Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1850-09-19
Correspondence Of the Eastern Times.
WIscAssET, Sept. 10, 1850.

The Supreme Judicial Court commenced
holding niSi prius term, for this county, on
"Wednesday last, Judge Wells upon the bench.
A somewhat unusual array of legal talent as
sembled with the Court-Gen. Fessenden, Ma
than Clifford and S. f. Shepley, Esqs., of the
Cumberland bar, and Messrs. Evans, Allen,
Paine and others of the Kennebec bar.
The Grand Jury was in session bnt two days,
and found but one bill This was against DR..
Charles Cotfran, of Rockland, for manslaugh-
ter, in administering, some time in July last,
through gross negligence. four teaspoons full
of lG1iddnan, instead of lobelia, TO a Mrs.
Sleeper, which resulted in her death. The
DR.. was arraigned on Friday and plead not
guilty to the Indictment He is middleaged
looking man-apparently more disposed to
| negligence than TO erii. 1t is a somewhat SIM
liar case to one that recently occurred in Bos-
ton, where an apothecary by the name of Ter
renee Wakefield, in putting up physician
prescription, ueghgently delivered poisonous
article for an inof1ensive one, which also re-
suited III the death of human being. Too
much accountability cannot be required tol
such culpable and hazardous carelessness.-
| The Dr. was required 10 furnish bail in the
sum of one thousand dollars, which he accord
ing did and was released. The lst day of Cc-
tober was assigned as the day for trial. II. C.
Lowell Esq, will defend him. By the way,
this is the third case, within a year, of a phys
cian being held to answer against capital
charges. in our State One was sentenced al
the Spring term IN York, to the State Prison
for igamy-anoher, the notorious Dr. Smith,
| of Saco, is to be tried this month at Paris, for
manslaugher and the third is the. case in our
own county, above alluded to.
The appealed cases ana new entries on the
Docket amount 10 one hundred and seventy-five
embracing some important suits, upon which
there will be lengthy trials.
No l2-Joseph Moore, APPELLANT, Us. Charles
Thompson-was the first action taken up, and
occupied three days of the Court. 1t was an
action of assumpsit, on account annexed, and
for two Notes of hand one for SOC, 00-the
other for $4,000 There was also count in
Plfi~s writ, for money had and received. Plf.
claimed amount due, including interest, 5000.
The goods embraced in the account annexed,
in 1912, were in possession of j. NJ Thomp-
son, as agent for Joseph Moore, and were sold
by said Thompson TO his brother Charles, the
delft, contrary 10 authority. The Plff, sues to
recover, on the ground that if they were dispos-
ed Of forfiQus{y, he should recover on account
annexed. The defence was that Moore re
gage-,hat the 500, 90 Note was paid TO ]. NJ.
Thompson, as agent for Moore, the Pllf, and
that the $1,000 Note was fraudulent. The
case came up on appeal from the District
Court, by the Pltf, in which Court verdict OF
about Sl7,G0 only was awarded him. Seth
May and Little and Morrill,, for the APPELLANT
Mr.. Clifford and Judge Ruggles for the Ap-
pellee. Mr.. Clifford and Mr.. May made the
final arguments to the jury. The former oc-
cupied about four hours-the latter but a little
over two. Mr. Clifford pleads with less ami
nation than Mr. May-his mental corresponds
with his physical OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
weighty-wel adapted to law cases-but lack
ing that degree of acuteness and perspicuity
that jury trial requires. The case was sub
mitted to the jury about P. NJ. Saturday.
No. 2l-Jeremy Drake rs. James Rogers,
ct. ais. was next taken up. On a note of hand.
Tallman for Plf-Ruggles and Gould and
Gilbert for defis.
The Court will probably sit up to the time
for the commencement of the October term Of
the District Court-about six weeks-and will
pretty generally clear the docket.