Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-03-17

none bat noted il with sorrow. Deputy
sheriff w. A. Bicknell OF Norway filled
the erier's place, and made the formal
prOclsmstions which are part of the
opening ceremony.
Judge WhitehOuse entered the court
room promptly at 10. o'clock, and the
wheels Of justice began to revolve i'm
mediately. Prayer was offered BY Rev.
Z. ;. Cotton Of Norway. The grand jury
answered 10 their names and retired 10
their room 10 begin work, and the
traverse iuries were empaneled rs fol
lowe:
FIRST JURY.
Charles ". Harrington, Fryeburg, Foreman
Peter q. Barrett Peru.
W. ~ Berry, Hebron.
Clayton A. Churchill. Paris.
GsoTSe Z. Cole, Jr.. Greenwood.
Charles Cotton, Hiram.
Fret {. Davis. tryeburg
Albert y. Felt. Woodstock.
larence n. Fox, Bethel
). 1. French. Bethel.
Frank +. Gordon, Andover.
Ellis Whitman. Buckneld.
SECOND JURY.
Randall L. Taylor Mexico. Foreman.
wilfred A. Hersey, Norway.
George ID. kidder, Rumfori.
Granville &. Mansfield. Brownheld.
L. u. Pride, Waterford.
d. y. Ridlon. Porter.
FRED y. serioner, Albany.
T.. r. stanton, Oxford.
ROllin ". Seetson, sumner.
Whitfield Il. Stuart, Paris.
Oscar T.. Turner, Hartford.
Henry Warren, Denmark.
INTERMEDIATES.
Ernest II. Morrill,. Mason.
W. NJ. White. Dixneld.
j. w. Crommett of Norway, who was
drawn, was unable to be present on &C
couns Of illness, and Charles c. Ellis of
Canton, Richmond l.. Melcher of Rum
ford, aud NJ. W. S,earns of Lowell were
excused by the court because of urgent
business requiring their attention.
More than the usual number of at
torneys from other bars of the state
were present at the opening, besides
most of the members of the Oxford bar.
Among the visitors, present were Hon.
Seth NJ. Carter, Mayor Frank A. Morey
and A. T. L'Heureux of Lewiston, Hon.
Henry w. Cakes of Auburn, Hon. c. n.
Blanchard of Wilton, l. B. Clary of
Livermore Falls, and Walter P. Perkins
of Cornish.
A trial list of about the average length
was the outcome of the call of the dock
ct which followed the organization, but
whenit came to the assignment Of the
cases for trial a record was broken. Not
one asked to have his case assigned to
Tuesday of the second week. Indeed,
no one even asked to have his case put
into the second week. It was evident
that, as far as trials were concerned, the
list "hadn't much meat in it." Judge
Whitehouse was very prompt in dispos-
ing of the assignments as the cases wefe
taken up one by one, and when the work
was done, the list was all assigned in the
first week of the term. This practically
completed the first days work.
Wednesday morning after the train
had arrived and a consultation of attor-
news had been held, the case of George
Hazen VS.. Benjamin N. Dudley and Rose
Dudley was opened. Hon. j. NJ. Libby
of Mechanic Falls appeared for the plain
tiff, and Hon. James S. Wright for the
defence. Mr.. Hazen is an attorney and
real estate agent in Oxford, and this suit
was brought to recover $500, commits.
sion at the usual rate of . per cent for
the sale of the farm at Welchville be-
longing to the defendants. The farm
was sold in the summer of 1906 to
Charles w. Sanborn of Otisfield, as Mr..
Hazen claims through his agency. After
the plaintiffs side of the case had been
heard, which took only about three.
quarters of an hour, the court announced
a ten-minute recess. The ten minutes
heightened out into about half an hour,
and when the business was resumed
Judge Whitehouse informed the jury
that the matter had been settled between
the parties, and there would be no occa.
sion for further consideration of it.
Arguments were then heard by the
court in the case of George W. German
petitioner for review, VS.. c. Fl. Eaton
There was litigation between the parties
in the Rumford Falls Municipal Court
and a suit brought by Eaton against
German was appealed to the Supreme
Judicial Court. Later it was defaulted
the debt being about SIT, but the added
costs making the total amount about
$50. German now says he was out OF
the state when the case was defaulted
and did not understand that case was
pending against him, supposing that i
had been settled, and he wants a re-tra
of it. The petition for review was ar
gued by l.. w. Blanchard in Gorman'i
behalf, and was opposed by N. G. Eos
ter. After the hearing Judge Whitehous'
granted the petition for review.
The rest of the day Wednesday wa
pretty quiet, only two or three mino
matters being heard, and when cour
opened Thursday morning, it was fount
that. everything assigned for trial tina
day had been settled, 80 that, although
business was being rapidly disposed OF
to the spectators it seemed that Thurs
day was a day of "nothing doing"
AS far as civil business was concerned
Friday was a repetition Of Thursday, al
the cases assigned for the day being set
tied out of court.
CRIMINAL BUSINESS.
The grand jury worked busily up t
an hour we'll into the evening Of Thurs
day, and Friday morning presented
bundle of some over forty indictments
and were finally excused from service.
The following is the full list OF In
dictments entered on the docket:
Josephine Wilson and Hattie Wilson. Of
/ structing an officer.
John Antonio. Assault
Ostino Paparato. Assault.
George Yelbert and Joe Gilbert. Forgery an
uttering.
| Clarence T. Rand. Nuisance.
| Abraham Klain. single sale.
Ed Eichles. Attempt 10 bribe.
Daisy Davis. Nuisance.
| Rose Barrett Single sac.
Lawrence LavorgnS and Nicholas Gentil
1 Nuisance.
"a H. Peters. Nuisance.
Warren Cook. Larceny.
Reuben Daily. Larceny.
Ben Marquis. Nuisance.
Ben Marquis. Perjury.
John Thatcher single sale, and commo
seller.
Jane. Mc(see. Nuisance, and common sele
Joseph Para,lis. Nuisance, and common sele
Charles Hammond. Nuisance, and comme
seller.
Harry Delong. Nuisance, and common sele
Peter Perry. Nuisance, and common seller
Howard MePhee and Joseph b. Mitche
Howard McPhee. Common seller.
Joseph Dubee and Simeon Laroche. NJ
simeon Lsroche. Common ssller.
Joseph Dubee. Common seller.
Pearl Cole. Larceny.
Daniel Sargent Assault with intent to rap
Edmund Tariiff. Nuisance.
Martin NJ. Moy. Cheating.
Charles Kennedy. Nuisance.
Isasc Bernstein. Common seller.
James Gallagher. Common seller.
Joseph Watson. Nuisance.
X. y. Dearborn and James Gallagher. NJ
sapce.
SD. Andrews and A. L. +. Pike. pefili
, water supply.
, Soon afterward the prisoners in ia