The Portland daily press., 1894-01-13
SUPERIOR COURT.
Indictments Reported Yesterday Including
That of Augustus Nj. Prawda for Murder.

The grand jury reported finally for the
term at ten O'Clock yesterday morning
The indictments SO lar as made public
are as follows:
August M. Prawda, murder; Frank
P. Reardon, assault and battery John
Lever, robbery; Francis 7. Boyler,
robbery; Fred Wiggin, breaking and en-
tering; John A. Mckay, burglary; Geo.
G. Littlefield, larceny; Clarence Nutting
larceny; Samuel Harris, attempt to rape;
Milton L. Worthley, assault and battery;
Milton L. Worthley false imprisonment;
Ora G. Mcclellan, house of i'll fame
in the afternoon the following arraign
ments took place:
John Lever and Francis 7. Boyler, in
dicted for the robbery Of Francis Loveitt.
each pleaded not guilty. Col. Bradbury
will defend them.
Fred Wiggin pleaded guilty to break
ing and entering the Office and printing
office of Southworth Brothers.
John A. Mckay, indicted for breaking
and entering the dwelling house of
Daniel C. McKinnon, said he wished to
plead nolo contendere and throw himself
on the mercy of the court.
Frank p. Conley, otherwise called
"Nappyn Reardon, indicted for an assault
and battery upon John II. Sherwood
pleaded not guilty Strout, Gage and
Strout appear for him.
Michael Foley, indicted for an assault
and battery upon Liquor Deputy Seth
Sterling. pleaded not guilty. Upon an
other Indictment charging HIM with keep
ing a liquor nuisance, he pleaded not
guilty. Carroll W. Morrill, defends him..
At the September term, 1888, Patrick
J. Conroy, Michael J McDonough, other
wise called "Bungyn McDonough, Thos.
d. Quincannon, Patrick Foley, otherwise
called Stopper Foley, Joseph O'Donnell
and Michael Curran, otherwise called
Piggy" Curran were indicted for riot.
Quincannon, Foley and Curran left the
city and could not be found. McDonough
and O'Donnell were sentenced to eight
months in JAIL Conroy's case is before
the law court on q demurrer Quincan
non has since been arrested, and yester-
day pleaded not guilty.
George Libby, Esq, was assigned by
the court to defend Samuel K. Harris on
an Indictment for an attempt to rape.
MIR. Libby gave notice that plea of in
sanity would be filed and he should ask
to have Harris sent to the Insane
asylum for observation.
Ora G. Mcclellan indicted for keeping a
house of i'll fame waived the reading of
the Indictment and pleaded not guilty.
y. w .MOFTlll Will Q0Icnll.
The Indictment against Prawda is the
same in substance as that rendered by
the coroner's jury recently, setting forth
in detail and with much legal verbiage
that on the 2Sth of November, the said,
August NJ. Prawda, certain gun, then
and there loaded with gunpowder and a
leaden bullet, which he, the said
Prawda, then and there held, at against
and upon the said Waldburg Meyer, then
and there feioniously, wilfuliy and by
his malice aforethpught did shoot off
and discharge, giving to her, the said
Waldburg Meyer, in and upon the face
and head, certain mortal wound, of
which said mortal wounded, the said
Waldburg Meyer from the said 28th of
November, 1883, until the 18th of Decem-
Der, 1898, did languish, and languishing
did live on which 18th of December, 1898,
the said Waldburg Meyer of the mortal
wound aforesaid, died"
The indictment contains another count
settingss out the offense in more, general
| terms.
Prawda will not be arraigned for
81 We al days and his trial will not take
p &C. until the last + the term.