The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-03


the North side, heretofore used for pro.
lection from fires. The meeting will be
well attended.
boy was abusive and would not leave
the office when ordered to do SO, and
that they used no more force than was
necessary to put him out of the room.
The jury rendered verdict for the de-
PENDANTS.
County Attorney Cover entered mol
pros in the following indictments, most
of which have been on the docket for
several terms: William Later, common
seller; Guy D. Jellison, burglary; James
w. Church, Llewellyn Church and
Elvira Church, larceny; John C. Cooley,
larceny; Lester and Perley Corson and
Morris futile, assault. Also in the fol
lowing appeal cases: Napoleon Burgess
Walter Bloom, 2 cases; George Draper,
Chas. Bushey, 2 cases; Howard Burns,
John G. Wyman, not pressed on paym't
of costs.
Divorces have been decreed as follows
To Maud E. Dyer from Alison l.. Dyer
for cruel and abusive treatment, custody
of minor child given to the libellant; to
Rose E. Cookson from George G. Cook
son, for gross and confirmed habits of
intoxication, custody of minor child,
given to the libellant; to Seth Roberts
from Louis M. Roberts for adultery ;
to Carrie <. Gray from Trueman r. Gray
for utter desertion; to Oscar G. Hall from
Lydia F. Hall for adultery and gross and
confirmed habits of intoxication; to
Lucilla Y. Brown from Percy II. Brown,
for cruel and abusive treatment, custody
of children, Lizzie G. and Angie NJ. Civ
en- to libellant; to Augusta Smith from
Frank W. Smith for cruel and abusive
treatment; to Prescott 5. Pushor from
Melissa Pushor for utter desertion; to
Lizzie II. Harding from Fred K. Hard
ing for gross and confirmed habits of in
tOxication.
The action of Joshua Davis vs. AL
phonso Davis was placed on trial, Mon
day morning. This is a suit brought by
the plaintiff, as administrator of the
estate of Gilman Davis, to recover in
trover for the value of a watch belong
ing to his intestate. Defendant claims
the watch as a gift from the deceased.
E. N. Merrill, Esq for plaintiff, Forrest
Goodwin for defendant. The case was
given to the jury at noon, Monday. Yer.
dict for plaintiff with damage assessed
at $40.
Patrick Murray pleaded guilty to an
indictment for assault and obstructing
an officer in the discharge of his duty,
and was sentenced to six months i'm
prsonment in the county Jail.
Trial of the case the Ticonic Construc-
ton Co. VS.. Waterville & Fairfield Ry. &
1t. Co., and A. F. Gerald E. F. Files,
L. II. Soper, John Deehan, larence A.
Leighton, Fairfield Village Corporation.
Benton & Fairfield Ry. Co., Somerset &
Kennebec Co, City of Waterville, Hol-
lingsworth & Whitney Co, Maine Cen
trail Railroad; Oakland Electric Co,
| Riverview WOrsted Co, Clukey & Libby
Co., and Ticonic National Bank trustees
This was entered upon Monday after.
noon. The action was brought to re-
cover upon a contract for excayating
and enlarging the forbay near the de.
PENDANTS mill on Fairfield island, and
constructing retaining wall, rack,
frames and bridge, the sum total of
charges for work. labor aud materials,
aggregating s., 002 so. An offer of de
fault for $235.46 was rejected by the
defense.
The plaintiffs concluded their testi-
mony on Tuesday forenoon and the de.
Tense opened. The defendants claimed
that the work was not completed in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the con
| tract, which contained a forfeiture pro
vision if not done on time and claimed
that they were damaged by reason of
the breach. The case was given to the
| jury, Wednesday forenoon, and just be-
| fore noon il returned verdict of 1885 81
| for the plaintiffs. Harvey d. Eaton,
| Esq, of " atervlle was counsel for the
plaintiffs and harles f. Johnson, Esq
of Waterville for the defendants
Wednesday, Lillian NJ. Pierpont was
granted divorce from Harry r Pierpont
for gross wanton and cruel refusal and
neglect to provide suitable maintenance,
the libele being able TO labor and provide
for her Care and custody of minor child
was given to the libelant. The lbelle is
ordered to pay the sum of four dollars
each two weeks for support of the child.
Belle {. Seekins was granted a divorce
fiom Preston + Seekins and her name
changed TO Belle c Foye. Andelle
Murphy was granted a divorce from
Lyman d. Murphy. Annie b. knights
was divorced from Chandler Knights
for cruel and abusive treatment and her
name changed to Annie b. Harding.
An equity case, Eastman Hathorn VS.
g. W. Robinson aud :. }. Walton, trustee,
was heard by Judge Savage, Wednesday
afternoon, H d. Eaton, Esq, appearing
for the plaintiff and Walton & Walton
for the defendants. The bill is brought
asking for a decree of court requiring
the payment of certain money in the
hands of the trustees TO the plaintiff
The case has been in the courts in an
action at law. The decision is reserved.
Court adjourned, Wednesday after
noon, after the arrival of the p. m.
train, after a session of IA working days
in which IA jury trials were held and II
yerdicts rendered, Court entered upon
a jury trial the first day of the term and
no time whatever was lost until the
afternoon of the 14th day, when the last
verdict was rendered and the last jury
discharged. There were also many
cases disposed of otherwise than by trial
and the docket was relieved of a large
number of cases. 1t was an exceedingly
busy and very important term.
Evangelist Aldrich aud Evangelist