Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-04-20

The business OF the term will proba bly,
be finished within the present week. The
Dawes cases are now being tried. Each OF
the four Dawes brot hers has several in
dictments to answer to, and it is under
stood each case will be contested One or
two more civil cases remain on the docket
to be tried.
GUPTILL vs.. JOY.
Guptil vs. Joy ct ais, the Goulds boro
land case which occupied three days in
trial, was given to the jury late Friday
reported disagreement.
SECOND TRAVERSE JURY.
The second traverse jury organized Fri
day by eecting John b. Wiswell, of Els
worth, foreman.
GRAND JURY REPORTS.
The grand jury rose Thursday afternoon
and reported twenty-seven indictments,
fourteen for larceny and thirteen for re-
ceiving stolen goods OF these twenty
six were against the four Dawes brothers,
of Tinker's Island. John Arthur, David
and Charles each must answer to six
indictments for larceny and five for re-
ceiying stolen goods. On four indict
ments these three brothers are indicted
jointly. Joseph escapes comparatively
easy, with only five indictments against
him-three for larceny and two for
receiving stolen goods.
The other Indictment is against Chester
E. Small, of Deer Isle, for larceny.
SATURDAY,.
Saturday was quiet day in court. The
had been disposed of, only one being
tried
Both jures We're excused Saturday
morning-the first jury until Tuesday
and the second jury until Monday.
There was no session of court Saturday
afternoon.
THE DAWES TRIAL.
The trial, or trials, of the four Dawes
brot hers, of Tinker's island, who have
several indictments to answer to, began
Monday afternoon. d. +. Hurley, of
Ellsworth, appears for john Arthur aud
Charles in each case, and +. 5. Clark, of
Bar liarbor, appears for David and
Jpsepl. oouHty AttorntS DuHker con
ducts the cases for he State.
The principal witnesses for the State
are Deputy Sheriff f. W. Lunt, of West
fremont, who raided the Dawes home at
Tinker's Island, and who owned some of
the stolen goods found there; Eugene Il.
Freethy, OF the BROOKLYN grange store,
from which some of the goods were
-
tody the goods have been since the arrest
OF the Dawes by Deputy Sheriff Lunt.
John Arthur Dawes was tried Monday
afternoon on one indictment for larceny
from the Brookin grange store, and
found guilty.
Charles Dawes was tried Monday
afternoon on similar indictment, and
found guilty.
Joseph Dawes WAS tried Tuesday morn
ing on similar indictment, and found
not guilty.
David, Charles and John Arthur were
tried jointly Tuesday afternoon on an in
dictment for larceny from the Brooklin
were found guilty and David not guilty.
Joseph was tried this morning on an
indictment for receiving stolen goods.
The court ordered a verdict of not
guilty.
John Arthur, David and Charles are
now on trial on an indictment for larceny
from the store house of F. W. Lunt at
West fremont.
THE ASSIGNED LIST.
Following is he record of the disposal
of cases on the assigned list up to noon
to-day:
26?s GuptilI joy. Tracy, King; Deasy,
Wool. Jury disagreed
25l6 Herlihy Weoley. Googins; Wood.
Neither party.
23l9 Bartlett Tinker. Giles; Hale Il HamIin
Continued.
25l4. Stuart Goddard y Hunt, Googins
Clark. Neither party.
25G9 Perkins Hissct. Fellows; Stuart. De
PENDANT detaultcd.
1858. Smith Daigle Googin4 Clark. Plain
tilt non suit
2i53 Hancock Co. Pub. Co. Smith. Burn
ham; Martin n Cook. Defendant de
fauted.
1880. JOY Martin. Stuart; Hurley. Con
25e5, Gerry Moore Giles; King. Neither
1866. Moore Gerry. King; Giles. Neither
2l7o. Brewery FcnneIy, Clark; Wood. Con.
tlnucd.
1926. scammon Williams. Giles; Peters
Neither party.
$3.50. Soper Ames. Chase; Fellows. Defeud.
ant defaulted for cent.
Wednesday, Aprjt 20.
1916. Phillips Eaton. Peters; Deasy
4l9. Conary sawyer. Hale & namlin; King.
2601. Hersom Smith. Wood; Robinson. De
PENDANT defaulted for S3s.
262O. Cunningham Warren. Hale Il Hamlin;
Fellows, Littlefed. Continued.
2G5S. French Ekstrom. French; Clark.
Thursddy 4prit 2I.
24l4. Bank Spoford. Hight; Fellows. Con
tinued.