Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-03-31
Supreme judicial Court.
MARCH TERN, 1908.

n MARCH TERN, 1908.
Hon. William P. Whitehouse,
| Justice Presiding
Charles r. Whitman, Clerk
j. Stanley Estes, Stenographer
Charles P. Barnes, County Attorney
Hiram r. Hubbard, Sheriff
W. A. Bicknell, Deputy as Crier
W. A. Barrows, Messenger
Walter l.. Gray, Librarian
i As soon as the Everett murder case
was out of the way, work was resumed
upon the rest of the criminal docket.
After the jury had gone out on the
Everett case Monday night, Isaac Bern.
stein of Rumford Falls appeared and
entered plea of guilty to the charge OF
common seller, and paid fine of 500
and costs of $40.
| Onofrio Montisano of Rumford Falls
paid fine of 800 on nuisance charge.
! Tuesday morning the case of Mrs.
Josephine Wilson and her daughter,
Hattie Wilson, of Porter, was disposed
of. They were held for assault upon an
officer, in an affair which made quite a
stir in its vicinity at the time of its &C.
currence. Deputy Sheriff George F.
Weeks, armed with tax collectors
warrant, went to the Wilson house to
arrest one Goodwin, delinquent tax
payer, who was there. He was refused
admission to the house, and presuming
that his warrant did not give him
authority to force an entrance, he secur-
ed from trial justice search warrant,
and accompanied by posse, went back
to the house and secured his man, after
pitched battle with the four women of
the household. Two of the women SUBJ
sequently paid fines imposed by Trial
Justice Llewellyn A. Wadsworth, but
the other two have been in Jail for about
month.
Mr.. Wright, who appeared for the
women, made motion to have the case
dismissed on the ground that the search
warrant, by virtue of which the officer
entered The house, was defective on its
face. Judge Whitehouse did not up
hold the technicality, but decided that
if the officer had in his possession the
tax warrant he was fully authorized to
enter the house, whatever the search
warrant may have been. 1t was finally
arranged that the women should plead
guilty, and in consideration of the time
they had been in Jail, they were given
sentence of one day.
The consideration of liquor cases was
then resumed, and the rest of Tuesday
was practically devoted to them. The
iuries were in attendance throughout
the day, but were not called upon to do
anything, plea of guilty being entered
in most of the cases, and sentence i'm
mediately imposed. All these cases
were from Rumford Falls, and in most
cases there were three actions against
each respondent, one being an appeal
from the Rumford Falls Municipal
Court, and the other two indictments.
In each case County Attorney Barnes
to have something with which to hold
the man to good behavior, but the other
cases were disposed of by the imposition
of some penalty. In all cases of first
offence, only fines were imposed, but in
others a Jail sentence was insisted on.
Mr.. Mccarthy appeared as attorney
for most of the respondents in the dis
position of their cases. Judge W. II.
Newell of Lewiston was associated with
him in some of them.
Lawrence Lavorgna and Nicholas
Gentle paid each 500 and S2O.29 costs
on search and seizure.
Charles Hammond, Harry Delong,
Joseph Paradis and John Thatcher each
paid $50 and costs for single sale, and
500 and costs for common seller.
Ed Fl. Peters, on search and seizure,
received sentence of 500 and costs
and 80 days in Jail.
Ben Marquis, on a search and seizure,
received a sentence of 500 and costs
and sixty days.
Charles Kennedy, on several cases, re-
ceived sentences of fine and imprison-
ment. He went to Jail, where he will
have to remain at least four months,
and if he does not pay his fines, four
months longer.
James MCGEE received sentences
which amounted to $3.50 fine, and costs
in three cases, besides sixty days in Jail,
and if he pays none of the fines will
have to remain in Jail seven months.
The assault case against /. w. Rob-
bins, which was tried year ago and re-
suited in disagreement, was mol
pressed.
Wednesdays programme, as far as the
forenoon was concerned, was pretty
nearly repetition of Tuesdays. 1t was
assumed that all except the cases for
trial had been disposed of Tuesday
afternoon, but as case after case was
called up Wednesday morning, negotia-
lions began, and one after another they
disappeared from the docket, to the en-
richment of the county treasury.
R. F. Dearborn and James Gallagher
of Rumford Falls first took their place
in the dock, and were fined $3.50 each in
a nuisance case, which they paid. Two
other liquor cases against Gallagher
were continued.
Peter Perry of Rumford Falls took
sentence in two cases. In one of them,
appealed from the Rumford Falls court,
for single sale, the sentence OF $50 and
costs and thirty days in Jail was affirm
ed, and in the other, as common seller,
a fine of 800 and costs was imposed.
Joseph Watson of Ridlouville paid
fine of 800 in search and seizure case,
together with costs of $3.50 in two
cases, and nuisance case was continued.
The single sale case against Rose Bar
rett was continued, she pleading nolo
contendere, and she was allowed to go.
Joseph Dubee and Simon Laroche of
Rumford Falls paid fine of $3.50 each
for liquor nuisance, and were discharged.
The last of the Rumford Falls cases
was against Edmund Tardiff, and it be-
gan to look as if there was really to be
some meat in that. Negotiations had
apparently failed, the prisoner took his
place in the dock, and jury was EN-.
paneled for the trial, Mr.. Mccarthy and
Judge Newell taking their places at the
table for the defence. Then another
halt was called, and after a brief con-
sultation with the attorneys Judge
Whitehouse remarked to the jurors,
"You may take recess of ten minutes.
We are making good progress" After
the recess nothing further was said to
the jury, it having been arranged that
the respondent should pay fines amount
ing to $500 and be discharged.
Then County Attorney Barnes an
| nouuced that there was nothing further