Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-24
Somerset S. ]. Court.

The case of State VS.. John Heating.
charged with breaking and entering the
store of Charles +. Ward. was placed
on trial. Tuesday morning. before Il
drawn jury, Geo. c. Eaton, foreman.
There are two indictments against
against Heating, one for breaking and
entering. and onetfor larceny. Heating.
il will be remembered. was traced to
Connecticut by Sheriff Pencil in the
early part of the summer. and was
bound over by Judge Bachelor. +. n.
Merrill. Esq. conducts the defence. The
principal witnesses We're Mr.. Ward and
his two clerks. and the officer The is
sue was closely contested upon the
matter of the identification of a silver
quarter which was found upon Keat-
ine's person. Heating had made sew
eral purchases in the store the day of
the robbery, and his counsel claims
that if this quarter il the one which
was in the drawer. il vas given him in
change. The case hasNpot yet gone to
the jury.
The criminal docket will occupy but
little more of the time. this term. The
number of liquor cases in which demur-
rers We're filed far exceeds that of any
previous term. In addition to those al
ready mentioned. the following re-
Spordents have contested the suffi-
cheney of the process upon legal ques-
tons: F.. f. Pumlow. John d. Symonds.
a. i. Bsson. George b. Fairgrieve,
Walter Pierce. Rufus Burns. Fred A.
ToWle. Manley d. Bean, Edwin +.
Bean. Edwin f. Smith, Frank c. Ken
dali. Charles T. Horne, Selden G. Scam
mon. Trueman A. Witham. f. r. Qunt.
Warren futile and Charles II. Tutt.e.
All these demurrers, part of which are
upon indictments and part upon search
and seizure processes. were overruled,
exceptions taken, adjudgcd frivolous.
and certified to the chief justice. Recog-
nizances We're filed in the sum of $500
in each case. The total number of de-
murrers thus filed amounts to 80.
Henry +. Armstrong of Jackman.
pleaded guilty to an indictment for be-
ing a common seller of intoxicating
liquors. and paid fine of 5000 and costs
taxed at $50. Frank NJ. Cotton of Fair
field. pleaded guilty to the same Of
fence. and received similar sentence.
Both were second offences. George
WaShburne of Canaan. was fined 1920
upon an Indictment for keeping and
maintaining a drinking house and tip
ping shop. Charles F. Horne received
n sentence upon a former indictment,
which was ordered brought forward
from the March docket, paying $500.
William Henry futile of Smithfield,
indicted for depositing waste on the
bank of a stream, pleaded guilty. and
his recognizance to appear at the
December term, in the sum of $500, was
accepted
A divorce was decrced to Horatio Il.
Baker from Isabelle G. Baker for cruel
and abusive treatment. Divorces We're
also decreed to Sarah l.. Mitchell from
James Il. Mitchell for cruel and abusive
treatment. the name of the libellant
being changed to Sarah l.. York. to Al
bert s. Beal from Lillian NJ. Beal for
desertion. the libellant being awarded
the custody of the children. and to
James G. Mclaughlin from Gertrude L.
Mclaughlin. for adultery.
The following cases are assigned for
Wednesday:
Joel III. Gray VS.. Charles |. Haynes:
George W. Cover for plaintiff c. w.
Hutchings for defendant: Mira C. Hol-
brook VS.. Selden f. Greene. David ID.
Stewart for plaintiff; Thomas J. Young
for defendant: John w. Webster vs..