Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-29
futile Guilty of
IntOXicatiOn Charge

IntOXicatiOn Charge
! Saturday morning at 2 o'clock Judge
Wilson in 15 minutes charged the jury
! in the case of State VS.. Fred b. Ring
of Cambridge. VIII was charged with
| operating a motor vehicle under the in
| fuence of intoxicating liquor. After
: being out an hour and 40 minutes the
| jurors returned verdict of not guilty.
and at motion of County Attorney
James II. Thorne the respondent was
| discharged.
| At $50 the case of State VS.. Eugene
| LaChance of North Arson. charged
| with operating a motor vehicle while
| under the influence of intoxicating IL
quor, was opened. The following jurors
were drawn to hear the case: Alfred
L. Bigelow, ST. Adams, foreman; Fred
! Drury, Scion; c. w. Luce, Arson; +,
Merle Foster Canaan: Leland L.
Smith, Skowhegan; Charles NJ. Sewell
/ Fairfield; Annie b. Wescott. Skowhe-
gan: Frank w. Hilton. Bingham; Vir-
gil C. Holt. Canaan: Bert G. Fletcher
Skowhegan; Il. Irving Davis. Canaan
The State was represented by County
Attorney James II. Thorne of North
Anson. and the respondent by Attor-
! ney William b. Brown of Madison. In
!
| Chance was arrested in Bingham al
TIE home of Mrs. Phyllis Duguay OF
! bingham by Constable Morrill, Rowe
after driving his REQ car from North
Arson to bingham on the morning OF
| July IA. 1924. The witnesses for the
State We're Edward Smith of Bingham
! VINO saw LaChance and another man
| asleep in REQ car; Harold G. Doc OF
| bingham, who did not recognize the
! respondent but testified to seeing the
| Reo car on Murray street on the day
) OF July IA. "a; Ed. Norris Of Bingham
! who testified to seeing the car back into
! side Of street on Murray street, and
4 stated that he saw LaChance and 9TH
er man and he considered them in in
toxlcated condition. Morrill, c. Rowe.
| constable, of Bingham. who arrested
! LaChance and John Trambley of North
! Anson at the Duguay and who came to
| Skowhegan and attended hearing be-
! Tore Judge Merrill, said LaChance was
badly intoxicated: Randall Baker of
| Bingham. who took Rowe to the Du.
J quay house and stated to the intox.
| icated condition of LaChance: Judge
! Maurice p. Merrill OF Skowhegan pro-
, duced records of the case in the west
! ern Somerset municipal court The
last witness for the State was Deputy
SheriH Frank l.. Gipson. who came to
! Skowhegan with LaChance and stat.
ca that he considered LaChancc was
/ IN an intoxicated condition
Inc defence opened by Atty. Brown
| VINO claimed that LaChance was not
under the influence Of intoxicants but
that ne was over-worked and had gone
to sleep doing his work of an enginee,
at one of the North Anson mills and
that he went to Bingham to carry
John Tramblay. who was found intox.
icated, and that at the Duguay home
ne tried to care for Tramblay. The
witnesses were the defence were the
| respondent. Eugene LaChance, who
stated that he had not taken anything
10 drink; Albert LaChance, Regina La.
Ihance. Phyllis Duguay and Maurice
! Martin. all of whom testified to seeing
LaChance on that date and that he wa.
not intoxicated or under the influence
of liquor. The case went to the iur,
at 11.45 and after being out short
time brought in verdict Of guilty.
Just before the adjournment OF
court Saturday noon Peter Rodericl
OF Fa1rteid was brought into the court
room and retracted his plea Of not gull
~ TO the charge of fornication which
ne made when arraigned. and pleaded
guilty, and motion was made for sen.
tence. Judge Wilson sentenced Roder
lcK 10 30 days in the county jail al
Skowhegan. Frederick was represented
by Attorney II. II. Brazzeu of Fair.
field.
saturday afternoon the case o.
state VS.. Fred futile Of Athens
charged with operating a motor We.
h1cle While under the influence OF
Intoxicating liquor on August 3rd
IVA, on the highway between Bing.
ham and Scion. was conducted h,
County Attorney James H. Thorne
Mr. futile was without counsel. The
following jurors were drawn: Annie
Wescott, Skowhegan, who acted az
foreman: Virgil G. Holt, Canaan;
irving Davis. Canaan: John w. Ford
lexington: Clarence Brooks, Pitts.
neld; William r. Austin, Madison;
Leland Smith, Skowhegan; Charles
NJ. Sewall. Fairfield: Clarence C.
Berce. Skowhegan; s. Merle Foster
Canaan; c. s. Poland. Athens: A. w
Stanley. Norridgewock.
/ The witnesses for the state were
Morrill, c. Howe. constable Of Bing-
ham: John Guam. Bingham; Eva
McTaggert. Linnie Clark, both OF
Bingham: Clarence Holway and
| Bernard Davis, both of Scion. Ac-
cording to the states evidence, Tut
tie and another man took these two
girls in for a ride. The girls testi-
fled that futile drank while they
were riding with him in the car.
Near Scion he ran into the mud
guard of the Davis car, damaging
lit slightly and paying 81 to repair
the damage. Mr.. futile. appeared
ION the stand in his own defense. - He
also cross examined the state wit
nesses and argued the case before
the jury.
/ The Jurors were out 20 miautes,
bringing in a verdict of guilty. Tut
|. tie furnished bail from day to day
in the sum of $1,000 and his bonds
men were Roscoe futile OF Athens
and Walter H. Hight Of Skowhegan,
The case OF Frank Elderkin of st.
Adams. charged with larceny, was
defaulted.
Late Saturday afternoon. the case
Of State va. Olesome Bilodeau of
Fairfield, charged with operating a
motor vehicle while under the infiu-
ence Of intoxicating liquor on July