Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1870-09-30

ford. Assault Win intent 10 Stcai.
State vs.. Samuel b. Bodwcll, of Rum.
ford. For malicious burning.
State VS.. Joseph II. Carpenter. OF
Norway. Common seller of liquor. The
respondent plead guilty" and settled up.
State VS.. Franklin S. Lcavctt For
perjury.
APPEALED CASES.
State rs. Franklin s. Leavitt. For
larceny.
State Va. Thomas Ycston. A liquor
case. The respondent plead guilty; was
fined $50, or four months imprisonment
in the County Jail.
SATURDAY.
State VS. Lyman Rawson was taken up.
County Attorney Foster, for State, Alvah
Black and ID. X. Hastings for defence.
The Jury was impanncled in the case
under the law of last winter. Tho names
Of all the jurymen being put into box
and then drawn out, one at a time until
the Jury is made up. As each juror is
drawu aud his name read. he is examined
on the question of bias and impsrtially,
and received or rejected accordingly.
Each party. however, having two per-
cmptory challenges. One only was taken
and that by the defence. This was an IN
dictment for forgery or alteration of a
Decd II appears by the testimo ny that
Mr.. Rawson sold to Cyrus IL West. who
is the complainant in the action. farm
u, Rlmiord, called the adams farm"
The County road passes through the farm
sold No reservation was made OF the
road in the deed when delivered 10 Mr..
West BY The testimony of Mr.. West and
his wife and daughter, it seems that MIR.
Rawson went TO the house OF MIR. West
nj two different times TO get permission
10 make the reservation in the deed, and
Mr., West refused to give him the permls-
sion 10 DO so. Afterwards he went 10 MIR.
West and told him he was going TO Paris
and would take the deed out and have it
put upon record. Before he left the deed
for record, he added the following words
to the description excepting the road as
now travelled through said premises. )"
Mr.. Rawson admits that he made the adj
Clitiou TO the deed, but claims in defence
that he had permission from the grantee,
Mr.. West. TO make the reservation OF the
road, or that he thought he had such per-
mission, and therefore that it was done
without any criminal intent" There
were several witnesses called who tes-
tilted that Mr.. West had told them thai he
had no doubt but that Mr.. Rawson
thought he had permission 10 make the
reservation, though he never gave him
such permission. Alter a very clear
charge from Judge Appleton the case was
given 10 the Jury about 3 o'clock Monday
afternoon. The Jury were out about
seven hours but failed to agree. The
case was very ably conducted on both
sides
Statcvs. Napoleon B. Jackson. LARGE
ny of one sheep valued Sl2, alleged to
have been stolen OF j. w. Elliott. 1t was
in evidence that in Dec, 1864, Mr.. Elliott
lost sheep supposed to have been stolen,
and that the Respondent short time after
sold sheep skin to n. L Marshall which
was claimed as the skin of the lost sheep.
In defence, jackson and his wife testi-
fled that the skin, which was sold to Mr..
Marshall, was bought of n man which he
met when on his way tc Canton. The
testimony was somewhat conflicting
The jury was out about eleven hours
from II A. N. till Top. M.-and failed to
find a Notwithstanding 10 for convicting
and ? for acqui;tal.
This respondent was tried before A. X.
Knapp, Trial Justice, on this matter and
acquitted, before this Indictment was
found. This has been dear sheep to
the County.
Foster, Co. Atty. Randall & Black.
State vs.. Samuel B. Bodwell. Indict-
ment Tor malicously burning the town
buildings Of Rumiord, July 10Th, 1870.
Trial was assigned Tor Thursday of the
second week; at the suggestion 10 the
court by the Co. Atty. of plea of in
sanity being raised on trial by the re-
spondent's counsel, the court ordered the
question of insanity to BIO settled rs the
statute provides. by ordering the respon.
dent to be sent to tho Insane Hospital to
be there observed by the superintendent
as to insanity till further order OF this
court. and thus save the county the ex-
pense of a long trial upon the question
of insanity if no insanity is found by the
State officers of the Insane Hospital, then