The Republican journal., 1884-01-03
Supreme Judicial Court.

JUSTICE EMERY PRESIDING.
The January term of the :. }. Court opened in
this 'ity Tuesday. Jan lst, the newly appointed
Justice l.. \. Emery, on the Bench. Rev Mr. Will
lhlns, of Belfast, offered PRAYER. The officers Of
the court are:
VIM Berry clerk
Anscl Wadsworth, sheriff
Geo. r. Wallace, county attorney
A. T. Sanford \. G. Caswcl John T. AvcriIl
Frank Muzzy, and 4. w. Ellis deputies.
Miss Abbic PuI,ifer, court reporter
The Grand July is the same last term. The
following are the iures
FIRST TRAVERSE JURY. Robert Emery Belfast,
foreman, +. H. s. Body Brooks; Thomas Board
man, isesboro; John {. l.. Carlton, Winterport
Jonas H. Calderwood Lincolnville; Benz. o.
Downes, Winterport; b, C. Daggett Morrill,
James $ Dodge, jackson; Michael FeIker, Sears
port Elisha W. Griffin, Nolthport; Miles Luce,
Waldo; Simon b. Littlefcd Stockton
SECOND TRAVERSE JURY. Daniel X. Maddox,
Belfast, foreman; &. W. Lewis, Liberty: Horace
Maddocks, swanville; Samuel Marlen, Palermo
Joseph Pottle, Monroe; Israel W. Parker, Belfast
James II. Pierce, Prospect; Gardner Ripley, Sears
mont; Rufus E. Stone, Troy; James Il. Taber.
Unity; Charles Tyler, Frankfort; J, p. Wentworth
Knox.
NUrERNrMEFAiIEs. Lyman VIM, Burnham
George White, Montyiic; T. T. Merrill, Scarsport
Albion X. Pierce, Belfast.
The Court adopted standard time for the court
room agreeable t. instructions from the Chief Jus
tice.
Belfast has the iorcmen of all three Of the iuries
The iirst case called was Hannah y Weed w. A
J. +. lngrahun, Belfast parties. An action to re
cover an order. In November, 1851 pin. boarded
at the Farmers House one q. j. Dresser in the en-
poy Of def. agent for the Singer Sewing Machine
company. Dresser gave Mrs. Weed an order on
lnsraham for 81 to be paid from time to time when
there was any thing due him. lngraham accented
the order Dresser left icft's. employ shortly altc1
ana deit claimed there was nothing due him.
Pm. endeavorcd to prove thatdeft. received money
subsequently on machine sold 10 Dresser who was
working ON commission. On trial. ,Jewett 4
Brown OF pIn. Fogler for delft.
The following law cases have been received
H. H. Grant, aimr. estate of VIM. Mct,iIyery, Vs.
Nathan p. Carver. The action was to recover
Sl>3s dividends alleged to be due the estate from
ship Susan Gilmore. Defendant was master, who
paid the earnings to the ships agent. The case
was tried in Oct. 1852, but went to law court The
court gives judgment for defendant The follow
ing is the law on the question.
''The authority Of master Of a vessel or of a
ships husband is not vacated by the death Of one
of the coparlowners, as the share of such part
owner; and the master may rightfully continue
to account with and pay over 10 the ships husband
the net earnings Of the deceased part owners
share with the rest of the earnings that come to
his hands; and such payments will relieve him
from liability To the estate of the dcccasC until he
has notice from the Representatives Of the deceased
that they have revoked the authority Of the Ship )
husband 10 receive their part of the earnings'
The captain notified, but subs cqutnt action
OF pins. ratified The captains doings
Samuel ;. Randall VS.. Otis Hartman. "Defcnd-
ant deiaulte'I for the amount Of the note and in
tcreetn