Putnam patriot., 1921-07-08
BEFORE COURT FOR
 SELLING "JAKEY"
Jamaica Ginger Is Found In Rear of Lsrnontagne Pool
 Room
Only One Man Arrested For Violation
 et Fourth of July Ordinance

Ads lard LsmoutAene. who owns and manages a pool room al is7 Provi- dencf street, was brought before Judge NJ. H Geissler of the city court Tuesday morning on the charge of selling and keeping for sale intoxi- eating hquors." Re pleaded guilty and WAS given the minimum penalty of sl0 with costs which amounted to sl.04. Sentence was suspended for six months
 Captain Of Police BHlfer reported that on Saturday night at about 10 80 Sergeant George Liard. Officer Vii liam Jsrvis and Officer Eugene Gib- ney had entered the Lsmontagne pool room and had found 10 bottles of Jamaica ginger hidden in a back room. The search was made on a search warrant issued by the city court.
 Lamoutagne admitted he was guilty but asked the judge 10 be lenient as he had wife and child to support. He said he had no money with which to pay fine for he had hard trouble to make ends meet already. He said he realized he shouldn't have broken the law. especially after being before the court once before on a similar charge and being freed on the plea that he was selling his goods for med icinal purposes.
 LHmoutagne teld the court in brok- en English that he had been running his little pool room for over a year, although he had only been selling Ja- naiea ginger for three months. He said he mixed the ginger with soda and charged customers 55c bottle. He generally averaged sale of from 30 to 40 bottles week
 Judge Geissler. in imposing sen tenee. sad. ''l am letting you off easy this time for the sake of your wife and family But remember. I warned you once when you were before me on q similar charge. and now warn you again If ever find you in this court again for selling booze will sentence yon to jail And am gong to recon mend 10 the mayor that he suspend your pool room license. which will mean that you will have to give up your present business We cannot have pool rooms m this city where liquor is sold" 7"
 With the aid of Officer Jarvis, who acted as interpreter, Prosecuting At te.,.,.,.,. l. fs Ar#,-.. ....=.4I d. s..- I i .. montague that he would have to give his consent to the destruction of the Jamaica ginger found in his place, or else he would have tn appear before the court again Lamontagne gave his consent to the coufiseation of the gingeF. Lamontagne paid his inc through a friend
 At the same session of the court John 4 Yorke, aged -. was brought before Judge Geissler charged with disenarging revolver loaded with blank cartridges on the Fourth of July
 Captain Bulger said hc had been warns by the mayor to be on the watch for men who would break the ordinance, passed within the last year, forhidthng the ua. of blank cartridges on Independence Day. He said one of his men mad arrseed Yorke on Pom. fret street
 Yorke, who is an ex-servp'e man, said he had been on q tourrng trip most of the day al Danielson, and on his return had fired the remaining five blank cartridges winch he had not previously used outside the city limits. He said he was ignorant of the law forbidding thu Tn Putnam.
 Jsdge Geiseler said: T do not wish to criticize the pohce by what l say, for l think they did properly Tn enforcing the law. But l think the ordinance which covers tfDs case WAS passed with the intention of prevent ing the extreme violations of the peace such as were found last year. believe the ordinance a good thing but think that a case of the sort now under consideration was not meant to come under the provisions of the law l therefore order the ease put on file and free the accused without further penalty. The gun will be forfeited. however"