Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-10-19
HANCOCK s. J. COURT.
BUSINESS DONE DURING THE
PAST WEEK.
CIVIL BUSINESS FINrsHED--CRTMINAL
DOCKET sHoRT-JURrEs Dis
CHARGED WEDNESDAY.


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THE ccrRr.
Presiding Justice-F 4. POWERS. Houlton.
connty Aipornev nTp ! Tn.cy
Sheriff.. Y. waIrcoNs.
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BEhBERr T.. sILsaf. Aurora; WALTER A.
Harsor. n H. FHrIps Easwor, nA'ssDi' mar
stenographer-R . SMALL. Portland.
"eSse"Ser ~ ii1phS.
has been rs,ber o,ta, ana i,rv ,r,a,s orc
few and far between, the only case to
take any length OF time being Tripp vs.
Joy, which occupied day and half. 1t
was dispute over the boundary OF piece
of woodland.
On the criminal docket the case of
throwing hot water was the only one for
trial, and this was OF short duration.
In the Ijouor indictments. out of forty
indictments only one respondent had
been apprehended. which, as Judge Powers
said, was rather small percentage,
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FRIDAY.
The case of Gordon VS.. Braman was on
IN the morning, and in the afternoon
Braman VS.. Dodge.
In the former case the plaintiff was SUI
| Ing to recover wages claimed to have been
earned 10 August and September, 1903. As
the testimony showed, the plaintiff en-
gagged to open up quarry for the defend
ami. said plaipt,ff to receive g DER day,
The plaintiff claimed to have worked
eighteen DAYS and paid out s216 for
freight and carriage. The defendant
claimed that the plaintiff worked only
tb,rteen DAVIS The amount of the cart
ace and ot her hills we're admitted by the
defenoant. The only point at issue was
whet her the plaintiff worked thirteen OF
eighteen Gays
Inc case occupied the most Oh tne iore-
noon, ano Veroice was re'urhea ior .ne
p'a,"sin 'oi ''e i1'' '' Wv
Iothe afternoon the case OF Braman va.
Dodgs was hard This was an action for
chit Of possession. The property in.
vowed was thu Manor Inn at Sullivan
| aarbor.
The property il owned by the plaintiff
and was occupied by the defendant. The
defendant claimed to have had -FOUR. year
lease OF the property. When the lease
| was signed by the defendant an insurance
clause. stating that the property was to be
| insured by the defendant for the sum OF
siO Ooo was cut ont nv drswino a men
| through il.
The plaintiff claimed that the clause
was not cut out, and that az the defend.
ant had not insured the property. the
| lease was void.
The case was given to the jury about
4 O'Clock. A verdict was returned for the
defendant for s1s3.
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ine cases on io' 'r'a' were se''ieu ou'
y. ooa'' anu tue 'uiie' "eie e~oaseu 'Ai
you "o"oaS i'of"i's'
| TRIP VS.. JOY.
The case on Monday morning was Trip
vs.. Joy. 1t was an action brought by San
ford Tripp, of Lamoine, against Stephen
Decatur Joy, of Hancock, for trespass.
The principal point at issue was to es-
tablish a boundary line between two
Woodland lots, which also would be the
boundary line bet tween the towns Of Han.
cock and Lamoine.
The plaintiff claimed that the defendant