Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-18

Lockwood street, Watervflle, the Sec
ond story of which was occupied by
Bourgoin, and he had gone up the
stairs to the Bourgoin residence Up
on entering, Mrs. Bourgoin, follow
ing some conversation which her
husband had had with her in French,
went out on the piazza behind the
fpuse, and the witness, sensing that
something was up. hurried after her.
The respondent had attempted to
retard him but the officer pushed
Boufgoin aside and got thre in time
to see Mrs. Bourgoin throw leather
bag, such as is sometimes called a
Boston bag, off the piazza. He had
seen bottle of liquor there and had
secured that after which he had slid
down the piazza post to the ground
and had picked up the bag which he
found to contain a gallon can of al
cohol. Hagland had not seen these
events but he arrived upstairs in
time to see the bag on the ground
and had followed Nash down after
it, only to return before it was picked
DIP when he thought that Bourgoin
might escape.
Allen declared that on June II, at
about or 10 in the evening he had
bought pint of alcohol from Bour-
eoin, at another house in which
Bourgoin then lives.
In his own defense Bourgoin en-
tered a general denial of ownership
of the can in the bag. He stated that
his wife had gone onto the piazza
while the deputies were there as she
had been ironing. He declared that
a friend had brought the bottle of
liquor to the house to give him a
drink and that he had left it, intend
ing to return at which time they were
to drink again. 1t had beeneleft out
side as Mr.. Bougoin did not want
his wife to know that he had had a
drink.
With regard to- the sale of liquor
to which Allen had testified, he de-
MED it and claimed that on the night
in question. he had been with his
wife and a friend on a visit to the
home of a man named Bilodeau in
Fairfield. They had not returned to
their home until after IL o'clock. He
placed the day because he had been
working on his automobile that af-
ternoon and Deputy Nash had come
to the house while he was away to
serve papers in a civil suit on him.
the papers. They had taken the trip
to Fairfield after the car had been
tuned up. He had inquired of the
lawyer who had drawn up the papers
as to the date of service, so was sure
that it was the day in question.
Mrs. Bourgoin corroboreated this
testimony and on cross examination
it was brought out that they had been
to the Bolideau home on several oc-
casions.
Onesime Bilodeau and Wilfred Cyr,
the men who had gone to Bilodeaus
home with them testified the same.
but both admitted that they had gone
there on numerous other occasions.
John Burleigh,s 9, civil engineer of
Waterville, testified as to the distan-
ces that he had measured about the
Bourgoin home at the request of At
torney Harold Dubord. From the
foundation of the house to point
which was pointed out to him by
Dubord as the place where the can
hit the ground it measured 80 feet.
Testimony for the defense was
then closed and after the arguments
to the jury by Attorney F. Harold
Dubord for the defense, and by Coun-
ty Attorney Frank e. Southland for
the State. the case went to the jury
which later returned verdict of
guilty. Court then adjourned until
g.: 80 this morning.