Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15
JsAaacz Ginger Gases
At the Municipal Court


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municipal court Tuesday murning
"nsn B. Ear Rirher af AuguHra was
s''--aIgnsd bsfurs Judge Cr,r7v m, ne
cfiirge al lLHEal possession. Frldenea
offered ny me state showed -t1ur me
nfzE4s Containing 1fs B8r-l..s were
marked Z Earl gittlar. Judge Corr DE-
riuf.fi rila1 M-. s1ther was rhe owner
anu imposed sentence upon MIN IF q
Tine uf s40o and costs ann rfrr-e -upurhs
n jBll
In connection with me same case.
frederick L and MS brother. Ea--v
hopkins. were held On c,1H-ses If lie
Ea- transportation and eaun firAd s2nO
and Costs ana were gwen two months
N jill All three appealed ana Euve
ppnns 1nr -fs JsnuE-v term u me ST.
perlnr cuu-r- The three were -eo-e-
scented by Judge 5enscir- ? Manner
County -Ac-o-nev Walter NJ. saubu-n
unprecedented the Stare
The witnesses far The State n The
case against M Either were Denur--
Sheriff = r Dur-ur ann William
Lnng1aiaow Of THIS c.tv Denurv She--
n Du1run testified 20 -he se.zIlrf Of the
Jamaica ginger VT Sarurtiay morning
n the cellar on tlpuse nr1 Tar T-nrn
TnEus IN me -nad 70 Gardiner The
boxes were hHuled 70 the 1aH Ee
testified 1hBT the boxes were marked
2. Earl Rirher
William LGng+eIlcw testified that ne
hauled the boxes 10 Chelsea last
Thursday night II ms autp truck. ana
r,IEI me two Eunk1ns b-otne-s were
VILE MN. re said -lat ne hauiea rne
hnxes 10 the mouse an me chelsea -uad
q, their direction. and thai 1ne nrxes
ware moved rom William = German 5
house IN Anguish
C-asB-examtned nr Arturnev Nahe-
Nj LanEfallHw sAld THAT ne did net
S,'E -11l-Afs. -4at-A - tft4LLE ssuctaSluli-
Fl ny Judge Corv ne sEid thai Fred
hopkins nad direeied wnsr= they
shpuld gn.
The defense affersd NO testirurr III
TIA case.
Dspurv Sheriff DurrDn gave rhs same
testimony in me case against Ens
Runhins hrnrters mat ne had given IT
the Either Case III LangfeIlow test
tied upon c-pEs-sxarniuarlsn ttiat when
he WIS q Mr. Germans house that
1IErr ne thought ne waE transporting
drugs. but when ne was driving ms
luck VI Cuny NH ne began Ia sus-
peC- -aEt ne was hauling lnrHEIczr1nE
nuuars He sRld ne mac Is ied M
German 4 The stuff WIS liquor AND
- German hac renlied mar = WIS
not Ee sEiG -na- when ne IVES on
Stone street me auros gpr So thick
THAT ne turned iu-o Davenport street
-ur vn14 eur Tear penpIe might mink
re Was hauling something suspiclpus
re testified that NJ WIS working 1u-
NJ -L5nrrnRn ami NJ Bfthe-s name
WIS nor raeurIuned that evening
No testimony II defense was uf-e-ed.
A. ne cIbEA If me evidence Mr.
Maile- argued that the Grly uInn VINO
YVES guilty. uf illegal transportation
WAS Mr. -nnEsellrw rtle driver N the
aurB ---uck. and thai the term trans
pDT-lng am not mean directing
COUNT A-tu-nev Sanbsrn argned ma
me -eAl transporting WAS zone ny rae
Eupkins nroths-s. VIM dlr"cIen where
the autp truck with the boxes nf ia
rnalnA ginger should CT.
Judge CORY sElG RS rplnlnn was
-hat me mar VINO Tldes ant direcEs IF
mare n control ~ AT automobile rnEt,
me man a. -re wteel ana taar ne 4+lt
ma the Hopkins brothers were gu-irz-
n Illegal TRANSPORTATION.
Owing 10 utle size OF me seizure, me
csc created Al lDr ~ l1r@-est anl the
courtroom wGs crowded win spee-a-
tors. The seizure was MADE nv shes'iz
7a--wuod and MS deputies hast sErur-
fif.v evening n ne cellar ~ me nome
sf Mrs A-viIla Eenlngwsr- near the
grange hall about seven miles 1-nr
AUGUSTA