The Somerset reporter., 1896-09-24
$. j. Court.

! HA' o SoLbiNsf county 1uofneN
J. c. Clay, Stenoqrd pher
i E. P. Viles. sheriff. 'i'''''
! Blaine S. Vies, MESSENGER.
Deputies Joseph Atkinson, john smith.
! Charles +. Ham.
The grand jury, Friday morning, at
9.20 reported the following indictments:
Alvin w. Booker, common seller; Benz
+ Butler, assault and battery; Chas. b.
Williams, larceny; Peter Smith. larceny;
Pete Nelson, tramp; Frank II. Symonds,
cheating by false pretenses.
The grand jury was excused from
! further service until the December term.
Friday, Sept. Is. Chas. L. McIntire.
Ross NJ Haggett, Herbert B. Smith and
John Armstrong, who were in jail
awaiting action of grand jury, were dis
charged, no indictments having been
found against them.
Peter Smith was arraigned and plead
ed guilty and was allowed to depart on
his own recognizanee in the sum of 500.
Peter Nelson was arraigned on charge
OF being tramp and pleaded not guilty.
His Honor directed Pete to be ready for
trial next Tuesday. ChaS. b. William
son was arraigned on the charge of lar
ceny and pleaded not guilty.
Several cases upon the assigned list
were continued
Jury trials may not continue after
next Tuesday.
Court adjourned till next Monday at
II AN.
Court came in Monday at II a. m.
State VS. Charles b. Williamson. in
dictment for larceny of S25 in money,
was tried. 1t was claimed by the State
that respondent stole two $40 bills and
one So bill the property of George f.
Snow OF Mercer. 1t appears that re-
! spondent was working for Mr.. Snow in
the month of July last; that he was
owing Mr. Snow a small amount and on
being asked for Ii said he would pay it
but that he had no money at the time,
which was previous to his working for
| Mr.. Snow. While au work for Snow,
| Mr.. Snow discovered the loss of Sl2
which he had left in his wallet in his
desk in a room used for the storing of
machine repairs. Mr.. Snow spoke OF
his loss but on the same day deposited
S25 more in the wallet This was on
Sunday. On the following Tuesday Mr..
Snow found that Sl5 more, $40 bill and
a 50 bill, were missing from the wallet.
Mr.. Snow had learned that day that
the respondent had bought suit of
clothes and Mr.. Snow charged the re-
spondent with taking the missing
money. Williamson denied taking he
money and claimed to have received
money the previous Monday, from hrs
uncle in Boston.
s. II. Willard, Esq, at the suggestion
of Mr.. Snow or Mr.. Williamson, wrote
to the uncle asking if he had sent money
recently to the respondent. A reply was
recently received from the uncle who
| denied having sent any money. la the
meantime, Williamson, who had made
an attempt to rua away, was arrested,
charged with the larceny.
| Respondent denies having taken the
money, and claims that MIR G. X.
Allen of Mercer had paid him in June
! $24, besides some smaller sums prevl-
ously; that he subsequently bought
some clothes and then borrowed of Allen
$40 more.
He admitted that he had lied about
having received money from his uncle
and also admitted having lied in regard
to other matters pertaining To the case.
Mr.. {. X. Allen testified to having paid
respondent $24 for work in May and
June and later loaned respondent $40
more.
At the close of the testimony, re-
spOndent's counsel asked the court to
rule that as the indictment charged the
| larceny of S25 at one time, while the
proof tended to show the loss of $40 at
one time and $l5 at another time, there
was such variance between the in
dictment and proof that the State could
not maintain its case.
The court ruled that the Indictment
could be maintained, but that the State
must elect upon which larceny they
would ask a verdict. The State elected
to proceed upon the larceny of $l5.
County Attorney Collins and Geo. W.
Cover, Esq, for State, Forrest Good
win, Esq. for respondent
After being out some hours the jury
returned Il verdict of guilty and the
court imposed fine of 40 days in the
County jail upon Williamson.
Divorces have been granted as follows:
Rose L. Duyre from John A. Duyre for
cause of grossl and confirmed habits of
| intoxicatiOn: Rebecca Griffin from Lor-
ing S. Griffin for intoxication; Fannie
+. Shaw from Horace X. Shaw for in
toXication. Care and custody of six
children given to libellant. Isabella F..
Slower was granted divorce from
William A. Slower for the cause of utter
desertion.
The appealed cases of the State VS.
L. b. Nickerson and State VS. William
Howard were dismissed.
Wednesday,, Sept. 23-Charles G..
Murray was granted n divorce from
Chloe Murray for cause of three years
utter deSertion; Katie Bennett from
Chas. II. Bennett for intoXication !;
Albert l.. Fairbanks from Philona O..
Fairbanks for desertion: Marian Il.
Sauhorn from Levi Sanborn for intoxica-
ton Flora \. Dunton from Jerome b.
Dunton for intoxication, care of minor
children to libellant.
William Gordon admr VS. Joseph
Cleaves ct ala. Verdict for plaintiff
against Joseph Cleaves for Sl440. 20 !;
verdict for defendant Elizabeth II.
/ CleaVes.
William Donaldson was admitted as a
citizen 10 the United States.
A number of cases were mol pressed.
I he State against the following parties
severally, viz: State VS. Inhabitants of
Skowhegan, Frank d. Gilman. Frank
Greenleaf Josiah Bailey, Chas. Emery,
+. g. Roberts, b. F. Bartlett ct als,
Joseph H. Miles, Louisa Malbon, II. b.
Smith, appellant, Josiah Bailey, Alfred
/ II. Webendorier, Jr., Chas. Holt, Frank
r. Farrand, Ed Baker, VIM. w. Hayden,
| y. NJ. Pease, Hiram Mcdonald, appel
liant, Mary Eldridge, appellant, Lynde
/ Williamson. Addie Doble appellant A .