The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-10-02
srpREME JUDICIAL COURT
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hand Cecil cooley, VINO urOVe the
husO sact into the road for Mr. Ring.
csl ba couldn't tell whether the re-
s aiu was intoxicated or not. He
spon,here was no trouble with the
I,o a,onism of the vehicle 80 far as he
pe.r Mrs. Emma Herrick of Har-
me" stated that she saw Ring stand
no'tb neidp his car at a point further
ns tho cambridge road and thought he
under the influence of liquor
Tttness said she heard him remark
W., h he had been to Brighton and
' asvld he a cheerful rider if some one
s snos him home. Witness said that
nun ruUs talked as though his tongue was
eM nitlo too heavy for his mouth. Will
q. stevens of Harmony, who had
nors hail for Mr. Ring, said he found
g. Ring and that the rear end of
~. car was in the ditch, quartering in
W., VIZ road He testified that Ring told
s au the car wouldn't go and he found
Not one OF the wheels of the vehicle
sss gone; said that he noted crooked
sn ry tracks and thought Ring was in
.",,cated Witness said that Ring
@.s unsteady on his feet and when
hoy nut the car out of the road the
sasnondpnt remained in it. Glenn
,nstin. who was with Stevens testified
hat he thought Ring was intoxicated
and Colby Eldridge, who was called to
Tho Ring home by boy, who was
s,sying there after Rings arrival,
aid that Ring had been drinking,
Nat he staggered and came near fall
,or over table. The roome, he said,
.rhere Ring was. was full of the doors
| ~ louor. The defense was opened
nv I. B. Waldron of Dexter, who was
.ssociated with Cover & Shumway
a. council for the respondent The
defense claimed that Mr. Ring was
mt drunk and that on the day of the
slleped offense, he had taken his car
and gone to the Deering Bros. Ga
rage at Harmony to have the car, re-
naired. 1t was claimed that the
aeering gear was out of condition
hut as the Deering Brothers were I'M
able to fix it that day, he had gone
ashing with one of them. 1t was
claimed no liquor was used and that
mon his return, the car, not being
sred he went home with the inten-
tion of having it fixed the next day.
II was further claimed that in passing
A car. the respondents car took a
lump and went into the wire fence al
ready mentioned, that it later gave
another jump and swung across the
road as described in the testimony of
Mr. Stevens. The defense claimed
that the steering gear of Rings auto
mobile was defective and that one leg
troubled him, thus accounting for his
unsteady gait
Mr.. Ring said in his own defense
that he didn't go thru the fence-ac-
cording to the testimony of the state,
but just up against it. With regard
10 his condition after reaching home,
he said that he was reading a paper
when Colby Eldridge came to his
house, his grandson having gone for
Eldridge because he thought there
was an accident.
Carl Deering said he went fishing
With Ring on the day in question and
saw no traces of liquor Morrill,
Deering testified about the condition
Of Rings automobile and said the rod
in the car was loose and it was hard
to keep the vehicle in the road; also
said that four inch spread of front
wheels had been caused. He stated
that there were no indications of
liquor on Ring that day. A. l..
Cough, who has small camps in
Brighton said that Ring was at his
place and that he saw no, traces of
liquor upon him. Albert Washburn
said that Ring told him the cause of
the accident on the night in question
vas because of the lights flashing on
a car which he met that dazed him
also that the steering gear of his car
was out of fix. Witness said he
smelled no liquor. F. L. Douglass
testified that he saw no signs of
liquor on the respondent. A verdict
Of not guilty was returned.
STATE VS. LACHANCE
Another case, charging unlawfully
operating motor vehicle was heard
Saturday forenoon, Eugene Lachance
Of North Arson being the respondent.
A ?. Bigelow was foreman of the
grand jury. The state claimed that
Mr.. Lachance was found beside the
road asleep and intoxicated, that
later he backed his car down over a
steep hill and still later was found
asleep in a house in Bingham. Ed
ward Smith of Bingham testified to
seeing the automobile beside the
road, with Lachance at the stearing
wheel asleep and the other fellow in
The car also asleep laying out over
one side of the vehicle. Harold Doe
noticed car going along Murray
street but couldn't tell who was in it.
b. Y. Morris of Murray street, Bing-
nam, saw the men operating a REQ
car and recognized the respondent.
he said they we're driving back and
iorth and when they began to back
over the bank he went out and warn
ed them. Thought respondent was
under the influence of liquor, he said,
adding that he was unsteady on his
leet. NJ. c. Rowe. a Bingham con-
sable stated that he arrested the re-
spondent when he found both men in
eed at the Duguay house in Bingham.
Noted the smell of liquor, he said. Mr..
ndSer garage man, accompanied
'ae constable to the Duguay home and
ald that both men had been drink
,ng Judge Merrill of the Western
municipal Court, recalled that La
eaance and his companion had been
brought from Bingham on the day in
question and said that in his court,
mr' Laehance- had appeared slightly