When was it published?

July 17, 1918 in The Brattleboro Daily Reformer

Domestic News July 17, 1918

The Brattleboro Daily Reformer

Q: What keywords are associated?

Liquor Conviction, Probation, Thrift Stamps, Barre Court, Illegal Furnishing

Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont

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What is this article about?

In Barre, Magistrate H. W. Scott placed James Supple on one-year probation for illegal liquor furnishing, requiring weekly thrift stamp purchases until year-end and good behavior, or face three months in jail. Supple to buy stamps from rural carrier and work as haymaker.

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BARRE, July 17.—If he complies with the conditions of probation imposed by Magistrate H. W. Scott in municipal court yesterday, James Supple, 38, convicted of furnishing liquor illegally, must purchase a thrift stamp each week until the end of the year. During good behavior and while his pile of thrift stamps is growing bigger, Supple will remain on probation for a year. Otherwise a sentence of three months in the county jail will become operative. For the present Supple will purchase his weekly stamp from a rural mail carrier, for he promised the judge that he would enroll as a haymaker at once.

What sub-type of article is it?

Legal Or Court Crime

What keywords are associated?

Liquor Conviction Probation Thrift Stamps Barre Court Illegal Furnishing

What entities or persons were involved?

James Supple H. W. Scott

Where did it happen?

Barre

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Barre

Event Date

July 17 (Court Yesterday)

Key Persons

James Supple H. W. Scott

Outcome

probation for one year conditional on purchasing a thrift stamp weekly until year-end and good behavior; otherwise three months in county jail

Event Details

James Supple, 38, convicted of furnishing liquor illegally, sentenced to probation by Magistrate H. W. Scott requiring weekly thrift stamp purchases and enrollment as a haymaker