The Portland daily press., 1899-05-13
THE COURTS.

U. S. CIRCUIT COURT.-Webb, judge.
On motion OF District Attorney Dyer
William Ii. Miller of waldoboro and Her.
bart 5. King of Kingfeld were admitted
to practice in the United States circuit
court.
g. 5. DISTRICT COURT-Web5,
judge.
Petitions in bankruptcy have been filed
or Willis B. Blethen of Dexter; John A.
rweedie, Caribou; Joseph D. Robinson,
Mars Hill, and Fred E. Chase of Portland.
PROBATE COURT.
In the probate court yesterday forenoon
before Judge Peabody the probate OF the
will of the late Catherine Green of Port
land was contested by her brother Dennis
Cookery on the ground that there had
been subsequent will (which had been
executed by Mrs. Green. 1t seems that
Mis-. Green made her will last November
and Gen. John J.BLynch was the attorney
VINO drew up the instrument for her.
she took the document to Mr.. Edward
Noyes of the Portland Savings bank and
gave it tol him to keep for her. Mrs.
Green's family did not know what she
mad done with this document and Gen.
Lynch did not know where 1t was at the
time of Mrs Green's death. When Mrs.
tireen gave Mr.. Noyes this will to keep for
her he was busy with some private pa
pers of the Rumery estate and when he
eturned the papers to the safe placed
Mrs. Green's will with them without
knowing that he had dono so.
On Mrs. Green's death Gen. Lynch drew
1p from memory a copy of the lost Will.
He dated the instrument January when
ne original will had been drawn up on
November s. This copy he presented
Ut PROBATE and while it was pending the
original will was found. The original
document was then substituted for the
,opy and it was contested by Dennis
Corkery on the ground that his sister had
made a subsequent will to the one offered
OF probate This was due to the fact
hat the copy differed in its date and in
,ome minor matters from the original
will, leading the brother to believe that
the last will and testament of Mrs. Green
aad not been found
The property involved amounted to
bout $500. OF this sum ty the original
viii $1,000 was left to four nephews of
Mrs Green in Boston a Miss Lawler of
Portland was bsqueathed about 800 and
ne renal Ider of the estate was left to
Mrs Green's brother.
After some argument by counsel Judge
Peabody admitted the will to probate.
den. John j. Lynch appeared for the
will and Henry W. Swasey for the con-
testant
MUNICIPAL COURT.
Judge Hill on Friday had four men ar
raigned for drunkenness and they received
sentences ranging from So and costs to
60 days in Jail
John Hassett also received a suspended
sentence of 90 days for intoxication.
Ronal j. Feeney pleaded guilty to the
charge of larceny of gold watch valued
at sic from Albert Brown. The watch
was taken from Brown while he was in
III intoxicated cOuulUlOIl anu WaS reCuS-
cred by Officer Hanson this morning from
hobinson's pawn shop where 'Beeney had
obtained 81. 25 ON 1t. Feeney was sent
enced to four months in the county Jail
SUPERIOR COURT-Before Jud.
Bonney.
The following sentences were impose
Friday:
Cyrus 5. DeCost and James E. Reddy,
for breaking and entering and larceny,
eighteen months in Jail.
James IL. Williams. breaking and en-
terjpg and larceny, fifteen months In jail.
Fred h. Lamb, in case OF search and
seizure. paid a fine of 500 and costs
$11.4l.
Abraham jacobson, Augustine w.
Sylvester and Daniel Vaughan. in cases
of search and seizure, filed demurrers and
gave bail.
John Gaudet, in a nuisance case, filed
demurrer and gave bail
ERNEST f. Cross, in /. nuisance case,
and also a case of search and sezi ure, fled
demurrers and gave bail.
Thomas G. Foley, upon an indictment
for assault and battery paid tine Of $500
and costs $lS.32.
NOTES.
Counsel for George f. Terry, recently
convicted OF fraudulent use of the United
States mails, have filed motion for ar
rest of Judgment. The grounds upon
which the motion is based cannot be as.