Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-10-28

nss excited the sympathy OF all.
before passing sentence Judge Emery
| spoke as follows;
| y nave considered this great deal so az 10
De sure that was acting as the result of reaec
uon and Judgment rather than of impulse or
| other feeling
ohe argument addressed to me by the re.
| spondenfs counsel as to the limit OF the pen
ATTY hnd upon reflection do not concur in
| l think 1t sufficiently appears from the indict
'heht that he was armed with an axe and that
an axe is actually deadly weapon; 80 | think
tha' the maximum is twenty years rather than
| ten.
another argument addressed to me was that
sympathy anu mercy should be shown the
young mans father. who was. as the Scots say:
both father aud mither,' and think do feel,
ana have felt the deepest sympathy for him,
| having a son of my own, and knowing how n
| father feels.
"Ihen as to the young man himself: 1t has
been earnestly urged upon me to have regard
Tor his outh, and his unfortunate lack of men.
TAI power and self-control. think it very clear
that the young man has enough mental capac-
Ivy to understand. and that he did understand
that what he was doing was wrong and erin
inal' and subjected him to punishment, and that
| counsel could take no other course than they
did, that Is, advise him to plead guilty. He
clearly was guilty from his statement on tho
| stand
ION the other hand there are the interests of
/ the public TO be considered. The woman was
| most savagely aseaulted-an inofIensiye woman,
a good woman who had given no provocation,
| and who was engaged IN her household duties,
I tt,Il &,
| while not apprehending any danger ut all, and
who was most brutaly and sayagely assaulted
| In the manner that has been described, with an
axe and knife, and crippled for life, having
lost the sense Of smell ana taste. 1t is dread
| full thing for anybody to apprehend danger Of
| shat Kind.
| 81 do not think that offense of that kind
| should be lightly overlooked, even though the
offender may appeal to our ,sympathies. The
people of that neighborhood, / am satisfied,
would feel, and rightly feel, sense of insecur-
| ity, If an inadequate punishment was Inflicted
In this case. II this thing can be done in open
| day ON a peaceable woman while engaged in her
household cares, there would be a sense of In
security everywhere, and the punishment must
be enough to, go far as possible, diminish that
| sense of insecurity.
|
and II he is let or with light punishment do
| not see why he may not do this same thing
| again. l do not see how anybody could feel
comparatively safe in his presence. He might
| get liquor, and do the same thing over again.
and he would be a dangerous man to be at large
perhaps it is his misfortune, but, neyerthe-
| less, there exists peril to the public peace
| The assault was upon human life, and If 1 In
Urrht tha Ynts htafi Ia dnu
and cannot be corrected. If, perchance.
make 1t little too severe, there is an opportu-
nifty for correction by the use of the pardoning
| power later. AS much as sympathize with the
father. aud pity the young man, think my
| duty is plain and stern, and that is, to make
the sentence SO long and so severe that it will
\ be warning to others, and yet will not be de-
| structive to the young man himself.
| "Dr. Sanborn rather gave me the Impression
that II the young man was segregated entirely
| away from bad companions and the obtaining
OF liquor, placed under sharp discipline and OBJ
servation, his condition would improve.
ITO make long story short, my mind has
come down to this as a matter of Judgment, and
not of impulse. It'll conclusion that others
may agree with or may not agree with. 1t is
my judgment, and of course l must give effect
to it.
| 81 shall make the sentence ten years in the
State prison"
| Saturday afternoon Benjamin aud John
| HIATT got it good and hard for selling
| liquor in spite Of the several warnings
| from Sheriff Whitcomb and his deputies.
| Benjamin HIATT was convicted on five
| indictments and got sixty days In jail,
| fiue OF $3.50 and costs, and il his fine was
| not paid he would have to serve seven
| months more.
John HIATT, who was connected with the
| Foss Eye com bination, and who has been
| bar keeper for Foss all summer, was con-
victed on seven indictments. Now John
has got to go to jail for eight months,
and pay fine OF $50, with costs of court
amounting to $3.50. II he doesn't pay his
| fine he will have to serve fourteen
months more.
Besides continuing several old liquor
cases and a couple of divorce cases moth
ing furtb her was done. ~
Following is complete list of divorces
supreme court:
Alice j. Moore, fremont, libelIant, from
Henry c. Moore, for cruel and abusive
treatment. Deasy for libellant.
Frank w. Gray, libellant, from Nettie
E. Gray. For cruel and abusive treat
ment. Care OF minor child given to
libellant.
George A. Lynch, Ellsworth, libellant,
from Carrie NJ. Lynch, for desertion.
Giles for libellant.
Nellie E. Goodwin, Bucksport, libellant,
from Frank ID. Goodwin, Boston, for
cruel and abusive treatment and excessive
cruelty. Care OF minor child given to
libellant. Fellows for libellant.
Lettie s. Slower, BluehilI, libellant, from
Willis E. Slower, for extreme cruelty and
cruel and abusive treatment. Fellows for
libellant.
Bertha A. Bridges, libellant, from Jere-
miah B. Bridges. Fellows for libellant.