Putnam patriot., 1921-04-08
Council Votes To WithdralU
 BiU For Charter Chance
CIDER PROCURER
 SCORNED BY COURT
Judge and Attorney Call Act Low, Mean, Despicable and
 Reprehensible
David Favreault Fined $50 With Costs
 For Getting lntoxicapts For Boys

When David Favreault pleaded gull ty in the city court Monday morning to getting cider for boys 16 and IT years old, he was held up to derision and scorned by both Judge Geissler and Prosecuting Attorney Morse, who likened the crime he committed to stealing chickens and other low acts.
 When the judge asked the prosecu- tor if he had any recommendation to make, Attorney Morse said: ''We ing on, but we can only catch about one in a thousand. When we do catch one l think he should be made an example of
 Favreau was charged win procur- ing fermented cider for the boys who broke into the store of Sam Renick on Pomfret street. A sixteen year old lad told of being in pool room and of getting fifty cents to make up fund to purchase the cider. This was de- lNGitu pN r dNItdu slii VI ulh pCiltfiN the building The young witness said he drank five or six glasses and it made him both dizzy and sick.
 Favreau said that the cider was not hard" nor 1t wasn't sweet He said that probably the boys were not used to it and it might have made them little dizzy but it didn't hurt them any"
 Judge Geissler called attention to the fact that two of the boys had ap- peared in court and were found guilty of committing an act of burglary af- ter drinking the cider.
 The defendant said he drank a gal lon of it and it didn't hurt him any.
 Perhaps you are used to it." re- piled Judge Geissler.
 ssYes," said Favreau
 Before sentence was pronounced the court suggested that Favreau might be willing to disclose where he got the cider. He said that he would and went to another room to confer with the captain of police and prose- cutor.
 When the three returned Attorney Morse told the court that not much authentic information had been gain ed. He said that Favreau told him that he, Favreau, brought two gallons of cider from Pascoag; that he drank a gallon and didn't get much effect from it, so decided to sell the other gallon.
 The attorney said that delivering intoxicants to boys was reprehensible and mean. He considered it one of the meanest crimes he knew of, at least one of the meanest infractions of the liquor law. He said that Fav- reau had been before the court be- fore, that he had been drinking con tinually, although not enough to get into court for intoxication, and appar- ently did not take the liquor laws seri- ously.
 Judge Geissler told Favreau that he had done something that was serious matter. He said giving liquors to bows was low and mean and that he not only had the responsibility for his act but, morally at least, was respon- sible for the boys, for such things start young boys on the downward path.
 After the fine and costs, amounting to s58.74, had been imposed, Fav- reau asked time in which to pay. In response to this, Attorney Morse said: "Some of these people selling will come forward with thousands of dol lars if necessary to pay the fine. This is the unfortunate part. They all stand together"
 Judge Geissler ordered Favreau held until the fine was paid and if not paid before noon commitment papers would be issued and he would be talk en to jail. The fifty-eight seventy four was forthcoming.