Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-08-10
MUNICIPAL court
HAS BUSY SESSION
WEDNESDAY MORNING
Sarah Roderique Gets Jail Sen.
tence in Liquor Case and of
Course Appeals-W. H. Jones
OF China is Discharged in AS
sault Case - Trespass Case
and Two Cases of Intoxication
Complete Mornings Docket

| Complete Mornings Docket
| wednesday brought to Judge Lancaster
OF the municipal court another busy
| morning and his attention was claimed
throughout the entire forenoon by a
number of cases that were varied in ma
ture and more or less interesting to the
old guard and such others as had as
sembled to hear them. The docket for
the morning included five cases. the
charge in one being search and seizure,
in another assault. in third trespass,
and in the fourth and fifth ntoxication.
The first case called was that of Mrs.
Sarah Roderique. who was brought over
! from Lewiston Tuesday night by Deputy
! Sheriff Pomerleau of this city. Mrs. Rod
cirque was wanted in Augusta on the
charge of search and seizure of intoxi-
eating liquor on the night of July Of the
/ current year at her store, 81 Water
street, by Deputy -Sheriffs Pomerleau and
Emery. At the time the search was in
progress. and which resulted in the find
ing by the officers of four quarts If
whiskey and six bottles Of ale, Mrs Rod
cirque quietly flew the COOP and sought
more congenial chimes. So successful was
her flight that her whereabouts were not
learned until a short time ago, when she
was located in Lewiston. The woman was
arrested and held until Deputy Sheriff
Pomerleau went over and brought her
back to Augusta.
When arraigned Wednesday morning
before the court she was represented by
Burleigh Martin and by advice of coun-
sci she waived the reading Of the war
rant and pleaded not guilty. The court.
however. found her guilty and imposed
the usual sentence of 500 and costs and
60 days in jail. and in default of payment
of fine and costs 60 days additional An
appeal was taken and bonds furnished in
the sum of $500 for her appearance at the
! September term of the superior court
| The above case was the second search
and seizure charge on which the cour,
| had held the woman since April Is.
| A case which caused some amusement
was that of Alberta Weston. wife of Carl
Weston of Bennett street, who was be-
! fore the court to answer to a charge or
trespass which was preferred against her
by William Reynolds and which evidently
grew out of the question of ownership of
| some apples which grew on a tree on
the premises occupied by the respondent.
Mrs. Weston pleaded not guilty and on
taking the witness stand set up so COM
plete and perfect defence that at the
conclusion of the hearing the court dis
charged her
\ matter in which there was per-
haps the greatest amount of interest
was brought over from the town of
China and contained details which re-
quired some little time to explain. In
the case William H. Jones of China
was arraigned to answer to warrant
sworn out against him by Lee S. Pou
him with an assault on the complain
ants wife, Lizzie Poulin, which as
sault was alleged to have been COM
mitted Aug. {. Mr. Jones was repre-
scented by John z. Nelson of the law
firm of Andrews & Nelson of Augusta
and entered a plea of not guilty.
The wife of the complainant took
the stand and in the course of her tes
timony claimed that the respondent
had been to the PCuln home many
times, but did not get out of his wag-
on; that he had give1: her candy; that
on Aug. Z. while she was asleep in
chair with her young baby he came in
through the shed and awakened her
by speaking to her; that he then Of
fered an improper suggestion, but
that she told him to go away, and then
got up with the baby in her arms,
Whereupon he pushed her back into
the chair. Continuing she claimed that
at this time he broke a lamp on the
table, after which he went away, but
that he came back again at about 2
o'clock in the afternoon, accompanied
by her sister; that at that time the
house door was locked and he asked
her why, to which question she made
no reply that he then went away.
On cross-examinat;on by Mr.. Nelson
Mrs. Poulin was asked if she did not
expect the respondent to pay her
something, and her reply was that she
thought he should.
Mr.. Jones took the stand and his
defence was denial of the details of
the charges that had been made
against him, except that he had driven
into the Poulin yard on different oc
casions. He stated. however. that he
did not get out Of his team, as the
horse he drove, which was a stallion.
he could not leave. Friends and neigh
bors of the respondent. among them
being some of the prominent men of
the town of China. were present at the
hearing and testified to his good cha.-
acter and standing in the community.
At the conclusion Of the hearing Mr..
Jones was discharged.
| In the two cases Of intoxication
which completed the last Of the morn
ings business the respondent in each
case was allowed to go upon the pay
ment Of costs.