The Republican journal., 1883-10-25
Supreme Judicial Court.


sarah y. Morse, of stockton, W the citv of Bel
fast. This the first case coming before the
court on Thursday. 1t was an action TO recover
S10br for injuries sustained through an alleged de
feet in The highway. On the l4th of October lSs2.
late in the evening, Mrs Morse in company with
DR. Pierce and wife, LEFT this city for their homes
IN stockton The team was the property of Mrs.
Morse, but was driven by Or. Pierce The night
was loggy and intensely dark. When at a point
l'o yHris east OF the Stock Farm in Belfast, they
met Il team which had a reflector lantern hanging
IN front OF the dashcr. AT this point Mrs. Morse
team the road and was overturned in the gutter,
n4nrlng Nh. NJ severely. Her right elbow was
dlsl"cait'j. hcr wrist fractured and laceratcd and
she received other bodily injuries She has nearly
lost the use OF her right arm. She claims that on
meeting the team they merely pulled out to The
right, when me wheels OF the buggy went over the
cmhankment, which caused the accident The plain.
tin claimed that at the point where the wheel went
over there was a perpendicular fall of several inch
Is ana that the gutter three feet deep at a point
four feet from the road. The city claimed that the
road Is not detective that the plaintiffs horse was
sAlttlsh and the accident caused by the horse
being frightened at the lantern \ civil engineer
who examined the road testified that the gutter ut
its deepest point was but twenty seven inches. and
at the point of the accident was but twenty. -four
that the road was nineteen feet wide and smooth
Or. Pierce when he arrived at the It ,icncc on the
stock Farm, where the wounded lady was taken.
said he collided with the other term, and that his
horse frightened. The plaintiffs side was
ably managed lay Col. Foglcr, as was the city's 10y
son. The was given to the jury at O'Clock on
Friday afternoon and that
upon verdict for defendant
The Grand Jury completed its labors on Friday
and reported eight indictments, as follows:
Charles SE0wdell, commorant in Belfast and
William Abbott, of Belfast, for burglary in break
ing and entering the dwelling house of Luther NJ
smith, in this city, on the 18th of October.
Eli harvard, of Watervie, for the single sale of
intoxicating liquors at Unity on the eleventh day
of October.
Mary Z. Robertson, of Waldo, for malicious mis-
chief in exposing Paris green to two horses, the
property Of Cyrus Hubbard.
James Bowen, of Belfast for placing obstruct-
ions on the track of the Belfast railroad on the
eighteenth day of September last.
James +. knowton, of Searsnopt for the lar
ceny of cow at Jackson on the twenty seventh of
August last
-ipoNo LII ilDct, VI monroe, Tor the single Of
intoxicating liquors sold at Monroe on the fifth of
October last.
Charles Walker of Belfast, common seller of in
toNicatng liquors at Unity the tenth of October
last
Charles Mcintosh, of Belfast, for assault and OBJ
structinS public officer Alpheus Dyer ON the TWEEN
ty-cighth Of June last.
There being no cases i'll readiness the court adj
journed on Friday evening to Tuesday morning
Inhabitants of IslesbOro VS.. Inhabitants of Lin
colnyille. An action to recover Sl36 pauper sup
pllcs furnished Georgianna Ryder, non compos
Thomas Ryder. the father of the pauper, lived in
lslesboro, where Georgianna was born Nav 49,
1872. Owing to illness in childhood she became
non compos mentis. In April 1864, the family NOV
ed to Linconville, where they have since resided.
Shortly after their removal in 1861 the sep-mother
of Georgianna asked for and obtained assistance
for the daughter from Islesboro In 1873 the over
seers of lslesboro took Georgianna to that town
where She has since resided. Mr.. williamson at
torney for Islcsboro, claimed that non compos
bore the relation the parents that an infant
does and could never gain settlement, but must
follow her parents. Cot Fogler, attorney for Lin
colnville, admitted that, but claimed that when a
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and consent of the parents, in law the whole fam
lily were paupers, and could not gain residence
He claims that the father of Georgianna, owing to
this fact, has gained no settlement in Lincolnvile
Taken from the jury and goes to law court on re
port. Williamson for ph, Foger for deft
Mrs. A. o. keene, VS.. the Inhabitants of Lincoln
vile. An action to 81 900 damages for in
juries received on the highway through an alleged
,l.fa,t e.. n,
shop at the Beach, and her husband was in the gro
Gerry business. Late in the afternoon of Aug. Il,
1852, Mr.. keenc had some goods to deliver down
the road towards Camden and Mrs. Keene rode
with him. Just below the Beach is a culvert across
the road built Of logs and covered with field rocks
The paintin says there was an opening between
these rocks which made the way dangerous. One
wheel of the carriage went into this hole which be-
ing shaped bound and held it. The carriage was
stopped with such suddenness as to throw Mr. and
Mrs. keene forward to the ground. Mr.. keene
was not injured but Mrs keene was severely hurt
and now seeks to recover damages. The defence
is that Keene knew of the alleged defect but never
notified the town authorities that the alleged defect
Is more than two feet outside the Travelled part
of the road and that Keene is n careless driver.
Tuesday afternoon the jury visited the scene of the
disaster. On trial. Montgomery for plf. Fogler
and Jersey for deft
Tuesday afternoon George Grover, Charles Snow
dell, William Abbott and James Bowen indicted,
were arraigned before the Court and pleaded not
guilty.
George l.. Knight was divorced on Tuesday from
Annabel Knight Parties live in Belfast. Custody
of minor child to mother.