Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-03-11

- @1SS re was Sold C-UoHo8e
~nsn he Assss for -cr4nss.a.- !
T@rntess Cough Medicine. anr HIS
. VIE Taking the Msririns was
Seriously injured
Whether -heuias 4 Ward If C.u.o-,
n tAs drug STORE 4f Irving L. Hall II
linton On MAY Z. tas, asked eur a Ger
IAN cuugt -srne1- knnwa ID some IS
Grensota and a2d oeen snid c-enHe u
ar whether he mac asked fur c-eosprn
and Lao been 9nir VIVA ne axgea @ur ;s
Lne .ssue II the first civil cases PETER.
rne March rsrm Of The SUPREME Turic,s
corr -ur hnreoec county The TWO
cases being -ied rogeraar x-s ranse o..
Edna Z Ward u Clinton rs. Twin
5A1 q Clinton. and Thomas L Ward
Is 1-v11 T. EEr
Plaintiffs claim cxsnaxes N me SIN
N 1e.8ge for INJURIES alleged ID have
bean --ce,ved by Mr. Ward ~ -easyn
OF The racI as alleged TIA. size mad
oesn given as medicine c-enapte wfic.
ner husband MAD -eceiwed n the drug
sEo-e when ne asked FRY ''C-ensp.a =
harmless cough remedy
The cAse developed man urEsual ~ea-
-nr'ss and la--e amount Of expe--
ne1ica- testimony WIS offered III porh
s1nes during me dav The defens. z
the action Was opened ia.e veate-Cs =
A--e-aoun and viii ne continued a. he
opening OF -ocay SESSION. Assoc.ar a
Justice Charles Dr1n u E,-ono IS pre-
gliding over the -e-n
Counsel for -Se plaintiffs are yufn z
Nelson and William Tudor Gardiner 81
ne law 5-D u Andrews q Nelson: and
fnr cne Defendant William Z Patsan-
GAL and Ea-oe-- 7. -4ncse Of Sat..I1-
gal & Locke
Plaintiffs II ehe.- W.T. SCI firth -,a
1oIicwtng claims
For thai sziG oefsnGant On me -3tn
ia Of MAJ. -91s- a. Clinton cunducte1
The business Of al apofheca--, and II
he tu-hs--nce ot sald business dis
PLAYED and sold medicines and pnisun-
ous drugs -ila- said business and the
store y which -.1e same was c1nGuc-eG
VS. no. placed ana kent u-rie- The per
snra. coHr-ul ara suec--Isinn uf -he
defendAat himself i registered trugglsr.
nor unds- Inc SUPERVISION Of a qualified
assis-aut but was under cae supervision
ana contrib u Emily X Hail vie u
defendant and long mad besl Tins cUn-
duc;eG -,1e Defendant being engaged II
Inc business II q ie--er Garner II ne
employ Of me : : government -llz-
IN said aa- sG4L business Was being
+ Conducted ~ sgIG We Us agent @ SAID
defanGac-. maj = WIS me Cucw " DE-
eendauc II dealing n pOIs0ns and pGfs-
onuus drugs % supe-T-Ise and coI--o.
SAID dangerous business II pe-sor. "
n rs aDsence. through & qualified as
sIs-a-: ina: SsalG WIZ Wa not i cG@-i-
Iso asslst4-l-. ana was not : proper o.
SAFE person 70 hGaGie a.d dispose pOis-
ans . me public. -tac Sid WIFE. on
the con--a-- was ca-eiess and neg
gen se--a-1 u -hg cDnGUr- 0f ne
business am WEI k-rr-- sl -I, def=nd-
a. . - such. rcac IN SD Gay The
tusnaad Of he pla.r-.E called q me
pace # buslness ot -,1e defendant, -1en
aaC here IT charge u saIu We, and
F-eseuLing he- Bottle CONTAINING d
srrla.l amount Of s-4en-st cciu-pd I, Iii
asked 70 De se--ad WITH =, cents v1--il
7c -. eosa1a q wei known cough IL
tidure whIch can " safely swallow u
la-re Quantities Er- which contains a
very srIlaD portion u 4 dead, Dan
re-ous and cu--oslve and burning pUj-
srn KNOW a. c-e1sUie. ma 1ne sAid
a-ent Of sad defendant -s-e-ess'r and
neg. .Eenrl- llled SAID 3u--ie ra-t!v I'll
~ Z liquld which was aUI ''C-eosota-
me Sula ordered 1u- WIS c-aosBte. he
deadly drug II ;ts rul strength INA.
said aeent was the-. informed -hE- ne
purposes en- which the ausG WIS pJ--
ct-nse1 VS. -iat WIS 10 be useG as
a cough bAiaarr. md replied -1aI tn
auid furnished WIS al nigh fur -1la-
purpose, ~-ia- dr me 18th Of Ma, IT"
-ae plaintiff being --oublec win 3 couEt,
and believing that The aforesaid Bot-le
contained the cough -erued~ whica h.,
husnand had ordered and which was :
harmless fr:4d. CAUSED q halt teaspoon
~,1 If .,le cnrrents u SAID bottle II ~
ADMIN is1e-ed 20 he- BY her husband
cta; when me ruid reached ns- -e-ol-,
: u-uvaG n De not me harmless -gn-
e.fs~ ordered. nu- ! vErller-. deadtv
corrosive and burning substance II @ul
strength 70 W.. c-eosnts, which chen
and there poisoned and burned II a
rea-eu. manner her mouth. -fl-oa. and
digestive organs: -hat tie plaintiff -her
and there guN a-ed sev-H-e ami vinie--
pa-oz-Ens Of Pain 80 that death i-sal.
was nut rE--rwtv ava--e6 that As a -
--1It ehe-eof pIaint:~ lae suffered r-iev-
TVS uh~sical pain and has RECEIVED na--
--rrrs and oo6iIv II su-ies rom which sine
VIII never recover, that she has be-
cn-ne a confirmed invalid: that piaiut:f
WIS a. al times = the exercise OF due
-a-e II the premises, nu. that she has
suffered IL ...-,ust t.1H negligence q.
defendant and his agents
The second count IN thu writ WIS
based m the claim Of NJ. Ward 11r
eZpenses n The ma-te- znd for the
lass of the services Of t1is wife !, che
housswark-
THOMAS r. Ward uf CLINTON test
fed Regarding the purchase 81 The
LIQUID n the drug store on My l.,
1919. re hod gone there TO e,
medicine fo- his SOD VINO was IL
Ms. Emily y. Hal. wife Of he OWL
s- ~ the stare was there n charge.
NJ. Ward nae asked her 70 I'll The
ho>tie win % cents worth 6f the
same HrIIid that was in =. and ne
mad xais tina. Dr. Newcsrrb called y
..~--osora-" Nrs Hall haS filed The
,o--,e about or7a--h third full Of a
liquid. and Jeff me same .abel on the
bottle which read ''one -saspoonf-l