Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-01
SUPREME COURT
For Piscataquis County
Convenes in Dover.
Cases Called an Assigned for
the Term.
.,c. Number Of Attorneys Present.
Personnel of the Jury.

noyer. Ne. Feb. (SpeciaO. The
February term of the supreme court
FIR Piecataquis county convened here,
mic morning. with Judge Savage pre-
ci1iug. Practically the whole day.
Tuesday, was given up to the reading
ne TN. docket and the assignment OF
cases for trial at this term. No jury tri-
sIe we're started during the day. Fol-
having are the officers Of the court:
i,-si,ii.s justice, Albert X. Savage;
clerk. Henry l.. Flynt; county attorney.
Martin l.. Dursin; reporter. II. W.
Corufu,th: sheriff. Charles +. Dea!th;
IDENTITIES. james NJ. Knowles. John II.
WEYMOUTH John X. Flynt. Harry Saw
;,e, cri-r. \. T.. Leonard; messenger,
Joln Cross
The following attorneys We're in at
tendance nj the opening OF court. Tues
dav. ~ l.. Durgin, George w. Howe.
Fran ". I:all, Milo; Hiram Geriish,
". II. Munroe. Brownville; james II.
HUDSON. John 5. Williams. Guilford:
william 4. burgess. S;mgervilIe; +.
+. Gillcrl. Judge Louis &. Stearns.
Bangor: +. l.. Dearth. l.. Il. WaldrOn
4. W. Stone. Dexter. Charles w.
HAYES. ". l.. Parsons. Foxcroft: j. =.
Peas. II J. Cross, G. w. Brown. +. G.
smith. Frank r.. Guernsey, Dover.
It the oI, ming of court. prayer was
offered by I;ny. Y. NJ. Hardy. pastor %!
the Congregational church. The grand
Jury was at once placed in the hands
of County Attorney Durgin and are
now busy in considering the cases to
come before them.
II is generally thought that the pres
ent term VIII be a short one. There
viii 'r but very few civil cases come
t. Trial and the criminal cases are of
an unknown quantity. Probably the
most inuOrtant of the criminal cases
10 b. considered 10y the grand jury IS
that Of Fred II. Davis of SanServille
for alleged pfnheZZl"ment of funds from
Shaw, hammond * Carney. the Port
land wholesale house. Davis WAS u
travelling salesman in the employ OF
the firm.
Their. will be quite large number
Of liquor cases and it is understood
that test no baer case will be among
liz. uses There are ut the present
time a large number of liquor dealers
in Jail awaiting sentence ut this term
OF court: also several prisoners held
l"r the grand jury.
Henry =. Flynt. clerk Of courts. was
i'll At his home. today, and his position
was filed by Judge Edgar c. Smith or
H." municipal court.
Grand jury. W. Sawtelie. fore
man. shirley; Daniel {. Billings.
Hrownvllc; G. G. blackstone, Elanch-
ara: Arthur Cross. Wellington: Dan
7. Christie. ornevillc: Lincoln II. Dow.
bower: Elmer T.. Fairirothrr. Gull
ior1: John +. IIichborn. Foxcroft;
Wall zee Homer. Monsoon: f.. y. Hi"h-
born M"rli"rCl: Walter 4. HOBBS. Milo:
". ". l.1rrabre. Parliman: N. l.. Nc
rh"tcrS. Greenville: F'ranE \. Pond.
Sm%-rv,l". Alel p. Roberts. Williams
burg; George X. Rich. AtAinSon; Ch"S.
). Works. Abbot.
First trav arse iury-Charles Hennett.
Ahh"t; l.. H. Buck. Greenviile: Ivory
l.. lodge. Alonson: Aipheus j. Bennett,
f"X,roft; &. r. Stanrhf"id. Milo:
Frank Il. DeIano. Mcdford; David f..
i'inSmnrc. foreman, Dover: j. y. Dur
~. S;rhcc. Charles NJ. E"ulhrS. VIII
'LmShurg; Eugene II. Flint. Monsoon:
". W. Hall brnrvilie: Edgar :. How
.td. irowuville.
Second Traverse jury. c. Hayward.
AtkiA>"r; ''red human. Milo; Corydon
Nn""lson. Sangerville; Fred Loring.
firkmAr: J. II. Iclvitt Wiilimlntic;
LOWS 7. LivNrNore, Se0cc; Alton
H"ur". Ahl'",; T.. ID. Tewksbury. Park
n'n. John II. Page. Weilington: G. T.
packard. foreman. Ilancha,d: John
""''r''iS. Gil!f"r'l; Eugene Il. Spear
Ing. !'">cr"ft
Sul"'rnumerlries- Aivah II. Vii
hA'n'. Dover; ". V. Whidden. AtNin
~: John +. Watson. Sangerville.