The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-01
FINES PILE UP
FOR SMUGGLING
U. S. Court at Montpelier.
Imposed AS High AS
$500 Fine
BUT REFUSED 3 EA
OF GUILT g Y ONE
Because It e, Consid-
cred That ya Needed
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Payment of fines and costs for viola
tion of the Volstead act continued in|
United States court in Montpelier to.
day with rapid succession, broken now
and then with different disposal of tfiel
cases. For instance, Adelarde Billedeaul
OF Canaan pleaded guilty to smugglingI
in liquor, but the court refused to ae-l
cept the plea, holding that the respond !,
ent should have a right to prove his
claim that he did not know what he
was loading on train when he helped
to put some liquor on board and that
he did not know what the contents of
the package was although he sat down
in the same seat where the liquor was
placed on the car while the other fel.
low went into another car.
Judge H. B. Howe thought that such
a story would stand little more ey
planation and so refused to accept the
plea of guilty. The respondent has
been in the jail at Newport since April
s.
+ G. B. Taylor, negro Pullman port
er. was arraigned for bringing in eight
quarts of liquor from Canada, and he
admitted he knew what the stuff was
Taylor was in the British service in the
wars He had been in Jail since July lG
and he thought that was penalty
enough. When asked if he could paw
a fine, Taylor looked about himself and
'raked up IS cents, whereupon the
Judge imposed fine of 81, in view OF
the long term the man had been in
jail District Attorney V. A. Bullard
volunteered to pay the % cents lacking
on the fine and the man is to be sci
free. 1t is Understood that Attorney
Smith, acting for the respondent, stood
good for the 81, Taylor not being asked
to give up his IS cents
Raymond Long and Gilbert Long Of
Manchester, n. H., paid $50 and cost
each for bringing in five quarts of high
wine.
Colvin Sails and David Sherman nl
New York were fined 800 each foi
bringing in AZ quarts of whiskey and
one quart of high wine. Henry Rieux
Eugene Levesque and Francis Gillette
of Lewiston, Me, were assessed s5f
and costs for bringing over FIVE gal
Ions of high wine.
Philabert Leblond of Lewiston got
days sentence in addition to 800 fin,
for smuggling and attempting to bring
into the United States two girls whom
he represented to be his daughters bui
who were not.
Charles Norsted of St Albans and
Arnold Brooks of Swanton were fined
$3.50 each for bringing in eight cases OF
Scotch whskey and two quarts OF
wine. Ernest Mongeon of Attleboro
Mass. and Alfred Medic of Pawtucket
r. l., got fines of $500 each for bring
ing in 302 quartstof Golden Camp whis
KEY and 33 quarts of Canadian whis
key.
A peculiar case was that of Johr
Griggs and Truman Griggs. father and
son, of Canaan, whb pleaded guilty te
importing liquor into the United
States, but were not sentenced. They
claimed they are poor people. In 60
ing from their home in remote part
of the town of Canaan into West
Stewartson, \. H., they had to pass
through a section of Canada and al
the request of a man they agreed tc
take some liquor along with them
Judge Howe queried them at length a;
to the name Of the party to whom the
liquor was to be delivered and dis
missed them from court temporarily II
order that they might think it over
hard" suggesting in the meantime that
a fine of 81 900 would be about right
for each of them.
Fenton Damon of Newark pleaded
not guilty to the charge of failure tc
file QUESTIONABLE. His defense Is
that he never received any question
naire.
Andonis Rhearme of st. Percie, 7
O.. was fined $50 and sentenced tr
the county Jail for one day because hs
attempted to smuggle his wife into
he United States from Canada. Au
gust and Joseph Phoenix of Troy were
ined $50 each for conspiring to bring
Aliens into the United States Jo
,eph r. Racine of CRANKY, p O., was
ined 500 and given 30 days in the
,ounty Jail for bringing three persons
lcross the line
Aehille Laundry of Berlin. y H., and
Ioel Pelerin of Berlin, y H., were each
lueu NJt. Win coSlet LOT iheHdl tlah~-
,ortation of liquor. Arthur Ninlette
4 Swsnton was fined a similar amount
or having liquor in his possession
samuel Burns of Cambridge was fined
OF having liquor in his possession and
or transporting the same. He paid $50
OF the above respondents Racine
eemed TO feel the worst about his pre-.
icament. He did not want a jail sen
euce and Attorney Locklin fought
ard to avoid II. He claimed that
hree persons asked for q ride from
luton 10 Richford and Racine gave
hem ride to the latter town but
then he found they were not going
o declare themselves he made them
et ont Of the machine. although he
ad crossed the line. The prosecution
Iaimed differently. saving that Racine
enied bringing anyone into the Unit.
States although he admitted that
2 had carried them. after he left the
ne house. 10 Enosburg. Racine had
.iters 10 show q good character and
romised to avoid getting into any
lore trouble If the court would iet
i'm Of Judge Howe said he would
u let the man on and sentenced him
, % davs. besides the fine. Rscins
ept when sentence was imposed