The Portland daily press., 1867-12-18

supreme judicial Court.
AMERICAN HOUSE.

CRIMINAL TERM.-BARROws, j, PRESIDING.
The Grand Jury came in yesterday and reported a
large number of bills of Indictment for various of
fences. They were then discharged until the next
criminal term in July. F.sr
The traverse jurors were then empanc led as fol-
lows:
First Jury.-Samuel Haskell, Foreman, Alfred
Hatch, Care Elizabeth; yrus u. Abbott, Joseph
Goo!d, Westbrook; Daniel Boothby, Baldwin, Fran
els Brown, Raymond; Ambrose Cram, Standish;
David IL: Ferrin, Brunswick; Henry Fling, Herman
=; Kurdish John Gray, Portland Tristram G.
Second Jury.-Benjamin Underwood, Foreman,
Lyman n. Kimbal, Portland; Zebulon jackson,
Naples; John II. Manchester, Windham; Daniel S.
Merrill, Cumberland; George Perley, Gray; George
W. Plummer, New Gloucester; Israel Rodick, Geo.
Z. Soule, Freeport; Job T. Sanford, Gorham Chas.
l.: thompson, Brunswick; r. B. Whitcomb, Stand
The following arrangements took place:
Henry McCarchy and Michael Fitzgerald. Com
pound larceny in breaking and entering the shop of
Amos Winslow. Mccarthy pleaded not guilty Fitz-
gerald pleaded guilty and was sentenced to eighteen
months in the State Prison.
On an indictment against the party for break
ing and entering the shop of William f. Jordan,
Nc arthy pleaded not guilty and Fitzgerald guilty.
On third indictment against the same parties for
breaking and entering the store of Merrill Place
Mccarthy pleaded not guilty and Fitzgerald gull
ty. in ifo9 r1-t
John White, indicted with another, was arraigned
on ten different indictments for burglary in the
houses of j. B. Knight, George Gwynn, George Nc
Lellan, John Rand, j. H. Bucknam j. M Kimball
and William Alien, in Portland, and W. L. Wilson,
Jesse Young and Warren Brown, in Westbrook. To
each of the indictments he pleaded not guilty.
John Bragdon and Lewis Weymouth, for COM
pound larceny in breaking and entering the barn of
Joseph L. Bennett in Bridgton, and stealing horse.
Both Pleaded not guilty.
Charles H. Trask, for compound larceny, in break
ing and entering the shop OF Rufus Stanley, and
stealing therefrom. He pleaded guilty.
Joseph Levy, for cheating by false pretences. Plea
not guilty.
-G0orgo a Green and John X. Knights, compound
larceny in breaking and entering the shop of wilmot
w. Holton and committing a larceny Both pleaded
not guilty.
Robert Chester, larceny from the person of Mary
Ann Turner. Plea guilty. Sentenced to six months
in the County Jail.
10 another indictment for larceny from the person
of Lucinda Waite, Chester pleaded nolo contendere.
Thomas Mayo, compound larceny in breaking and
entering the shop of Robert & Robert F. Green, and
committing larceny therein Plea not guilty.
In the case of State v. Charles A. Dalton, appel
liant, for assault and battery the County Attorney
entered mol. pros. P. R. Hall for respondent
William Daggett was put upon trial for larceny of
watch and chain from the person of John E. Keat-
ing. The prisoner had no counsel, and the evidence
was so direct that the jury convicted him after very
brief de Iteration.
George Pierce was tried on an Indictment charging
him with breaking and entering the store of Mr.. B.
w. Jones in tbs night time and stealing therefrom
quantity of tobacco. Pierce had no counsel or wit
ness but himself, and his testimony did not amount
to much. After the argument of the County Attor-
nry, Court adjourned to O'Clock Wednesday morn
ing.
After the general jail delivery is through the ap-
pealed liquor cases. of which there is large num-
Der, will be taken up in the order in which they
stand on the docket and will be disposed of unless
there is good reason shown for continuance. Par
ties will govern themselves accordingly.