Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-08-05
ThibOdeau Released
On Charge Driving
While Intoxicated

Napoleon n. Thibodeau, alias Paul
| Thibodeau of Boston, Mass, was dis
charged in the municipal court yes
terday afternoon on motion of both
the attorney for the defense and the
attorney for the state on the grounds
that no evidence had been produced
to show that he was guilty of the
charge alleged in q warrant that al
legged that he was driving a motor
icating liquor on Main street, Water
Vile Saturday evening, August 2.
Chief CT Police William II. Murray
made the arrest on complaint lodg-
ed with him Saturday night and Thu
bodeau was arraigned before Record
err Letourneau in the municipal court
yesterday afternoon at o'clock A.
A. Matthieu appeared for the defense
and F. Harold Dubord was attorney
for the state.
The respondent waived the reading
of the warrant and pleaded not
guilty.
Marshal Murray was the first wit
ness for the state. He testified that
he arrested Thibodeau IN front of the
| Haines Theater Saturday night. He
did not see him in an auto. He
smelled liquor on his breath and be-
lieved by his actions that he had a
drink or two. He did not know how
long after Thib5deau had been driv-
ing a car that it was when he arrest
ed him.
Earl Prescott testified that he was
q ticket taker at the Haines Theatre.
He recalled seeing Thibodeau be-
| tween $50 and S:45 Saturday night
! driving a Bay State sedan up Main
! street. He slowed down and asked
| Prescott il the girl who sold tick
| cts was around. At 9.15 he saw him
! again riding around.
! In the cross examination he said
that Perley Butler was sitting beside
Thibodeau, who was driving. He
! saw no one else in the car. and saw
nothing unusual in Thibadeau's ac-
(, lions.
| Marshall Murray was recalled to
the stand and he testified that he
made the arrest about $40 or 9.25 P.
NJ. He smelled LIQUOR on Thibodeau
when he arrested him. He did not
stagger and talked very little. In
| Chief Murrays opinion he had been
drinking.
On the second cross examination
| Chief Murray said that he had made
| the arrest upon complaint. He stat
ed that he could not answer the
question, Gould you have told If
Thibodeau had been drinking il you
had not smelled liquor on him?" He
would not have arrested Thibodeau
IL his attention had not been called
to him.
Roger French. an employee of the
Waterville Motor Co., garage stated
that Thibodeau came into the garage
in the evening to ask him to go out.
He smelled Thibodeau's breath and
expressed the opinion that he had
probably been drinking. He thought
this might have been between 900
and $50.
Willis A. Nye, of Bar Harbor said
that he was living in Watervile at
present working as a. painter for
Bert Holland. He saw Thibodeau
in the auto at the wheel and he
helped push the car for a little way
from the curbing near the Haines
theatre in an effort to start the en-
CINE. He told them they ought to
let the car set there and Thibodeau
jumped out of the auto and chased
him up the street and pushing him
down stated You had better get to
HI home!"
George A. Jellison of WatervilIe
testified that he was in front of the
Haines theatre and helped push