Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-06
AUBE IS
GIVEN JAIL SEN
TENCE SATURDAY
In Municipal Court in
III e g al Possession
Case - Julius Bloom
berg Pays Costs of
$3.50 for Driving Au-
to on Wrong Side Of
Street

At the municipal court Saturday morn
ing one Adelard Aube was arraigned be- |
fore Judge Lancaster on the charge OF |
u!egal possession Of intoxicating liquor |
with intent to sell the same. the case
growing out of a roundup Friday night
OF Aube by Deputy Sheriff Irving Whit !
ten, who boarded the trolley car which |
arrived at 10 O'Clock from Lewiston, on !
which Aube was a passenger and had |
with him as baggage one suitcase. Depu-
ty Written boarded the car at Halo
well and, finding Aube on board, re-
manned on the car until it reached the !
waiting room Of the Lewiston, Augusta |
q Waterville Street Railway on Water /
street, Augusta. At that point DEPUTY |
"hltten inquired of Aube If the suit case |
was his. and receiving an affirmative an
sp1r requested that Aube open the case |
which was done and the case was found |
to contain four quart bottles OF liquor |
labeled Bald Eagle Whskey" and three !
half-pint bottles of liquor hearing a SIM
liar label The suitcase and its con-
tents were seized by the officer and Auhe
was arrested and taken 70 the. police sta |
ton 70 await hearing before the court |
When arraigned Saturday morning |
Auoe entered plea of not guilty. He
was not represented by counsel and Il, !
his EXPLANATION TO the court as to how
the liquor came to be found in his nos |
session he claimed that a friend in Lew. |
!ston gave him the liquor as a present. |
He could not, however, remember the !
name Of the street on which the friend |
In question lived He also informed the !
court that the friend had left Lewiston
that morning for Providence, r. l. The /
explanation offered by the respondent did (
not satisfy the court and at the con. !
clusion Of the hearing lube was promptly |
found guilty. The court then in7posed !
the usual sentence provided for such
cases. which is $40 and costs and So DAYS
in Jail and In default of payment Of fine
and costs 81 days additional Auhe en-
tered an appeal and was ordered 10 rec
ogniZe in the sum of 500 for appearance
at the September term Of the superior
court.
At the afternoon session Of the court
one Julius Bloomber- Of Augusta was ar
raigned on the charge Of driving his au-
tomobile on the wrong side Of the stree,
at the foot of Rines hill at about clock
Wednesday afternoon, July 81 This case
grew OFT of collision which occurred
a the time and place mentioned in which
the auto driven by young Rloomherg is
alleged to have run into a team driven by
John Winfield Scott Busha, one Of the
local truckmen.
From what was learned at the hearing
relative to the collision it appeared that
the city street sprinkler, driven by JOS
eph Ellis, had Just reached the foot Of
Rines hill and Mr.. Ellis was making the
turn, as is his custom at that point. TO
start up Water street again At the same
time Mr.. Busha was coming up from the
Maine Central freight shed his team
loaded, and had reached Water street.
his team being at that iuncture behind
THE street sprinkler. He claimed that he
could not see the hill or who was on it.
Just at that time also Young Bloomberg,
It was claimed, swung his auto around 70
the left Of the silent policeman on the
Hill and undertook to pass the street
sprinkler to the left but in doing so
caught the Busha team between the auto
and the curling on the west side of the
street, breaking the shafts and also
breaking one step from the wagon.
When arrasned before the court young
Bloombers was represented by Hon.
Frank L. Dutton and entered plea OF
not guilty. The defence claimed that the
respondent was driving the auto very
slowly down Rines hill. and that wien
he reached the foot Of the hill the street
sprinkler was crossw!se of the street. and
that he went to the west side of the cart
in passing It IN order TO avoid it; that he
did not see the Busha team until he was
close upon It. After hearing the evil
dence on both sides Of the case the court
found the respondent guilty and ordered
him to pay costs amounting to $3.50, |
which he did