Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-08

FRED w. LEE, Stenographer.
| Augusta, April Z.
| The April term of the Superior
Court for Kennebec county convened
at 10 o'clock. Tuesday morning.
Prayer was offered by Rev. Charles A.
Hayden, pastor of the Winthrop Street
Universalist church of Augusta. Short
| ly after the opening of court the
grand jury began it's deliberations.
| The following members of the bar
| were in attendance: Lendall Titcomb,
Norman L. Bassett, Fremont ]. c. Lit
| tie, NJ. f. Sawtelle, Benedict f. Maher,
| Joseph Williamson, Melvin S. Holway,
f. NJ Thompson, George c. Sheldon,
Willard l.. McFadden, A. M. Goddard,
E. W. Whitehouse, Augusta; Charles
F. Johnson, Fred w. Clair Harvey D.
Eaton. Warren c. Philbrook, Frank E.
Brown, A. A. Matthew, Waterville;
Fred Emery Beane, Hallowell; o. B.
Clason, Will c. Atkins, Lauren NJ.
Sanborn, Guy A. Hildreth, Charles A.
Knight, Gardiner; H. E. Foster, Win
throp; Henry A. Priest, Vassalboro;
George w. Field, Oakland George w.
Garner Skowhegan; George M. Chap
man. Fairfield; L. w. Folsom, Nor
ridgewock.
Deputy Sheriff Joshua F. Bean of
Augusta, has charge of the grand jury
and Deputy Sheriff Willis A. Pinkham
of Windsor of the traverse jury.
The list of traverse jurors is as fol-
lows: Leonard j. Arey, Vassalboro; c.
E. Butler, Mt. Vernon; Hiram ]. Car
ter, Farmingdale; Samuel, Currier,
| Hallowell; Manson w. Dennis, Au-
gusta; Leonard Gordon, Winthrop; e.
Horace Jordan, Litchfield; Fred E.
McCausland. Gardiner; Alonzo Morrill,
Waterville; Joseph Mitchell, Water
vile: J. ]. Pray, Waterville; Burleigh
r. Simpson, Winslow; G. L. Starkey,
China; Arthur Tetreault, Augusta;
Charles w. Trask, Augusta; c. H. To-
bin, Fayette; C. c. Wyman, Mon
mouth; George A. Yeaton, Chelsea.
Samuel Currier of Hallowell, was
chosen foreman. Fred E. McCausland
of Gardiner. Alonzo Morrill, and ]. ].
Pray of Waterville, and c. G. Wyman
of Monmouth were excused.
| The grand jury, which was selected
| last September to serve one year, is
composed as follows: Charles L. Call,
Pittston; Frank S. Cowan, Sidney; w.
| Albion; C. H. Faunce, Wayne; Charles
c. Getchell. Hallowell; Frank D. Gill
man. Litchfield; Alpheus D. Guild, Au-
gusta: J. M. Greaney, Waterville;
Frank j. Lord, Belgrade; Josiah D.
Mari, Gardiner; Stephen D. Marson,
Randolph; Charles E. Matthews, Wa
terville: Charles F. Stone, Augusta;
James L. Turner, China; Frank H.
Mitchell. Waterville; Fred A. Wilson,
Augusta; Charles H. Wyman, Vassal-
boro.
Charles H. Wyman of Vassalboro is
foreman.
An unusually large number of per-
sons were summoned to appear before
the grand jury and that body had an
exceedingly busy day. Michael Burns
appeared before the jury presumably
in the assault case which recently hap
pened at the north end of Water street
in Augusta, in which he was injured.
Three men were arrested charged with
assault and robbery. Two of them
were discharged and one, Jerry Dionne,
proprietor of the London house, where
the alleged affair occurred, is in Jail
awaiting the grand jury's action, fail
| ing to secure the necessary sureties.
During the day the grand jury re-
turned 10 special indictments against
three residents of Augusta on the
charge of the illegal sale of liquor. The
three men were hailed to the court and
| furnished suretes for their appearance
| from day to day.
The first one to appear was Joseph
Roi. alias Joseph King, the alleged pro-
prietor of the Cormier place, so called
at the north end of Water street. There
were three indictments against him,
one each for liquor nuisance, common
seller and drinking house and tipping
shop. He furnished bail in the sum of
$500, $500 on each case. the sureties be-
ing Aime Casavant and F. x. Courte-
manche. Roi was represented by Bene-
dict f. Maher, Esq.
A. L. Gaslin had three indictments,
one each for common seller, liquor nui-
sance and drinking house and tipping