The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-01-30
Supreme judicial Court.
APPLETON. CHIEF JUSTICE, pREs1DrN


| Daniel Hartman vs.. VIM. 5. Wescott and
| others. Action on promssory note given to
| John Smith or order for two hundred dollars on
| demand, signed by defendant AS principal and
| l.. NJ. Partridge as security, and Endorsed to
| plaintiff two years after date Defendant al
| legged that the note had been paid by offset with
| y. &. Hichborn, that it was tiishonored before
il was transferred to plaintiff, and liable to all
| the detenceS between the original Withdrawn
| from Jury. Plaintiff nonsuted
, Hubbard for plff. Fogler for defts
James W. Patterson W.. Geo. B. Briggs An
| action to recover for board and necessaries
| furnished by plaintiff to defendants wife. With
| drawn from the jury and settled by the parties
! Abbott and Hartman for pltf. Boyle for dett.
| Nathaniel f. Tenney and others vs. John w
Mudgett. Plaintiffs doing business under the
/ firm and style OF Tenney. Atrich & Co., in
Boston. testified that they sold and delivered Il
| bill Of goods to defendant amounting to about
| $4,000. Defendant claimed that Ten ney. AID
| rich Il Co., sold the goods to him on the credit
of Mudgett, Libby 4 Griffin, that he had re-
ceived goods of them previously, that they had
taken Mudgett Libby & Grttn's note for them,
and that plaintiffs agreed TO look to Mudgett
Libby Il Griffin for their pay. Verdict for lain
| titf>. Damages assessed 1t Sill ,46.
| Mcclellan for pItf>. Nickerson for def.
| William 5. Bradley vs.. A. e. Howe,. Re
peyin of fifty barrels super Phosphorate of
Lime. Plaintiff nonsuted.
| !. :. Brown for pltfs. Bowie for def.
/ ~ Av1,lp A.
action to recover for balance due plaintiff for
nort&A@ed personal property, sofa by consent
q pa ties. Taken from the jury and referred TO
| court. Verdict for plaintiff Damages assessed
| AT 9ll.j. iewett fol- pin knowlton for delft
| Nathan F. Danforth vs.. Samuel Briggs Ir.
| An action brought for Il bill OF goods. After
getting out part of the testimony defendant be-
| came drfluttd.
Boyle forplh. Thompson and johnson for def.
Geo. E. Berry VS.. d. l.. Hunter and others.
Assumpst for Il bill Of goods furnished by
plaintiff to Geo. A. Estes, at the request of de-
| PENDANTS. Defendants claimed that they forbid
| plaintiffs furnishing Estes on their account on
the 29th r&0th OF Sept. 1871 and rendered $1,000
| the amount due to that date. Plaintiff alleged
that defendants did not forbid him furnishing
Estes until December following. Verdict for
| plaintiff. Damages assessed at 5s4 80.
Mcclellan for pltf. Boyle for defS d.
Hon. $. c. Hatch has introduced inro the
| House bill to prevent human prize fights and
nights among game animals. The bill provides
that any person who INDUCES in prize fight
or in any fight between birds cocks dogs, bulls
| and rats shall be punished by imprisonment
not less than ten days in the county Jail, nor
exceeding one year, or by fine not exceeding
$500 Wing.
The necessity for such a law is hardly
apparent. We don't now remember a
prize fight between either men or animals
within the limits OF the state Neither
have our people tastes sufficiently Span
ish to crave ball fights But when it
comes to suppressing fights between ami
mails, there is wide field for labor.
Good Doctor Watts, however, rather
takes the ground that it cant, from the
nature of things, be accomplished. He
says
LET dogs delight to bark and bite.
For God hath made them so;
Let bears and lions growl aud fight,
For lis their nature too"
The Jury acquitted Hon. w L. Put
nam Of the charge Of conspiracy in the
liquor case, and that gentleman goes ont
of court with a clean record The verdict
administers a rebuke to the hot-headed
zealots who are pushing their miscalled
temperance cause to such foolish extremes.
"A strong petition has gone to the
Legislature from Wateryille tor the diyis-