Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-05
Will IShaWGefsJaiI Sentence
For Single Sale.
Thomas McMear Is Discharged
In Search and Seizure Case.
Girl Of Ia Gels jail Sentence Sus.
pended During Good Behavior.

ana seizure, to which the respondent
pleaded not guilty. The hearing was
the result of a visit Friday afternoon
by Deputy Sheriffs Pomerleau of Au-
eusta and Jones of Hallowen to a.
house on the Thomaston road occupied
by McMear, where a small quantity of
liquor was seized
The testimony of the officers told of
the finding of two empty jugs. one IN
the shed and one in the house, and also
some glasses. The jug in the house.
which held q new stopper, smelled of
liquor The officers also found in the
house a half pint bottle containing
some Whiskey
McMear, who is an old man and a
veteran of the Civil War, claimed that
he bought the liquor at the Lacey place
in Randolph and that he had a hard
time getting it, as he wore citizens
clothes, and also that the LIQUOR was
of such poor quality that he could
not drink it. He also told of sickness
in the family. and the court, in consid-
GRAFTON of the lack of evidence. Of the
mans age and the service he had done
his country during the war, together
j,
his discharge.
Another case which came before the
court was that of Will Shaw, who had
been arrested Saturday morning at his
home ON the Thomaston road by Dep
uty Sheriff A. r. Bucklin, on charge
of single sale of Intoxicating liquor.
Shaw stoutly maintained his innocence,
but one Peter Grant testified to having
bought liquor of the respondent on
several different occasions. He also tes-
tiled to having lost 81 at Shaw's place
on the evening Of Dec. 81, 1913, and
that he had told Shaw that he should
complain of him. In regard to the gath
ering at his place on the night men,
toned Shaw admitted that Grant was
one Of those who were there.
At the conclusion of the hearing the
court found Shaw guilty and imposed
sentence of $50 and costs and so days
in Jail and 80 days additional in de-
fault Of payment of fine and costs,
from which an appeal was taken and
bonds furnished in the sum of 5000 for
appearance at the January term of
court.
1r addition to the above case a girl
OF but IA years of age, whose name is
Withheld because of it being her first
offence, was brought into court to an
swor TO charge of night walking on
the streets of Augusta. The girl was
taken by the officers Friday in less
than two hours after a complaint had
been entered by her mother that she
had been missing from home since the
preceding Sunday, and passed Friday
night in the police station.
On being brought before the court
the girl admitted that she had been
away from home and told of sleigh
rides and of midnight lunches at one
OF the local lunch rooms and of stay
ing two nights at one of the hotels
She was given sentence of 80 days in
Jail but sentence was suspended dur
ing good behavior on condition that
she report to the city marshal every
Saturday. Another girl, who had been
her chum during her lark, was also
taken in Friday, but as the latter
claimed to have job in the mills she
was, after being given some good ad-
vice, told to see that she kept at work.
John Sullivan of Togus, who was on
charge of Illegal possession of intox-
icating liquors and was committed to
jail in default of the bail required on
an appeal, furnished the required bail
Saturday and was by order of the
court released.
Aristides Katsukas was arrested Sun
day forenoon by officer Witham on
warrant sworn out Sept. s. 1913. by
Thomas Demetrie, then of Augusta
but now of Manchester, n. H., charg
ing him with the illegal possession of
intoxicating liquors. Katsukas left the
city on the day. that the warrant was
issued by the court, and had been alb
sent from Augusta until within a few
days Sge. Upon learning Of the mans
return Sunday morning, City Marshal
Colgan ordered him brought in and his
arrest soon followed. Katsukas was
given an interview by Judge Lancas-
ter and on account of circumstances
connected with the case it was contin-
ued Indefinitely and he was allowed
to so upon his own recognizance.
A man giving the name of George T.
Douglass was given 80 days on the hill
on vagrancy charge. He arrived in
Augusta Saturday morning on the
head end of Train II, the Pullman 60
ing east at Ill A. NJ, and claimed to
the police TO have been on his way from
Portland to Bangor to secure treatment
at the Marine hospital for an injured
finger. The man was badly chilled on
his arrival in this city and the little
finger on the left hand had apparently
been frozen, and he was taken over to
the police station and made comfort
able until morning, when he was given
Jail sentence IN order that be might
recuperate. Inquiry at the Jail Sun
day evening seemed to establish the
fact that the man is troubled with
hesitation of veracity. He is not
stranger at the institution and not long
ago was sent up from the HalloweIl
municipal court, his request for COM
mitrrent on that occasion being that
he was a victim of the morphine habit
and that term in Jail would help him
in breaking away from it.
Seth Williams Post. G. A. r., and