Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-19
ALIENS CRITICISM
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were his objects and not justice. =,
presented evidence from some in.
sponsible and prejudiced sources vhi,.
we did not believe. Then he sent n,
stenographer out of the room and ,oy
!! us that he discharged the last Jury Il
| cause of a letter they received and NM.
ceeded to tell us what We should /,
which he would not dare say if Il,
stenographer were present"
The foreman detailed the circm,
stanc 5 under which the votes vs,
! taken, said the attorney general and
his assistant were present at Ii.
votetaking and added that the gr,,i
jurors were sincere body of thinki,,
men too intelligent to be frightened 4
Influenced by hatred and official mjsus
of power into action as the attors;
| general wished. Indictments sbov,
be founded on evidence alone. In A.
! tempting to hold us up TO contsm,,
he succeeds only in making himsa
contemplate"
To the charge by the attorney GER
cral that McGuire's election as forms,
was brought about through solicitato.
the foreman said he was nominated b
James Alcardi, whom he had met si
/ years ago. but whom he had not sess
! since. Il know nothing about any out.
| side influence" he said. The deta.
tive who trailed me can tell where
went from the time l was drawn on tll
jury"
Mr.. Allen, in the report which !.
flied before he stepped out of Offe.
disclosed for the first time the pur
ported confession of William J.
Corcoran, former district attOrney
OF Middlesex county, and alleged ey.
tortionist with Pelletier and Dand
H. Coakley in which Coakley va,
quoted as saying that he had plan.
i laid to affect the indictment Of thEs
supreme court justices and of the at.
torney general himself, and thai
through these indictments trial d
the attorneys would be delayed in.
definitely. :.
Mr.. Allen charged that the specia
grand jury had been tempered viii
saying that 4 close business ASSOCIATE
of Coakley- with a reputation as
jury 1iXeI. had conferred at a CLUB
house in Il nearby city with one q
the grand jurors and that a son-l'
law of Coakley had been heard to s.!
that there was money available ia
any one Who could reach the gram
jury.
The state should act slowly on III
recommendation for complete NJ
formation of the jury system mao
in Mr.. Aliens report. Rev. Roland y
Sawyer of Ware declared today: 4
think that the sober senses OF gu
people will be slow to set aside li'
jury system that has served Us v
well and so long" he said. IE
need of some change in the nls'
centers of population 80 thai "
may prevent another PonN nass
was needed, Rev. Mr.. Sawyer agree
Weakness of the Allen recommend,'
ton, he added. was that after nal.
ing the jury system "rotten IN Y.
counties. he wishes to sweep wi
of the entire state.
Jay r. Benton. the new at'orT
general, declined today to discuss "
report of his predecessor. he ~
not read the report. he sair al
would he state what his course w.
be as to the recommendation
comment upon uncompleted case
Daniel H. Coakley in stalea !.
today termed Mr.. Aliens repon
far as it implicated me eitneI
solutely made out of whole clolA
else so garbled and twisted -
give what little truth is there ID"
solutely false color.