“Remand Ore Theft Charges Against Two Men Tuesday,” The Porcupine Advance (Timmins). February 8, 1940. Page 09.
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Dismiss Property Damage Counts Against Quintet of Young Men
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Charges of stealing gold ore, against Dan Blazevich and Joseph Antonio Majeau, were remanded in police court yesterday afternoon. The Blazevich case was made peremptory for next week. Majeau was charged with stealing gold from the Hollinger Mine worth $330. The gold was allegedly found in his lunch pail during a general search of miners.
Frank Bergeron was given the alternative of a fine of $50 and costs or a term of 30 days in jail for committing an indecent act in front of several young children. Magistrate Atkinson warned Bergeron that if he ever appeared before him again he would be liable for a jail sentence - and a long one.
Charges of property damage against five youths, Louis Goulet, Gu Daly, Donald Jackson, Frank Selgar, and Paul Blain, were dismissed. Leo Ferraro charged that the young men damaged a sign in front of his place of business. The sign, he said, was worth $7 or $8. Ferraro identified Goulet and Daly as two of the group which had been ‘banging’ on his sign. The defendants said that they had been no where in the vicinity of the store.
Most recent technique for being arrested on a charge of vagrancy seems to be to go into a restaurant, order a meal and then not have the means to pay for it. Three men were sent to jail, each for thirty days, for that offense.
Isadore Aubin was fined $10 and costs on a charge of careless driving. Jean Lapointe said that he was driving a taxi and that he was struck by a truck, driven by Aubin, at the corner of Middleton avenue and Wilcox street. He alleged that he was past the middle of the intersection when the truck smashed into his car.
Francois St. Gelais was ordered to have his dog destroyed by police after Mrs. J. McFarlane testified that the dog broke loose and bit Bud McFarlane, aged 8. George Dutton said that he had to beat the dog away from the small boy with an axe.
Thirty days in jail was the sentence imposed upon romeo Dworski, 16, who pleaded guilty to the theft of bus tickets worth $2.50 from George Gauthier.