The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-01-09
Somerset S. ]. Court.
December Term 1907.

WIZ I. SEgxINs, Clerk,
rnos YouN County Attorney.
-LYpE II. SMITH, Sheriff
REuEL SMALL Stenographer
JoHN TAYLOR, NJ =ssenger.
DEPUTIES: Willis Emery, N. anson: L. Per
kins, Madison; George Rhoades. Harmony J. A
Goodrich, Skow hogan harles J Savage, Norridge
wook. Cook. athens.
The grand jury rose Friday morn
ing and reported 10 true bills. But
six of these were made public. There
were two against DR.. j. B. Twaddelle
of Arson for attempt to kill. Two
are returned against Will Palmer of
Harmony for cheating and false
pretenses, one against Charles Ed
wards of Pittsfield for malicious mis-
chief, and one against John Williams
of Somerset Junction for manslaugh
ter. The other - were liquor indict-
ments and were not made public.
Before the supreme court Friday
noon DIR. Joseph B. Twaddelle was
arraigned. His attorney, Hon. Au-
gustine Simmons of North Arson en-
tered plea of not guilty and moved
that the respondent be sent to the
Insane hospital at Augusta. This
was allowed by the court and the doc
tor left for that institution on the
noon train in the custody of one OF
the local deputy sheriffs, j. Almar
Goodrich, in whose charge he has
been since his arrest. Observation
will be made at the hospital as to his
sanity.
After being caught looking throu gh
the keyhole of door to the Grand
Jury room and listening to the evil
dence against his brother, Herbert |.
Mason, who was arrested Wednesday
of last week at Canaan for assault
with intent to kill neighbor, Orville
Mason, was arrested Thursday after
noon and taken before the Supreme
court. He was fined $40 for contempt
of court. He was caught by the jury
foreman who had seen his shadow on
the glass panel in the door. The
hearing in the municipal court of the
charge against Herbert Mason, assign
ed for Thursday, was continued.
The case of Provencher VS. Moore
was taken up Friday morning. This
was numbers 1856 on the assigned
list. Cover & Hight for the plaintiff;
Hon. Forrest Goodwin for the defen-
dant. The controversy was over the
loss of wagon in the burned reposi-
tory of defendant, and also for board
of defendants horse. The verdict
was for the defendant.
The case Maltais vs. Later which &C.
cupied the time of the Supreme court
most of the time Friday and Satur day
was decided Saturday afternoon in
favor of the defendant The case in
volved small amount of money, but
the controversy was strenuous. 1t
appeared in the case that Henry
Later of Cornville leased OF Luke
Maltais a farm with the conditions
that Maltais should pay $50 and that
certain work should be done by Later
The point of controversy was that the
conditions as to the work had not
been fulfilled.
The case in order Monday was
Snowflake VS. United Box Board &
Paper Co. This case was tried In
this court year ago and a verdict
was brought in in favor of the plain
tiff. The case was appealed and car
ried to the Law court. There the
verdict was set aside and new trial
granted.
1t appears in the case that in Au-
gust 1908, John Snowflake of Augusta
was employed by the United Box
Board & Paper company in their pulp
mill at Fairfield. Mr.. Snowflake was
on what is known as the car
rier. While passing through door
of the building bricks fell from above
the door striking Mr.. Snowflake on
the head fracturing his skull. Since
that time he has been unable to do
hard work. Snowflake sued in the
sum of $4,000 Hon. Forrest Good
win of Skowhegan was counsel for
the plaintiff and Harvey d. Eaton of
Waterville represented the defen-
dant,.
The case occupied the attention of
the Court all day and Tuesday fore
noon, and after all the evidence WAS
deduced the Court ordered the jury
to bring in verdict for the defend
ants.