The Portland daily press., 1900-01-12
Walter Fl. Potter Was
Discharged We DIN esday
The Grand Jury Found No In
dictment Against Him.

4cntoAhaI Wa1 beoJ AeJ ~ Sho ~
perior court. Arraignments on indict-
ments found by the grand jury were In
progress all day. There were over forty
indictments found in liquor cases and
fines we've collected to the amount Of
$500 or more yesterday forenoon. The
grand Jury failed to find an Indictment
In the case Of Walter II. Potter, who was
charged with en- bezzlement from the firm
OF W. S. Parker s. Co. Potter was
brought bsfore the court on Wednesday
and discharged. He was emaoiatsd, pale
and looked like O sick man. His I'm
prisonmeut at the jail had told severely
upon him.
The following pleas were entered by re-
spondents. upon arraignment: John ii.
Barry, assault and battery. not guilty;
Coleman ]. Feensy, larceny from person,
not guilty; Nelson W. Burnhsm, of
Naples. breaking and entering in the
night time. and larceny, guilty; Charles
@. Harris. larceny from person, guilty;
John Rivers and Walter Landlois of West
brock, assault and battery. not guilty;
Andre Duroohsr and Joseph Durocher,
breaking and entering, not guilty; Chss.
b. Stewart, John y. Conway and Thos.
Z. Rossignol, breaking and entering and
larceny In the night time, not guilty;
Alfred n. Stewart, common thief, not
guilty; Arthur s. Lane, larceny of
horse. guilty; Arthur ). Lane. maltreat-
ing horse and heifer. guilty; Charles A.
Plummer. forgery, not guilty.
Henry ]. Lesssrd and John 5. Quinn
in nuisance cases, plead not guilty. :.
In the following cases demuirsrs were
filed and bail given: William kimball.
nuisance and search and seizure; Thomas
Honan, nuisanoe; August Bunker, nuis-
ance and search and seizure; Fred NJ.
Irving, nuisance and search and seizure; |;
Cornelius j. Murray, nuisance; Michael
Han, Than, nuisance and search and seiz-
ure; Richard Foster, nuisance and search
and seizure; Patrick Curran. nuisance;
Henry S. Draper. Andrew Peterson and
Arthur l.. Merrill, nuisance; Charles K.
Odion, John A. Clarity, James ii.
Fiahsrty, Hugh Gillin and Miohas L.
Flaherty, nuisance and search and SELF
ure; John Frazier, nuisance; James ii.
Price, nuisance and search and ssizu-e (;
Charles CurIisr and Vim. II. Malone.
nuisance.
John Malloy, In a nuisance case, paid q
line of $500; and costs si1.73 and in case
Of search ard seizure, fine Of 500 and
costs 80. "a.
John Sitemsn, In q case OF nuisance,
paid fine of $500, and costs S7.S2, and in
q search and seizure case, tine OF 500
and costs s1l 70.
William Walsh. in n nuisance case. paid
a fine OF $500 and costs $l2 2S.
Daniel J. Conneen. In q nuisance case,
paid fine OF 500 an costs t2i.09.
Martin wold In a nuisance case, paid
fine OF t200.and costs 1884.
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT.
Mary A. Morse vs.. Palmer Dudley.
This is an action TO determine the right
Of way between houses owned by plaintiff
and defendant. situated on the corner of
High and Pleasant streets In Portland.
Plaintiff claims title through a chain
of conyeysnces from the original owner.
Defendant claims that the alleged ease
ment In the right Of way in piainti,s'
conveysnoes existed only for the lifetime
of the grantor of the deed In which IL
was fires reseT we'd that If 1t legally passed
to his successor any title 1t was aban-
doned by non-user, and further suoh
alleged right has been extinguished by
the adverse possession Of the defendant
and his predecessors In title for a period
of more than twenty years.