Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-07-07
IMMIGRATION CASES
u. S. Court Disposes of Numerous
Cases of Local Intent.

u. s. Court DispOses of Numerous
| Cases of Local Intent.
| A large number of cases for the
violation of the immigration laws
were taken up in United States court
at Burlington last week before Judge
Harlond B. Howe. James Ford, in
spector in charge of the immigration
station at Newport, was present, and
NEARLY all the cases resulted from ar
rests made in his jurisdiction and
in nearly every case pleas of guilty
were entered. District Attorney ".
A. Billiard, had charge of the prose
cution. With the exception of one
case, fines were administered. Ed
ward Corron, a Canadian, was sem
fenced to 80 days in jail.
The first cases which were taken
up were those of Joseph Chamber
land and his two sons, Joseph, Jr.,
and Archille. All three pleaded gull
ty to getting aliens across the line
at North Troy Each of the sons
was fined $3.50 and the father, $50. In
October, Joseph, Jr., went to their
old home in Canada and got an un-
Ecle, Sigfroi Landry, who is Grip
pie and unable to read and would
therefore not be admitted by law. He
also brought in another man, Antoine
Landry
The system used was to bring the
two men by rail to point near the
lborder in Canada They were alight-
ed and got across the line where the
two brothers met them and took
them to their home. Things went
Ialong nicely until there was a family
alteration and the cripple was kick
ed out, as well as the other man. The
immigration officers heard of the
case and began proceedings to deport
them to Canada. The Canadian
officials would not allow the cripple
back into the country although they
accepted the able-bodied man. Since
last April the contest has been on as
to who should have the crippled I'M
Gle, and meanwhile he has been a
public charge. He has been taken
care of in the Jail at Newport. With
in the past few days the Canadian
government has come to the conclu-
, sion that Sigfroi Landry, the uncle,
belongs to them, and he will be sent
back to his old home in Canada. The
trio knew the law as they had pre-
viously endeavored to get their rel
, atives across the line by means and
had failed. They paid the $3.50 fine
exacted of them by the court.
, Jules Leblanc was in court and
, his son, Joseph and another alien
! Joseph DUDE, into the United States
The two had previously been reject
ed His scheme was to drive them
nearly to the line, then they got out
!. and under cover of darkness succeed
,, led in getting into this country. LIE.
I blanc drove across the line alone anC
of course was admitted without diff
: Guilty. Later on he met the Other
Ipair and drove them the remainder OF
a the way. Leblanc was fined $10t
| and paid, but is out more than the
L 500 for the reason that his horse
f wagon and some luggage was siezet
!. by the federal officers when fount
with the two aliens. The outfit wa
put up at public auction by the Gus
toms officials and Leblanc was oblig
! ed to bid his own property in ant
5 paid $3.50 for it.
a William Bombardier was the mex
a man up. He pleaded guilty to en-
: Ideavoring TO get three aliens across
: the line at North Troy by the favor
a lite device of letting them out of hi
: rig in Canada, near the line. The,
I walked across, then Bombadier me
y them and as everything was goini
3 nicely he was seized by the immigra
!. ton officers. The aliens were de
y ported and Bombardier, who had beel
s under bail since last fall, was sen
, fenced to fine of $3.50 and a day il
Jail.
l. Godfrey Riouz, of Beebe River, N
- H., tried a different ruse. He ha
with him Theophile Lauzon, a younl
man. He represented to the immi
grafton officers that the young MAJ
was his son and was going to worl
for the Woodstock Lumber Co. Thi
story was insisted on for half da,
. in the investigation before the boar
of immigration inspectors in New
port, but the officers finally learne'
that the story was false and deporte,
| 1.-THE young man while Rioux was ine'
| $50. Roux's defence was that he di,
| not know the boy was to tell such
| story, but after he had done so, Riou,
| did want to put him in wrong b,
| proving it false.
| The immigration end of the bus,
| day in court closed with the arraign
| lment of three Canadians, Edwar
| Corron, j. Laplante, and ]. Narcotic
| They all lived in Canada and couldn'
| get into the United States legally
| because they couldn't read or write
| In some unknown manner Corron go
| into the United States severa
| months ago and awhile ago wen
| back after his family. There he per
| suaded his relatives, Narcotic an
| Laplante to accompany him back an
| Wednesday all pleaded guilty. The
| were fined $50 each and Narcotic an
/ Laplante paid, but Corron had n
money. He was sentenced to
| days in Jail.