Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-10-16

LLisor aai.abcs.
These indictments do not represent all
the matters With which the grand Jury
had 20 do. Peter Chaissong, who WAS
committed a. jail Ia await this term Of
court on the charge Of burning the
buildings OF 4. q. i,ovejoy Of
Mason, was not Indicted and MAS
discharged Immediately after the grand
Jury reported.
Marshall Jarvis, who was bound over
In the sun Of ECO for assault upon
Joseph Rsney, wss not indicted.
Mrs. sally Day, Who II In jail on the
charge of breaking and entering and
larceny 81 hens, has no indictment
against her, and will be discharged.
SAY riIr, nAvE>'r BEEN NAUGHTY.
After the grand Jury Was excused,
se,en prisoners brought In from the jail
were arrsigned ON Indictments reported
above, and se,erally pleaded not guilty,
~ follows:
stephen n. Gilman and Lydia l.. Cot.
ton Of Hiram pleaded not guilty Of
adultery, and referred 10 Hon. John u.
swasey ~ their counsel.
Alexander Nlckerson WAS srnigned
on two indictments for uttering forged
paper. one time bill on the l,umford
Falls Power Co., the other q time bill on
the Rumford Falls Paper Go. Plea not
guilty. \. \. stearns u counsel for
Nickerson.
Fred Day of Cornish, arralgned for
breaking and entering the house of
Henry q. IluDtrrss % Hiram aud the
larceny of supplies. Plea not guilty. \.
\. stearns IL counsel for Day.
Eugene u. Merriheh Of Woodstock.
arraigned for breaking and entering the
store Of Ansel Dudley at BryAnt's Pond.
and the larceny Of goods. Flea not
guilty. Wright IL counsel for Merri-
field.
John Newell OF Paris, arraigned for
wheeler Bcobier In Paris, aud the lsrceoy
therefrom Of = Jackknife and q quarter
gross Of matches. Plea not guilty.
liisbee IL Ne~elrs counsel.
James Stone, arraigned for breaking
aud entering the Keith house At Oxford,
aud the larceny Of yslusbles therefrom.
Plea not guilty. Wright Il stones
counsel.
All these respondents were Instructed
10 De ready for trial Monday morning,
and at 10 o'clock the work Of clearing
up the criminal docket began.
Ex-Governor Perham, . former clerk
Of this court, sAys that there were never
before 80 many prisoners Arraignei In
this court nc one time. Certainly u IL
unusual for 60 large number seyerslly
Ia plead not guilty In that conildent tone
Of voice which characterized these pleas.
In the case Of State Va. Charles ii.
smith Of Oxford Tor cruelty 10 animals,
appealed from trial justice, the respond
ent did not appear, and the Judgment
Of the lower court Was affirmed and the
sureties defsuited.
stephen \. Packard Of Norway and
Merton A. Warren Of Buckheld, Indicted
"a reported above, have been arrested
since the adjournment Of the court on
saturday, and are now In custody.
Monday morning stephen y. Packard
Of Norway WAS arralgned on i've liquor
indictments and pleaded "not guilty" to
each. lie Was committed awaiting
trial.
Merton A. Warren Of Buckheld plead
81 "not guilty" To THREE liquor indict-
ments aud recognized In the sum Of i've
hundred dollars In each case for his APP
pearAnce for trial.
james stone, indicted for burglary at
Oxford, retracted his plea OF not guilty,
and pleaded guilty. lie was remsnded
awaiting sentence.
The case of State W. Pred Day indlct-
ell for breaking and entering and lar
ceny 10 Hiram WAS taken up. After
the opening Of the case Day retracted
his plea and pleaded guilty.
For the Brysnt's Pond burglary, Eu-
gene q. Merrlheld, John Swan and
Alrick Swan pleaded guilty and Merri-
neld wss sentenced To three years In state
prison--John Swan two years, and
Alriek Swan one year In Auburn jail
DIVORCES DEcREED.
Zenelis NJ. Pike has been decreed
divorce from Sherman Pike for deser- |
ton. Libby appeared for libelant.
y. Prescott Bennett has been decreed |
Q divorce from Mary Jane Bennett. |
IIerrick 4 Park appeared for the libel
ant.
The new entries OF civil caseA upon |
the docket this term number III. and
they are entered by thlrty.threc differ |
ent lawyers aud Law firms. The largest |
list Il from the Office Of Swasey a
Swasey, who enter II.
when the plaintiff In the water case
Was asked about the form Ct the "water
box" In question hs answered that