Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-15

A verdict for $50 for the plaintln
in the case Of Edward G. Palmer OF
Kent's Hill vs.. Samuel Mailman OF
Gardiner, which was returned on
Wednesday atthe opening of the aft
ernoon session of the Kennebec coun-
ty superior court, completed the CIVIL
cases for trial at this term, and the
first criminal case, that of State VS..
Eddie Thibodeau of Augusta, charged
with illegal transportation of intokl-
eating liquors was Immediately tax
en- up. After being out for As min
utes a jury verdict of guilty was re-
turned late in the afternoon AFTER
which court adjourned until this
morning. County Attorney Frank e.
Southland represented the State In
this trial and Attorney Raymond
Rogers of Waterville appeared for
the respondent. Mrs. Emily Weeks
Of Augusta, one of the traverse jur-
ors, was drawn and served upon the
panel for the first time at this first
criminal case.
Thibodeau Case
Deputy Sheriff Henry Parmenter
of Augusta the first witness for the
State testified that on February is,
1926, he was going toward Augusta
from his home on Riverside Drive
when he saw the respondent driving
a Ford truck toward Waterville'
This was at about 4 o'clock in the
afternoon. He saw a bundle in the
back OF the truck, covered with
buffalo robe and becoming suspi-
cious he reported to the sheriff upon
his arrival at the Jail and word was
telephoned to Winslow to hold the
truck. He declared that he had seen
a truck similar to this in Thibodeau's
yard.
On cross examination he admitted
1t had been raining hard but said
that the side curtains of his car were
not covered with the sleet. In ans
wer to a question by Judge Fisher
he declared that Thibodeau was driv-
ing the machine.
Frank E. Marshall Of Winslow, a
constable, stated that he had been
notified to stop the truck and that
after waiting at the end of the
bridge across the Sebasticook river
for about an hour he saw it coming.
He stopped it and tried to see who
was driving but the curtain was on
the drivers side and he could not do
so. Then he went to the back of the
truck and took the buffalo robe off
the bundle, which proved to be COM
posed of burlap bags full Of some
thing. He lifted one and then the
driver drove away leaving the bag
in his hands. There were seven cans
in it and they later proved to be full
of alcohol. The man who had been
with the driver in the car got out
when it stopped and was left there
with him. He placed him under ar
he
in garage where it had been placed
and identified 1t as the one which he
saw. 1t was the one which Deputy
Moses had gotten when he arrested
the respondent.
Deputy Sheriff Warren Moses de-
clared that he had been notified to
look for the Ford truck and for
Thibodeau and that later he had ar
rested the man on the Winslow road
as he was driving toward Augusta.
The truck which he was driving was
the one later identified by Marshal!
as the one which he stopped.
w. T. Reynolds, deputy sheriff,
testified that he had received the
alcohol from the hands of Constable
Marshall and that he had only seen
the man who got out of the truck
On cross examination he drew a
laugh when in answer to question
as to how he knew it was alcohol
he said that several men had rubbed
it on their faces and had so declared
but said that he had never used it
and did not know.
Denies Allegation
Eddie Thibodeau, the respondent
then took the stand in his own be-
half. He testified that he had been
working at his barber shop on
Bridge street in Augusta on the day
in question. 1t was Thursday and
because they worked late that night
his barber had gone out to supper
He then got telephone message
from his mother that the truck was
in Waterville in trouble and that he