Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-10-05
Supreme Court


Wednesday morning, Roscoe
Sprague of Fairfield against whom
the Grand Jury found an indictment
for indecent immoralities and who
earlier in the term was arraigned
and pleaded not guilty-was brought
into court and retracted his plea of
not guilty and pleaded guilty.
Guy Downs of Harmony who was
charged with sale of two bottles of
vanilla was in court Wednesday
morning and was represented by at
torney VIM. Folsom Merrill who
pleaded for leniency and presented
petition signed by the deputy sheriff
and 50 others requesting leniencN for
| Downs. Judge Wilson stated that it
was hard to know where to be lenient
| and that others on the same charge
were serving their sentences and i'm
posed the following sentence, 90 days
in county Jail and 500 and costs of
$15.37.
The case of State VS.. Leo Godin Of
| MADISON, charged with sale to Per-
| ley Corson on Jan. /. 1922 came up
! for trial Wednesday before a drawn
| jury. The only States witness was
| perley Corson, the one to whom the
| sale was made. The respondents
witnesses beside himself were Mr..
Landry, Albert Godin, a brother.
Charles L. Davis of the firm OF
Davis & Miller, clothiers, in Madi-
| son, Chief Of Police Landers, Nanicr
| Godin was sworn but as he could not
| talk English he did not testify. In
| rebuttal, Attorney Elmer w. Sawyer,
Judge of the Western Somerset mu-
| nicipal court was called and Perley
| Corson was recalled. The State was
| represented by the county attorney,
James III. Thorne Of Madison. and
| the respondents case was handled by
Attorney William r. Brown of Madi-
| son.
The verdict was not guilty.
| In the case of State VS.. Jefferson
| Steward, the verdict was guilty.
! The case of State VS.. Theodore La
mothe, which is an appealed case,
who was charged with selling intoXi-
eating liquor near the boundary le
at Jackman, and who admitted the
| cttiC VI tllC iliuol DuI ClcsiliiSi tlIdl
the sale was made on the Canadian
side of the line, was taken up the
first of Wednesday afternoon.
The States side of the case was
opened by County Attorney Thorne
and the States witnesses were depu-
! ty sheriff Leahman Smart of Rock
wood and Henry Hellyer, who is a
special investigator for the Great
Northern Company. The respondent
was represented by attorney George
Chapman of Fairfield The only wit
ness for the defense was Lamothe
| himself. He stoutly maintained that
the liquor was sold only on the Can
adian side of the line. and that he
sold only to French speaking people.
In the rebuttal Smart was recalled
The only contention in the case was
just which side Of the line. the tent
of Lamothe. from which he sold the
| liquor, was located.
The case was argued by the attor-
neys and the judge briefly pointed
out the law in the case. The jury
after being out a short time report
ed verdict of guilty.
The case of State VS.. Joseph Pool
err. who was implicated with La
mothe in the sale of intoxicating
liquor,--it seems that Pooler who
| could not speak English had previ-
ously arranged with Lamothe's at
torney and agreed, that if Lamothe
was found guilty. that he would
plead guilty.
Their sentences were imposed just
before the adjournment of court, and
were in each case fine Of $3.50 and
costs, which amounted to $61.76 and
| four months in Jail. and four months
additional in default of payment.
| The case of State vs. Ralph Keat-
ing of Seboomook. who runs the
| Northwest Carry hotel during the
summer, and who was charged with
| illegal transportation of Intoxicating
liquor with intent to sell. This case
is being heard before drawn jury
made up of Guy n. Mason. Frank
Withee, Harris Mathews, d. T.. Whit
ten. William +. Norton, Earl Smith,
d. w. Emery. M. D. White. Cony
Robinson, Ralph Hopkins, Willis W.
Stvens and Llewelyn Goodwin.
Heating retracted his previous plea
of guilty and pleaded not guilty in
court Wednesday. All the witnesses