Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-12-09
LAW COURT, TODAY.
Number of Old and New En-
tries on the Docket.
Assignment Of Justices for the Law
and Nisi Prius Terms.
Chief Justice Here in March and
Whitehouse in October.

The law term for the supreme ju-
dicial court of Maine the highest tri-
bunal IN the State, will convene at the
Court House at 10 o'clock, this fore
noon. This will be the second term to
be held in Augusta under the amend
| ment to the statutes passed by the last
Legislature wherein the district syS-
TEN is abolished and three terms held
each year; at Bangor, the first Tues
day of June: at Portland, the fourth
Tuesday of June and at Augusta the
second Tuesday of December.
The following justices will sit at
this term: Chief Justice Andrew p.
WisWell of Ellsworth and Associate
Justices William p. Whitehouse of Au-
gusta. Lucillus A. Emery of Ellsworth
Sewall c. Strout of Portland. Albert r.
Savage of Auburn and Albert NJ. Spear
of Gardiner This is to be the first
term at which Justice Spear will sit
he having been appointed since the
last term at Portland to fill the va
cancy on the bench caused by the
death of Associate Justice William
II. Fogler of Rockland.
Prayer will be offered by Rev.
Charles A. Hayden, pastor of the VIM
throp street Unversalist church of
Augusta. Gen. Charles Hamlin of
Bangor. will appear in his capacity as
reporter of decisions. Gen. Winfield
S. Choate will act as clerk of courts
and Andrew l.. McFadden as sheriff.
The term. like that of Il year ago,
will be an important one and Il large
amount of business will be transacted.
The justices will be attired in siken
robes. 1t is the impression that the
term Will last 10 days.
An important criminal case in which
much interest is manifested is sched-
uled for argument at this term. 1t
is the case of State against Alexander
Terrio who was convicted in the SOM
erSet county supreme judicial court at
SkoWhegan of murder in the first de-
gree in causing the death of Matthias
Pare on the Misery tote road near AS
quith. March Il, 1901. The alleged
motive for the crime was robbery.
one of the principal witnesses in be-
half of the State at the trial was Prof.
Frank n. Whittier of Bowdoin College
who stated that he had made micro
scopic examinations which showed
that the shell found by the body of
MdltIldS rare, tilt man SupDoStu "
have been murdered. must have been
fired from Alexander TerriO's rifle.
claiming that the indentatiOns of the
firing pin of the rifle left individual
| characteristics in the primer OF the
shell.
The defence in its motion for new
trial. introduced the testimony of Prof.
Knight of the University of Maine, who
claims that certain experiments which
| he has made show conclusively that
| The shell, exposed as it was by the body
| of Pare could not have retained any
distinguishing marks by which it could
be identified.
Hon. George NJ. Seiders of Portland,
| attorney general of Maine and Hon.
George W. Cover of SkOwhegan,
| county attorney of Somerset. will rep
| resent the State and Hon. Daniel J.
McGillicuddy, mayor of Lewiston, and
| Hon. Frank A. Morey, one of the rep
| rescntative-elcct from Lewiston. con-
/ stituting the firm of McGillicuddy &
Morey. will appear for the defence.