Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-10-19
Supreme Judicial Court.
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inc the sale of three bottles of beer TO
George III Bunker on the 9Th of June,
1918. County Attorney Beliveau for the
state. Stevenson and Hutchins for the
defence.
TWAS agreed by the attorneys, tol
save time. that the beer had been analyz-
ed by Professor Cram of Brunswick, ana
found to contain over four per cent OF al
cOhol.
Bunker is a "spotter" from the Sher-
man Detective Agency of Boston, whose
business in Rumford it was to buy
liquor. He testified that be arrived In
Rumford al about noon OF Saturday,
June ), aud that at 9:l5 in the evening
of that day he bought the three bottles oil
beer of Cohen at his bottling house.
Cohen for the defence absolutely de-
MED selling the beer TO Bunker, and the
defence spent its efforts largely IN
discrediting the testimony OF Bunker
IL was shown that at the hearing in the
Rumford court Bunker testified that be
bought the beer of Cohen at 9l5 A. NJ,
which was some hours before he arrived
in Rumford, and that while he afterward
changed his testimony TO make the hour
q15 p. NJ. he did not make that change
until in a later trial it was shown that he
was not in town in the forenoon OF June
9Th.
In the course of the close cross-exami-
nation of Bunker by the defence as TO
his movements, very full directory OF
the suspected rumsellers OF Rumtord
was secured, aud number OF names
were heard which are quite familiar on
the court records
The Jury was out about half an hour
before returning verdict OF not guilty.
A nuisance indictment against Cohen
was then mol pressed.
Charles Howard was tried on an in
dictment charging single sale OF liquor
at a date iu June, 1914 County Attor-
ney Beliveau for state; Blanchard for
Howard. Howard is ferryman at the
Peru Center ferry. The case was very
short. The only witness for the state
was a Young man from Dixtield, who tes-
tilted that be bought pint of whiskey
of Howard one night when there was
dance at Peru. Howard denied selling
the whiskey, aud said that the young
man brought two bottles OF home made
beer with him, and left them near the
ferry. The jury was out only short
time before returning verdict OF not
guilty.
George W. Shattuck, who had pleaded
not guilty to an Indictment for assault,
WAS placed on trial, but it was discovered
that owing to Misunderstanding, he
was without counsel, and when counsel
were fouu and had conferred with him,
he retracted his plea and pleaded guilty.
He was sentenced by Judge Hanson to
thirty days in Jail, to date from Oct. I,
the day OF the assault.
Chester Williams retracted his plea OF
not guilty to the charge OF breaking and
entering, and pleaded guilty.
A familiar figure about the court now
appeared in the dock, in the person OF
James Caliendo, now of Mexico, TO an
swer to au indictment for maintaining
LIQUOR nuisance at his place on Mexico
Avenue in Mexico. He was defended by
Mr.. Hutchins.
The states case is based on the
work of "spotter" from the Sherman
Detective Agency, Polish witness who
speaks very good English and is certainly
a bright looking fellow. He was in
Rumford for a while in September of this
year, aud testified to going over to Cali
endo's place with other men and buying
beer on the evening of Saturday, Sept.
II, and again on the evening of Sunday,
Sept. u. His testimony was contradicted
on some points by some of those who
went with him in the public auto Satur-
day evening, and was contradicted entire
ly by Caliendo, who said that the Pole
was not at his place on the Saturday
evening named, and that on Sunday
he came there and wanted beer but was
refused.
The jury is out on this case as the
Democrat goes to press.