The Somerset reporter., 1906-01-18
Kennebec 3. j. Court.

The grand Jury FOR the January term
OF the superior court Tor Kenuebec
county roe. SATURDAY, and returned
along viii The ofher I1dle'mehts rue
biIl aRalf., Ar.. + Ia +. Cooper u
Windsor, wife u Edwin j. Cooper, d
he charge VI murder. 10 causing the
death oi Chart. d. Eofthey, Jr., b
+ shooting 81 tie Cooper home At South
Windsor on the afternoon Of October 10
last.
The case will not come to trial until
the March term Of the supreme judicial
court. Mrs. Cooper was arrested few
days after the shooting and upDn her
arrangement before Judge A. 9. An
drews Of the Augusta municipal court,
was admitted u bail 10 the sum Of 80
900 until the March term Of the supreme
j Judicial court, II being The fret case Of
its kind in the state where person ae-
cused Of murder vas allowed 70 give
sureties.
A loug conference vas held between
the Hon. Thonas Leigh, county attor-
uey, the Hon. Herbert Heath Of Angus
/ tn, counsel for Mrs. Cooper, and the
Hon. Oliver q. Hall, Judge Of the supe-
! fior court The State asked for caplas
/ TO bring Mrs. Cooper into court aud have
! the justice of the superior court psss Oh
/ the question whether Mrs. Cooper should
or should not be admitted 10 bail.
4 The county attorney coDtended that
Judge Andrews Of the Augusta munich
I pal court had no authority to bind over
Mrs. Cooper until the March term Of the
/ supreme judicial court, and had on)y the
/ power 10 hold her until the next session
/ OF the grand jury for the superior court.
| County Attorney Leigh further contend
/ ed that the Judge Of the superior court
j has jurisdiction in such cases after In.
distment has been returned by the grand
/ jury, except In the actual trial Of the
/ case.
i Atty. Heath argued strongly against
i the proposition Of the county attorney.
and quoted sec. 10 of chap. l34 Of the
Revised Statutes, which says that "All
bail shall be responsible for the appear
ance OF their principal at all times dur
ing the term of court at which they
agree TO have him until the verdict"
Judge Hall refused to issue the oapiss,
aud Mrs. Cooper Will remain under the
same bail until the March term Of the
supreme court. Associate Justice Henry
G. Peabody Of Portland Will preside al
that term.
The grand Jury did not investigate the
murder Of Matte H.ckett at Kent's Hill,
in the town of Readfeld, on the 17,h day
OF last August, as many people in the
county believed that il would. There is
possibility that the matter will be
threshed out 10 the grand Jury room al
the April session.
AS matter of fact, DO new evidence
in the Hackett case has come 10 the at
tention of the authorities with the exceI-
ton of the story told a week ago by Miss
Lillian Cowan Of Readfield.
Miss Cowan told the officers that on
the night of Aug. l., the night that
Matte Hackett met her death by stran-
gulstion near her fathers home, that she
saw Mrs. Elsie Hobbs Raymond. passing
on the road between Readtield corner
and the Hsckett farm, about o'clock in
the evening.
Only Is indictments in all were re-
turned by the grand jury which is the
smallest number ever found by grand
jury in that county. Only nine indct-
ments for liquor selling were returned.