The Portland daily press., 1870-09-17
Superior Court.
SEP TENDER CRIMINAL TERh-GODDARD, j., PRE-
SIDING.

SEPTEMBER CRIMINAL TERa-GoDDARD j., PRE-
SIDING.
FRIDAy.-Statc VS.. Thomas Broderick. Appeal
from the Municipal Court where the defendant was
convicted of tue Illegal sale of intoxicating liquors
The jury disagreed.
Haskell. II. B. Cleaves.
Mr.. frederick Noyes Of Westbrook. witness for
the plaintiff in the Of Colley Westbrook,
examined tor alleged contempt OF Conrt in at
tempting to influence the verdict of the jury. The
facts de yelop ID tie animation tollows
Previous to the retiring OF the jury in the Cooley
case Mr.. Webo, counsel for Defence stated that he
had received information which led him to believe
an attempt had been made 70 tamper with the jury
by Mr.. Noyes. He, however, waived the matter as
far concerned influence the jury. but asked fol
investigation after the verdict The first witness
cale1 this morning was Mr.. Webb, who stated thai
he received note on the evening before the charge
delivered to the jury in which it st .ted thai
Mr. Noyes had followed the jury out when they had
taken recess and that he had said in their hearing
that twenty-five pers went the road in dis
pute every month, and that all attempts to argue
that the town did not have mott ,e was damned non-
AR. Webb objected to disclosing the name OF
the writer or that Of the witness who heard the
versation but on being put under oath by the Court
disclose tn name Of the writer. This note came
from Albert Merrill. Mr.. Merrill ties flied that he
had received the information contained in the note
from ,ung man who had heard the talk, but was
10th give his Under the ruling Of the Court
he stated that his informant Joseph Reed, Jr,
student of law in his office. Reed being called gave
minute account of the particulars attending the
affair and also Of the conversation Among the ex-
pressons used according to his evidence were that
the town OF Westbrook would have voted at town
meeti to have gwen Miss Colley $4,000. that they
IN tean tha Sci a hat
Webb tried to make out that Mr.. Bucknam was
thrown two hundred tsst in the air, &c. He also
stated that Messrs Dyer and Hacker, OF the jury
had paid more attention 10 these remarks than the
Others. On cross-examination Reed admitted that
he ha been bound over In the Municipal Court on
charge of obtaining goods uoder false pretences and
that the m itter had been settled.
The jury were then examined and Mr.. Dyer stated
that he did not remember airing any of the remarks
referred to any other remarks in regard to the
case Mr.. Carney AMI the rest of the jury also de-
MED any KIN ,wledse of the alleged attempt to tam
per with them.
Mr.. Noyes was then called, and his testimony
absolute denial of any mention to influence the
decision of the jury. He did admit he had had talk
in one of the anterooms about the case, but had no
to suspect the presence of any juryman, and
he quite confident that oil them we're there.
He denied ever liking the remarks of which he was
accused by Reed.
The case was then postponed till Monday to pro-
'c1re the test mony of Mr.. Hacker, the juryman
whom Reel states was present at the conversation.
State VS.. John Plunkett. Assault and battery.
Plea guilty. Sentenced to thirty days in the county
Jail.
Haskell. A. w. Bradbury.
State vs. John Murphy alias Patrick McAvoy.
Larceny of horse. Sentenced to eleven months in
the county jail.
Horace T Kollock, convicted at the last term, of
assault and battery was fined $50 and COSTS
Jrmes McGlinchy ind'ctm emit for being
common seller paid fine of 800 and costs.
Haskell. Ho ward & Cleaves.
State VS. Benz. II Ordway. Aggravated assault
A5iez-r Andrews. On trial.
Haskell. Williams.