The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-16
MANY WITNESSES
PUT ON STAND
After Which the Respondents Attorney
Asked for Continuance of State
VS.. Mrs M. Valentine Case
Until Thursday Morning I

A hearing in the case of stat yrs
NJ. Valentine. charged with e lille
gally, was held before J Ia ". Scott
in city court this for y Grand Juror
Hugh II. Carpente - citing the prose
cution with Attorne X. A. Hoar appear
ing for the respondent. The case grew
out of a raid in which officers from po-
lice headquarters figured on the night OF
July j. Fifteen pints OF Old Hundred
whiskey, a pint Of Colonel (sour NASH
pint of Highgate whiskey and half
barrel of Highland Springs ale, along
with alleged bar-room accessories, were
seized and Mrs. Valentine was placed
under arrest.
| To-day the state summoned some
twenty -one witnesses to the hearing, if-
teen of whom were asked to take the
stand At lI.l5 o'clock the state rest
ed its case and fifteen minutes later,
counsel for the defense asked that the
hearing be adjourned until Thursday
morning at o o'clock Attorney Hoar
desired time III which to obtain an i'm
portant witness and to prepare motion
! for the court. The ease will be re-
opened tomorrow morning. Testimony
from several Of the witnesses tended to
Indicate that the respondent had sold
beer on different occasions, as there We're
occasional disclosures revealed in the
evidence produced by the state.
From Graniteylle, the brothers, Thom-
as and John Hitchin, took the witness
chair and told of paying Mrs Valentine
five cents per glass for beer at divers
times. John said he had probably been
to Valentines house twenty times in the
last three years; Thomas had also paid
ever so many visits to the same place,
the last being four weeks ago come Sat
urday night. George Geake of Webster
Vile had been to the house year ago
Five cents per glass was what he had
paid Mrs. Valentine for beer, according
To his testimony.
Gross examined by Attorney Hoar as
to how much Officer John w. Dineen had
paid him to tell such a story, witness
disclaimed any acquaintance with said
officer. Asked how many times he had
repeated the same story to the grand
Juror or Others, Geake replied that his
testimony had never been given out prior
to to-day's hearing.
Louis Lagore of Williamstewn, Charles
Matott of Barre and Peter Conners of
Webstervile said they didn't even know
Mrs. Valentine They were allowed to
leave the stand without cross -examina-
tion. Peter Labelle of Barre testified
to speaking acquaintance with the re-
spondent He had been to the house
but had never paid for any intoxicat
ing liquor there. William Cafe of this
city referred in his testimony on the
stand TO a few visits at the Valentine
home on Maple avenue. Asked as to
what he had to drink there on occasions
mentioned. witness replied: Sometimes
coffee and sometimes beer" He had
never paid. Frank Congo Of Barre left
the stand early for he denied any ac
quaintance with the woman whatever.
Norman w Mcdonald of Graniteville
told of going to Valentines house July
8, only to find the door locked and the
place vacant for all he knew. Frank
Proulx of Barre knew the family we'll
knew Mrs Valentine and the girl, he
said. Yes, in reply to the grand jurors
inquiry, he had been to the house. Fre-
quently the family members had offered
refuse. but he never paid he said Jack
Campbell of Graniteville and James
OHeron of Webstervlle said they didn't
know Mrs. Valentine. Tim Murphy of
Graniteville possessed no more of rip
ened acquaintance.
Officer Ed /. Mcleod testified to par
ticipating in the raid. He described at
length the alleged contraband goods
seized at the time and told of getting
a beer faucet from the girl of the house.
1t seemed to be dripping with beer when
he first saw it. Officers Dineen and Garlic,
Chief Sinclair, Joseph Bedard, Henry
Patneaude and Louis Bergernon, all of
whom were on the subpoena. We're not
called to stand. Mrs Valentine is still
under $500 bonds furnished at the time
of her arrest.