Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-12-02
BOOZE SMUGGLERS'
FINES P|L|NG Up
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court said he had been pcnallzed enough
He asked the respondent If he could pay
81 fine, but the man, who is colorcd' ana
had been a Pullman porter sald ne cou'u
not. He had rs cents
y. \. Bullard. district attorney, had
said he was inclined to be lenent In the
matter and would lend the rest OF the
money but Mr. Taylor's attorney iatcr
paid the fine for him.
In the case of the Federal government
VS.. Rand. the plea of guilty was accepted
but the matter was left open because
there are two other charges against tne
man namely one for smuggling dope ana
another relative to liquor tie cIa'neo
that the reason he brought 10 quarts
was that nine of II was FOR ms fnother'
an aged woman I'm Dccrficld. y. H., three
quarts for his own use. ana tour Quarts
for n friend. The court suggested that
m ,orot,ics hc imposed at once. Rand
n,eaded not guilty to the second ana third
charges against him and the district at
,ornev stated tria' would take place
Rand. who is q brakeman on the boston
&. Maine railroad. was said to b" wea'tnF'
He claimed he had S3'e".
q Labrossc of Montreal was
ready TO plead guilty TO having liquor
IN his possession and had in rcalltN
nleaded hut when the matter was eN
-,Iained to the court conference TOOK
rlace and the respondent Withdrew MS
Mica lie claimed lack OF KNOWLEDGE
NJ what was i'm the trunk to which
no had checks. He involves Moh'reai
physician in his story.
Charles Harris and Edward La
Rocoue of MiddleburY were each
fined S25 for having in their posses
sim two quarts Of whiskey. Wi,fred
tIa,,ol Of MasouVille, que, was fined
s25 and given one day in jail FOR
bringing two girls into this country.
The district attorney stated that he
yas satisfied that there was no intent
70 break the law on part or Hamiin'
Toward Degraff of Amsterdam. N.
V nleaded guilty to bringing in 33'
uuarts of whiskcy at Swanton. He
was fined $4,000.
Gardner Kimbal Of Marblehead,
Mass, pleaded guilty to bringing in
5lo quarts of whistey and NJ. G.. LearY
made p plea for a light penalty, but
court assessed him $500, which he
arranged to pay.
Harmon Spoouer Of Swanton sold
two quarts OF gin for s16 to a revenue
officer and was penalized for pos
session and selling. Revenue OFFICER
Lockwood stated that Spooner was at
tending McGill University and was "A
consulting chemist for Park & Davis.
He alleged the man had been snug
Cling for 25 years HIS attorney
claimed the man was poor. Revenue
officer estimated Spocncr to he worth
100000. although ne thought il was
in his wifc's name. He was given three
months in the county Jail and fine
Of $500.
y. F Toof of Sheldon Junction who
has wife and five children and who
the court said. seemed to h" the least
concerned of any in the room. was
given a month in the county Jail foi
selling liquor
Albert Billedcau of Graniteville
was fined 500 for bringing his
brother into the country. He claimed
the youth was a resident here. hui
officer found out differently
L. ]. Wilma and Philip Billedeau OF
Burlington were fined 500 for bring
ing in five quarts of gin. John Cove
of Lynn. Mass. WAS fined $500 foi
bringing in 144 quarts of liquor. The
case against James Smith for illega
transportation was mol pressed.
George Heminway of Swanton wa:
fined $50 for failure to stop his team
when accosted by AN officer. Thu
chse against John Hillker. on tn,
same charge was mol PROSE- as wa
charge against John O'Neil of Lynn
Mass. who was with Cover.