The Somerset reporter., 1904-01-14
SOmerset y j. Court.
DECEMBER TERM 1903.
ALBERT K. SAVAGE, j., Presiding.
MM. T. SERKINs. GleT K

ANGLER l.. GOODWIN, Messenger.
DEPUTIES: Chas. U. Duren, Fairfield Anon
| Bak err Bingham; William +. Priest. p ttsfeid )
! Lewis fish, Hartland Fred Lucas. st. Adams !.
| Charles +. Varney, Mercer; George Aver,
| Athens; Wallace Emery, No. Arson Albert f..
| Mllsy, North New Portland: Charles dunbar,
! Madison William +. Briggs, Skowhegsn )
| Orlando Bracket stsrks; Herbert Eaton,
| Scion; f. {. Holt Norridgewock; J +. Durgin,
! The Forks.
The case George l.. Bryant VS. The
/ Great Northern Paper Company, the
/ trial of which Was entered upon. the 6 h
/ instant WIS given to the jury Friday
| forenoon who returned verdict for the
| plaintiff assessing damages in the sum
of ~ 500 E \ Merrill Esq, attorney
for the defendant corporation, filled a
motion to have the verdict set aside as
| against the evidence, and the case will
90 to the law court on motion.
| The cases Emmons VS. Libby and Libby.
W. Emmons, cross suits. were tried to-
gether beginning Friday afternoon.
The first WAS to recover on account for
lumber sawed by the plaintiff for the
defendants; the second to recover
damages which Libby sustained by
reason of the unworkmanlike manner,
and the hardness. in which Emmons
sawed the logs. The two cases were
tried together. AS the parties agreed as
to the necessary part of the contract in
the first case, the court ordered the jury
to return a verdict for the plaintiff, Mr..
| Emmons In the second case, The jury
brought in verdict of $32 So for the
plaintiff, Mr. Libby. Mr.. Emmons was
represented by Forrest Goodwin, Esq 4,
and Mr.. Libby by Walton & Walton.
| Divorces have been decreed as follows:
Hattie Dore from George W. Dore
for desertion
| Elnora l. Carroll from Everett Carroll
for adultery. Care and custody of
minor child was given to libellant.
John W. Carter from Eunce b. Carter
for desertion.
Lydia Ann Campbell from LaForrest
Campbell, gross and confirmed habits of
| intoxication.
Harry L base from Eta A. Chase
| for desertion.
Grace NJ. Thompson from Eben
Thompson, cruel and abusive treatment
Mabel Edna Turner from Henry lay
Turner, cruel and abusive treatment.
Carrie Emery from Charles E Emery
for cruel and abusive treatment
Annie b Campbell from Marley
Campbell for cruel and abusive treat
ment.
Patience J. Whitman from sumner Z.
| Witham, cruel and abusive treatment
Thomas Woodwork from Annie
Woodworth for cruel and abusive treat.
ment.
Elsie f Whittier from Frank Il. y hit
tier for intoxication, cruel and abusive
treatment.
The Norridgewock burglars were
brought into court Monday forenoon
and Judge Savage imposed the following
sentences:-
Maynard Wilson Reynolds, George
Melvin Covell and John Henry Nutting
were each given years on one indict.
ment and years and + months on the
second, all to be spent at the States
prison at fhomaston. Fred Lewis Rey
nolds was given two years in States
prison on each of the two indictments
against him. Forrest Goodwin appear
ed for Nutting and Covell and w.
Manson for the Reynolds boys. Mr.
Manson presented petition signed by
citizens of Colebrook, N II. asking for
clemency for the Reynolds particularly
the younger stating that Fred Reynolds
was known there as an industrious boy
and that his previous reputation had
been good Judge savage listened at
tentively to the reading of this paper,
making inquiries in regard to the case to
| learn if possible as to the relative blame
of the respondents. There was exhibit
ed in the court room a dirk or hunting
knife and revolver for each man; also
one dark lantern, and sand bag con-
/ structed from an old stocking
/ Charles F Colony was also brought
! int nd tn .
in state prison for breaking, entering
and larceny.
Ira W. Cushing, proprietor If The
| Forks hotel, was brought berore the
court, Tuesday, for sentence on two in
diciments for selling liquor, returned at
the september term AT that term the
respondent filed a demurrer to the in
dictments and the case went to the law
court. The verdict of that tribunal sus-
tanned the former verdict His sentence
was a fine of $500 and costs, amounting
to S143 81, making a total of $343 u and
four months in Jail and in default of
payment four months additional. He
was committed.
On Tuesday forenoon the court an
nounced his readiness to hear the coun-
sci on the indictment of John 5. Mcln-
tosh for perjury. Mr.. McGiiliouddy
moved to squash the indictment. lie
said there were two reasons for this
First, the counts in the indictment were
insufficient under the law in not alleging
the jurisdiction of the court in which
the crime was said to have been COM
mitted second, the evidence and tesli-
mony were immaterial and consequently
not admissible in the Terrio case and
thus no perjury was committed. County
Attorney Cover replied for the State
He said there were three counts in the
indictment, one under the common law
and the other two under the statutes.
He stated that he had felt some mis-
givings as to the first count and had
put on the other two under the statutes
| to be sure to make the indictment solid.
He referred to similar cases that had
been passed upon by the law court and
handed down. In reply to Mr.. McGilh-
cuddy's second reason, he said that II
McIntosh's testimony was immaterial in
the Terrio case, he could see no reason
why Mr. McGillicuddy should offer it.
Justice savage ruled that the first count
in the indictment WAS bad because il
didn't set out the jurisdiction of the
court that the second count was bad be-
cause it did not set out fully all the pro-
ceedings of the court, but that the third
count was good and in strict compliance
with tho statutes. On the second point
the court stated that the question of the
Mcintosh testimony being material Ia
the TerGio case would be the first point
to be proved in this case. AS matter
of law the ruling of the court would
have been in effect TO dismiss the re-