Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-07-20
Two Cases Aired
Wednesday at the
| Municipal Court

wednesday at the
Municipal Court
| II. 0. Craig Of st. Louis Mo ,,ho
summering In this vicinity was az
raigned Wednesday mornine a. ~.
.c'pai court, charged with pass
s worthless check. Mr.. Craig
ea.eu guilty. to the charge and was
Mned sIo besides paying the value of
Tue cneck. w. A. Donahue of this
cry was the complainant.
| An inc AFTERNOON, e. A. Prescott Of
Monmouth was arraigned, charged
Win removing. defacing and iniuring
10 the extent Of 500, by tearing
oown' breaking and burning. each Of
TWO sign boards erected in Mon
mouth by the John d. Lunn Shoe 20.
OK that town. He pleaded not guilty.
ana was not represented by attor-
hey. The States case was conduct
ca by County Attorney Walter NJ.
6anborn.
| Inc only witness for the State.
John Lunn Of Monmouth testified
.nat ne mad gotten permission from
the selectmen OF the town Of Nom
mouth about three months ago to
erect two signs in the triangle formed
py the Joining Of side road with the
county road between Winthrop and
Lewiston. These signs were each
about six feet square and they di :
rected the traveller to Monmouth az
Wen as advertised Mr.. Lunn's pro-
duct. They were erected about two
months ago and were considered by
many TO be goo advertising for the
town.
These signs disappeared the night
OF July End and after hunting for
them, Mr.. Lunn found them about
zoo yards away in the yard Of the
Monmouth Academy. They had oeen
covered with burlap and old horse
blankets and had been saturated with
kerosene In an attempt to burn
them.
Mr.. Lunn testified that he had
taken some Of the burlap and blan-
kets which had not been entirely
consumed by the fire and that they
were at that time in the possession Of
the sheriff.
Sheriff Il. d. Harwood then pro-
duced the burlap and the blanket ma !
terlal which were carefully examined
by the court. County Attorney San
porn called especial attention on the
part OF the court TO the name, pres
cott," which was plainly apparent
stencillsd upon the burlap. He also
said that he had written to a COM
pany in Portland part of whose
shipping tag was found upon the
burlap and had asked them at what
time they had shipped Mr.. Prescott
anything tied up in burlap. The ans
wer was to the effect that they had
shipped two rugs to him on different
occasions last fall, and that they
were enclosing n shipping tag which
they thought was very similar to the
ones they were using at that time.
This tag was compared to the one
part Of the shipping tag upon the
burlap and was very similar.
Mr.. Prescott then took the stand
upon his own behalf. He said that
he had lived in Monmouth all his life.
lie said with regard to the rugs that
he had not liked the first one that was
sent to him and that it was sold to a
man who lives in Monmouth, and that
1t was wrapped ready to ship back
when sold. He could not remember
as to what kind of a wrapper it came
in. lie said that if the second had
been wrapped in burlap, he would
have thrown the wrapper away as he
did not keep that sort Of stuff AS
for the horse blanket, he said, that
his horses never wore blankets sum-
mer or winter and that it had been
a long time since he had had horse
blanket on tho place.
He testified that on the night in
question he had sat in the barn until
n late hour talking with some Of the
neighbors and that he had then gone
To bed. He said that he had circulat-
cd n petition for one of the men who
lived in the vicinity of the triangle,
asking that the selectmen should not
give any one permission to put any
moro signs in the triangle, but he
said that he had no interest in the
matter.
lie said that he thought it the trick
OF some one who was celebrating the
Fourth OF July slightly in advance of
tho season.
The case was continued by Judge
Cony until two weeks from yesterday.
Judge Cony said that he did not feel
that the defendant was being entirely
frank with him but that as the re-
spondent had testified that he had not
eaten for two days and was sick, the
condition Of his health at that time
might have something to do with the
appearance and that he would con-
o.
Mr.. Prescott some time in which to