The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-10-12

September Term. lse.
WHITEHOUsE. T., Prestiing
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F. w. HovEY. County ATTORNEY
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1h"f~i,tg, 0,t, Ill. r. Hanson ct AL
y. Edward \, Maxim. action on account
for s5l.1j. settled by defendant agree
ing 10 be drfaulted Tor 81, II.
Arthur :. Grant 81 al v, fhotaa- \.
| Linn. action On account for $50 for
paint, etc. assigned for trial to-day. had
been settled by thu parties and action
entered neither party.
State ". Andrew Il. Mcdonald. Wn-
Howard and Gephu, NJ Hilton. ,c,re
faeios, to recover the penalty Of "a
recognizance in which Mcdonald Wa
principal and Howard and Hilton were
| mere sureties. Mcdonald failed to ap-
pear at the last March, term Of court To
abide ihe order 81 court upon Il com
plant for the violation OF the liquor
law. aud this suit was brought To re-
| cover the amount Of the recogniIancc.
Defendants are detautcd for the sum Of
$1,000 without costs.
State v. Andrew b. Mcdonald. Ro-
nandus Mclntre and VIM. Howard.
| SIR f,tri0S, IL above. Defendants de-
faulted for 500, without COST.
State V. Joseph Tromhlev OF Fair
field indictment for brcSkiug and enter
ing the store of Savage Il Osborne oi
Fairfield and the larceny therefrUm in
the night time of certain meat. gro
ccries, etc. Respondent had previously
pleaded not guilty. but by advice of hi
counsel. rctrlcted his plea of not guilty
and pleaded guilty. His counsel adj
dressed the court and asked for light
sentence. the respondent having Il fami-
~ in destitute circumstances and this
being his first offence. County Attorney
Ilovey represented the government :
View of the circumstances after which
sentence of fifteen months in the state
prison was imposed.
The action Samuel A. Parsons "
John =. Daggett and FRS. wa- entered
neither party all demands between the
parties having been settled.
Moses NJ. Thompson. referee in the ac-
ton Oliver Moulton V. Elias Mllkcn ct
ais has filed his report awarding plain
till the sum of $50.
The defendant in the action {. Davis
Miller vs.. Mark IL. Hilton assigned for
trial to-day. was defaulted.
Isaac +. Smith was granted divorce
from Harriet I.awena Smith for the
cause of three years utter desertion.
George A. Pierce ". Alden J. Strck-
land defendant defaultcd, Judgment a.
| of mortgage for S63G0
The action William Howard V. VIII
| Dawes, ir. was entered neither party.
State vs.. Grant Brooks. indictment foI
being II common seller of Intoxicating
| liquors. Respondent pleaded guilty and
| WAS sentenced to pay a fine OF Slo0 and
costs.
William Osborne of Fairfield. of til,
| firm of Savage Il osborne. whose store
WIS broken into by Joseph Tromblev.
WAS in the court room while sentence
was being imposed upon 'TromhleY.
Fr6idy. Oct. G.-Willis +. Clough V,
Frank L. Davis. Action for money had
and received by dcfcndcnt. Plaintiff
claimed that he hired defendant To work
in his store for Il certain price. and that
il Was agreed that defendant should have
board and lodging; that owing to com.
pany at plaintiff house, defendant wa,
allowed to hire room at another house
and that plaintiff was to pay for tn,
room while the company remained, after
which defendant was to return; thai
defendant did not return, but continued
to pay his room rent with plaintin'
money taken from the drawer at tn,
store. Plaintiffs testimony was cor
roboratcd by that of his wife and Mr.
| Booth. Defendant claimed that plain
till did not furnish Il suitable room f.
defendant and that when detcndan
hired the other room plaintiff told hin
to take the money and pay for the room
till he Shonld have n room for him II
plaintiffs house; that plaintih never no
Tilted him that he had a room for hin
and that plaintiff knew all the time tha
defendant was paving for his room GU
of the store funds according to agree
ment. Defendants testimony was cor
rotated by that of Edwin Davis Yer
dict for defendant. e. o. Small, Esq.
for plaintiff; +. Y. Stevens, Esq, 70
defendant.
i. ID. Stevens W John W. Manson
and Abel Davis. Action of trespass
PITT. claims that he was arrested on
void process in June last and wrongfulll
imprisoned for "A number of days. Tn,
facts in the case were that Manson re-
covered Judgment against the plaintiff il
favor of lesson Valentine Company an,
cited him before Abel Davis, commits
sioner to disclose. He was refused tn,
poor debtors oath and the commissions
issued an execution for the costs of th'
disclosure which ran against the body o
the dchotr. The plaintiff claims there
were irregularities in these proceeding
| WlilCIi IfHuflfu lilt fA'tul lbH Nblus I
was on this execution he was arrcstc,
and. he claims, re-arrcStcd after bcins
once discharged by two justices of III,
peace before whom he attempted thu
second time to disclose. Defendant,
move to amend the record of the dis
closure commissioner, which WAS allow
ed by the court. At the second dis
closure of the debtor Mr.. Manson WA
present and selected the iuctice in be
half of lesson Valentine Co. Tn
debtors attorney objected to this justice
sitting in the ease because he lived il
another county. Thercupon the Office
selected another Justice for I.oSson Val
entine Go. A Justice was also selected
by the debtor and he proceeded to dis
close. Mr.. Manson took no part in thu
disclosure proceedings AT that time
claiming that the Justice selected hy hin
WAS qualified to sit. Defendants claim
that whatever further proceedings tool
place were without their knowledge @
consent. After the evidence WIS all il
the defendants moved that the jury
be directed to bring in a verdict for tn
defts. The plaintiff objected on tn
ground that important questions of Law
were involved, and II was agreed to r.
port the action to the law court. +. w
liovey and :. j. Walton for plaintiffs
:. {. Strout, Portland, for defendant.
Wm. {. Pearson, and Decatur f
Fiske were each fined 500 and costs Il
common sellers; Il. II. Thompson slU
mud rosts for Epppiu,r n tipnliuU shnI