The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-06
Couldn't Furnish $500 Bail
for Appearance Here
Next Thursday
w. A. CLARK CHARGED
WITH LIQUOR SALE
Arrested as Result of Disclosure by A.
thur Adshad Furnishes Bail Of
$500 for Appearance Thursday-Ap-
parent Clash Of Statutes.

The cases of selling liquor brought
against Joseph and Miner Adsbad
which developed from the arrest of Ar
thur Adshad about midnight Friday.
ana the case against Arthur for breach
OF the peace all were continued 70
Thursday by Judge Frank T. Barber
IN the municipal court Saturday after
noon and each respondent was held un-
DER bonds of $500, which he was unable
TO furnish. They were taken to New
tame Jail to spend the interim.
William A. Clark Of so WASHINGTON
street, as the result of disclosure
made by Arthur Adshad. appeared IN
court IN the afternoon, charged with
! furnishing liquor. lie was represented
by Attorneys +. w. Gibson and ". L.
Smith and his case was continued 70
Thursday. His father, II. /. Clark Of
/ Tullford. furnished bail III the sum Of
5000 for his appearance at that time.
Arthur Adshad has pleaded guilty to
a breach Of the peace. but dlspositio,,
/ has not been made Of his ease. pending
the disposition Of the eases against his
/ brothers and Clark.
! The eases against Joseph and Miner
! Adshad have not come up for trial
They arc held under $500 bail each as
| witnesses against Clark and had thev
! been able to furnish this thev- would
have been released under personal rec
/ ognlzance on the charges Of selling Iiq-
uor.
During the proceedings SATURDAY af
t ternoon it developed that in the event
of the so-called Perry bin being passed
| by referendum vote at the March meet
ings there will lie on the statute books
rs the result of the deliberations of the
last Legislature two laws relating to
the powers of municipal courts that will
be opposed to each other.
E. W. Gibson of counsel for Clark
queried the court and the state : at
torney as to whether they held that the
municipal court had final jurisdiction in
the disposition of liquor cases. He was
Informed that the court and state s at
torney believed it did under the social
ed municipal court act, which is No. 81
of the Acts of 1915 This gives mum
Icipal courts the right to try and finally
determine all eases of misdemeanoI
brought before the municipal courts
Attorney Smith held that section Il
Of Act III, a portion of the so-called
Perry bill, puts the matter up TO the
county court if the respondent enters
a plea of not guilty.
1t was pointed ont that the Perry
bin was approved March u, 1918. but
Is subject to referendum vote which
is to be taken next March. and in tbs
event of the referendum being favor
able the act does not take effect until
May /, 1916.
The so-ealled municipal court act
was approved April ,, 1915, after thC
] so-called Perry bill. and became effee
, tive Aug /. 1915.
The court ruled that the municipa
+ court has final jurisdiction in the mat
= ter of liquor eases, which come unde1
the head of misdemeanors, but that the
respondent Clark. was entitled to q in
~ trial He allowed the responder
exceptions in order that the matte
might be taken to the supreme court.
Sheriff c. L. Mann this morning sum
moned the following jurors to hear th'
case of Clark Thursday: G. F. Gregory
+ \. II. Mann and George Armand o
, Dummerston. c. F. Fairman and JOIN
4 I. Wright of Vernon, F. K. Barrows, c
5 l. Cobb, H. H. Dunklee, George Odell
/ w. l.. Sylvester, G. T. Thomas and Free
5 Fox of Brattleboro.