The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-02-07
STATE VS. KIRKPATRICK

ment.
STATE VS. KIRKPATRICK
Albert Kirkpatrick of Arson, who
had pleaded not guilty in lower court
to operating a motor vehicle on the
road to the fair grounds in Arson,
under the influence of intoxicating
liquor, came before the court on APP
peal He was represented by W. B.
Brown Esq, of Madison. County
Attorney Thorne, outlined the case,
stating that the cause of the trial oc
CURED on one of the days of the An
son Fair last fall. He claimed that
Kirkpatrick ran into the Shapiro
truck and that later Kirkpatrick got
into a fight with Harry +. Gordon
who was acting as traffic officer at
the time. The State claimed that
both times kirkpatrick was under the
influence Of liquor NJ. Gordon told
of Kirkpatrick getting his truck STALL
ed and of giving him five minutes to
clear the track. The witness
claimed that in about fifteen minutes.
lie came back and fought with him.
while under the influence of liquor.
Testimony for the state was taken
out including that of c. Nichols, a
truckman, who said that he deemed
Kirkpatrick intoxicated at the time
of the trouble and the testimony of
Deputy Sheriff Walker of Arson, who
had smelled the breath of kirkpat
rick and thought, he said, he had been
drinking. w. b. Brown of Madison
represented kirkpatrick and stated in
opening that there never would have
been any arrest if there had not been
a congestion in the street. He adj
mitted in the opening that the res
pendent had taken one small drink.
Mr.. Kirkpatrick took the
stand in his own defense and told of
the accident when his ear struck the
Shapiro truck, stating that it was
impossible for Mr. Shapiro to drive
where he had first started because
other cars were in the way. He gave
his version of the trouble with the
traffic officer, stating that words pass
ed between them and that both he
and Gordon went down in the dirt.
SEVERAL CASES MOL PRESSED
Following the testimony, several
cases were mol pressed, including
that against Kirkpatrick The sen
tence was appealed from the lower
court, and il appears that rulings
have been made, whereby the lower
court can no longer sentence in cases
Of persons operating motor vehicles
while under the influence of liquor.
The other two cases mol pressed
were those OF Leslie Allen of Pitts
field and Alton Lachance, both of
whom had appealed from the lower
court, after sentence for the same
offense, that of operating a motor We
hicle when under the influence of
liquor.
GEORGE TAYLOR PLEADED NoLO
George Taylor, formerly of Show
hogan, who earlier in the term had
pleaded not guilty to the transporta-
ton of Madeline Walker for immoral
purposes and to two other indict-
ments charging him with attempt to
defraud for advertising purposes at
Madison, pleaded nolo to all three.
GILBERT ACQUITTED
Clifford Gilbert of Madison. some
times known as Clifford Dennis, was
acquitted by the jury Tuesday after
noon of the larceny of coat from
Robert Bunker of Mercer. which it
was claimed had occurred following
the burning of the Bunker farm build
ings in that town last December. Gil
bert is Is years old, and his mother
after the death of her first husband,
Gilbert's father, married a Mr.. Den
mis-. The respondent was then some
times called. Clifford Dennis. The
young man stated with regard TO the
incident that he and Clayton White
went to a dance in Mercer the night