Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-02-21

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thus:
FIRST PANEL.
]. c. Billings, Bethel, Foreman.
Clarence Z. barker, Bethel.
America b. Benson, Hartford.
Hosea r. Bonney, Paris.
Ellis whitman, Buckncld.
Virgil Cole, Canton.
Writ Colby, Rumford.
j. @. Coffin, Greenwood.
Dexter A. Cummings, Albany.
Charles Chase, Upton.
Isaac Davis, Fryeburg.
Rollin Gilbert, Oxford.
SECOND PANEL.
w. II. whitcomb, Norway, Foreman
l.. b. Head, Sumner.
Edwin Hartman, Hiram.
jerome A. johnson, Waterford.
Emerson Kilgore, Norway.
Sumner Kimball, Lowell.
George 4. Learned, Andover.
Sidney Littlefeld, Woodstock.
Daniel +. Newton, Dixfeld.
Charles 4. Smith, Denmark.
Benjamin SWEET, Paris.
N. Trask, Newry.
sUPERSUMERARY.
@. l.. Hall, Byron.
william Boynton of Brownheld and
Ivory II. Towle OF Porter were excused
from service on the Jury.
The call Of the docket resulted In
making up a trial list OF three cases, to
which four cases from the new entrie,
were subsequently added. The first
case was assigned for trial Thursday
morning, and the jurors were excused
until that time. The Intervening time
was occupied by routine business, but no.
body except the grand jury worked very
hard.
Nothing came to trial until Thursday
afternoon, when the case was opened,
Frederick NJ. Bartlett VS.. Lydia G,
Powers. Parties reside at Bryants
Pond. Plaintiff Il a merchant, and the
suit was brought on an account for goods
from the store furnished the Powers
family. Plaintiff asserts that having
trusted the husband Of the defendant rs
long as he would, he made an arrange
ment with Mrs. Powers that she, who
owned the homestead, should be respon-
sible for the account, and that there
aftcrward, with her consent, the account
was kept In her name. Defendant de-
niles ever making any agreement or ever
knowing that the account WAS kept In
her name, and claims that her husband,
and not she, IL responsible. Wright for
plaintiff, Swasey for defendant The
case was given to the jury Friday noon,
and ut 10 o'clock that night the jury
was excused by order OF court, with an
''lrrecOncilable disagreement"
This being the first, last and only civil
case to be tried, the court awaited the
report of the grand jury, which was
made Saturday morning. They had ex-
amined almost l40 witnesses, and found
indictments rs follows:
state W. John 8. Cook.
Larceny.
State ys. John W. Davis.
State vs.. Lemuel W. Jackson.
single sale.
sindietments for single sale, I as common
seller.
state W. Eugene @. Merrineld.
2indictments for single sale. ~ common
ttlltT.
state We. Charles W. Merrineld.
indictments for single sale. a. common
..eller, for keeping and dePositing liquors for
illegal sale.
Immediately following the report OF
the grand Jury, John w. Chadb0urne was
brought Into court from the jail, and nc
Indictment having been found against
him, he was discharged. This Is the
end Of this move In the famous Chad
bourne enbezzlement case.
Eugene q. Merriheld Of Bryant's Pond
was brought In from the jail, aud ar
raigned on the three liquor indictment,
named above. lie plead not guilty, and
his trial was assigned for Monday morn
Ing at II o'clock.
John w. Davis and John 8. Cook were
arraigned for larceny, and plead guilty
These are the men arrested for the lar
ceny Of Theodore Thayer's teams al
South Paris last summer. After thu
men had pleaded, Mr.. Wright In theil
behalf stated that they had paid Mr
Thayer $500, which rec0mpensed hin
for the loss OF his teams, except such o.
the property as had been returned Il
him, gave him per diem for his team
during the time they were absent, ant
made up for all his cost and expense u
following the matter up. At this poin
the county attorney presented q bill
from Theodore Thayer and State Detect
I've Bassett, for time and expense 10
hunting down Davis and Cook and ar
resting them. The court questioned
whether those bills had not been paid u
Mr.. Thayer, and included In the $500
After investigating the matter ut SOM
length, and being unable to satisfy him
self regarding It from the wltnesse
present, the court suspended sentenc'
until Monday, and Cook and Davis wer'
remanded to jail.
The following cases appear on tn
criminal docket as having been appeale'
| from lower courts:
state Of Maine, BY complaint. vs.. Lsnty O'Nei
appellant.
Seizure.
state Of Maine. by complaint, vs.. Simon stab
Fielding without license. -.
State Of Maine, By complaint, vs. Eugene q
Merrtneh, appellant.
Assault and battery.
THOSE ROADS WILL De BUILT.
Reports Of the special committees o
two appealed road cases were made TIL
term. The two cases are the "Rlchard
son road" In Norway and GREENWOOD
which has been 10 the courts for som
wears. and the WSwain's Notch road" u