Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-01-30
social dance under the auspices OF
Harry G. Decker Post.
Removal of Sheriff
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ton of Governor Carl f.. Milliken. In
June, 1917, T. Herbert White OF Lam
gor. Sheriff Of Penobscot county.
was removed from Office after hear
ing because OF his alleged neglect and
refusal to enforce the prohibitory
law.
The petitioners ask that the Cover
nor remove Sheriff Cole and with the
advice and consent OF the Council ap-
point another sheriff for the remain
der of the term for which he was
elected.
|, The charges against Sheriff cole
are as follows:
eFirst--That the said Harry n. Cole
on Sept. 6. 1921. attempted to obstruet
the administration of justice by or
dering his deputy. Fred A. Weeks. 20
have certain cases. to wit: State vs..
John +. Fenton. Charles ]. Edwards
and Leon Brenner and State VS..
James G. Shugrue. dismissed from
the Rumford Falls municipal court
and said respondents discharged
without a hearing on the charges
made against them.
Second-That' on September &. 1921.
the said Harry ID. Cole attempted
to obstruct the administration OF
justice by telling a certain person to
your complainants unknown. who
had been arrested by his deputy,
Fred A. Weeks at Canton. on the
charge of keeping a gambling resort.
that he need not appear in the Rum
ford Falls municipal court to answer
to such charge.
Third-That the said Harry G.. Cole
on Sept. u and 90, at the fair ground.
in Norway in said county. knowingly
and wilfully allowed and permitted
certain persons, to your complainants
unknown, to keep places or booths
then and there used, kept and resort
ed to for the purpose OF gambling
and for promoting a lottery.
Fourth-That the said Harry u.
Cole on Sept. %. 1921. attempted To
obstruct the administration of Justice
by commanding his deputy. Fred A..
Weeks not to arrest rorsoRs keeping
places or booths used, kept or resort
ed to for the purposes OF gambling
and for promoting a lottery on the
fair grounds at Andover in the Said
county.
F'ifts-That the said Harry u. Cole
on Sept. 80, 1921, at the fair grounds
: in Andover in the said county. know
! ing and wilfully allowed and permit
ted certain persons, To wit, r.. W.
Rockwell and Morgan Phillips, to then
and there to keep places or booths
used, kept and rcsor:cd to for the
purposes of gambling and for pro-
noting lottery.
| SiXth-That the sail Harry u. Cole
on Sept %. 1921 at said Andover in
pursuance of his design to allow cer-
! tain gambling resorts to he run on the
! fair grounds on said Andovcr fair AZ
aforesaid, and to prevent the arrest
OF the persons then ad there keeping
the same. attempted tn discharge and
remove his said deruty. Fred \.
| Weeks. from Office, by telling him
that he was no longer a deputy sher-
if and that his commission had bcon
! removed because th" said Fred \.
I Weeks persisted in his resolve To ar
rest any persons keeping any gam
bling resorts on said fair grounds
7 Sevcnth--That the said Harry n.
Cole on Sept. 30. 1871. and before the
/ trial ami conviction of the said r. w.
! Rockwell and Morgan Phillips for
keeping certain gambling resorts on
said Andover fair grounds. attempted
to obstruct the administration Of jus
! ticc by giving to his said deputy. Fr"d
: s. Weeks. written notice of his dis
charge from the office Of deputy shcr-
/ if.