Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-17
Sentences Melted Out
to Three R e sp o n
dents A u g u S t a
Man Gets H e avy
Fine After Pleading
Nolo to A dult cry
Charge Z Jury Dis
charged in A f t e r.
noon

Three respondents were sem
fenced Friday afternoon at the Ken
nebec County Superior Court and,
there being no further cases for the
attention of the jury they were fin
ally dismissed and paid off. In the
morning verdict of guilty was
returned in the case of State VS.. Ar
thur Trudell of Waterville, charged
with Illegal possession Of intoxicat-
ing liquors. The states case had
been presented Thursday afternoon
and the defense was heard Friday
forenoon.
Alphonse Dauteuil Of Augusta
paid fine of $500 and costs of $50
on charge Of adultery, to which he
pleaded nolo contendre, and upon
payment of the fine and costs an
eight months jail sentence was sus-
pended.
Joe King of Waterville appeared
to answer to charges of illegal keep
ing of intoxicating liquor and Tile
gal transportation of Intoxicating
liquor. On the first he pleaded nolo
contendre and was sentenced to
serve two months in Jail and to pay
fine of $500 or to serve six months
in addition. He filed a demurrer
and was released on $4,000 bonds
to await the action of the higher
court. The case of transportation
to which he also pleaded nolo was
placed on file.
William w. Shaw of Augusta
pleaded guilty to charge of ille-
Op1 nnCcnScinn of int inc
and in a statement to the court
asked for leniency on the grounds
that he was in poor health. In pro-
nouncing sentence of three months
in Jail, fine of $500 and costs, and
six months in default of payment,
Judge William H. Fisher stated that
while he was sorry to have to sem
tence sick man he realized that
rum sold by sick men is just as
destructive as that sold by we'll
men," The sentence pronounced
was simply the sentence of the low
er court reaffirmed.
Sentences Today
Judge Fisher has announced that
all criminal cases now outstanding
will be In order for sentence this
morning at ten o'clock.
The defense in the case Of State
VS.. Arthur Trudell of Waterville
charged with illegal possession of
intoxicating evidence, which was
presented at the opening of court
Friday morning, was a general de-
NAL Of the allegation of the state
that there had been alcohol in the
place.
Mrs. Trudell took the stand and
testified that on the day the sher-
ifs raided the house she was in
the toilet when they entered and
knew nothing of their presence I'M
til she entered the kitchen. She
declared that the bowl had been
flushed but not for the purpose of
destroying evidence as alleged by the
state and denied that she had had
the pitcher in her hand and had
thrown it into the I've solution. This
she said was kept for the purpose
of washing the floors and of scour-
ing out the flush bowl, and the
pitcher was used for the purpose
of dipping up the I've which was
quite strong. She declared that If
her husband had called to her, she
did not hear him. AS for the
hide" testified to as having been
found by a deputy sheriff, that was
a small hole under the sink which
was made for the purpose of CIV
ing access to the water pipes in
case they should freeze up and it
would be too small to accommodate
a man or to be used as a hide.
Mrs. Exiliare Bolduc who has
worked at the house and the res
taurant declared that she had wash
ed the floors and cleaned the bowl
with the I've solution and had used
the pitcher to dip it up. The pitch
err was either left in the tub or was
kept in the shed. On cross examin-
alton she declared that there was
always a solution in the tub.
A Mrs. Cyr who had also worked
there, corroborated this testimony.
She said that the tub was kept in
the shed on Sundays but on other
days was kept in the toilet.