Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-20

friday at the kennebec superior court
IN the four indictments STANDING
againzt b. Earl Bither OF this CITY
three OF there cases are for .ine1.
sale and one for illegal possession Of
Intoxicating liquor Bither was 70
leased upon bopds amounting to $4,000
70 await sentence by the court.
Zen Levine Of Augusta. against
whom two indictments were returned
~ the grand jury at this term Of court
s@nu VINO already had one case hanging
over MN upon which he had been
placed upon probation. was sentenced
to pay a fire of $500 and costs Of An
ara TO serve six months in tail with
SIX months in addition upon failure IN
pay on the cage OF Illegal possession
me otner Two cases were continued
ana Levine was instructed by the court
that he must tread the straight and
narrow path after being released from
JAN or sentence would be imposed in
those two cases also. Levine declared
That ne did not intend to remain here
alter ne had served his sentence.
OAKLAND Man Sentenced
Ceiestine Souci Of Oakland appeared
70 answer to two indictments. one for
Illegal possession and the other for
single sale. The case of illegal nos.
session was continued and he was sen.
fenced TO serve six months and to nav
q hne or 800 and costs Of $50 and to
serve three months In addition IL he
Iailed TO pay. In each OF these cases.
as well as In those of Levine. the nlea
| was nolo contenGerc.
RALPH Brooks of Waterville. charged
with reckless driving pleaded nolo and
was sentenced to pay a fine OF $40 and
COSTS OF $25. The story as told by his
counsel indicated that there were ex-
tehuatins circumstances and for that
reason the sentence was light.
Judge Directs Verdict
The testimony in the case of State
| We. freeman Simpson for driving while
| intoxicated occupied much of the day
ana at the close Of the testimony
Judge Fisher instructed the Jury to re-
! turn a verdict Of not guilty. He stat.
ca at that time that he felt that the
grand jury in returning an indictmen nj
! against the man had been doing its
duty according to the evidence which
the state had introduced and that he
believed the officers had been doing
! theirs In bringing the case to the grand
jury. but that from the evidence that
mad heen introduced by the defence he
believed that the case Of the State was
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beyond reasonable doubt.
John N. Gallant Of Winslow was the
hrst witness to appear for the State
lie told OF driving on Boston avenue
In Winslow and of small collision be.
tween the car he was driving and the
one driven by the respondent The
car of the respondent had come ur
from behind and when passing had col.
lided with his mudguard. The respon.
dent had not stopped and he had given
chase. but it was n mile and a half be-
fore he had been able to crowd the re-
spondent over so that he Would stop
When Simpson had gotten out Of his
car he had walked to the witness cal
and had looked at the damage and de-
clared his willingness to pay. The
witness had not gone back to Simp.
sons car at all. The respondent hat
Kept mumbling that they should see
the city marshal who would fix him
| up. In his opinion Simpson was un.
der the influence of liquor at the time
Gallant had told Simpson that he
would take him to State Highway Pc.
liceman Burgess. who lives near there
burgess told him to take the man &c
! Ohicer Frost, who was at the end OF
the Winslow bridge. as he himself was
injured and did -net~fcel that he could
gone to Frost. who had ordered the re
spondent into court the next morning
Bradford Wall Of Winslow witnessed
the accident on Boston avenue.
Bradford Wall of NVinslow, the next
:, witness. had seen the men talkinf
after the two cars stopped. He hat
seen Gallant with his hand on Simp-
sons shoulder. He had told Gala nj
not to let the respondent drive the
cdr any further. Simpson had KEEP
repeating that the city marsha
would take care of him or fix him up
The respondent had also declared
that he did not stop because HI
thought that they were racing will
him. although the witness declared
that he had heard the cars and the!
could not have been proceeding more
than 20 miles an hour.
Highway Oficer Frost said tina
after Gallant had brought the man t
him he had asked him to walk fol
him. He had then told Gallant Il
take the man to the lookup and aft
er that had changed his mind ant
told him to appear in court the mex
morning. The respondent had asked
him IL he could not fix the case up
When he asked Simpson to walk fol
him the man had walked around thu
back of the car. He was unsteady or
his feet at the time.
Officer Burgess had gone down te
where his companion was few
minutes later and believed from the
appearance of Simpson that he was
under the influence Of liquor.
Many Defense Witnesses
Grover d. Lovejoy. the first defense
witness. runs n battery repairing and