Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-15

6OLu0y mOVo0 uOubuit, VI tuo SIVuA
that the writ and account annexed wer
drawn as IL there had been an agreemen
for a specific wage. This motion was a
: once overruled by the court, and the de
fence appeared in the case no more. TIL
case was tried Saturday morning, ant
occupied about three-quarters of al
hour. The jury returned q verdict TO
plaintiff for $S9.47. Fl. H. Hastings TO
plaintiff; Gray for defendant.
| THE CRIMINAL GRIsr.
The grand jury finished its work Fri
day morning, and reported immediatel!
after dinner. A little later in the after
noon the prisoners in jail who had beer
indicted, nine in number, were brought
in to be arraigned.
John Morrison, commorant of Ram
ford, was arraigned for the larceny of q
team belonging to Brown & Davis OF
Rumford Falls on the 23d Of September,
and pleaded guilty.
Harry A. Buckle of Rumf0rd was ar
raigned on two indictments. The first
charged him with the larceny, on the
14th of May, of bank book on the Rum
ford Falls Trust Company, belonging to
Angus Gallant, and the other with false
ly representing himself to be Gallant in
order to obtain from the bank the fifty
dollars which the book showed to Gal
lant's credit. To both indictments he
pleaded guilty.
William O'Donnell, charged with the
larceny of $120.45 from the Rumford
Falls Trust Co., pleaded not guilty.
William Hnprov xpoc orro nod m fxv0
indictments, the first charging him with
the larceny of check on the Chapman
National Bank for $30.35, the property
of Lyman B. Brooks of Mexico, the sec
ond with forging an Endorsement on the
check in order to obtain the money. To
the larceny of the check he pleaded not
guilty, to the forgery of the indorse-
ment guilty.
Allen H. Garrett, arraigned for the
larceny of a team belonging to Orring-
ton NJ. Cummings of Norway, on the I'd
of May, pleaded not guilty, but after
going back to the Jail apparently
thought better of it, as he returned to
the court room with the sheriff and re-
tracted his plea.
Dana Ward of Waterford, arraigned
for assault with intent to commit rape,
at Norway on the 21st of February,
pleaded not guilty.
Charles Durham of Rumford, arraign-
ed for delivering liquor to prisoners in
the Rumford Falls lookup, pleaded not
guilty.
Alton Gould of Colebrook, indicted
for the larceny of team, watch, rubber
coat, ETC., at Roxbury on the 9Th of May,
pleaded guilty.
Joseph GOnya of Bethel, indicted for
the larceny of $4,000 in money from
Alonzo Penley of Bethel, pleaded guilty.
After short civil case was disposed of
Saturday morning, work on the criminal
docket was begun. The anticipated
trials rapidly disappeared from view as
the time for them approached, and no
case for the jury was realized during the
day.
Charles Durham retracted his plea on
the charge of delivering liquor to prison
ers in the lookup, and pleaded guilty.
He was sentenced to thirty days in Jail,
which was the original sentence. AS he
has been in Jail two weeks or more since
he appealed the case, he gets so much
extra by reason of his appeal.
Edgar r. Briggs pleaded guilty to two
indictments, single sale and common
seller, and took a fine of $50 or 30 days
on the former and 500 or go days on
the latter. Ten days is allowed him in
which to pay the fines.
William O'Donnell retracted his plea
on the indictment for larceny, and
pleaded nolo contendere. This was a
case where the cashier made mistake
In reading the figures on q check, and
overpaid him something more than 500.
He having already been in Jail five
on motion of the county at
torney the indictment was placed on file,
and he was discharged on his own
recognizance.
William Conroy retracted on the
larceny indictment, and pleaded nOlo
contendere.
John Thatcher, in a nuisance and
search and seizure case, paid fines and
costs amounting respectively to $4,000
and $123.27.
Charles Croker and Edwin S. Cole, on
an appealed case for illegal transporta-
ton, retracted their plea, and paid fine
of $4,000, and $500 costs.
Dana Ward, on the indictment for as
sault with intent to rape, retracted and
pleaded guilty. This closed the criminal
business for the day, and court adjourn
ed early in the afternoon.
No sentences have yet been imposed
other than those reported above.
The cases remaining on the trial list
for this week are:
MONDAY.
Thomas s. Brigham vs.. Arthur Glines ct al.
Brigham. Swasey.
James F. Jewett VS.. Charles t. Ridley.
Brigham.
TUESDAY.
NJ. Abbie Barnes vs. Inhabitants of Rumford.
Wright, Foster q Hefsey. ~
Stephen B. Cummings ct ais VS.. George A.
Holt 4 Barnes. swasey. Stewart.
WEDNESDAY.
Lucetta N. Bracket vs. Donald N. Torrey
" Harlow. swasey.
Donald N. Torrey vs.. Willis Bracket:
Swasey. Harlow.
Simeon x. Yeaton vs.. Charles J. Everett.
Wright. Kimban q Son.
Alonzo r. Lewis vs.. Fred A. Porter.
Foster q Hersey. Kimbal Son.
Joseph d. Dunn VI. Daniel n Goss ct al.
Foster q Jersey.
Jewett vs.. Ridley is on trial Monday
morning.