The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-09
Were Workir CO Gases
Tried in Is. Court at
oSp.ltpelier
TWO JURIES WE'RE
OUT ALL NIGHT
Case Started To-day Wa
for Alleged Smuggling
of Liquor

The unusual situation of three Guriel
working at the same time was afford
ed in United States district court a
Montpelier to-day when trial of thu
case of United States VS.. Eusebe Prai
rie, charged with bringing liquor int
the United States, was started will
the juries still out in the case agains
Albert Wyshak and Moses Makad, fol
eonspiring to bring three Syrians intd
the United States, and the case agains
Jacob Pauquette, charged with having
liquor on his premises.
| In order to start the Prairie case il
was necessary to call in more talesmeI
for jury. These men called werd
w. G. Cotton, H. A. Slade, G. II
| Blanchard, David Burns, 4. j. Col
burn, E. A. Francis, Paul Hoadley, Vi
H. Pollard, w. c. Lamphere, S. H.
Mills, w. i. Perkins, c. C. Stewart
b. A. Sumner and B. F. Shepard.
The prosecution charges that Prai
rie sold l6 quarts of liquor to Rutland
railroad men, Hackett, Guerry and
Mcfarland, on May %. This charged
Prairie denied, stating that he was
| away from home that day and did not
sell to the men.
Two of the three cases against Ros
coe Rand were mol pressed this morn
ing. In another case charging him
with bringing IA quarts of liquor into
the United States, four of which
quarts were claimed to be for his
mother 80 years old. the court gave
him fine of $500 Rand is estimated
to be worth $1,000. Rand's defense
was that he bought the liquor of a
man in Newport.
George Mott. ir., appeared in court
this morning pleading guilty TO traus
porting liquor but trying, through his
attorneys, to lay the blame on the
man named Dean. The defense claimed |
Dean got Mott, a young man, drunk,
and that Mott did not know anything
about what happened for long time
that night.
Alien Smuggling Cases.
The jury took the case Of United
States VS.. Albert Wyshak of Boston
and Moses Makad of Dorchester, Mass,
charged with conspiring to bring three
Syrians into this country. about 10
o'clock Wednesday morning. They re
ported at 2 o'clock yesterday after.
noon that they could not agree. Fore.
man c. H. Reagan misunderstood
question asked him by Judge III. b.
Howe and said that the jury stood to
s for aeguittal, which brought forth
laughter in the court room. Judge
Howe gave the jury some advice and
sent them back to consider the mat
ter again.
They reported again at O'Clock
with a verdict of disagreement. Judge
Howe talked TO them and asked them
if they had any questions tosask. None
were asked. Judge Howe asked them
if there had been any change since
their last report and Foreman Reagan
stated that one man had changed his
opinion. Judge Howe urged them to
be hopeful because they had made
progress. He then instructed the clerk
to make an order for their suppers
and sent them back to consider the
matter They still had the case this
morning.
Paucuette Case.
The trial of the United States vs..
Jacob Psuquette was completed about
3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. G.
n. Tilden was foreman of the jury.
They left the court room about 3
O'Clock and returned with the desire
for advice relative TO the testimony
of the respondent As To the time when
he told Dean he could not place any
liquor in the barn. Judge Howe
thought il best that the respondents
testimony be tead to the Jury, which
was done bv Miss Bessie Weller. the
reporter. Then the jury went-out
again. They returned about o'clock,
stating that they could not agree.
Judge Howe asked them some qies
tions. Nelson Peck inquired if they
we're to believe the testimony as il
was presented in court, upon which
the court advised the jury that it was
for them to decide how much of the
testimony they would believe; also
that il was very simple case, in
which -hev only had TO establish one
fact. whether Pauauette had posses
.ion of the liquor. He sent them back
10 deliberate.
The jury was composed of George
Benjamin of Berlin. James Ford. g.
W. LUCE NttHHu ftths snhilAPfAtt : -
D. Barnes, Chelsea; G c. Buzzen. 7. f.
smith. w. b. nTuey. r. w. Daniels,
4. d. Harris. Montpelier; Fred Fuller.
Sorthfield. and G. y. Tilden. Barre.
Both the deadlocked iuries were
allied in Just before noon and were
by Judge Howe, who point
d out to them the points at issue
n their respective cases. Then the
uries went out for dinner.
Early this afternoon James Martillo.
francis Rubino and Ravid Costa, all
4 Troy, y. Y. appeared and pleaded
utility 10 the charge of bringing in a
allons They were fined $500 col
5000 against Martillo ard
$50 against each OF the others.