The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-05-20

| court In and for the counnty of York
which do. There are terms held hero in
the spring and fall, the January term be-
ing held in Saco. On the day Oh which
court oonyenes there is scene which re-
minds one of ante-railway days. The
two hotels, before which the hanging
iron signs still creak in the wind, have
gotten ready for company and as the day
grows older, the lines of carriages in the
stable yards lengthen for many having
business with the court drive to the shire
town. Lawyers with good nags to draw
them drive across country from Bidde-
ford much as they did in the times when
the green bag carrying profession rode
the circuit. And as there are but two
terms year here the coming of the court
affords chance for meetings between old
friends and acquaintance. There are talks
of politics and business and bits of gossip
of matters likely to come before court
Everybody seems to know everybody else
and everybody except perchauoe some of
the litigants, seems to be having right
good time. Today even some Of the
prisoners from the Jail who had been
brought over to help unpack some of the
new furniture seemed to be enjoying
themselves. The new court house was
praised by everybody.
Judge Emery opened court at ten
o'olo OK this forenoon. The officers of the
court are:
Clerk-James E. Hewey.
SheTiH-Nathaniel M. Hurd.
Deputy in charge Of the grand jury
VIM. Il. Towne of Kenneb1nk.
deputies in charge of the traverse juries
II. Fl. Goodwin of Lebanon and W. A.
Hurd Of Alfred
The grand jury is the same as at the
last two terms. The first traverse jury is
.oompos ed OF Alva ]. Blanchard, Lyman;
frank D. Bodwell, Acton; Joshua G.
Hragdon, York; Nathaniel Brooks, South
Berwick; Thomas j. Carle (foreman),
Hollis; Wilson s. Cheney, Sanford;
Edmund +. Coffin, Shapleigh; Benjamin
i. Coleman, Kennebunkport; Osman E.
Durgin, Waterboro; Alden K. Gle, AL
fred; Edward Fl. Hanson, Wells; Richard
G. Hayes, Buxton.
The grand jury is as follows: Edward
Fl. Hanscom. Wells; Richard q. Hayes,
Buxton; Bradford Higgins, Limingtona
Abraham Hill (foreman), Eliot; NathaRs
iel L. Hussey, North Berwick; WilliaIe
Fl. Knight, Limerick; Charles A.
Leayirt, Old Orchard; John A. Pease,
Parsonsfeld; J. Burton Roberts, Dayton;
George Varney, Kennebunk; Joseph S.
Weeks, Cornish, Melvin Wentworth,
Lebanon.
Ttn forrr fSnc 10 hno Oh
The only criminal cases of general in
terest which will be brought before the
grand jury are those of Hurd, the Bidde-
ford man who murdered his father; the
recent film fam" case from Biddeford,
and an arson case from York, Benjamin
Z. Bridges standing accused Of burning
a set of farm buildings i'll that town.
Only few civil actions will be heard.
Among the attorney in attendance at
the opening of court were County At
torney Emmons of Saoo, B. B. Hamilton
Of Biddeford, T. j. Allen of Springyale,
John M. Goodwin of Biddeford, Harry
V. Moore of Berwick, Hons. F. M.
Higgins and R. s. Higgins, Linn erick,
Walter P. Perkins, Cornish, Henry X.
Bradbury of Salmon Falls James o.
Bra dbury, Saco, Edwin Stone, Saoo,
Elvinton P. Spinney, Kcunebunk, J.
Merrill Lord, Parsonsfsld, George B.
Hanson, Springvale, George A. Goodwin,
Sprinavale, S. NJ. Came, Alfred, James
A. Edgerly, Great Falls, N. H.,
Matthews, George F. Haley, Bid deford.
B. f. Cleaves, Biddeford, Horace Il.
Burbank, Saoo. Harry G. Aver, Vest
brook, Edwin J. Cram, Biddeford.