Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-10-23
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COURT otvicERs.
Hon. r. II. Haskell, Justice Presiding.
Albert \. Austin, Clesk.
J. A. Hayden, SteuoGraphef.
4. y. smith, County Attorney.
James T.. PARKER, Sheriff.
II. X. Hammond, Deputy Is Crier.
Chandler Garland, Jaiier.
W. A. Barrows, Messenger.
lierrick c. Davis, Librarian.
Criminal business was taken up at the
opening Of the court % 10 o'clock Mon
day morning, aud rapidly disposci Of;
Alexander NIckerson rctracted ME
plea Of not guilty, and pleaded guilty 10
uttering forged paper. lie Was sentenc-
ed In two years In state prison.
James stone rvtrncted bis plea Of not
guilty, aud pleaded guilty to breaking
and enterin. and larceny. lie Was sem
tened To ten months In Auburn jail.
The trial of Fred bay on the charge oil
breaking and entering and larceny MAS
begun. After the opening of the case,
the respondent r~tracted hls plea and
pleaded guilty Ia larceny, and received .
sentence Of ak months In jail.
The trial Of Eugene u. Merriheld for
the Brysnt's Pond burglary WAS begun,
bat Merriheld during the trial rctracted
his plea and pleaded guilty. John A.
swan and Alrick A. Swan pleaded guilty
ON the same charge. Merriheld Was
sentenced To three years In state prison,
John Swan Ia two years In state prison,
and Alrick Swan to one year In Auburn
jail. :. :.
John Newell rviracied hls plea and
pleaded guilty Ia breasing and entering.
Sentence seven months In Auburn jail.
stephen \. Packard Of Norway was
brought In aud tried upon two indict.
ments, one for liquor nuisance aud the
other for single salc. County Attorney
smith conducted the cases for the state,
Wright for Packard. A verdict of guilty
Was promptly returned In each case.
Sentence wss imposed In the nulsance
case of eaD hoe. or In default of pay
ment of fine months In JAIL, In the case
Of angle saie go doe or co days la jail.
The respondent requested that the jail
sentence be changed To Auburn jail, ~
owing tn his physical condition he pre-
ferred TO be doing something rather than
be kept 10 idleness, and the court 90
changed the sentence. Three other
liquor indictments against the same re-
spondent we're mol prossed.
John ~. John Of Rumford Falls Was
tried on tao indictments for single ssle.
st. John had no counsel, and conducted
his own cAses. On the flrst case no de-
fence was made and q verdict az guilty
WAS returned. On the other case, ~.
John took the stand and told his story,
also made shor, argument, aud the
Jury, after being out thrce~qusrters OF
an hour, returned verdict of not guilty.
The court imposed fne of $50, or D
days In jail In default OF payment of hne,
and Sc. John was committed Ia all. The
Indictment against No. John a. common
seller Was mol pressed.
Merton A. Warren retracted his plea
aud pleaded guilty 10 indictment ~ CON.
mon seller. lie paid q hne OF elO and
costs taxed nj e3J, and the two indict-
ments against him for single sale we're
mol pressed.
The criminal business disposed Of
Monday breaks the record Of any one
day In this court, for quantity aud speed
During the day seven respondents re-
tracied and pleaded guilty, and sentence
was imposed on eleven separate indici-
ments; and IN the course of two hours
and q half four verdicts were returned
In criminal cases.
The case. 90 state We. stephen u. OH
man and Lydia l.. Cotton OF Hiram Tor
adultery were tried together Tuesday
forenoon. County Attorney smith for
the state, Swasey for the respondents.
Lydia L.. Cotton IL the wife OF Living u.
Cotton Of Hiram, aud up TO q very short
time before her arrest lived With him Ia
q small house, where room and house
hold accommodations sppear 10 have
been very meagre. During the past TALL
and winter Cotton hsdA Ion. sickness.
aud Gilman, called la to assist In taking
care Of him, became 60 familiar With
Mrs, Cotton that Cotton's suspicious
we're aroused, aud he finally. ordered
Gilman out of the house. lie vent, aud
Mrs. Cotton accompanied him. They
were Immediately followed through two
towns, and finally captured In the bushes,
aud arrested upon Cotton's complaint
The details Of the case could not do Tor
Publication. The Jury we're out about
three hours, and returned . verdict of
not guilty. The result seemed Ia be
hailed With Joy by the parties most inti'
mately concerned. Cotton accepted the
verdict as proof Of his wife's fidelity,
aud she sppeared To be- oyerjoyed At be-
Ing restored 10 him. while Gilman duti'
fully assisted them about packing up
their few belongings aud preparing TO
leave town.
After this case Was given 10 the jury,
the remaining matters pending on the
criminal docket were disposed Of:
Horsiio 4. Piagg 81 Buckileld. who
appealed from the decision OF trial jus
tice on q complaint for assault, paid q
fne Of $1,000 and Vas discharged.
Charles II. smith OF Oxford, appellant
from the decision Of trial Justice on com.
plsint charging cruelty Ia animals, paid
4 the fine and costs imposed by the trial
justice. amounting to sli.5i, aud Was
discharged.
In a case appealed from trial Justice
on search and seizure, Amos Austin OF
l.umford paid . fine of slD and costs
aud Was discharged.
IiE xoREr MATTER.
After the rect Of the criminal docket
had been disposed Of. County Attor-
ney smith moved for sentence In the
case Of Melvin d. Morey. This Morey
matter has been considerably before the
nuhii. aud can he briefly explalned