Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-10-21
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on the Jury. dii not spisrir When tie
lury was cmp,nelei. sud Only slNie"u
men wrrr sworn. Later In tie DAY III
wari y. steven. of Humfori wss excus-
"a on sccouni 10 Hines. anl the jury at
Nth nftc,n men.
Judge fOsier addressed the Jury a,
some length. r-icrring Ia th. ancient or
gin 20 the gtsni lury. u. benefits sui
the propcr character ot It. procee,llngs.
closlng nth some detailed Instructions
- Ia lts duties.
TigsT IHANIR.E jvHN.
LYMAN ". Russell, Ilcib.l, Foreman.
Gcorgv \. Anlrrw., Andp,cr.
George a. nsrfuss, sumner.
=. Hastings l1csn, Nsson.
Oscar &. bradford. llsrf"rl.
Joseph ". Chspmtn. .rstt"n.
Thomts n. psy. Woodstock.
Hsnjsmin :. pce. Paris.
Almon Emerson, stow.
Charlie. II. Tvss-Bicu. HrnSnhcld.
John FuN. Lowell.
Roswell frosi, Norway.
srco>p TH,vIEsE JUUN.
George l.. smith. Hanover. forvman.
Jcssph ". GllpiiriCk. roricr.
q. n. Lane. Parts.
Unoihv ~. iesrtt. iisthsl.
Almond warr~n. p-nm,fk.
AlonFo n. llitleheli, Nlhtnv.
!. VI. tniisu. Canton.
stanley Virgin. piNhcli.
l.. Crrull N,son, Buckhci
DiViI n. Milleit. oxford.
Austin Nelson, llshron.
Gcorgr VI. l,ichsrl.ou, RoNbary.
TNCrsEp.
stephen Charles. frysbarg.
william ". renicNisr. Hiram.
George ". lIobb., NORWAY.
frr-lsni II Martha, l.amiorl
The bar was Nell dllci With attorneys
a the opening ~ the term. lD'i-.si, th'
county, outside II Ii' court hausr. must
have t-.sn almost destitute of lawyers.
AMI =. dsfenc-le.. Ia legal sense a. 4
clty 1. against firr whcu al the caglue'
sre gone o. = muster. There acre pre-
.nt during the drst dsy ~ the t.rm
Nes.rs. n. 4 frSr. 4 y. ll.rrirk snd
&. rsrk ~ Bsthel. !. l.. ftink II
llruN udcld. Gcorgv u. Iii.l-- aud ~. ~
Ilersev 20 Backh-ld. John u. ~~sssy If
Canton. l.. ~. l.a,lden, IL. \. Hniall
John X. Trask. Johu :. lisflow ani
Frank :. Harlow ~ DiNhcld, y. T.. Hast
Ing and : " iifr IL fry.bufg. T.. e.
walker - tnVrll. Charlie. D.. Holt. = :
>ieirns. 4. .. Whitman, \. :. klmhall
VI. l.. kimhall ani v. .. smith ~ Nor
sav, Geofgc lIaFen sni y. n. AnirrU.
- Oxford, J. :. Wright ani n. &. D,Ni'
20 rahs. George 4. Wilson ~ >puil
Paris. Charlie. n. Henson of West rsd.
D. \. foN sni Chs.. r. E,x - KeSaI
Tsll.. :. u. lluichin. ~ i,umfuri, 4. ~
gawson - North Waterford, 4. :
Bfidgham 10 Portland, ". II. Nc~cll Of
tsNistou. \. :. TNiichsll IL Gofham
y. ~, \. n. Walker 10 Bh ,gton, aud
samuel ". Could ~ SkoShegan.
The remainder ~ the first day, afisr
organlItiou, IA. gseni In calling ih'
docket AMI making az the trial llsi.
"Wednesday morning there "a. pat ou
trial
clara T.. Wlggin ". rhllbfick \
Rradlsy IN the winter IL lSSS-g tn
defendant landed lumicr on the >sco
River, on land ~ tlc plalntin. This
Vas don~ by previous arrangement,
With The understanding on the part II
the plainiif that IN. usual prev IL fi,s
c.nts thousand fcst ~. Ia b. paid fuI
IN. pri,ilsg-. u wss admitted by The
plainiif that. although she oycuplc,l aud
u..,l al the land used for the hnding
shr ns,l only one-thlri Interest Ia 70,
Nhlle her minor son ownci the uihsf
tNo-thlris In common. Therefore "a
the conclusion 10 the evidence Tor plain
tlf, attorney for defendant moved = non
suii ON the ground that the plaintiff,
owning only ous-thlri of the land, could
not bring .uii foe ~. full amount 81 tho
inrome ther-of. The non-sut vas
grante,i, aud the ease va. Immediately
settled.
The other case assigned for trial Wei.
ne.day had no question for the jury,
ani the iurie-, AZ eleven O'Clock, Ncrc
excused till the next morning.
william u. keif, 10 bryant. Pond,
va. nsturalir~i.
y. Webster Ethridge ". Matilda J.
Ililliari aud Francs. l.. Car-nier. An
action a. r-,oyrr pos,S-sion 81 q CERTAIN
parr-l Of land Ia Bctli@l, known a. the
Buck piac,, claimed by pliiuiln by Nir-
tue ~ dcei fom Ccylon Rove, Who
.ecurci possession of Il by virtue IL q
Judgment and execution sgalnsi Jane.
MaycOnnell. a former owner. Defend
ants claimed the same land by virtue ~
Foreclosure II several mort gagr. running
"a defendant. ar assigned Ia them. The
greater part ~ the evidence consisted of
large number of desds, mortgages, a.
slgnments. Ac.. some r,Nopici ant some
unrrcoried. The title Ia the land !. ey-
identity Ia bad tanglc. anil the di.pute
In. ALREADY caused Que action for assault
and battery In thu. court. When the
evidence VAS all Ia. there being No Issue
II fact for the Jury, bat some very Hue
l.olnt. of la~, a. the Court remarked,
IN. case wa. taken from the jury and
will bs reported 10 the law court. Her
rich for plaintlfi. swa.ey for defend
ant.
Jesse r. Fuller ". lnhabltant. of
Hartford. suit for Injuries sustained
on alleged defective highway Ia the town
of Hartford, leading up the hank from
the ''lIoigdou bridge" over the East
branch of the \efln.cot. The rOsi Mas
sandy, snd de-p ditch wss gulliei out
he.hic n. Into thl. ditch tn. plaintifi
went with al. team GA the night of Au-
gust 81, lss9. Plaintiff alleged that be
Mas thrown cut anil Injured 80 ss 10 be
temporarily disabled, anil that his horse,
which wss valuable Que. va. Injured
scro.. the back, and that she lost her
slghf scon afterwari as the direct result
Of the accident, rendering her worth on
~ fraction of Ter former value. II
Ma. clslmei by the plaintiff that the
town officers had sufficient notice NJ the
defective condition of the highway, AZ
they had been az work on u that same
day Nth the road mschin-. aud that
thev substantially acknowledged IL by
going on soon after the accident and
putting az a strong railing along the
ditch.
Defence asserted that the road MAS
~lic enough. aud MAS not dangerous to
any one Who MAS exercising ordinary
care. This they said the plaintiff Was
not doing. They alleged that the horse
was nervous aud sklttish, and went Into
the ditch because she Vas frightened aud
shiei. Furthermore they claimed that
the horses blindness Was not casioned
by the accident, bal that the horse VAS
blind before the accident. though sound
In every other respect, both before and
aimee.
swa.ey for plaintiff. Bisbec and Kim
ball for defence.
The above case l. ON trial at the time
of going 10 prr<s