through the streets of Bangor? A.
Daily occurrence.
@. How large loads? A. oh. varying
from a single key to perhaps four or five
barrels or more on jiggers. partially COW
cred, sometimes not.
Q. And those during daylight hours?
y Yes, sir.
Q. Have you seen any of those loads
backed UP TO any of those saloons which
you have spoken about? A. Yes, sir.
c. Is that frequent occurrence? A.
Frequent occurrence.
BY Judge STEARNS:
O. Have YOU ever made any attempt
to seize any of these barrels of beer
and ale that have been carted through
the streets? A. I have not.
@. Have you ever made any COM
plants? 4. l have not.
Q. Never swore out any warrants? ~
| have not.
@. Haven't interfered in any way
whatsoever with the traffic? y. l have
not.
Mr.. GEORGE f. HILL. having been
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Examination by Judge CLEAVES:
O. What is your name? A. George T.
HILL
@. Where do you live? a. Gorinth.
Q. What is your occupation2 a.
Farmer.
@. Were YOU formerly connected with
the sheriff's office of Penobscot county?
y. Oh, years ago, I was a deputy.
Q. And you come quite often into Ban
gor and have been so doing the present
years? \. Well. 1 average about once
a week.
O. Now in February of this year. did
you make any particular observations in
Bangor in any places? a. l was in Ban
gor about the middle of February. /
wanted a glass of beer and went into u
place Oh Franklin street and got it.
@. Was it soft beer or regular beer?
A. Regular beer on draft: they drew it,
@. What place was that? A. l don't
know the name, but it is on the further
end of Franklin street before you get
to the bridge They call it Peter some
body. | think Peter McAuley. I think
that Is the name.
O. Was there a bar there a. Yes.
sir
c. Did you notice any other liquors
besides the kind you had? a. l don't
know. There were bottles displayed on
the shelf.
@. There were bottles showing plain
ly? a.. Yes, sir. .,5
O. What We call long necked bottles ?
\. Yes, sir. as We might call them. They
We're filled. and resembled whiskey bot
ties.
G. About week later than that. did
you go into the same place? A. I did.
@ In the meantime had anything &C.
CURED? 4. The first time I was in there
was before IL O'Clock. l went home on
the II o'clock train. | saw by my paper
that night that they had made "a seizure
there and cleaned out the place.
| q. And then about a week later YOU
were again in Bangor? a. Yes, attend
ing court, and going down from court
went in again.
| y Who, If anyone, connected with ..
department of the sheriff at the present
| time, did YOU see in there drinking? a.
l should say there were eight or 10 people
in there, from court part of them and
among them was deputy sheriff.
~. Whit Is MS name. a. l. u bar
ker of Exeter
@. What was he doing? a. Drinking
with the crowd that was in there. .5.,
@. Have you been in the Bangor House
during the year several times? y. Quite
often
q. Have you been in the barroom OF
the Bangor House? A. 1 think I have
been in there twice. In the month of
March l was in there and got a glass OF
whiskey.
Q. What floor is it on? A. On the Of
flee floor
O. Was there bar there? A. Yes
sir.
Q. With the ordinary bar equipment:
a. Yes, sir.
a. Did you see any display of liquor
around that bar at that time? A. Well
there was fairly we'll equipped bar
, very good. and bottles displayed on top
think the last time was in there, there
We're two or three men In there.
Q. What time in March was that? 4.
That was some time, should say, along
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