Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-24
CHISHOLM MAN GETS 2 MONTHS
FOR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED
HALLL0WELL man DISCHARGED

one man, Cyrille Sampson of CHS
noim. was sentenced to serve q
ss ~. jail sentence Of two months.
rUr operating a motor vehicle while
i;n r tne influence Of intoxicating
roa' M. q. Gum of Hallowell was
a = a not guilty and discharged on
d similar charge after lengthy
nearing with record humber ~
witnesses and Walter Mercier If
LAWYERS, Mass. pleaded guilty Of ex-
ceeding the speed limit and paid a
me OF $40 and costs Of IS at the ses-
sion OF the municipal court Mond1v
which continued over into the mid6la
OF the afternoon.
When Judge Cony called the court
Monday morning the first case on the
docket was that of Mr.. Gum who
was arralgned on a warrant sworn
out by State highway Police Officer
b. Il. Fowler. Three witnesses were
sworn IN by the State and six by
the defense. The case of the Stote
was handled by County Attorney
Walter NJ. Sanborn, while Mr.. Gum
was represented by Attorney Emery
y. Beane. Officer Fowler was the
hrst witness to take the stand and
testified to complaint having been
made to him that Gum had operated
ms automobile on the Augusta Win
throp highway, on Wednesday. July
IL while In state Of intoxication
OFFICER Fowler saw Gum on Thurs
day and ordered him to appear in
court Monday morning.
Royal S. Ellis. who conducts a
roadside store on the Winthrop road
at a point opposite the True place
near the Manchester line, was the
principal witness for the State and it
developed on cross examination was
the one who made the complaint to
Ofiicer Fowler. Ellis testified that on
the day in question Mr.. Gum and a
companion drove up to his refresh
ment booth and stopped to purchase
a drink of root beer. Ellis said that
Gum staggered when crossing the
road from his car. and after buying
the drink and shaking hands with
MIN several times staggered back
across the read. and fell into the
ditch. picked himself up and sat
there by the roadside several min
utes, eventually getting into the au-
tomobile which his companion drove
away.
Harold NJ. Wall of Gardiner, who
drives truck for the Kennebec
Creamery company, gave evidence to
the effect that he was at the Ellis
place of business delivering ice cream
and saw Gum there. He did not see
who drove the automobile I'D to the
booth, but did see Gum stagger
across the road and fall in the ditch.
H. Hooper, also of Gardiner, who was
with Wall, testified substantially the
same. The, State rested it's case and
Attorney Beane moved the dismissal
of the respondent. which motion was
overruled by Judge Cony.
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it's case with John c. Burns of
Hallowell taking the stand as the
first witness. Burns testified to
seeing Mr.. Gum at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon of the day on which the
alleged offense was said to have
taken place at about noon. Gum
was perfectly sober at that time, and
Mr.. Burns who works in the making
room of the Johnson Shoe Factory,
of which department Mr.. Gum is
superintendent, further testified to
the habits of sobriety of the respond
ent. He also introduced evidence to
the effect that Mr.. Gum was a suf-
ferer from fallen arches.
Harold G. Wyman, also employed at
the Johnson factory had also seen
Mr.. Gum perfectly sober after 10
o'clock on last Wednesday morning,
and he, too, was familiar with the
! trouble that Gum had with his feet.
George X. Allen, another employe
of the Johnson factory, who was the
] man with Gum at the time of the
| aIged offense was the next witness
! and told of his movements with the
| respondent on Wednesday. He teSti-
| fled that he. Allen, was at the wheel
| of the car from the time when they
left the muster field on Western ave-
nue. until they reached Monmouth
| on their way to Lewiston. He told
of the various stops the two made
| for lunches on the trip. and said
that they did not have anything in
| toXicating to drink. Allen said that
Gum. when he fell after stopping at
the Ellis place, had attributed his
fall to his feet, which bothered him
because of the broken down arches.
Michael r. Sheehan. assistant post
master of the city of Hallowell. and