Putnam patriot., 1925-05-29
MONDAY MORNING
 BEFORE HIZHONOR
The Unknown Man Was On the Job Over the Week-End
 With Fresh Supply
Automobile Drivers Found Not Guilty
 of Reeklessness

Two cases of intoxication were dis posed of by imposition of fines due te the weekend visit of the unknown stranger with base of alcoholic sup piy. and two meter vehicle drivers were found not guilty of driving reck- lessly by Hizhonor in the little court across the river, Monday morning. It was the usual Monday morning grind but. reason unknown. the spectators benches were unoccupied and undusted | by the usual Monday morning audi ence when there is something doing. v | Defendants Tn three cases were rep resented by counsel.
 Had Booxefests
 William Paquette. charged with be- ing drunk, admitted it. He said that he came to Putnam from Occum. | Asked where he got his liquor he told the same old story: He met man near the hobby horses. Being pos sessed of thirst he asked the man where to get drink Man was of course unknown to William, but he approached the right gent, for when i William gave the unknown s the man seampered off and WAS soon back with "a bottle of alcohol split. William was fin d S20 and also ordered to pay the costs of SIi.S9.
 John Carlson, who has been in the little pen where he stood Monday morning time and time again, also did not question the states charge that he was found intoxicated and drunk. The
 man John got his split from man
 he only knew by appearance. He did not know his name, number or ad' dress. Judge Geissler said he was go ing to impose $20 fine and costs
 and also append a warning. Tn, I third section of the sentence was tt the effect that if John appears il court again on similar charge h.
 will be sent to the State Farm fol
 Inebriates at Norwich. John lowed
 he would try Co keep sober.
 Wrecked Car and Pole
 Louis Richter was charged with reckless driving. Officer Sponeey told Ithe court that he was called to Wood stock avenue between seven and eight Io'eloek Sunday morning. There he found large sedan hugging a tele- i phone pole or it would have been hug ging the pole had not the pole been broken and toppled over. He said i that he followed the tracks and that ] they went zig-zag for q distance of l 300 feet ter the driver had apparent i ly applied his brake.
 With this evidence the state rested i and Attorney A. S. Macdonald moved to have the action dismissed on the ground that the ca had not been made out by the state Judge Geissler said that he would like to hear the de- i Ifendanti story.
 Mr. Richter. in his own behalf. told tthg court that he was on his way to Woodstock and just Us he rounded the turn at Miller's corner he saw q car l com ng toward him on the wrong side 1 of the road. To avoid hitting this car i the witness pulled still further to the right and the wheels of his car left the maeadam. In trying to get back onto the maeadam part of the road again something went wrong with the steering gear and he could not con trol the car. which crossed the road and ran into the pole. The car was badly damaged and caught fire. The fire was extinguished with a couple of pails of water. Richter was found not guilty.
 Cars Come Together
 Automobiles driven by Arthur le- rivier of North Grosvenordale and Mrs. Lionel Charron of Putnam col ] lided at McGarry's corner shortly af- ter ten o'clock Sunday morning. Off cer Ryan was at his home nearby and said he heard the brakes of car sud denly applied and then came a crash. He made an investigation and found the cars had collided near the inter section of Grove and South Main streets. He found that Mrs. Charron had no drivers license and ordered her 1 to appear in court on that charge. Le- rivier was ordered to appear to an- swer to reckless driving.
 IL appeared from the testimony that l Lerivier was driving slowly and that l he rounded the corner not many feet from the curb near McGarry's store and that the accident carried both cars to near the railroad bank on the west side of South Main street.
 I LeriVier was found not guilty of reckless driving. Judge GeiSsler suR- gested that he might have been guilty of an infraction of the rules of the
 road. but no such charge was entered by the prosecutor. Attorney Miron represented the accused.
 Mrs. charron pleaded guilty to ops erating her car without drivers h. leense. Her counsel. Attorney Morse, stated that she had held license two years and had made out her applica- ton for this year and then had for gotten it. She was fined Sl and costs