Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-21

the same Sarah Roderique that In the SUI
perior court Of this county at the Sep
TENDER term. on q case OF search ana
seizure, wherein she had appealed. was
found guilty and sentenced to pay mo
Of 500 and costs. or three months In JaN.
and was placed on probation.
The respondents took the stand. MI.
Breton said that he followed lumber
ing in tho winter and worked on the
river in the summer: that he was with
Bellavance and Cloutier on the night
in question, and that they aad been
drinking during the evening. Their
supply Of liquor running out, they
went to Mrs Roderique's for more. He
could not tell who went into the place
first, and that when he went in there
the back door was open, both u the
other men had gone there ahead OF
him. He said that he did not take anJ
cigars. cigarettes or money from tie
store Of Mrs. Roderique:t and that he
did not go into the store, but stage In
the kitchen while there, Within a few
minutes the police came and he was
arrested. He was searched, bat they
found nothing upon him.
Hermidos Bellavance said he was
born right here. and that he worked
in the woods winters and on the river
summers. He said that on the night In
question:. after he came from his work.
he changed his clothes and later met
Butler (Breton) and they started
drinking. Tho other man, Cloutier, he
met about o'clock and that all three
were drinking during the evening. He
said he had known Sarah R)derique
since last spring. Finally, they all went
to the Roderique place to get some
thing more to drink. Cloutier got into
a fight right by the Roderique place,
In the barber shop, and a window was
broken. Cloutier went around to the
back door of the Roderique place, aft-
er notice by someone that the cops
were coming. After a time, he said he
went around and walked right in, the
door being open. but found Mrs. Rod
cirque was not there. After little
while he said Breton came in, and then
he went upstairs to wake Mrs. Roder-
ique so that they could get some IL
quor, but she was not up there. Just
about that time the police came and
he was arrested with the other man.
He said he had been at the Roderique
place at most any hour Of The nigat.
He denied touching cigars, cigarettes
or money in the shop that night.
The jury after being out some time
brought in a verdict Of guilty.
State vs.. Eugene Kline and Christie
pher Miller
This case, No. 80, was an indictment
for maintaining a liquor nuisance at
a place near the National Home. Kline
| was not apprehended. Miller was tried
alone Burleigh Martin represented
Miller.
Deputy Sheriff Edwin Bullock OF
Windsor testified as to passing the
place claimed to have been occupied by
Miller and Kline on his trips from his
home to Augusta and return. He said
the house. or shop, known as the
green shanty, was located within 20
or 25 feet of the travelled part of the
Thomaston road. He had known Miller
most of the time since ne had been a
deputy sheriff, nearly four years, and
frequently saw him in different places
along that road. He said he had seen
him about Snow Pillow and about the
entrance to the National Home, and
also around the green shanty: that
when he had seen him there he had
been sitting around in different places;
he thought he had not seen him In the
shantv. Sometimes he had seen both
Miller and Kline around there. At
times, he said, there were always SOL
diers around that corner, and that
there had been a good deal of drunk
enness there at times, and since the
first of January. He said he had ire
ouently seen old soldiers there when
they showed signs of having been
drinking. He did not know OF any bus-
mess Miller had, and had not seen MIN
doing anything around there.
Fred Davis, a resident of the vicin-
ity of the National Home, was put upon
the stand and testified that he worked
for Brad Shaw and whoever he could
get work FROM He said he drank some
liquor and that he bought a half pint
of liquor there the 10Th Of last April,
of Christopher Miller. and paid him half
dollar for it.
Lillian Davis, wife Of the previous
witness. testified that she remembered
Patriots day, and that she went down
to the green shanty that day after some
rum and got 1t; that she got two drinks
Of Kline. She said Miller was there,
out in the road, walking back and forth,
watching out She said 1T takes two to
sell liquor"
The next witness was John Souchman,
a special policeman, who lives in the
vicinity of the National Home. Is also
farmer. and goes back and forth ev-
ery day on the cars to his work part
way to Augusta He testified as to the
conditions there and said he had known
Miller for several years and had seen
him around the green shanty almost ev-
ery day. with the soldiers. He said
Kline had also been there.
Marshall Pomerleau, deputy sherin
and resident Of Augusta, testified to be-
ing at the shanty during the summer.
knew Christopher Miller and had seen
him about the shanty since the first of
January. He said he was apparently
doing nothing there. but Just apparently
STAYING there He had seen Kline once
or twice at the Jenness place. On the
second day Of last July he SAID he found
some liquor in a bag in front Of the