The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-12-03
BOOZE RUNNERS
GIVEN HARSH !
DOSES BY JUDGE.
Fines of Many Thousand Dollars
Imposed by Judge Howe
BIG DEALERS, BIG FINES
Smaller Offenders Get OFF More
Easily but All Have Rather
Sad Time.
BIG DEALERS, BIG FINES

Montpelier, Dec. 2.--Boose Snug-
glers are getting hard hit in United
States court here Judge Howe hand
ed out today a $500 and $1,000
fine; one man got a jail sentence and
burst into tears Two Burlington men.
l.. J. viz.na and Phillip Billedsau,
drew 500 pena'tioo scr bringing In
five quarts Of gin. Judge Howe also
sent two men back 10 Jail to think
hard and try to recollect the name OF
the men they were bringing liquor TO-
They had said they could not remem-
ber but the Judge thought they might
/ be able to if they tried hard enough
At least. he gave them the opportunity
e'te- fining them $1,000
Judge Howe declined to accept the
plea of guilty made by Adedlard Bill.
ledeau Of Canaan after statement Of
the counsel had been made to the
court about the matter Billedeau,
who was charged with having In his
/ possession liquor contrary to law was
backward about entering a pea and
did not advance any reason and then
his attorney, Mr. Farman, asked leave
to plead for him, pleading guilty"
I The court declined TO accept a plea
and asked the young man, who Is 26
years of age, to plead over again. He
said mot guilty, so that he stands for
trial 1t is claimed, by the respondent
that while he carried into train a
knapsack and grip, or rather, he said,
helped carry them into the train and
although they were left in seat be-
side him. he maintained he did not
know what was in them. The man who
was with him had gone into another
ca;
Judge Howe also sent John and Tru-
man Greggs father and son, back to
think over $1,000 fine, having sug-
gested that from the evidence present
ed their case seemed to warrant that
! fine. He asked them TO think hard"
on the name Of the man TO whom they
delivered the large quantity of liquor
after they reached New Hampshire.
Philabert LaBlond of Lewiston, Me.
was sentenced to jail for one day and
to paw fine of 800 and costs for
bringing two girls into this country,
claiming they were his daughters,
when it developed, they were not,
Charles Norsted OF ST. Albans and Ar
mold Brooks OF Swanton paid $3.50
each for bringing eight cases Of
Scotch whiskey and two quarts OF
wine. while Ernest Mongeon OF Attic
boro, Mass. and Alfred Medro OF Paw.
tucket. r. l., paid $500 and costs for
bringing in 900 quarts OF Gold Camp
whiskey and 80 quarts of Canadian
whiskey
Henry Rieux, Eugene Levesque and
Francis Ouiette all OF Lewiston, Me-.
were fined $50 each, having brought
FIVE quarts OF liquor into the country.
Raymond Long and Gilbert Long OF
Manchester, y. H., we're fined like
sum for bringing in like amount OF
liquor Colvin sails and David Sher-
man of New York we're fined 500
each for bringing in A quarts OF whis-
key and one quart of wine
G b. Taylor, formerly Of the British
army, was fined 81 for having brought
in nine quarts of whiskey He has been
in Newport Jail since July 10 and the
court said be had been penalized
enough He asked the respondent II
he could pay 81 fine, but the man, who
is colored and had been a Pullman
porter, said he could not. He had rs
cent.
Charles Harris and Edward Ia.
Rocque OF Middlebury we're each
fined S25 for having in their posses
sion two quarts of whiskey. Wlltred
Hamel of Masonville, Que was fined
S25 and given one day in jail for
bringing two girls into this country.
Tho district attorney stated that he
was satisfied that there was no intent
to break the law on part OF Hamlin
Howard Degrass Of Amsterdam, ~
~. pleaded guilty to bringing in 3S5
quarts of whiskey at Swanton He
was fined $1,000
Gardner Kimbal of Marblehead,
Mass, pleaded guilty to bringing In
sac quarts OF whiskey and NJ G. Leary
made a plea for light penelty but
court assessed him $1,000 which he
arranged to pay
l. j. Wilma and Phillip Billedeau Of
Burlington were fined 500 for bring
ing in five quarts Of gin, John Cover
Of Lynn. Mass, was fined $500 for
bringing in l44 quarts Of liquor The
case against James Smith for illegal
recommendation tto. uoI nroeoad