Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-10-23

4 A.
serm OF Supreme judicial Court Tor q,
ford County was reached Thursdav 49,,
a1on, aitsr . nine days session durin
NC. sa'cn the court was busy about oil til
r% Without being crowded or rushed
Inc last four days were almost axclu
.Heiy devoted to criminal busluess An
sns docket was we'll cleared MP.
Host Of Monday was oocupied M
,ae 0iAl OF the civil case, Donald A
ssckson W. Mark g. Allen. This. .
tssed iase week, was . suit for damage
.or assault upon the plaintiff in th
9efendant's grain mill at Bryant's Pond
curing . controversy over q bill. Onl,
the two parties we're present At the time
ana their stories differ somewhat. eacJ
asserting that the other was the 40
gressor. 1t WAS admitted that after th
anray started, jackson drew q reyolve
from bis pocket, and that Allen wrench
ca u from his hand and struck him owe
tne head with II. The jury after bein,
oue an hour and three-quarters, returned
$3.50. ~ =
Work on the criminal docket was inn
mediately taken up, the court hous,
having been fairly we'll filled through
the day with people waiting to take som,
part In this line Of proceedings.
One OF the first matters to engage tn,
attention Of the court was the case 81
Moses LaFlamme and his wife Glady,
LaFlamme. They were former resident,
OF humford, whore they got into trouble
WHO the authorities, and served jail sen
tences, he for liquor selling and she TO,
conducting house Of ill-fame.
when they went to Jail, q plea oil
guilty was entered in some cases stand
Ing on the docket against them, and the
cases were continued for sentence. with
tne understanding that nothing would
oe done with the cases az long az they
Kept ont Of their illegal business. After
completing their jail sentences, they
went last May TO Bath, and from there
some time the last of August to Port.
land, whore they havs since been.
About ten. days since they were at Rum
ford, as 1t came out In the course of the
hearing, on matter Of legitimate busi-
ness, and they were brought into court,
where County Attorney Dyer moved for
sentence on the continued cases. The
LaFiammes were represented at this
hearing by Dana s. Williams of Lew
iston.
The report had reached the Oxford
County officers that the LaFlammes had
been conducting illegal business both in
Bath and Lewiston, and the matter was
fully inquired into, the respondents deny
ing the charge. Sheriff Oliver of Bath
Was here and related his experience. It
appeared that while be had given the
warning against running q
Joint" In Bath, no complaint had been
made against them. The Portland police
department. WAS also called up, but had
no record against the respondents.
After hearing the parties, Chief Justice
Cornish said that he had no sympathy
with the idea that We could let offenders
90 to continue their illegal business In
some other county. The laws of Maine
apply to the whole state. The officers
lid well to bring the parties In. But
while suspicion had been directed to.
ward these parties, he did not consider
the evidence sufficient to justify impos
ing sentence. He therefore ordered
Ihem discharged from custody, but with
} warning to them of the consequences
L they did not keep straight.
In few OF the new liquor cases on the
criminal docket, plea of guilty was
entered and the cases were continued for
sentence. Fred L. Cummings paid .
line Of 800 and costs on q charge OF
Keeping and depositing, and a nuisance
Ease against him was continued for SEN
.enne. Beneditto Penzerio took q sem
.ence Of 800 and costs and sixty days in
Jail on case of keeping and depositing,
and q nuisance Indictment against him
Was continued for sentence.
Tuesday morning Mrs. Adelaide
Guimond of Rumford was brought in
md County Attorney Dyer moved for
sentence In an old nuisance case, In
which plea OF guilty had been entered.
George 81. Hutchins appeared for her.
Chief Of Police Dennis Of Rumford, be-
ing questioned, stated that Mrs.
place had given trouble dur
ing the past summer, and the court I'M
posed . sentence of six months in Jail at
Auburn.
In the case OF James v. Carey, lndict-
ID Jointly with Charles Martel for illegal
A. E. Stearns, counsel for
Carey, moved for Q. continuance on the
ground that Martel, who would be an
important witness, 10 now somewhere in
France. There was also an appealed
case against Martel, in which County
Attorney Dyer moved for default Of the
sureties. II appeared that Martel had
fought with the Canadian contingent In
France, had been sent home for disabil-
Ity on account of wounds, and since
these cases originated has enlisted In
The Second Maine and IL now again In
France. After some consideration the
court granted . continuance Of both
Eases.
The first criminal trial was an appeal
ID case against Adam Paltansvitoh and
Annie Paltanavitch OF Rumford, for
keeping and depositipg. County
Attorney Dyer for state, N. G.. Foster
md George 81. .Hutchlns for defence.
rhe respondents are husband and wife,
and are Lithuanians. On the 25th OF May
Deputy Sheriffs Small and Niles search
ID the house where they live, and found
.wenty-one pints of whiskey concealed
IN q couch among the springs and excel
,ior. The explanation given BY the
defence 10 that q few weeks before,
when Mrs. Paltanavitch was out gather
ug fagots, she found In pile OF brush
,wo bran sacks containing In all eight
gallons Of whiskey, which she carried
home. Because her husband was .
drinking man, and she was afraid he
would take too much, she hid these
.wenty-o ne pints In the couch, sent two
gallons to her sister, and buried the
,est In the garden.
The Jury was out about an hour and
. half before returning . verdict OF
guilty a. to both.
Albert Paradis Of Mexico was next
placed on trial on an appealed case for
Illegal transportation. The testimony
showed that on the 2Qth Of June Paradis
and his yellow automobile were captured
BY Deputy Sheriff Small on cross road
near Newry Corner. In the car were
70 quarts and 90 half pints OF whiskey.
fter these were taken away, Sheriff
Cole with Deputies Small and Niles
vent 70 the place where the automobile
vas found, and hunting through the
bushes beside the road and 10 the vicin-
Itv found fourteen cases OF whiskey
and one case of gin, all OF which was
libeled and forfeited.
After the testimony was In, A. Z.
stearns. attorney for Paradia. moved
nat the court direct Q verdict, and
,allsd attention TO the form of the COM
nlaint. The matter was briefly dis
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