The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-25
Sentenced to State Prison
for Attempting to Enter
Store
AUTO DRIVERS MAKE
UP BOOZE PARTIES
This Is Charge Of Attorney Piper in
Defending Carey-Says Several of
Them Drive UP and Down Main
Street Evenings

In addressing Judge Addison E. Cud-
worth of the Brattleboro municipal
court this morning in defense of John
Carey, who had entered a plea of guilty
to a charge of attempted burglary at
Randall & Slapp's jewelry store early
Sunday morning, Attorney A. V. d.
Piper, who was assigned by tie court
Monday to defend the prisoner, told
some plain truths that have been known
to many in Brattleboro for some time
| Saying that the defendant, in the at
| torney s belief, was not a bad man, but
one who did wrong things when under
the influence of, liquor, as Carey was
Saturday night, the attorney eontin-
ued:
This may be little removed from
the facts concerning the attempted
burglary, but the court should know that
there are five or six drivers of automo-
biles who drive up and down Main
street evenings soliciting men who are
known to be drinking men to make up
Iparty to go to Bernardston or Green
field
''The connection of this situation
| believe him. that on three different oc-
lcasions, when he had no intention of
drinking, he was solicited while on
Main street and was weak enough to
lgive way to the temptation and 90 to
the neighboring state and there become
intoxicated.
''On one of those occasions he broke
into the freight car in the rear of the
Dunham Brothers Co. and later into the
store and the next night after another
trip under the same conditions, he tried
; to enter the jewelry store and was
| caught in the act. He was partially in
toxicated at that time and had liquor
with him.
State S Attorney William R. Daley
, had changed the complaint brought
< against Carey originally from burglary
} Ito attempted burglary and Carey had
lasked that an information be filed
against him and that he be allowed to
plead to the new complaint rather than
wait until the September term of the
county court. Accordingly he was
i brought before the court this morning
from Newfane Jail.
The state S attorney reviewed the
= circumstances of the arrest and told OF
/. the burglary of Dunham Brothers Co 1
. place of business and the finding of foul
. Fpairs of shoes i'll the possession of Ca
. lrey in his room, which were identified
las having been taken from the Dunhan
Il stock The official also informed the
court that he had been notified thii
morning that the management of Islam,
= park had missed box of gum and som,
!, cigarettes, which corresponded to tn,
n PARTICLES of that character found in Ca
- rey S room.
j In opening his statement on behal
> of the prisoner, Attorney Piper sal,
:. that he had had two long talks witt
: the defendant and that the young maj
i had told him that he was born AM
= brought up in Somerville, Mass, am
/. that his mother died when he was !
wears of age and his father a shor
! time afterwards, and that since tina
" time he had made his own way in tn
= world. He had worked in the Fore Riy
= er shipyards at Quincy, Mass, and latel
., had worked on buildings. He had bee
. in Brattleboro 10 months, working fo
!" time at the White River Chair Co.
= plant, then on the Manley garage builC
- ing, and for the last four weeks on tn
~ Barber building. Mr.. Piper said tina
:. 1.-THE Young man denied having an,
IthlnS TO 90 with the pfeah al lslah
= Ipark and claimed that he had bougf
q the gum and cigarettes in Greenfiel
~ on one of his trips there with autom
= bile parties. He then referred to tt
~ soliciting as quoted above.
=, Judge Cudworth in sentencing II
:; yeung man said that intoxication W;
no defense and that he would impo'
sentence with reference only to Il
charge of attempted burglary, to whic
he had pleaded guilty. He then impose
sentence of not less than one and on
tie half years nor more than two and on
half years at hard labor in the sta
prison in Windsor.