Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-22

Louis Schiro of Wateryille was
found guilty Of illegal possession of
intoxicating liquors. Monday morn
ing by the jury at the, Kennebec
County superior court and was re-
leased on bail in the sum of $1,000
from day to day to await sentence.
A verdict of not guilty was returned
in the afternoon in the case OF Les
ter Crane of Gardiner charged with
assault and battery upon his wife,
Mrs. Edith Crane.
Deputy Sheriff W. V. Nash of
Vassalboro was the first witness in
the Schiro case. He testified that on
a visit to Hanks Lunch" at Wat
erville, he had seized milk bottle
which smelled of liquor. and which
the respondent had been washing in
a sink when he entered the bulldog.
The sink also smelled of liquor The
bottle was produced ad offered as
evidence. On cross examination he
admitted that there were several
other milk bottles there on shelf
but that he had not looked at them.
Deputy Sheriff Oscar Hagland tes-
titled that he had seen men near the
lunch on several occasions. who
were intoxicated. He stated that
when the raiding party drove up Mr..
Schiro was seated in a window of
the lunch room. A man named
Burgess, who was standing on the
sidewalk ran away when they drove
up and he had chased Burgess SO he
did not know anything more about
the search in the lunch room until
he had returned and the bottle had
been shown him by Deputy Nash.
He had smelled alcohol in the bot
tie and the sink.
In defense Mrs. Schiro was called
to the stand. She said that she had
brought some dinner to Mr.. Schiro
and that he had just finished wash
ing the dishes when the deputies en-
tered. She declared that Sheriff
Nash had taken the first bottle he
had come to and had declared he
smelled something" Her husband
had asked what 1t might be and the
deputy had answered alcohol" To
this her husband had answered that
he didn't see how that could be. She
had told Nash that there were other
bottles there and he had better take
them all. Her husband had not been
arrested then but they had requested
that he come to the Waterville city
building on Monday. Mr.. Schiro
corIoborated the evidence of his
wife.
Alege Brutality
In the Crane case Mrs. Crane, first
witness for the state testified that
her husband had gotten up in the
morning mad as usual and had been
unable to find a corn plaster which
he wanted. He had asked her where
1t was to which she had answered
that she did not know. She was ly-
ing upon q lounge and he had come
over and struck her several times on
the left leg and arm. He had then
eaten his breakfast and requested her
to go with him to the place where he
was working. She had refused and
he had declared his intention of TAX
ing the child anyway. Later he had
returned and said that he had taken
the child where she would not see 1t
again. She had later telephoned t.
her folks to come and get her as she
was going to leave her husband.
Mrs. Frank Slocum, Mrs. Emma
Dill. and DR.. William o. Cobb all tes-
tilted to seeing the marks upon her
body DR.. Cobb testified that there was
no abrasion of the skin.
Henry Cole Of Vassalboro, father OF
the woman stated that she had call
ed him and had wanted him to take
her home which he had done the next
afternoon. He had seen marks upon