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Bristol train disturbance ends with fines at district court
District Court session drew a crowded room as Floyd Huestis and three others faced charges for interfering with a Providence to Bristol train on May 18. Huestis pleaded guilty then not guilty, with Judge Bosworth fining all four $30 plus costs. Co-defendants Salisbury, Salisbury Jr., and Shepard were accused of assaulting ticket collector Walter H. Scott at Poppasquash crossing and Bristol depot.
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District Court
N. Y
N. H. & HF. Railroad Company
Bristol
Providence
Justice of the Peace
Herbert F. Bennett
Floyd Huestis
Consolidated Road
Floyd-Huestia
Franklin Street
Young Shepard
Scott
O'Donnell
Merton A. Cheesman
Col
Heesman
Rannese
William Bliss
Poppasquash
Cheesman
Bosworth
S Hosworth
Superior Court
Janne
Gol. Cheesman
Salisbury Boys
Huestis
John Shepard
Chief Bowden
Barrington
Thomas Jennsen
Sarah Jennsen
William HO. Clinton
Frederick Graben
John Fitzgerald
Pawtucket
Jennsen
Judge Lyman
Lyman
Clinton
Fitzgerald