Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-02-20

which win without doubt be very Inter.
eating. Two cascs which follow soon
AFTER on the assigned llst are supposed
Ia have something of splcy havor; aud
the much-sdvertised Dutterneld case,
which comes later, II u sustains lie
reputation, ought 10 furnish conslderable
entertAlnmcnt-fo tho'e Who like that
Kind. Al any rate, areporter Who invss.
tlgstei the matter for q sensstion-lo loving
paper, declares that he had To suppress
part of u.
The grand Jury hnished lie work and
reported Friday afternoon. The lndIct-
ments found are:
sssss va Asass Del,os Thor~s.
Marier.
STATE W. same.
nss.liaF and entering ami h~esy. uh~s
STATE We. IIesry q. Poland asi John Kerry.
iirvalins and eess,inT AMI larceny.
ststs W. Melvin o. Mesvy.
Forgery ssi ui'sriss fcrr~i payer.
riE riIoRSE rniAL SExr MONDAY.
The case Of Abner ID. Thorne, indIct.
ed for the murder of Harry whitman,
Il assigned for Monday of nett week,
Feb. 18th. Attorney General Powers
will be present aud assist County A.
torney smith for the state. Hon. james
\. Wright has so far acted ne counsel
for Thorne. lie may have other coun-
sci associated With hlm In the trial.
MOTIFS.
The new entries on the civil docket
this term number ~.
stephen Rounds, appellant from jus
tees court on charge of single sale, re.
trscted his pies, pleaded guilty and paid
go hne and e2s.s5 costs.
Charles II. Coburn. appellant from
Justices court on = charge Of intoxica-
ton. retrscted his plea, pleaded guilty,
and received sentence Of u days In
jail.
We understand that Mr.. y. A. Fox of
kessr fslls Was compllmentesib by some of
the members of the bar very highly for his
'.cute" management Of the case state
". stephen Rounds.
D.. e. Thompson 81 Norway appeared
In court Wednesday, pleaded guilty To
an Indictment for liquor nuisance found
az the last term of court, aud paid fne
of slOO aud s3S costs. IN Indictment
sg,in.t the same party for single sale
MAS rontlnued.
Hon. A. u. savage 20 Auburn aud
Hon. 4. \. strout were In attendance
upon the court on the opening day. MI.
strout came 90 appear as counsel Tor the
Grand Trunk Railway In the case of
stephen \. Packard W. Inhabitants OF
Paris, which Was assigned for the hr.t
day OF this term, but owing 10 . change
of counsel VAS not ready Tor trial on
that day, and Mr. strout Was unable tn
appear In the case when II came 10 trial.
To the lay mind there !. something
vastly more satisfactory In the Nay the
case Buck W. Wood Vas opened, than In
the ordinary method ~ conducting q
case. Both sides presented their state
ment of title, aud then the evidence In
support of their claims MAS Introduced.
In the method of conducting most cases,
there sre apt Ia be points In which the
tearing of the evidence IL not perceived
until the case !. closed and the evidence
can no, he distinctly recalled.
one 81 the links which united former
generation With the pressut "a. severed
by the death 81 Hon. David Dunn on
saturday. For many years the Oxford
County court never got through an
opening day without the prc.encc OF IN"
"Ex Governor" with hls hat and neck
wear of "a. model of . former day. his
umbrella, his cheerful, genial disposition,
aud hi. manner of Joco.e dignity. for
the last few term. he has not been
present aud nov that he IL gone, not
only his town.mep, and the Democrsti,
party, but the Oxford bar aud all who
knew him, feel q sense % loss.