Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-03-30
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SKowHEGAs. March %.
State vs. Fred wjthee, Indictment; for
frAV1 in tie sale Of horse.
Fred d. Moore of North Anson testified
in behalf of the State that on March IL the
respondent approached witness and offered
to exchange horses With witness; that Wit
ness thought respondents horse was the
Andrew Hilton horte, horse generally
supposed to be unsouhd; that in answer to
questions Of witnessi respondent said the
horse was not the Andrew Hilton horse, but
was sound and . horse that respondent
had obtained over esst; that relying upon
these representation, the witness exchanged
horses with the respondent, but that he
soon after discovered that the horse was
unsound, and was, in fact, the Andrew
Hilton horse. Other witnesses identified
the horse a. ihe Andtew Hilton horse, and
testified to its unsouhdness. The respond
ent was put upon the stand and he denied
having made such representations . testi-
fed to by Moore, and testified that the horse
was q fair horse, ,snd that be offered
to change back the horse for $40.
State versus Henry Burgess, Indictment
for being Q common seller of intoxicating
liquors. Respondent pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to . fine Of 800 and costs.
Will White pleaded guilty to the same
offence, and received the same sentence.
In case State versus Harry Adams COM
mon seller, respondent demurs to the in
dictment and will take the case to the Law
Court on exceptions.
State vs.. Fred Withee, verdict guilty
F. W. Hovey, county attorney, for State,
J. J. Parlin and 8. j. Walton for respond
ents.
State vs. Asa Mason, indictment for
breaking and entering the buildings of one
Alfred Robinson, in st. Albans, and the
larceny of some pork and cider. Mrs
Robinson testified that she saw Asa Mason,
The respondent, pass the house on the
morning of March IL; that during the fore
noon she and her husband were away, and
when they returned found that someone
bad stolen about IL pounds Of pork, and
that later in the day, about dusk, they
missed jug Of cider which they knew was
there few minutes before, und that they
went out of doors and Mrs. Robinson found
the Jug little distance from the building.
Mr.. Robinson testified substantially as
his wife, and said that when he went out Of
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the respondent in the dooryard; that he
spoke to the respondent, but that the re-
spondent hurried away.
Respondent claims that he went past
Robinson's house on the forenoon of the
lay in question, returning just before IL
O'clock; that in the. afternoon and evening
Of that day he was At home and did not 60
near Robinson's house, and did not break
and enter or steal, as State claims. State
puts on WITNESSES to show that respondent
was not at home during all of afternoon
and evening, and that respondents testi-
mony was in other respects false and unre-
liable. Verdict, guilty" F. W. Hovey.
county attorney, for State, w. r. Jordan
for respondent.
During the trial of State vs.. Withee,
hon. S. J. Walton, who made the closing
argument for the respondent, paid high til
butte to the ability of Mr.. Hovey, county at
torney. After the verdict in this case,
respondents counsel fled exceptions and
will take the case to law court.
Asa Mason was adjudged guilty of break
ing and entering and larceny, and was sem
fenced to III months imprisonment in the
work Jail at Auburn.
A mol pros was entered in several GRIM
inal cases and few continued. Court will
probably adjourn Friday afternoon.