Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1921-08-17
FINED FOR SUNDAY OPENING.
Orleans and Troy Merchants Pay $40.
Each for Sabbath Transactions.

States attorney ALBERT Farman
stamps his disproval of merchants
violating the Sunday law in the open
ji.g cf their stores and transacting
business on the Sabbath day, by bring
ing into the municipal court on Mon
day two business men, who received
fines of SIS for each count. John
Levaggi who conducts fruit store
in Orleans, being one Of the offend
ers and w e. Brock of South Troy
who conducts general store, being
the other party. 1t appeared that in
both cases, States Attorney Farman
had received complaints from towns
people from Troy and Orleans and
that after receiving letters of warn
ing from the states attorney, they
continued to open their places of
business on Sunday which resulted in
their being called into court. John
Levaggi of Orleans was charged with
violating the Sunday law on Is
counts, the first offense being on the
18th of April the other counts being
on the following Sundays up to Aug.
6th. In this case it appeared that
after he had received his letter of
warning, he sought counsel from his
attorney. which resulted shortly after
in his displaying a sign which read
lunches served, which would allow
him to open his store, and continue
in the fruit business. On close inves-
tigation it was learned that about
all one could secure for lunch was
a sandwich and it was wait to get
that but the other business continued
to fourished. John, who is "a years
If age, born in Italy, bearing a good
,koks hnI -.
to court before therefore he was not
pected of him. After employing Wal
ter H. Cleary as counsel he plead
guilty to the last four counts and
the other II counts nol-prossed by
the state. Judge Wright imposed a
amounting in all to $7O.35. John was
brought to Newport by Deputy She
riff Frank Parlin, and he came pre-
pared to settle, if money would do it,
as he had q check for $500.
w. E. Brock of South Troy was in
court charged with the same offense
with the same number of counts, plead
guilty to the last four counts and
received. like fine from the court,
$15 for each offense and costs of
$11.05 which he paid. The other IL
counts were nol-prossed. The first Of
fense dating back to about May LIST.
Cases Of Sunday violation have not
been numerous among the cases COM
ing before the court, and the dis
position of these two brought about
much discussion among the attorneys
present and the states attorney. Mr..
Farman made it clear that he had
formed his opinion on the subject
of what constituted lawful Sunday
business, and that he had drawn his
line, and all will go we'll if one does
not happen to be on the wrong side
of that line.
Edmund Leclair, who was placed
under arrest Saturday by Chief of
Police, o. A. Sweet, charged with
refusing to assist an officer, appeared
in court and plead not guilty and his
trial is set for Monday the 22nd. He
was released on $500 bail which was
furnished by j. A. Prouty.
Claud Cummings, young man un-
der 16 years of age plead guilty to the
charges of grand larceny of Colts
revolver, of the army style, also belt
and about 60 cartridges which he took
from his employer, L. A. Spencer, Of
Plymouth, N. H. A sentence to the
industrial school for the remainder
of his minority, with sentence sus-
pended, was given him by the court.
Cummings was placed in the hands of
the probation officer. The costs of
the case SLIGO was paid by the lads
mother, who was in court. It ap-
peared chat Cummings previous re-
cord had been clean, which was tes-
titled to by Arden Libby, for whom
the lad had worked on previous oc-
casions. The boy went to Plymouth
last April, where he was employed
by Mr.. Spencer. returning to New
port a short time ago. The first that
anything was discovered wrong was
when Sheriff Hill received word tell
ing of the theft. Mr.. Hill shortly
located the boy and secured the stolen
property.