Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-16
SINGLE SALE
CASES HEARD AT
MUNICIPAL COURT


out Intoxicating liquors during the
Fast few days, and as the result of
their Investigations three respon-
dents were arraigned before Judge
Robert A. Cony at the municipal
court yesterday afternoon on the
charges of single sale
The first case was that against
Mrs. Joseph Bellevance who resides
| on Washington street. Plea of not
! guilty was entered, and Mrs. Belle
| vance was represented by B. T.
! Mdher of Augusta. The case of the
State was based on the testimony of
James Regain and Deputy Sheriff L.
I. Dutton of Augusta
| Deputy Sheriff Dutton testified
that in the judges office he heard the
| conversation in which Mr.. Regain told
where he got his liquor and as a re-
suit of the conversation he signed
i the warrant. He said that he made
trip to the Sand Hill district Fri
| day to locate the place where the
! man mad got the liquor and he said
| that 1t was the place where this
woman lived.
| Cross examined by Attorney Ma
her. Mr.. Dutton stated that the first
time he had seen Mr. Regain was
Friday afternoon The man had told
him he got the liquor on Sand Hill,
land Mr.. Dutton went with the man to
the place. Mr. Regan left the dep
i uty sheriff in that vicinity and a lit
! Tie later came back with bottle of
/ liquor. When they made the trip up
! there, Mr. Regain had some liquor
j with him which he said he had pro-
! cured at the same house.
James Regain, the next witness,
stated that he had been employed in
! the city for the past two years. He
! stated that he was brought into
court for being intoxicated Thursday
/ evening. Sheriff HarWood had ask
ed him where he got the liquor and
he had told him. He stated that Fri
day he had gone with Deputy Sheriff
! Dutton to the same house where he
bought his liquor Thursday. On the
visit with Deputy Sheriff Dutton, Mr.
Regain had bought one pint from a
woman whom he (Mr. Regain identi-
! ned as Mrs. Bellevance. He said he
! had paid $3.50 for the liquor.
Mr. Regain was rigidly cross exam
t ined by Attorney Maher as to the
places where he had been employed.
as to the wages he had received, and
as to the other people from whom he
! had purchased booze" in Augusta.
He said that two of the three times
! he had gone to that house for LIQUOR.
he had already had liquor with him
and was simply going after more
! he stated that the house had been
/ lrSt pointed out to him by man
! whose name he did not know Ac-
cording to his testimony, on Friday
when he went To the house he had
asked what the chances were of get
ting bottle of booze. The man who
was sitting there in the kitchen said
Sure and the woman whom he
identified as Mrs. Bellevance had
gone and got the bottle of liquor for
him Witness stated that he had
/ been drinking a little when he went
there. He described the house as
painted yellow.
Mrs. Bellevance testified that her
husband had liquor at the house four
or il\e weeks ago. but there had been
none there since then. She said that
she had never seen this man (Mr.
Regain and never had sold him any
liquor of any kind, and that the man
mad never been al her house that she
knew of. She was down street the
early part of Friday afternoon and
when she came back to the house the
deputy shcriffs were there She stat
cd that the color of her house is green.
! The case was then summed up and
the testimony reviewed by Attorney
! Maher, who argued that the State had
failed to make out it's case against
! Airs. BellcYancc.
Judge Cony stated that Mr. Regain
did not make the best witness be-
cause he had been on a good drunk"
but that the witness had gJt the IL
quor somewhere. had gone up on Sand
Hill with the deputy sheriffs and had
pointed out the house. And the judge
stated that he did not think the man
could have been mistaken on his
, identification.
The judge found Mrs. Bellevance
guilty and sentenced her to pay a fine
of 500 and to serve two months in
jail. Respondent appealed and fur
nished suretieS in the sum of $500 for
her appearance at the September term
of the Kennebec county superior court.
Cases Ana;nst Boureette and Roy
The other two respondents who were
arraigned yesterday on single sale
charges were William Bourgette and
Jules Roy of Augusta, both of whom
pleaded not guilty.
I The only witness for the State was
Mr., Regain, who had appeared in the
! previous case. He stated that on
| Thursday or the day before he had
seen Bourgette and had asked him to
! get some liquor for him. According
to his testimony. Bourgette said:
Yes, I'll get you a pint" Regain had
| given SO bill. and Bourgette had
| later brought back to Regain the pint
and $3.50 change.
All this was firmly denied by Bour-
gette, who admitted that he had seen
Regain when Regain was full" and
that Regain had asked him to get a
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