Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-04-03

which were introduced in this case
while the trousers were In the suit cas-,
which Happy had, and which Hanson
brought back to Oxford with him.
. Hanson was sharply cross-examined a
/. length by County Attorney Barnes, and
. many OF his answers were vague and In
definite, while some of the officers wert
. afterward put on the stand to show tina
: some of his statements In his testimony
; were contradictory to what he told them
at the time of his arrest on the Other
: matter in October.
After being out about an hour the
, jury returned verdict of guilty, and
Hanson was later sentenced to one year
in jail at Auburn.
The next trial was that of Washington
Billings of North Woodstock for criminal
assault upon Amy B. Cole, girl of II
years, last August. At the opening Of
this case Judge Spear gave the ladies
present an opportunity to leave the
room, and they did so. A short time
after, when little demonstration was
made, he ordered the gallery cleared,
and said that if there was any further
demonstration the floor would be cleared.
County Attorney Barnes conducted
the case for the state, Wright & Wheeler
for the respondent. The case was very
short. For the state there were two
witnesses, the girl herself and her grand
4 mother. The defence was a denial by
the respondent, testimony that the girl
had afterward recanted her statement
regarding the matter, and an impeach-
ment of the girls testimony by witnesses
who testified that her reputation for
truth telling was bad.
The jury was out about an hour and a
quarter, and returned verdict of not
guilty.
| In the case of Don /. Kimball and An
sci W. Mason, indicted for breaking and
entering and larceny, the county attor-
ney entered mol pros as to Mason, and
a mol pros as to the breaking and enter
| ing on the other respondent. Don /.
Kimball was then fined $500, which he
paid.
Gideon R. Ferland of Rumford, whose
bail had been ordered defaulted, appear
ed in court and pleaded guilty to two
charges. On nuisance charge he was
sentenced to fine of 5000 and costs of
S15.S5, and thirty days in Jail, and on
single sale to fine of $4,000 and costs of
S4.S5, and thirty days in Jail.
Bail was ordered defaulted in the case
of Philip West, indicted at tho October
term for perjury, who was under bonds,
and has not appeared.
Clarence Robar, a young man from
Rumford Falls, pleaded guilty to the
charge of fornication. On statements by
his attorney, Mr.. Mccarthy, and by
County Attorney Barnes. which were in
substantial agreement, Judge Spear inn
posed sentence of thirty days in Jail.
Paul Normando of Rumford Falls paid
fine of 500 and costs of $33 05, on a
search and seizure. This was similar
case to three others above reported,
where the beer seized had been purchas-
ed under guarantee that it was not in
toxicating, and Jail sentence was
omitted for the same reason.
Jacob Aaron of Rumford Falls, against
whom there were four cases, was sentenc-
ed on two. On nuisance indictment he
was given a fine of $500 and costs of
1872 IS, or four months in Jail, and on
single sale fine of $50 and costs of
1915, or thirty days. He paid S27S.40
and was discharged. Judge Spear stated
that he wished it distinctly understood
that Jail sentence was omitted in these
sentences solely on account of the physi
cal condition of the respondent.
State VS.. Herbert w. Mcdowell. This
was the last criminal case tried. 1t was
an indictment charging the forgery of
three checks on the Rumford Falls Trust
Co. in the name of Leon Small of Mexico,
the checks being made payable to Will
liam Burgess, and endorsed in the Same
name, both the names of Small and Bur-
CESS, on all three checks, being fOrgeries.
The checks were dated Nov. 20, Nov.
| 81, and Nov. 30, 1905. and were respect
1925. Herbert w. Mcdowell, who is Is
years of age, and lives in Mexico, and
Arthur Ayles, who is 10 and also lives in
Mexico, were both indicted for the forg-
cry of these same checks, and Ayles was
allowed to turn states evidence.
At the date of the forgeries, Ayles was
working for Small in his livery stable at
RidlOnville, and Mr.. Small's check book
was in the pocket of his coat which
hung in the Office of the stable. The
forged checks were made out on blanks
taken from this book. According to the
direct evidence of Ayles, Mcdowell made
out the face of all three of the checks
and the endorsements on either one or
two of them. 1t was also shown that
Mcdowell passed the check for 1925,
and a conversation overheard by the
officer and Mr.. Small, between the two
boys, after they had been arrested and
placed in the lookup, was introduced to
show that Mcdowell made Ayles swear
to testify that he didn't know anything
about the case.
In his own defence Mcdowell testified
that he had never seen two of the checks
in question, and that the third 1929
was given to him by Ayles, and he went
and bought some whiskey with it, which
he turned over to Ayles. Ayles after
his testimony was also sharply cross
examined, and admitted that he had
previously served sentence for break
ing and entering, and that he had con-
fessed to other breaks, also that he gave
false testimony in the hearing in the
Rumford Falls Municipal Court.
County Attorney Barnes for state; N.
c. Foster for respondent.
The jury, which took this case late
Thursday afternoon, remained out until
about 7 o'clock, and Friday morning re-
turned verdict of guilty on the fourth
count in the indictment, which was for
passing forged check. Mcdowell was
sentenced to six months in Jail at Au-
burn, and Arthur Ayles, who had plead
ed guilty, received the same sentence.
The boys bad been in Jail about four
months awaiting trial.
Following this case County Attorney
Barnes went through the criminal docket
and cleaned up all matters which could
be disposed of. The work on the crimi-
nal business covered practically the
whole of nine full days of the term of
court, which is the longest stretch of
criminal business in this court certainly
for many years. There were seven
criminal trials. One was mol pressed at