Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-03-21
FIRST JURY.


fcused without being in attendance. The
other twenty seven were empaneled as
follows:
| FIRST JURY.
| A. Mont Chase, Woodstock, Foreman.
| Charles u. Allen. Norway.
| Charles n. Andrews. Oxford.
Henry A. Bicknell, Hartford.
Dana A. Brown. Brownaeld.
L. II. Rurnham, Albany.
| G. II. Coffin, Gilead.
| Chas. o. Edgerly, Porter.
Arthur j. Foster, Canton.
| Herman l.. Horne, Norway.
| Jesse c. Howe, Paris:
Ira c. Jordan, Bethel.
SECOND JURY.
OF. Trask, Mexico, Foreman.
Benz. w. Kimball, Bethel.
Melvin F. Knight, Waterford.
Charles A. Lane, Rumford.
Charles NJ. Mathews. Peru.
Henry w. Merrill, Hiram.
Daniel 4. Mills, Mason.
Arthur E. Morrison, Rumford.
Henry W. Palmer. Lowell.
ID. B. Perry. Hebron.
Almon p. Pingree, Denmark.
Phittus W. Torrey, Dixneld.
sUpERNUMERARIEs.
Roscoe Tuell, Paris.
Water A. Turner. Buckfeld.
Geo. II. Walker. Fryeburg.
After the organization several jurors
who wished to be excused from serving
were heard by the court, and Henry A.
Bicknell of Hartford, l.. II. Burnham of
Albany, Charles NJ. Mathews of Peru,
Arthur E. Morrison of RumfOrd, and
Almon p. Pingree of Denmark, we're ex-
cused.
During the call of the docket which
followed the organization, Judge White
house made strenuous effort to clear
out some of the "dead wood" with
which the docket is more or less lumber
ed, and in several instances succeeded in
having cases finally disposed of.
A trial list of rather less than the
usual length was made up, and the rest
of the day Tuesday and the working
hours of Wednesday were taken up with
few divorce hearings and other minor
matters.
A case assigned for trial Thursday
morning was otherwise disposed of, and
no trial was ready until Thursday after
noon. Then work was begun upon the
case, Martha J. Abbott VS.. Portland and
Rumford Falls Railway. This was
brought to recover for the burning of n
set of buildings belonging to the plain
tiff, and situated near Gilbertville in the
town of Canton. few rods from the
track of the Portland and Rumford Falls
Railway, between the main line and the
Livermore branch. The buildings were
burned in the afternoon of May 18th,
1908, during severe drought. The
house was occupied by Mr.. aud Mrs.
~ hrf N
the buildings when they took fire, as
Mr.. Arris, who is section hand on the
railroad, was away at his work, and Mrs.
Arris had gone about noon to the home
of her husbands mother, about quar-
ter of mile away. The theory OF the
plaintiff was that the buildings were
burned by sparks from the engine of
n passing train. The theory of the de-
fence was that the fire caught from the
kitchen chimney, which had been ex-
amined and pronounced defective only
short time before. The several people
who were at the fire seemed to look at it
differently, the witnesses for the plain
tiff generally testifying that when they
first saw it the stable and shed were on
fire but there was no fire On the roof of
the ell, while the witnesses for the de-
fence testified generally that the first
they saw was smoke bursting from the
roof of the ell, while they saw no fire
about the stable aud shed.
Wright & Wheeler were counsel for
the plaintiff; Bisbee and Swasey for the
defence.
This case occupied two days, and was
we'll contested on both sides. 1t was
given to the jury Immediately after
dinner on Saturday, and after being cut
about an hour they returned verdict
for the plaintiff of S3S9.59. This is in
addition to $500 insurance which has al
ready been paid to the plaintiff. A mo-
ton for a new trial has been filed.
Only one or two civil cases remain for
trial. and those are short. A day or two
will be required for the criminal business,
but no lengthy matters are anticipated.
Court will probably adjourn some time
this week, perhaps by the middle of the
week.
THE GRAND JURY's WORK.
A very busy week was had by the
grand jury. which reported Saturday
morning and was finally excused. Thirty
two indictments were found. Those
made public are as follows:
Tomasso Derilitto. alias Tomas. alias name
unknown. Feionious assault.
Victor Binford. Assault with Intent to Kill.
Nicola Apa. Assault with intent to kill.
Nellie Madigan. Nuisance.
William 4. Ross. Nuisance.
James Higgins, alias Jimmie Higgins. Three
indictments. common seller, anu two single
sale.
Thomas Collins. Two indictments, nuisance
and common seller.
Ernest E. Cross Five indictments, nuisance,
common seller. and thre single sale.
Dennis LaPlante. Five indictments. nuisance,
common seller. and three single sale.
Fred E. Tucker. Four indictments nuisance.
common seller, and two single sale.
Rena Davis. Perjury.
Frank X. Davis, Rena Davis and Ardelia
Bemis. Perjury.
Henry NJ. Douglass. Common seller and
single sale.
Charles Robbins Three indictments. nuisance,