Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-07-07
Judge Imposes !.
Fines in Two Auto
Cases at Nun. Court


this city who was brought before the
court Monday charged with operat-
ing a motor vehicle while under the
influence of liquor. and which was
continued for sentence, was finished
Thursday at the municipal court
when he received sentence Of 500.
fine and costs Of SIS. the fine being
suspended upon the payment OF
costs.
In pronouncing sentence. Judge
Cony said that this was the first
time that he had suspended a tne
in a case such as this and that his
reason in this case was because LII
cas- had a very good reputation, ana
although Lucas had pleaded guilty
to this charge, he had said that tnis
was the first time that he had ever
been under the influence of liquor,
which was borne out by the invesu-
CATION which had been carried OUT
The case against Arthur Carron OF
this CITY. charged with reckless oper-
alton OF a motor vehicle. was also
heard Thursday. This is the out
come of a collision which occurred
Sunday afternoon near the FOX farm
on the Bond Brook road. smashing
I'D the car owned by George Scott
injuring Mr.. Scott so that he is no"
in the hospital and also inJuring
George f. Bixby Of Auburn. no was
a messenger in the car. Mr.. Carron
was represented by Attorney Bur
leigh Martin OF this city. He pleaded
nolo contendere and was f1ned Wv
and costs of $12.56. or 80 days IN
iaU. The fine was paid.
Testimony was first offered for the
State by Robert B. Watts OF BOOM
bay Harbor who Is MEMBER OF
the State motorcycle police force. ne
said that in the course OF his duties
he had gone to the scene or the accl-
dent at the fox farm and that ne
had made a careful examination or
tho matter. He described the place
OF the accident, a junction OF two
roads with the usual small fork at
the end OF the cross road he saiu
that the tracks made by Mr.. Carron
were plainly visible In the grass
which is between the two forks OF
the road and that apparently MI.
Carron's car had gone directly across
tho road and collided with the other
car As result Of the investlga-
lion. he had signed the warrant IN
+ this case.
| George F.. Bixby Of Auburn was
the next witness for the State. lie
testified that he was with Mr. Scott
at the time Of the accident, that II
was between $3.50 and O'Clock Sun
dav afternoon when he saw the car
driven by Mr.. ron coming toward
them from the side road. He SAID
that at the time the other car must
have been on the grass plot at the
junction of the roads and that MI.
scott must have seen the o. cr car
before he did as he had already turn
ed his car out Of the road.
He said that the collision turned
the Scott car over and that he was
mined under it. He said that ne
could not tell how fast the other car
was going. Scott had come to Au-
burn and Mr.. and Mrs. BlXby had re-
/ turned to the Scott home in North
Augusta, and they had driven at a
moderate pace all the way
Mrs. Bixby said that she thought
that it was a little later than Mr..
Bixby had said. probably cbout 4:3o.
She saw the other car at the same
time that her husband did. and she
thought that it was going faster than
she would want to go around a cor
ner.
Frank F. Lyon of North Augusta
who lives near the corner said that
he did not see the accident, but that
he was there shortly after. He said
that the Carron car appal emily ran
over the green patch of grass be-
1 tween the two forks Of the road. He
said that the corner is clear one
and that there should be no trouble
in seeing n car on the other road
The Scott car was badly damaged.
In pronouncing sentence Judge
Conv said that he thought that Car
ron was coming too fast and that he
got confused at the fork of tho road,
not knowing which way to turn. H.
nally ending by going straight ahead