The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-04-05
Somerset y. j. Court.



E.P. Ynrs sheriff.
Hiram ". Waugh. ". J. Mutt.
Blaine >. Viles Messenger.
IhurSday, .Udrch 29-Stair ~. Fred
Withee. Indictment for fraud In the sale
Of horse
Fred -. Moore of North Arson. tesfi-
lied in behalf Of the state that on March
u, the respondent approached witue--
and offered to exchange horses With
witness; that witness thought rcspon.
dents horse was the Andrew Hilton
horse, a horse generally supposed to be
uDsound; that in answer to questions oi
witness, respondent said the horst was
not the Andrew Hilton horse, but was
sound and Il horse that respondent had
obtained over east; that relying upon
these approximations the witness cX-
changed horses with the respondents but
that he soon after discovered that the
horse was uusound, and VA. in fact. the
Andrew Hilton horse. Other witnesses
identified the horse as the Andrew Hill
ton horse, and testified to is unsound-
hess. The respondent was put upon the
stand and he denied having made such
| representations "a testified to BY Moore.
aud testified that the horse was Il fair
horse, and that he offered to change back
the horse for $40. Verdict guilty.
+. W. lloyey. county attorney. for
State, j. }. Parlin and s. j. Walton for
respondents, During the trial Hon. ;
j. Walton, who made the closing argn-
ment for the respondent, paid high tri-
butte to the ability of Mr. loyey, county
attorney. After the verdict il this case,
respondents counsel filed exceptions
and will take the case to law court.
State versus Henry Burgess, indict-
hait, iii.
toNicating liquors. Respondent pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to a fine of
500 and costs.
Will White pleaded guilt,s' to the
same offence, and received the same sen
tence.
In case State versus Harry Adams.
common seller, respondent demurs to
the indictment and will take the case TO
the law court on exceptions.
y mol pros was entered in several
criminal cases and few continued.
State VS.. Asa Mason, Indictment for
breaking and entering the building of
one Alfred Robinson, III ST. Adams. 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 l2 that during
the forenoon she and her husband We're
away, and when they returned found
that someone had stolen abont - pounds
of pork, and that later in the day. about
dusk, they missed a luz of cider which
they knew was there "A few minutes he
fore, and that they went ont of doors
and Mrs Robinson found tho iny q little
distance from the building.
Mr.. Robinson testified substantially as
his wife, and said that when he went
out of doors, when the cider was missed
he saw the respondent in the doorvard /.
that he spoke to the respondent. but
that the respondent, hurried away.
Respondent claims that he went p1st
Robinson's house on the forenoon of the
day in question, returning lust before II
DEL, elk: that in the afternoon and even
ing of that day he was nj home and did
not 90 near Robinson's house. and did
not break and enter or stead AS State
that respondent was not nj home duriug
all of afternoon and evening and thai
respondents testimony was in other re-
spccts false and unreliable V.r,lict.
guilty" Mason was adiudued guilty
of breaking and entering and larceny
and was sentenced to IL months in All
burn jail. f. w. Hoyev. county attor.
ney. for State. w. X. Jordan for reSpon.
dent.
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