Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-03-27
Supreme Judicial Court.


Supreme Judicial Court.
MARCH TERN, 1906.
A. NJ. Spear, Justice Presiding.
Charles +. Whitman, Clerk.
=. L. HAYDEN, Stenographer.
Charles p. Barnes, County Attorney.
II. G. McIntire. Sheriff.
w. l.. Farrar, Jailer.
III. z. Hammond, Crier.
Walter l.. Gray, Librarian.
Ralph /. Trask, Messenger.
Tuesday morning a number of extra
iurymen who had been summoned for
the murder trial were sworn. E. G.
Wipslow of Norway was excused. Those
who were sworn were Henry j. Bangs,
Irving Frost, Edward Z. Witt, and Horace
c. Perry of Norway, and Ernest <. Field,
Alfred C. Perham, William w. Payne,
Franklin Maxim, Eben Z. Chapman, and
o. K. Clifford, of Paris.
At about 1890 Tuesday forenoon the
grand jury reported, handing in between
thirty and forty indictments, and they
were finally discharged.
The indictments number IS, and are
as follows:
Wesley Chick Murder.
Charles L. Saunders. Cheating by false pre-
fences.
Herbert ". Mcdowell. Forgery.
Arthur Ayles. Forgery.
Joseph W. O'Brion. Breaking and entering
and larceny. Two indictments.
Clarence Robar. Fornication.
Lewis Hanson. Larceny.
Harry Stone. Breaking and entering and lar
cenv Two indictments.
Washington Billings. Three indictments. two
for assault on female child, and one for assau
Don ]. Kimball and Ansel W. Masor. Break
Ing and entering AMI larceny.
Jacob Aaron. Three indictments. nuisance
common seller. and single sale ,..,.-
Joseph Lisman. Depositing intoxicating
liquors with intent to sell.
Paul Normando. Depositing Intoxicating hq
uors with intent 10 sell.
Frank p. Stone Three indictments, nuisance
common seller, and single sale.
James Poland. Three indictments, nuisance
common seller, and single sale.
Roland McIhee. Single sale.
Edward Siddall. Three indictments, common
seller, AMI two single sales
q. A. valee and Edmund K Bowers. Nui
sance.
John wiskout. Two Indictments, nuissnc,
and common seller.
Frank Puydok. Two indictments, common
seller AMI single sale
Mike j. Michigan. Two indictments. nuisance
amt depOsiting liquors with intent 70 sell.
Frank Sowiekis. Nuisance.
Gideon X. Ferland. Nuisance.
Georgianna Potvin. Nuisance.
The prisoners who were in Jail awaitin.
this term were then brought in to plead
Enstace F. Bennett of Norway pleaded
guilty to an indictment for common
seller found at the October term.
Joseph W. o. Br;on of Portland pleaded
guilty to an indictment for breaking anC
entering the house of Charles t. Ladd il
Fryeburg, on the 18th of last November
Charles l.. Saunders of Haverhill
Mass, was arraigned on an indictmen
charging him with defrauding Silas P
Maxim of Paris by false pretences, anC
pleaded not guilty.
Arthur Ayles and Herbert W. Nc
Dowell were arraigued on indictments
charging the forgery of checks in thu
name of Leon Small of Mexico, and boil
pleaded not guilty.
Lewis Hanson, who was under bonds
10 appear at this term, was called, anC
as he did not respond, his bail wa.
ordered defaulted.
Some time was then spent on th'
dozen or more appealed cases for search
and seizure coming from the RumforC
Falls Municipal Court as the result of the
recent raids there. Messrs. Stearns
Mccarthy and Stevenson of RumforC
Falls appeared in behalf of several of tn,
respondents, and moved to dismiss the
complaints on various technical grounds
One of the cases was dismissed, ant
Judge Spear took the others under ad
visement.
The time of the court from Tuesda,
noon till Friday night was taken up will
the trial of Wesley Chick for murder, {
report of which is given elsewhere.
Wednesday morning Charles l.. Saun
ders by his counsel, Mr.. Wright, retract
ed his plea of not guilty, and pleaded
nolo contendere. A statement of thu
case was made to the court by Mr.
Wright, who stated that the respondent
had been in Jail about six months, anC
had thus suffered all the punishment the
case justified. After some discussion o.
the disposition of the case, it was con
tinued, and the prisoner was released OF
his own recognizance.
The Chick trial having been conclud
ed Friday night, the consideration Of
the remainder of the criminal docket
was in order Saturday morning. As il
had been expected that the Chick CASE
would extend into Saturday, arrange
ments had been made for quite ar
amount of the criminal business to bt
taken up Monday, and the somewhat
sudden close of the Chick case and the
absence of necessary witness in An
other case on account of death in the
family left the court a rather small
amount of business for Saturday.
Eustace +. Bennett of Norway, who
had pleaded guilty as common seller
received sentence of 500 fine and &c
days in Jail, and in default of fine 81
days additional.
Joseph w. O'Brion of Portland, who
had pleaded guilty to breaking and
entering the camp of Charles I. Lsdd OF
Fryeburg, after some inquiries by the
court. was sentenced to six months in
the work Jail at Auburn.
Bail was ordered defaulted in tht
cases OF Clarence Robar, James Poland
Lewis Cohen, and John Russell, who
were under bonds, but have not appear
ed at this term.
Shortly before noon Saturday the tria
of Allen Linnell of Wilson's Mills was
begun. This is a case appealed from 9
trial justice court, on the complaint OF
William NJ. Adams, game garden, charg
ing Linnell with killing and having in
possession deer in close time. Linnel
is a guide, and was at the time the deer
is alleged to have been killed, in Au
gust, 1905, with party of Parmacheenee
l,.h ak oh
Parmacheenee Lake-alleged by the STATE
to have been head guide in charge. The
testimony of Adams is that he was al
the camp, and saw in the food chest
some fresh meat that he called venison
After the party came out he was inform.
cd by Linnell that fawn was found in
the woods by one Of the guides with the
party, in very feeble condition; that
they took it into camp and tried to save
its life, but that il died that night.
They saved the skin to have it mounted
for one of the party, and had left it at a
spring at the pond. Adams went there
and got the skin, which he produced in
court. II is that of q very small fawn.
He found hole in the shoulder, which
he called q bullet hole.
The defence is that the fawn was found
as stated above, and q circumstantial &C
count of the finding was given by Al
Hart, one of the guides. After 1t died,
in skinning il, the hole was found, and a
bullet was looked for, but none was
found.
County Attorney Barnes for state; Fl.
II. Hastings for Linnell.
This case was not finished Saturday.
Monday morning the trial Of this case